Viator Guesthouse Dhaka

... stare and they stare and they stare. Anyway was whisked away in the van, lovely to see L and A and some familiar faces. They live in the big ex-pat district in a lovely three bedroom apartment. Went on a shopping excursion with Lorinda and there are many many australian products... vegemite, jatz, tim tams, goulbourn valley jam, weetbix etc etc. A lot of their social lives revolves around going to the clubs... the Australian Club, the American Club ...

... Aarong- Gulshan is a must visit place. New Market is another big market where every item is available. Some members of our team purchased expensive Zamdhani sarees from this market. This place was visited twice. We found very attractive and variety of clay articles in a street near Dhaka University. We visited this place twice. I have added few photographs on our shopping discovery.

... microfinance, can easily access all other BRAC programmes and services. It must be mentioned here, however, that participation in any BRAC programme is not restricted to BRAC microfinance members, but is open to all eligible members of the community. The credit ladder: Recognizing that there are different degrees of poverty, BRAC's microfinance programme offers different types of loans targeted towards different poverty groups. Its ...

... Dhaka). We visited a Village Organization Meeting, observed loan repayment collection process, legal awareness program & health program. We visited a primary school nearby and the whole team enjoyed with children of class-3. Visit to the school was highlight of the day. We also visited Ayesha Abed Foundation and observed value addition work for Aarong outlets of BRAC. We also visited ...

... rate is so high that people would patiently & s**iously listen to representative of MFIs and staff would strive to retain their jobs. Gov**nment's int**f**ence seems to be less as microfinance is widely accepted as a socio-economic support. Bangladesh is quite a diff**ent t**rain. Howev**, the methodologies innovated in this country are amazing as social-impact is clearly visible. They can be replicated aft** local modifications ...

... office in Dhaka, will be accommodated in a modern 15 story building on 3 acres of land. Upon completion, it will have 500 beds, outpatient care facilities, 7 Operating Theatres, a hospital staff that will ultimately comprise 200 doctors, 450 nurses, and a total of 2000 employees. The hospital plans to procure state of the art diagnostic, therapeutic and operation equipment. A key element of the Cancer Hospital will be the Children's ...

... told them the truth that I observe no religion. They responded "bugi na" which means I don't understand. The rest of the 90 minute trip home wasn't terribly eventful. I arrived at the bus in advance to assure myself a seat, had a beggar woman confront me in a staring match for a good 5 minutes, sat next to a woman wearing a black Versace burka and was surprised to see large shiny gold earrings when her veil slipped aside, and made a number of friends who I couldn't understand ...

... to the crazy driving here and the numerous accidents I've witnessed but hopefully nothing will happen.... We'll be spending two days at my grandfather's farm with my grandpa's brother and then on the 4th if everything goes well and God Willing, he will take us to Burimari which is the last town on the border with India and from then on, we will be going to Siliguri and then to Darjeeling for a few days. I'm really quite excited and scared and hope that nothing will go ...

... wallah who plies his trade out the front of our hotel. Our negotiations for hiring the guy are observed by most people in the street (who stand around us in a circle) and the hotel security guard offers to act as witness to the amount the rickshaw wallah agrees to! The rickshaw wallah is about as skinny as he could possibly be, but has just purchased a brand new cycle rickshaw (for US$200 he proudly tells us), so he surely can't be starving. It is ...

... Waterfall After visiting relatives for the past 4 days we decided to do a little sight seeing local to us, everyone recommended Madhabkunda. The water fall is in Lawacherra Rain Forest which is one of the important and well-reserved forests in Bangladesh. Once your there you'll have to be and entrance fee which is very minimal and includes car parking. The water fall is in pretty deep so it's a bit of a trek up and down ...