Category: Bangladesh


Day 329

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November 25, 2010

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY to all my American friends.  I know my Canadian friends have long ago digested their Thanksgiving meals!  I know these aren’t turkeys, but turkeys are expensive in Bangladesh.  I think they might cost $70!  I haven’t checked lately, and my memory isn’t what it used to be.  Hopefully I’m not exaggerating!  These are some ducks at Halim’s place.  Today us fellows on the team are cooking the meal for the ladies.  The menu is a secret, so I won’t disclose it until later! Have a great day!

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Day 328

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November 24, 2010

THIS YOUNG BENGALI LAD loved to show me how he could make this top spin.

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Day 327

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November 23, 2010

WELL IT’S FOR SURE!  ALICE AND I are spending Christmas in Bali.

HERE IS ALICE having a nice curried beef, rice, spicy potato, dal, and rice meal at Halim’s place.   Halim’s mother is on the right.  Her curries are some of the best we have tasted in Bangladesh.

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Day 326

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November 22, 2010

MASUM, HALIM’S BROTHER, WHOM I also play football with giving his nephew a fun ride.

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Day 325

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November 21, 2010

HALIMER CHOTO BEI SNAN KORCHE!  Ok, I’ll translate.  Halim’s younger brother taking a shower.

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Day 324

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HERE I AM IN A MOHAMMADIA HOUSING street helping to skin a cow.  Halim my friend is on the left standing in front of a tea stand that his family owns.

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Day 323

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HALIM, MY FOOTBALL PLAYER FRIEND, standing in front of some cows in the village his mother comes from.  I went with Halim and one of  his nieces to this village in Munshigang district.  They were very friendly and were gracious hosts.

 

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Day 322

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November 18, 2010

HERE I AM ON MOHAMMADIA HOUSING’S MAIN ROAD adjusting my lungi before I started helping to skin this cow.  I didn’t want the lungi to fall off!

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Day 321

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November 17, 2010

TODAY IN BANGLADESH IT WAS EID-ul-Ajha, which is the Eid in which they sacrifice an animal to in recognition of when  Abraham took his son to Mt. Moriah to be sacrificed.  Each family decides whether to sacrifice a camel (rarely in Bangladesh), a cow, or a goat.  We had 13 cows and 9 goats in our parking garage this morning in prep for this event.  We live in an apartment with 32 apartments.  Here in a nearby field there are many Bengalis participating in the special prayers before the sacrifices happen.

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Day 319

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November 16, 2010

BENGALI LADY PICKING TEA on a Tea Estate near Moulovibazar.

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Day 318

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BENGALI WORKER IN TEA GARDEN near Moulovibazar in Northeastern Bangladesh.  These workers are paid per kg of tea leaves they pick.

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Day 317

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November 13, 2010

SHARMIN STARTED LAUGHING BECAUSE it took me so long to take this photo.  I bumped the shutter mode button by mistake and it was on the timer mode!  Therefore when I pressed the button it took 10 seconds before the shutter opened.  Of course, I think this even made a better shot.  Sharmin was a part of the 18 photographers of the TTL club that went to Northeastern Bangladesh to take photos last weekend.

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