http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Bangladesh , Dhaka en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 19:49:12 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 19:49:12 +0000 The concept of Community portal and the Social Networking portal is quite difference.. A community portal where Members privacy do not keep Secure as a Social Networking site. That's why the Social Networking site is going to be more popular day by day... bdspot is a complete social networking portal where members privacy keep Secure. Some of the Applications of bdspot areNow you can listen live http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-429657.html Welcome to Bangladesh Cowboy Country for BackpackersBangladesh is the real deal. If you want to know what you are made of you come here. I have found myself describing India to the other interns here at the Grameen Bank as 'too touristy'. Once you get into it I think that most would agree but from your desk chair in the Western World I can see how that might raise an eyebrow or two. One great http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-427859.html What initially drew me to Grameen Bank was the potential of microcredit to challenge traditional attitudes towards gender equity. The goal of the microcredit summit campaign was not simply to reach women but empower them. This meant developing micro and macrolevel strategies to achieve gender equality in power rights and resources. Yet empowerment is a culturally specific word. A young f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-413342.html I was talking to one of the employees of Grameen over tea about how interns always seek information about the problems with the banking system. Before recognizing the successes they immediately want to discuss the challenges. I explained that this was part of Western culture. We are taught in school to be critical of everything brought before us and to deconstruct all arguments. I also think http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-400034.html I really wanted a homestay experience in order to make the most of this trip so I went to tripadvisor.com and posted a comment asking if anyone knew of how I could get in touch with a family. A man emailed me back telling me I could stay with his sister. I readily agreed but was nevertheless suspicious of this kind of offer. However once I arrived in Dhaka and met up with the family my doubt http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-399426.html Day 2I watched as a bus smashed into the side of a rickshaw today. The first thought that crossed my mind was whether or not the man was harmed and then to how the driver would survive without his source of livelihood. It is disheartening to think that all of onersquos possessions could be so easily destroyed. My Indian friend Daashan asked me earlier that day if I would like to take a ricksh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-399239.html The beginning of my trip to Bangladesh went smoothly. I first flew from Boston to London where I sat next to a medical supplies salesman who elaborated about his adventures getting sick in India and dodging the aggressive traffic. Even so his stories only increased my excitement and I read through the entire Lonely Planet book a convenient 150 pages. The second leg of my journey cau http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-398678.html Itrsquos been more than two weeks since the Bengali New Year on April 14th making it not nearly as new or exciting as it would have been if I had managed to post something about it in a more timely manner. In the spirit of celebration however letrsquos just pretend. Put on something red and white and throw in some yellow if yoursquore more courageous and imagine that yoursquore ring http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-395912.html Blogger Dougo So we get home from school today and look out to see a kite sitting on our balcony. Boris the Brahminy Kite or Chil in Bangla. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-387842.html Blogger Dougo As I was riding home in the school van today I was discussing with a colleague and a teacher's son whether or not the black clouds to the north would bring rain. Pretty soon we heard the first rumble and the boy began to count the seconds between lightning and thunder. The conversation turned to childhood memories of being terrified by the earth shattering boom of simultaneous lig http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-387196.html Two months into 2009 and I remenber how preoccupied I was with the New Year last year. At one point I made a note in my journal saying there's probably nothing greater than the ability to debate with your thoughts and feelings but still manage to find a balance keep your sanity. This note came as a result of a tremendous amount of stress. Being on this program has been like a rollercoaster ri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-381363.html For the past six months I've spent most of my days in the YWCA office and guest house. I work and live in the same building it makes life both easy and a bit frustrating sometimes. There are ladies who cook my food wash my clothes and even make my bed everyday all this I do for myself when I'm at home. I've become spoilt but I am sincerely grateful to all the people that make living in Dhaka a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-381154.html It's two months into the program and I think I've finally reached a point where I can say it's starting to feel normal being Bangladesh. This is how I've spent my first two months in BangladeshI made personal notes of my feelings and my thoughts and after two moths I realized just how much my thoughts and perceptions had shifted they were more positive more relaxed and it hit me I was finally http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-381113.html Dear AllI am Sabbir from Bangladesh. I want to know Can i go Malaysia from Thailand by Train or Bus how much its cost http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-376437.html Glimpses of Dhaka the 400 year old capital of Bangladesh the morethanthousand year old city ... now. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-362956.html You heard me correctly there were roaches on the plane from Kathmandu to Dhaka. It was a horrible airplane experience with a horrible Airline. Biman Airlines I hope to never fly with you again. To start things off we sat on the tarmak for about a half hour apparently waiting for some VIP's to arrive. Once they boarded it seemed we would be on are way the engines were going we got the safety a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-350611.html 28.NOV.Rocket ist gut. Es hat Spass gemacht auf dem Balkon zu sitzen und auf den breiten Fluss zu schauen. Es gibt keine Bruecken wie auf der Bootsfahrt am Jangze die ich machte in China. Der Fluss ist hellbraun und die meiste Zeit mit gruenen Inseln von Seerosen bedeckt. So viele dass wir oft durch ein gruenes Meer fuhren. Gegessen haben wir nicht das war uns zu gefaehrlich. Wir haben unser e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-347778.html 26.NOV.Eine 6 stuendige ausfuehrliche Rikschatour durch Old Dhaka hab ich mir gegoennt mit einem Bangladeshi der english sprach. Ein Chaos hier unglaublich. Aber doch fuehle ich mich wohl die Leute sind unglaublich neugierig und unglaublich freundlich. Es gibt noch unzaehlig mehr Sehenswuerdigkeiten aber ich muss auch mal nix tun. Wie es das Bengalileben so wollte sollte ich wieder mal eine S http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-347494.html The parallels between Kennedy and Obama have been drawn. And although I know nothing about what it was like to live in the Kennedy era of hope and absolute faith in the possibility of change it is hard not to believe that we are witnessing something just as transforming. Itrsquos true that for my generation this is a first of monumental proportions. Not only did we elect the nationrsquos fir http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/blog-343218.html Test http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Bangladesh/Dhaka/Dhaka/blog-339577.html