Washington Hotel Dhaka City

... hut and a big notebook for the border formalities which were completed efficiently and we were in India!

A quick drink at a stall, an exchange of taka for rupees and we were off on a bus to a cross-roads, then another bus to Siliguri. It's a great name for a town which is basically a transit point with some good restaurants! We found a hotel easily and had a feast of popadoms, curry and paratha bread along with plenty juice after our hot tiring day of travels!

... b*t out of hell….Im pretty sure we hit ludicrous/light speed…While driving through * very crowed p*rt of * slum, the police s*w th*t two white guys in * very nice c*r were trying to get through. They must h*ve thought we were import*nt bec*use they st*rted to be*t everyone in our w*y with * b*mboo stick! They even r*n in front of the c*r cle*ring * w*y for quite * while! This must be wh*t if feels like to ...

... home, a biogas facility, an improved cook stove in a home and a village assembly and repair facility. GS has installed 180,000 solar home systems, 10,000 microutility solar systems, 4,500 biogras plants, and 16,000 improved cook stoves. Their installations are currently impacting over 2 million people. Their target for 2012 is 1 million solar home systems, 500,000 biogras ...

... and profits will go to expansion and improvements of the hospital. This is also similar to Professor Muhammad Yunus' approach to socially oriented business. Khalid Shams, former Deputy Managing Director of Grameen Bank and a close associate of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, had told me of his new passion for facilitating the creation of a major Cancer Hospital in Bangladesh during his visit to California in July '08. He ...

... dig holes in the mud better than me! An entire day spent in the Asian squat During my last time in Asia, I spent a lot of time practicing the Asian squat. I thought I was quite good. Somehow I hadn't realized that Bangladeshis were equally as enamored with the froglike squatting position as other Asians, but they are. Part of my attempt to act "Bangladeshi" is to spend as much time in the Asian squat as possible. I have concluded that it is possible to spend the full 16 ...

... at waiting, so this I did dilligently, It got especially interesting when after a while, I was asked to "Wait there! Wait there!", pointing to a set of chairs on the other end of the hall. Now, some of my friends, colleagues and family know that my patience is almost fathomless, but does in the end have its limits. And once these limits are reached, I become a slightly less friendly person. This occurred after another hour and a half of waiting fruitlessly. After ...

... just came into the lines pushed us to the front of the line. We left the line, had our passports stamped without a word while a sentry of people (I kid not, there were 2 people per luggage!!!) escorted us through customs and into the back of the airport where the airforce resides with men in uniform saluting us or rather the man who came to pick us up. I kid not. So, these people load the luggage and we're in this car with a stranger who tells us he used to be the ...

... green and if you feel lucky you can try crossing two ponds at a time and i did feel lucky and then got lucky too. hole number 1: 295 yards, par 4. it's a narrow fairway with the bunker from hell smack dab in front of the green about 50 yards out so you have to aim right to go around this bunker but if you go too far right you will go over the wall on to the highway. i threaded that needle very well and had a nice little 40-yard chip and 2-putts for par. hole number 2: 284-yards, par ...

... Rashidpur Sylhet Gas Field A gas field amongst these beautiful landscapes how weird I thought. The field was surrounded and covered by the green hills of the tea estate. My uncle knew someone from the gas field so we had a full on guided tour, unfortunately we were not allowed to film or take pictures, oh well you'll just have take my word for it. We started at the 10,000 feet deep reservoir where the gas is extracted ...

... and the England Cricket Board about the situation in Sri Lanka we're continuing with Plan A.  Which involves leaving Dhaka on a boat next Thursday and arriving in Columbo, Sri Lanka a week later on a plane from South India.  With plenty of bus and train travel in between.   We'll be in touch.   Keep the teen spirit smelling!  Kurt and Courtney.  ADDENDUM.  We've had our first major brush with Bangladeshi beurocracy, aquiring our road permit for ...