Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development. To be updated
July 24th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Sylhet A friend from the UK came to visit me last Friday, and prior to her arrival I/we decided to go on a brief sojourn to Srimongol (there are different spellings, but I’m going to stick to one).
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June 29th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka With 24 hours to take on Dhaka with a vengeance, we waste no time getting stuck in, despite my still somewhat feeble condition. We ride cycle rickshaws all around Old Dhaka, even though the UK govern ... 10 photos[full story]
July 13th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka Day 47, July 13, 2008
It’s kind of surprising that it’s my 47th day in Bangladesh. It actually does feel that long, I suppose, because I feel very settled here. I think I stopped wri ... [full story]
July 9th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka Hey, this isn't really so much of an entry about anything happening in Dhaka but an apartment advertisement. I've realized that leaving this all public has brought some people who don't know me to lo ... [full story]
July 8th 2008Asia » Bangladesh It's a bit of a chronological mess, I realize. But these photos are from my manual old-school film camera, so they don't get posted as quickly as the digital ones. ... 24 photos[full story]
June 28th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka The first thing I did on arriving in Dhaka was throw up against a wall. Considering I’ve been wanting to visit this city for eight years, it wasn’t really the entrance I was expecting to ... 2 photos[full story]
June 25th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Khulna Heading from Kolkata towards the India/Bangladesh border, I kept asking myself what could go wrong. It was a morose way to be thinking, granted, but this was the third time i've planned to come to th ... 8 photos[full story]
July 3rd 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Sylhet I decided to take a holiday this past weekend with a couple of my friends. Even though it was great to get out to Matlab for a night, it was still work-related, and after a month in Dhaka, having a ... [full story]
June 25th 2008Asia » Bangladesh We arrived in Bangladesh really unsure what to expect. All I seemed to know about it is the most densley populated, (formerly the) most corrupt, and the happiest country in the world; and the monsoon ... 11 photos[full story]
June 25th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Barisal In the last two weeks in Bangladesh, I’ve spent quite a bit of time “in the field.” This is a term that gets thrown around by development workers in these parts, and is meant to mean ... 23 photos[full story]
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