Posted in March 2013

Barisal

Barisal

Last week I traveled to the last major city in Bangladesh that I hadn’t visited yet. I had put the trip off to Barisal for so long because of the city’s remote location in southern Bangladesh. It’s so difficult to get to that I had to take an overnight boat launch there, then a sea … Continue reading

Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar

This past week we had our staff retreat in Cox’s Bazar, a beach “resort” destination on the Bay of Bengal, here in Bangladesh. Please note that I use the term beach and resort very loosely. It is a very popular tourist destination for middle class Bangladeshi’s, and people have second homes here that they rent … Continue reading

Recent Hartals in Bangladesh

Recent Hartals in Bangladesh CNN just posted a decent story about the riots that are happening right now in Bangladesh. Jaamat just called a 48 hour hartal for the next two days which is expected to be pretty violent.  The area where I live is fine, and I haven’t seen any riots yet, but we … Continue reading