Oh well.
So, life in Dhaka, what will it be like?
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Hot.
There is not escaping it. It will
be hot (well apart from the winter when it apparently becomes chilly and we
will need jumpers!). We’re lucky. We will have air-con and fans. The office has air-con, the cars have
air-con. But outside, it’s hot and very
sticky.
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Busy.
People, rickshaws, cars, motorbikes, more people, buses. Everywhere you look. On the pavements (yes, rickshaws, cars and
motorbikes also on the pavements).
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Noisy.
Horns beeping. Buildings being
knocked down. New ones being built. The mosque calling everyone to prayer.
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Hazardous for tall people – Peter almost lost
his head to a ceiling fan whilst coming down some stairs. That and the low hanging electrical cables
which he has to duck. He has now
declared ‘I think I might have to look where I’m going here rather than horizon
scan’…
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Challenging – how to help the kids understand
the poverty they will be faced with. The
beggars who bang on the car windows, the children running around in the middle
of the road, the disabilities which make life so much more challenging. How to help them understand how lucky they
are and how much there is to be done to improve the opportunities for so many
people around the world.
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Rewarding – the people have been so friendly. So
smiley. So willing to help teach us some basic Bangla and tell us about Dhaka,
their lives and so on.
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Colourful.
Dhaka is so colourful. The
airport is so colourful – the seats are orange and red, but not the dull
colours you see at Heathrow and Gatwick, vibrant colours. The saris and salwar kameez that the women
wear are so colourful and beautiful. .
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Sporty.
It seems that for those not working (so that will be Peter to start
with), life will involve tennis, swimming, golf, yoga, more tennis, squash,
surfing (yes, surfing!), cycling, running, more golf…..
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Filling.
So, the curry is good. That goes
without saying. But, for me the excitement was the cinnamon buns I found at the
Nordic club. Yes, cinnamon buns. They
were massive and very cinnamonny!
And on that note, bread that is (and baking), I am still thinking that sourdough needs to come to Dhaka. So, that's the plan. I'll get a new kilner jar and we'll make sourdough. I'm already imagining what kind of bacteria there will be in there helping it to grow.....
And on that note, bread that is (and baking), I am still thinking that sourdough needs to come to Dhaka. So, that's the plan. I'll get a new kilner jar and we'll make sourdough. I'm already imagining what kind of bacteria there will be in there helping it to grow.....
