So I'm actually here...after all those months of driving you all crazy with my winging and planning I am finally out of your hair and in the humid tropical location of Cox's Bazar, South Bangladesh (nb saw my first rainforest yesterday...not quite as exciting as you'd imagine. Just a lot of trees and wetness. still..). Mighty me, it's all plenty exciting. It took a long long time to get here..which i think adds to the appreciation of now being here (and made me feel pretty intrepid too). Today I have been meeting the staff (not my staff, it's not that colonial! my colleagues, i should say), fighting with the local bank manager in order to get him to agree to change my travellers cheque (a slightly hairy moment!) and buying lots of highly important items such
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