Category: Bangladesh


Day 235

YOUNG BENGALI GIRL SWIMS AWAY AFTER HAVING had a gaze at the photographer!  (See yesterday’s post)

Day 234

BENGALI GIRL CHECKING OUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER!  So much for an unposed photo.  This photo was taken on the way to Inani Beach from Himchuri Falls.

Day 230

HAPPY 63rd BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF, Sil Byler, Ida Marie Miller, Darlene Stoner, Orville Wright, and President Bill Clinton!  It is also World Photography Day!  “World Photography Day is observed on August 19 each year. The day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre which was announced by the French Academy of Sciences on January 9, 1839. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift to the “Free World.”   This info came from mbp.com.ph

From http://wright.nasa.gov/orville.htm:   “January 30 1948: Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 76, thus ending his 28 years as a member of the NACA. NASA was created from NACA 10 years after Orville’s death. In his lifetime, the speed of the airplane had been increased from 0 mph to almost 1,000 mph.”   So I shared a birthday with Orville though he died in January the year I was born.  I also piloted a two-seater Luscombe in Canada for almost 400 hours from 1984- 1992, so we have something else in common.

I enjoyed a great Bengali breakfast of beef curry, vegetable curry, and nan ruti.  This was followed by a nice visit at Coffee World with my friend, Ellis.  The mocha and strawberry frappe were tasty.

A big thanks to all my friends who wished me “Happy Birthday” and one even hoping I live to be more than 100 years old!! Thanks for making my day special.  My wife is also fixing me a special meal this evening consisting of hamburgers and potato wedges!!

My wife also made me a special jello cake which is pictured below. She decorated it with chocolate chips and peanut M & M’s (one of my favorite candies).

Day 229

LABONI BEACH AT COX’S BAZAAR IN BANGLADESH

Day 228

BAILEY AND SOME BENGALI YOUNG LADIES POSING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER near Himchuri Falls, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

Day 227

OUR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, TINNY (2nd from left) having fun while posing for photograph at a Guy Holud with relatives.  In the plates there are flower petals which will be tossed on the groom when he shows up!

Day 225

BENGALI MAN COMING UP THE PATH so he can sharpen his knife blade.  I should have posted this photo first since it occurred shortly before yesterday’s posted photo.  This was on a hill overlooking the Bay of Bengal near Himchuri Falls.  There were hundreds of steps to get to this lookout point.

BENGALI MAN SHARPENING HIS KNIFE

Day 223

ONE WAY TO KEEP YOUR CLOTHES FROM GETTING WET!

Day 222

HATS FOR SALE AT ENANI BEACH, COX’S BAZAAR, BANGLADESH

Day 221

ONE OF HALIM’S CALVES SUCKING ON Bailey’s finger!

Day 218

FISHING BOATS AT COX’S BAZAAR waiting to go out to sea.