Blogs from Bangladesh, Asia - page 23

The City of Temples 14-15 May 2008 This was by no means my first visit to Rajshahi. But I could manage little time for sightseeing during my earlier visits. This tour was different, at least, from time availability point of view. Even though this was a visit in work purpose, I had some time to spend during the morning as my work needed me during the afternoon. As always, whenever I go on tour I try to have a look around with whatever time I have in my hand. Sometimes, even an hour’s break between work was enough for me. At Rajshahi I had the whole morning with me. So, I devised some plans that would enable me to utilise the whole morning hours. I knew from my previous searches that Puthia Palace is one of ... read more

Sundarbans is world’s largest mangroove forest and a world heritage area. Sundarbans consists of many small and tiny forest islands. The indigenous people are totally dependent on nature for their livelihood. They either catch fish or cut wood or collect honey from the forest. The whole area is very dense with forests and water. The roots of trees in mangrove forests come out of the earth vertically and stand above water-there are pores in the roots through which the trees breathe. Because of these roots-that stick out of earth-it is absolutely impossible to walk through the forests. Sundarbans is the habitat of world famous Royal Bengal Tigers and many crocodiles, monkeys, snakes and of course, deer are found there. But it is a matter of sheer luck to get the sight of any animal other than ... read more

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 photos from our life here in Dhaka. Warning: they are almost exclusively of us and our students so if you are not interested in our professional life, switch to another blog pronto!! ... read more

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 dhaka. no...wait...i guess by everyone i mean me. and "raving" may not be the best choice of words. anyway, without getting into a semantic migrane, lets move on. i wanted to see what life was holding for jen and i next year. i wanted to visit the school. i wanted to visit my good friends justin and kelly. as a seasoned traveller i know that pinning all hope on first impressions is a terrible thing to do. however, i must say that this place, even though i could be on the surface of mars, really has a quirky laidback charm ... read more

Although living in Dhaka can be tough at times, there are some great things about it, for me. I fully realise some points in the list below can't be enjoyed by everyone in B'desh whether as a tourist or a resident, but there you have it. I'm well aware I'm incredibly lucky to be in this country and enjoy so much of it in ways many millions of people here can't due to not being British/white/able to earn a half-decent salary (I work at a local school and earn a local salary, but I know it's still more than the majority)/other factors I'm well aware of. I'm just trying to defend myself a bit here as I've had a few comments about this particular blog entry along the lines of how I sound elitist/prejudiced/patronising etc etc, ... read more