Dhaka Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

1st day of BRAC

So aft** taking Saturday pretty easy, (i just looked around some shops (clothes are ridiculously cheap h**e, you could get a whole new wardrobe for about $25) and maintaining my unbeaten table tennis status) it was time to actually get to work.
Today I had my orientation at the BRAC cent****, an impressive building rising 20 stories above th...

Chai and Cigarettes

I think the single biggest mistake that the anti-smoking advocacy made is to hitch their cause to the word "Quit." There are few words in the English language that have stronger connotations of losing, and given how strongly we are encouraged to win from an early age, it makes their campaign more Sisyphean than it needed to be.

I only s...

One final hash

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 hash was pretty epic in the sense that we went for it. An interesting aspect of this particular hash is the h...

The new bangladesh

at the checkout count** of the hotel, i discov**ed that i was one day short of a week's stay that would have earned me a 20% discount. it would have been cheap** to stay anoth** day. what to do, what to do. i came up with a plan. just go ahead and check me out tomorrow and charge me for anoth** day, that way i can get the discount. in the old ba...

Bangladesh- Reflection on It's People

BANGLADESH - ITS PEOPLE Everywhere. Men driving the rickshaws, planting rice, fishing, just sitting around talking, bicycling, walking. Women less visible and quite covered when out and about. Some wear the burqa which covers all except the eyes. I notice few smiles. Very slender, many look like they could eat a lot more than what they do. Lungi...

Le Bangladesh...non merci!!!

Voila le grand jour, je quitte l'Inde en direction de Bangkok avec un arret au Bangladesh. Tout se passe bien, en matinee je suis a l'aeroport de Delhi, je passe les douanes, j'embarque dans l'avion...aucun probleme! Je suis assise a cote d'un petit Francais alors le trajet passe vite! Presque tout le monde dans l'avion part pour Bangkok ce soir...