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South Asia Trip (Sept - Dec 2002) Dhaka
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| I travelled to Dhaka by plane from Calcutta and was there for 2 weeks (October 18-November 4) visiting a close friend (Nadia-the shorter one) who was there on an 8-month internship. I ended up hanging out with the other interns, some other people in the international community and made good friends with some local Bangladeshi guys who showed me a good time and the various parties and get togethers. | ||||
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The old city of Dhaka is one of the most polluted cities in S. Asia and going there takes a lot out of someone. There are quite a few historic sites to see though including the Pink Palace, an old Armenian church, and of course the organized chaos of people, cow-carts, man-carts, cycle rickshaws, scooters, baby-taxis, cars, buses and trucks all on one road at the same time. |
Dhamrai is a small city about 2 hr drive from Dhaka and it was nice to get away from the pollution of Dhaka for a day. It is one of the few remaining places where you can find a small Hindu community still making one of a kind Shiva (and other Hindu deities) statues in the traditional manner.
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I arrived into Dhaka 2 days before my birthday and celebrated it there. It had been 12 years since I had celebrated my birthday outside of Canada and away from family.
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One of the local Bangladeshi guys I met was Tabith and he invited us to his place one night. We chilled there till late and talked, drank and listened to music.
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The UN has an annual charity ball for all the expatriates and their friends for $50 a ticket. So we got all dressed up (girls got dresses tailor made) and went for a 10 course meal with the rest of the international community.
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