17 Oct 2010 Big walk with camera. Challenged by army guard – my bad I was taking photos in prohibited zone! Dhurga Puja Festival in Old Dhaka with Leon. Parting is difficult in this area at the best of times and our driver did a great job. Dropping us off we were off...
Visit to Noodooria Village 16 Oct 2010 Noodooria Village Is about 100kms outside Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. For about 6 months of the year it have large lakes on either side of it and is home to about 400 people. George is the village elder and has simple dwelling....
16 Oct 2010 Met Sister Gloria Rozario and took a beautiful photo of her with a local fisherman’s wife. I later sent a copy of the photos to her and hoped she was able to share them. I was also able to take a great photo of the fisherman as well. Sister Glora told me...
2 Oct 2010 A half day shopping with Rani and her daughter. 4 Oct 2010 Presented with gifts by our generous hosts. My new traditional Bangladeshis top to wear. Some of the team leave for Australia. I am to stay longer as the project still requires some more assistance....
27 Sept 2010 Have been finding the bed just way too hard so I visited the local mattress maker on the walk home from work. He set right to work and had the mattress delivered to the guest house by 7pm. The make who looks after me George makes sure its all in place. He...
25 Sept 2010 Today was a big day and we were totally spoiled by Mahbub the local SMEC office director as he showed us around Dhaka. Our first stop was a visited to Old Dhaka where we drove slowly through the market district. We also went to visit the Bangladesh...
19 September 2010 4:45m – Woke to the sound of a prayer cry – The man’s voice sounds like something from a Middle Eastern movie – It was strangely calming. OK 6:00am time to go for a walk to get the blood flowing for the day ahead. Raining? Yes - I believe this is...
18 Sept 2010 Today was a rest day before work commences tomorrow. Firstly, thank you Raj (one of my fellow SMECiens) for looking after me so well today, bartering for me and making sure I didn't get into too much trouble. OK today was a chance to see the local shops...
17 Sept 2010 The previous few weeks had been extremely busy, organising immunisation shots and organising clients for my trip to Bangladesh. It was a relief to sit down on the plane away from internet and phones for the flight. After a 5 hour wait between flights at...