Blogs from Bangladesh, Asia - page 5

It was business. The company had sent their guy from mainland Noakhali to liaise with Situ’s distributorship. He thought he was doing it tough in Hatiya, without unabated electricity, without all the mod-cons. There was a big chair for the office in which only he sat and from there, in manner and clothes, and not least with his preference for the English language, he sought to put his stamp of town-man company-man quality on display, presumably for the islanders to take benefit from. Although he was Bangladeshi, he spoke only in English and on that account Situ responded only in Bangla. He showed some degree of sympathy about it: he must have known it can be hard for people living in the deep islands to polish their English. It happened while I was in Sydney: he ... read more

The night was fuming that a late swig to slay the demons of the head is a method. Every turn on the sidewalk was exploiting, surveying twilights and it’s vengeance was uttering to the psyche so as those little anticipations in LA Café in Mabini, Manila. Spying bogus replica from the Interpol was phony fine, unarmed. The zip from the juice was gay when hot mamas pulled in then bargained transactions. It was exquisite as the night wasn’t tuesday, pandemonium was closed to revered sacrosanct although unsound than the bartender and some consultations to extraterrestrials were concorded, still gay. Larry Masterson, an executive from Australia preserving fastidious rapport to pacify. He sits level to the window where peculiar views of illicit treks by foreign guests. To elucidate the panorama it’s perfect using the dosage from the ... read more

Now that it’s apparent that CNG drivers were only using the meter as a special tribute to the Cricket World Cup and Dhaka’s back to her usual self, it’s hardly surprising when inching through the jams that one’s thoughts are sometimes given over to the metro dreaming. With the regularity of newspaper announcements on the subject I can’t be the only one. But what sort of metro will it be? The number and width of the rails, the carriage and platform dimensions, above ground, below ground: let the engineers tackle such trivialities. More important are the cultural dimensions, for in any city the nature of the mass transit system is a window into the community’s psyche. A metro system is far more than transport. It’s a cultural statement. In Switzerland trains have a habit of leaving ... read more

You may remember in my last post that I mentioned we were next headed to Chonqing. Well we still went there but i'm not gonna say a lot about it, mainly because there isn't anything to say. It's just a megalopolis of 32 million people, the world's biggest technically, and has the Yangtze river running through it, the colour of which Willy Wonka would be proud of. That's it really, oh and it's pollution levels mean you rarely see the sun.  -fact of the day, only 1% of Chinese people live with acceptably good air quality...  Anyway after 3 exhilarating days there and then 2 more of just travelling and an overnight stop we arrived in Guilin, which is a gorgeous town surrounded by incredible landscapes of karst limestone hills and (trumpet fanfare.... blue skies!!) we ... read more

Mark Twain introduces the Robinsons After tourin' the Outback and Adelaide with the Noolans, I figure I'll stop a spell in Canberra to say howdy to Jan and David Robinson. I reckon if the Noolans be representing the typical, straightforward Australian Pete, than the Robinsons break just about every other Aussie stereotype. Now, I taught with these folks in Dhaka for two years-2007-2009- at an international school. Jan is a firecracker. Petite, bright and fresh, and brimming with life, this lady wore her students down to the bone with her curiosity and activity. On weekends she pull me along to the Australian Embassy for a sparklin' glass of Aussie champagne...or two glasses...or more. No Foster's beer for this lady, she'd lean against David, chirping about her weekly adventures while sipping her bubbly. David, a rector close ... read more

The Characters An Aesop's Fable with a Moral The expatriate community in Bangladesh was quite small, so naturally the circles of the Noolans-with the non-government organization Symbiosis- and myself-an international school teacher- often collided. This was in Dhaka in 2009. "I'm Jeanette, from Adelaide, Australia," Jeanette said to me, "I hear you are a Yank. "Excuse me?" I abhor labels. "I'm from the United States, yeah, but not a Yank." "To Australians all Americans are Yanks," she stated. "At least she didn't tell us what state she's from, assuming we know exactly where that is," pointed out Steve. This was my introduction to candid, direct Australian culture. The first part of my trip will ... read more

Kuakata is another beautiful and popular sea beach of Bangladesh. Which is located at the southern part of Bangladesh under the district of Patuakhali. Still this beach is very natural as its not became that much commercial yet. Speacilly this place is popular and known to all for sun rise and sun set view. Beach of kuakata is full of snail and huge red crab u will get there (you have to be very carefull if u want to obsrve them closely). You may also visit 100 years old Buddhist Temple where you can see the statue of Goutama Buddho. If you have time then go and visit there and enjoy that panoramic beauty.... read more

Roads... I love roads as I love to travel. This is why I like to capture the pictures of road. This photos has been taken over last 3 years from the different places of my country, Bangladesh. Whenever I get down on the road, a memorable song of bob dylan came to my mind... How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man ? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand ? Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned ? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind... Yes, how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea ? Yes, how many years can some people ... read more