Background: 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.
April 12th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka Everything thinks their daily life is pretty boring (us included) but I always want to know details of how other people live so I thought maybe someone else might to...
Here are a selection of phot ... 11 photos[full story]
March 27th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka hello there friends. its official--i have spent nearly 24 hours in our new country! for my spring holidays i decided to sneak a peek into the crystal ball and figure out why everyone is raving about d ... [full story]
November 17th 2007Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka Hi all,
Everything is fine in old Dhaka town. We were warned to batten down the hatches Thursday night as the cyclone mad land fall down south classed as a category 4.
It arrived at around midni ... [full story]
December 24th 2007Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka
A few thousand bricks, a local community keen for a new house, and about 12 munchkins desperate to show off their ENTIRE wardrobe - that's our Habitat for Humanity experience here in Dhaka!
Mum ... 7 photos[full story]
February 23rd 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka Saturday night is drawing in and the back-to-work-tomorrow feeling is setting in, but for the meantime I'm going to explain what I/my parents and friends did this weekend. Thursday was Mother Languag ... 10 photos[full story]
February 21st 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka There are some not-so-wonderful things about living in Dhaka, but there's more to living here than seeing beggars everywhere and experiencing floods..
25 great things about living in Dhaka (in no p ... 1 photos[full story]
January 30th 2008Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka Blogger Bec
Greetings everyone,
Life trundles on over here in Dhaka, including getting a little older!
I decided I needed a little lift so organised a fancy dress party with a P theme - oh the ... 11 photos[full story]
December 22nd 2007Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka
Today we headed off on another adventurous trip into the Bangla unknown. With our trusty Lonely Planet guide book and map (don’t get me started again!), we all piled into the school van and ... 9 photos[full story]
December 21st 2007Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka
Having collected Bec’s brother Owen from the airport last night, our posse had grown to five. A word of warning to anyone reading this blog: DO NOT FLY TO BANGLADESH WITH GMG AIRLINES if you ... 2 photos[full story]
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