Category: Birthday


Day 230

BREAKFAST AT A LOCAL hotel (restaurant)

This is my Boyd and Wurthmann (for the Ohio folks).  At least 2 days a week I come and get a take-out order of 5 servings of dal (spicy beans) 5 servings of bhaji (spicy vegetables and potatoes) and 10 pieces of nan ruti (flat bread).  Sometimes for my breakfast I just stop in and order some to eat there.  It’s kind of like my Ohio “Boyd and Wurthmann!”

Finger-lickin good!Who needs a spoon when you can grab the food with a piece of ruti!

Day 229

PARTICIPATION TROPHY being received after the final match at the Towne Hall Field Tournament.  It was a big event with a band and lots of firecrackers.  I was introduced at the opening ceremonies and was with the long line of dignitaries of the Towne Hall Market Committee, etc. to shake the hands of the players of the two teams in the final match.  It was a fun evening.

Celebrity?

Day 228

HALIM’S NIECE who adopted me as her Uncle!

Happy 18-yr-old

VISIT TO HALIM’S PLACE ON FRIDAY

We were invited to Halim’s place for a meal on Friday afternoon.  It was nice to meet all of his extended family.  He is one of 8 brothers and 2 sisters.

LADY WHILE VISITING/SAYING GOOD-BYE BEFORE TRAVELING HOME

Big Smile!

Dressed to Travel

MY DEAR WIFE AND I

Sweet!

Day 224

HALIM’S FATHER reminds me of my Grandfathers with the white beard.  Maybe I enjoy foreign travel because of my Grandfathers’ influence.  My paternal Grandfather traveled to Europe on the “Queen Elizabeth” to visit the land where his ancestors came from.  My maternal Grandfather traveled to Germany on a cattleboat, which was delivering a heifer he had donated to the post-war rebuilding efforts.

Tea Stall operator

Day 223

MOHAMMADPUR FRIEND’S CLUB GOALIE explaining something at half-time.

This is how it is!

LAUNDRY ON ROOFTOP of a Party Place at the end of our street (where they host wedding receptions, parties, etc.).

Air-drying!

Day 221

MOHAMMADPUR FRIENDS CLUB, the team I sponsored for a tournament.  They lost last night in the semi-finals.

Nice uniforms!

That ball is going to fly!

Day 220

Delivering Kerosene

RAIN OR SHINE the kerosene still needs to be delivered.

Day 219

BORKHA-clad lady I met while wading the water West of Mohammadia Housing after a monsoon downpour.

Muslim woman dressed with Borkha

Day 218

SAND put on corner of football field to cover the grass.  I guess it costs less than mowing.  For many building sites this is the way all the sand is carried to the cement mixer.

Getting ready to dump a load of sand.