Posted in Bangladesh, Urban scenes on October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I realize I haven’t written much about Dhaka lately. That’s because, well, everything’s pretty much the same.
Anyways, some pictures from around town:
A pickup game of cricket, and goats in a rickshaw.
What’s new in Dhaka? Nothing’s new. Someone forgot to turn off the monsoon, so it’s still raining, even though technically the monsoon ended last month. [...]
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes, tagged Beijing, China on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the Eid vacation we took a quick getaway to Beijing! And we loved it. Beijing really covered the whole spectrum of things to do, from really old, cool historical places to fun markets to top-notch international shopping. It’s a huge city! And seems to have everything on offer.
Coming from Bangladesh, [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Transportation, Urban scenes on September 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
With traffic at its annual worst, the government called in the big guns – the military police, at least.
This month is Ramadan, the month when Muslims fast leading up to Eid, probably the most important religious holiday of the year. I don’t profess to be any kind of expert on the religious part, but here’s [...]
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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(Yes, that is M in the pool. That was the main purpose of our trip.)
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We llooooooved Kuala Lumpur. Loved it. Loved. So clean and shiny. Sparkly even. And so much food! And shopping! We spent a whole day in the mall. It was six stories — [...]
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes, tagged Kuala Lumpur on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Urban scenes on August 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Bangladesh, Shopping, Urban scenes on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend we finally made it down to BongoBazar, a destination we’ve been trying to get to for months(!). We’d heard this is the place to go for export-market garments and were curious as to whether there were really loads of surplus goods for sale. The factories here do, after all, produce for purchasers [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, People, Urban scenes on July 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Door-to-door duck sales. Only in Dhaka.
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