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Third World Treatment to World Class Service, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Third World Treatment to World Class Service

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... the flight over I was talking to two westerners and was asked where I was going. I told them I was going to Dhaka and then to the north of Bangladesh. "Really?" the man next to me uttered in disbelief, "We're just transiting to Delhi and I don't think ...

In Bangladesh?, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

In Bangladesh?

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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... them ASAP. And then they said that we didn't like poor people. But we do like poor people...that's why we're in Bangladesh. So everything in Dhaka had been going great. It was Sunday and we were 90 percent ready to head down to the Hands On project in ...

"Many times we must beat bus driver...sometimes"

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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... by begging. I found myself thinking so much about the hundreds of times I have been approached by beggars in India, Bangladesh, South East Asia, San Francisco, and how complicated that situation is. There is a constant internal debate about giving ...

Never have I ever, Reyenda, Bangladesh travel blog

Never have I ever

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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I have never been more willing to work myself beyond the point of physical and mental exhaustion with the people I work with. I have never felt more needed by a group of "coworkers" and never more an integral part of the work I am trying to do. I ...

My first whole one!, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

My first whole one!

A travel blog entry by lucinate

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... only is that a fantastic score for just a day and a half's play but a huge achievement and confidence booster for Bangladesh. Australia batted extremely badly so a very tense afternoon was spent with Australia struggling to hold on. They were 6 wickets ...

Return to Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Return to Dhaka

A travel blog entry by lucinate

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... but he did win!! Bangladesh was over. We were off at a ridiculous hour tomorrow morning over to easy-to-travel Bangkok. Bangladesh has been an interesting place to see. I'm disappointed that we didn't see much of the country but it was great ...

Kristina's accounts- before it turned bad (late), Reyenda, Bangladesh travel blog

Kristina's accounts- before it turned bad (late)

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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... , also known as GI, on the roof is an interesting and fairly uncomfortable task. The wooden roof structure considered adequate in Bangladesh wouldn't meet any western standards. Much of the wood is splitting or only half of its intended size. I'm pretty ...

Brain out...near project completion, Reyenda, Bangladesh travel blog

Brain out...near project completion

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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... time. I was the team leader for a team of seven volunteers, installed for a week in a remote part of southern Bangladesh, ironically in a cyclone shelter. Our living quarters were in a large cement structure, two stories off the ground perched in open ...

Saalam Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Saalam Bangladesh

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... the sewers and give proper housing to the homeless. Nonetheless it would turn out to be an excellent excursion as Bangladesh's greatest attraction presented itself once more: Bangladeshi hospitality. I was trailed for about five minutes by seven curious ...

Can you swim?, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Can you swim?

A travel blog entry by will

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... We spent about an hour and a half at the small museum, taking in a wealth of previously unknown information about Bangladesh's struggle for independence, and in particular information about the war of liberation from March until December 1971. I had no ...

Barmy in Bangladesh, Dhakka, Bangladesh travel blog

Barmy in Bangladesh

A travel blog entry by hils

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... airport and were herded onto a bus and delivered to our hotel, which we weren't allowed to leave (we were officially not in Bangladesh). After a fairly good nights sleep it was back on the bus to the airport. This was my first experience of a third ...

The Very First, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

The Very First

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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... a new team to massacre But the question is Who is left on the list Because we're up against some other team you know This is Bangladesh you know And if we are beaten, I'm going to have to get pissed !!! A 05:00 start was heavy, especially when you ...

2nd One Day International, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

2nd One Day International, Dhaka

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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The bus trip was uneventful. It took slightly longer to return to Dhaka, as we had the traffic to contend with. Once we were in an area that we knew, we asked the bus boy to let us off. He refused, but after a little nudge, he saw the error of his ways, ...

Pollution City, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Pollution City

A travel blog entry by will

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... to the Hotel Imperial. The cheapest room here was a whopping 700Tk, so I found myself in the absurd situation of wandering around Old Dhaka at 6:45am with Lonely Planet in hand trying to find a hotel room! I soon found a room at the Grand Palace ...

Hashing, Sweating and Exploring, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Hashing, Sweating and Exploring

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... of standing water.  A storm just passed through and the streets were absolutely flooded!  WELCOME TO BANGLADESH!    Our first priority was to get the Dhaka Hash House Harriers.  Once again (if you have read any other of my pods) I ...

