 | Tripped out traffic
2008-11-02, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | Spent an hour in Dhaka traffic on the bike today and decided that as chaotic as things can be, the ‘system’ by which everything runs can be summed up in a few lines:
• The car horn and rickshaw bel... |
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 | Getting the feel of the place
2008-09-15, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | We’ve just started Week 6 here at ISD (International School Dhaka) and we’re looking forward to the first break of the year at the end of Week 7. Yep, a nice easy way to begin the year, but it’s also... |
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| Feeling very small in a very big school
2008-08-20, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | We are now at the end of the first week of school. Last week really didn’t count, seeing that the kids returned for two days, then was followed by a long weekend, and many didn’t even bother to turn ... |
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| Stuff we're learning to get used to...
2008-08-15, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | Andrew’s list:
•Not having family and established friends around to share the journey with
•The power being out for about and hour and a half every night
•Fighter jets flying overhead several tim... |
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| Friendly locals
2008-08-15, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | The initial buzz of landing in a brand new country has worn off and we are already feeling as though we are getting used to life here. The first days were series of being picked up and dropped off by... |
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 | Week 1 - wide eyed, spun out
2008-08-13, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: andylori | | G’day! Andrew here finally beginning to document some stories from this amazing place. As a rookie traveller, I have found Dhaka to be incredible in so many ways. We have quickly learned that this ... |
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 | Days 7 and 8
2008-06-06, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: ningning88 | | I had some time to update my days thus far so I will continue with my Bangladesh visit.
Day 7:
Today we were off to Sylhet. Mahah's father works for HRC which is a company which deals with all sor... |
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 | Days 5 and 6
2008-06-04, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: ningning88 | | Day 5:
Today we went on our last private tour. We visited a Jamdani village which specializes in making traditional Sarees. We saw the factory where we saw little boys and men make sarees. They wer... |
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 | Days 3 and 4
2008-06-02, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: ningning88 | | Oh I forgot to mention that on the day we arrived to Bangladesh the girls all went to a salon called Persona to get our hair and stuff done. I got my eyebrows threaded. I got a haircut, and a hair oil... |
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 | Days 1 and 2
2008-06-01, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: ningning88 | | Ok so we haven't had time to go to an internet cafe recently. This is my first update in Bangladesh. Each day has been so busy. The traffic here is horrible. We spend most of our days on the road. It'... |
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 | First Day, all over the place
2004-12-20, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: myduchess | | I called my mother using my cellphone. When I travelled to Saudi Arabia in 2002, I discovered that Voicestream had a wonderful feature: they rented out phones for people to use internationally. They w... |
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| Second Day: sight-seeing
2004-12-21, Dhaka, Bangladesh. By: myduchess | | Tanea and I had talked it over previously, that we needed to make sure we did at least one day of sight-seeing while in Dhaka, or John will spend the entire trip seeing people's living rooms. So betwe... |
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