Our tour guides, who spoke phenomenallly clear Bangla and told us about their plans for the future.

These confident, intelligent girls struck both of us as the model of what we would like to see in empowered girls.

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January 4th 2009
I am currently between worlds--nearing the end of my ten hour stay in the Hong Kong airport, tired and not knowing what to make of my relationship to the country I just left (the US) or the country to which I am returning (Bangladesh). Nor do I really have much time to think that out. In six hours I will arrive in Dhaka, and hopefully fall into a blissful sleep, after which I will wake up and have ... read more

Asia » Bangladesh » Barisal

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

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