3rd One Day International, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

3rd One Day International, Dhaka

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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... and he yelled abuse at them, so they ran away. Once there, it showed loads of horrifying pictures of the people of Bangladesh during their war with Pakistan. What was more disturbing was that a local had written that it made him want to rape Pakistani ...

Another Boat! Another Hash!, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Another Boat! Another Hash!

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... cost and food!  Asif (the hasher) totally hooked us up! His place came with air-con which is Oh-So important in Bangladesh and the care taker of the house made us breakfast every morning!  What a treat! The next day Asif took us out on his ...

One final hash, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

One final hash

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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Our last stop in Bangladesh was once again Dhaka.  Instead of making the incredibly long bus journey back to India we opted to fly.. Once again, Asif graciously let us stay in his extra house and brought us to the hash.  Our last ...

Gulshan the Posh, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Gulshan the Posh

A travel blog entry by muratcan

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... main reason behind this is that Bangladeshis are not as big in street food eating as the Southeast Asians. Until 1971, Bangladesh was united with current-day Pakistan. She was called East Pakistan back then. Mrs. Rahman commented that West Pakistan's ...

Walking the City, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Walking the City

A travel blog entry by muratcan

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Every Country Has a Heart, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Every Country Has a Heart

A travel blog entry by muratcan

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The Chaos that is Old Dhaka, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

The Chaos that is Old Dhaka

A travel blog entry by muratcan

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Woman: Part 1, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

Woman: Part 1

A travel blog entry by feliz_carolina

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... skills. I have respect. I have love. I have equality. I am a human. I... am a woman! Have I always enjoyed being a woman in Bangladesh? Certainly not! How many times did I wish I was a man? All my problems would go away if I was only a man. No more ...

Myanmar back to Dhaka, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Myanmar back to Dhaka

A travel blog entry by steveandwill

... last five months. There are seemingly no attractive options remaining and we just don't know what to do. It's either wait in Dhaka for at least a month to possibly still get rejected entry by a farcical Burmese government, go the long way round through ...

Conduct Your Own Bangaldeshi Wedding!! - Day 2, Dhaka City, Bangladesh travel blog

Conduct Your Own Bangaldeshi Wedding!! - Day 2

A travel blog entry by caseygcrosbie

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... signed the previous day. These gifts are delivered to the bride by the cousins/white friends of the groom. Since this is Bangladesh, it is highly suggested that the gifts include fish, especially cute little dressed up ones that look like the bride and ...

In transit, Dhaka, Bangladesh travel blog

In transit

A travel blog entry by amandaseims

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... sitting and sleeping on them in Thailand and think they're quite funky. I took the bus to the airport to get my Biman Bangladesh Airline flight.  I'd read realy bad reviews about them but it was a cheap deal and i get to stop in Bangladesh one ...

MOST WELCOME TO BANGLADESH!, Dhakka, then to Savar, Bangladesh travel blog

MOST WELCOME TO BANGLADESH!

A travel blog entry by rabia

yipppeee!!! i have got here alive!! My god, what a hell-journey...lots and lote of stares...why are you alone? why are you dressed like that? WHAT...you are a muslim!!!! It has been one laugh after another... I got here 2 hours late...then we waited ...

Warning: if you are going to worry don't read this, Mymensingh, Bangladesh travel blog

Warning: if you are going to worry don't read this

A travel blog entry by feliz_carolina

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Okay if you don't want to worry about me, then this next story won't help! Ha ha! Mom close your eyes! Yesterday was hilarious! Jerry, Ethel (the Country Reps aka the CRs) and I went to the big town called Mymensingh. Of course we took the bus and oh ...

Another Wonderful Weekend, Mymensingh, Bangladesh travel blog

Another Wonderful Weekend

A travel blog entry by feliz_carolina

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Another wonderful Weekend in B'desh. I will just do a summary of the things I did: · Saw Water buffalo... in the water! · Ate a DUCK... 3 hours prior it was swimming in our pond out back · Got frustrated that the internet was so slow! · Met a guy ...

Bengali moslems, Dacca, Bangladesh travel blog

Bengali moslems

A travel blog entry by radsolv

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... . Think they were not allowed to own the property. Took a commuter ferry down the river not knowing where I was going. The Bangladesh of my imagination. Shacks on stilts above a muddy pond. Charpi emptied into water, children happily splashing ...

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