It’s been 4 straight days of hartals again this week, and it looks like that might be the norm for awhile here. A few friends last night joked, that the hartal calendar is so packed, if you want to call one now you are looking at three weeks out for a free date. All of … Continue reading
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 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
Little known fact about Bangladesh, it can get really cold here!! Who knew?!?!!? Apparently not me, because I didn’t bring anything warm here to prepare. The past week and a half there has been a bad cold spell across the Bangla region, causing temperatures to plummet to the lowest point in 50+ years. In Dhaka … Continue reading
I’ve just gotten back to Dhaka after spending the past 5 days in the second biggest city in Bangladesh, Chittagong. Chittagong is home to the shipping ports in Bangladesh, and also the ship breaking yards, which is where old cargo ships are sent to be broken down into scraps. Unfortunately I didn’t get to go … Continue reading
Blonde And In Bangladesh 