A great new post from the New Republic on the crazy traffic conditions here in Dhaka. It’s especially worse right now because of Ramadan. Check out the pictures too,they are not far away from where I live. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118416/what-dhaka-bangladesh-traffic-capital-world-can-teach-us Pictures: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118355/photos-dhakas-traffic-congestion Welcome to the Traffic Capital of the World What I learned from the … Continue reading
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Scenes From Around Town
Ramadan started in Bangladesh last week, which means that for the next month life goes at a bit slower pace. Here are some pictures from the last two weeks from around town. This is part of my team that works with me at DI. My Program Assistant Sabrina was promoted to a Program Officer! … Continue reading
20twenty Cricket World Cup Comes to Bangladesh
The past month in Bangladesh has been a frenzy of cricket! Bangladesh hosted the ICC 20Twenty World Cup. The biggest event in cricket that happens once every four years. It’s all anyone has been talking about, and the cities that games were hosted in even made an effort to clean up and give the area … Continue reading
Street Kids School
Around the corner from my office and apartment, there is an amazing program for street kids that can’t afford to go to school, or have any other means for education. Started by an expat dentist, Dhaka Street School is a program that operates four times a week from 12-2, on the sidewalk in Gulshan. There … Continue reading
Riding the Train Through Dhaka
Last week was my friend Sophia’s last week in Bangladesh, and wanting to check things off our “Dhaka Bucket List” we decided it would be the perfect time to ride the train through the city. Riding on the roof of the train is something that I’ve wanted to do since moving here. The locals pack … Continue reading
Rickshaw Races!
This past weekend was another classic this would only happen in Bangladesh event, the Canadian High Commission and Club sponsored the Rickshaw Relay Races to benefit the Acid Victims Network. Because what’s funnier than a bunch of foreigners trying to pedal rickshaws around, and if it benefits a good cause, why not? The event was … Continue reading
Jumuna Future Park
Theres been a lot of recent buzz about the opening of the new mall, Jumuna Future Park in Dhaka. It supposedly the largest mall in South Asia that was about 5 years delayed, but finally had it’s “grand” opening right after the holidays. The new mall boasts “new” and “exciting” entertainment… to us from the … Continue reading
Around Gulshan
The past two weeks have been pretty limiting since there has been a hartal and a transportation blockade every day. This means our movement has been limited to the Gulshan neighborhood where I live. Trying to keep busy, I’ve been playing a lot of tennis, hanging out with friends and watching movies. Here are some … Continue reading
One Year in Bangladesh
I looked at the calendar last week and realized that it’s my one year anniversary in Bangladesh! I can’t believe it. Sometime time goes by so slowly here that I think it will never end, and other times weeks will go by like a blink of an eye. To think that a year ago Bangladesh … Continue reading
Streets of Dhaka
This past week I had a classic where am I moment. I was walking to work, and because of the rains the past month and a half the roads have turned into a mud pit, with horrible pot holes. It turns into a game of dodging mud holes, cars, rickshaws and trucks for 4 blocks … Continue reading
Blonde And In Bangladesh 