me by the British High Comm pool after finishing a swim

my first week living in Dhaka...

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August 10th 2007
By tomorrow morning I will have spent a week in Dhaka although it feels like longer! I'm here on a year contract to teach English language and lit at a local school in the city. I am knackered even though I have done nothing all day! It's about 35'C or more here, and with the intense humidity it just makes you so lethargic and feeling not very ladylike as you are sweating the entire time, prop ... read more

Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka

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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.... ... read more