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Day 165

YESTERDAY WAS A FULL DAY as we celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary.  We walked for 45 minutes at 4:45 am.  At 6:45 I played 2 hours of tennis, followed by a nice breakfast.  Was back home in time to go to Coffee World to celebrate with Dustin and Alice.  We were celebrating our anniversary, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Alice’s birthday which is coming up in 4 days.  Home in time for a nap before supper.  Supper was left-overs!  Of course the left0vers were mashed potatoes and steak!  I must confess it is the best steak in Dhaka, since my wife knows how to cook up a terrific swiss steak.  I then went shopping for some things Alice wanted before our trip and also bought 20 red roses, which she really enjoyed.  Then after shopping I had a few minutes before we went to Jeremy’s for A & W root beer floats.  This is one of our favorite drinks!  It was very thoughtful of them to fix these for us.  Then it was home to bed.  Today was almost as fast and furious.  A friend who had borrowed my camera returned it at 8:20 pm, in plenty of time for our 5:30 am departure for the train station.  Almost a week in Syhlet, Bangladesh and then on into India, staying near Cherrapungee for several days.

HAPPY 42ND ANNIVERSARY TODAY FOR Alice, my wonderful wife and I.  She has been a faithful comrade throughout life.  Whether hiking in Nepal, Colorado, Arizona or Bali she has been a trooper navigating canyons, volcanoes, and mountains! Married life, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ontario, Ohio and Bangladesh! I thank God for giving me such a wonderful companion.  I met her on September 18, 1966 in beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and married her 1,000 days later!!

On a 4 day hike in Nepal from near Pokhara up to Poon Hill and back.

Celebrating our 40th anniversary!

Day 163

VILLAGERS FROM MUNSHIGANJ DISTRICT seeing their foreign guests off.  We had a great visit in their village.

Day 162

A WOODEN PAINTED TOY HORSE being enjoyed by Candace in a village in the Munshiganj District of Bangladesh.

Day 161

BENGALI VILLAGE GIRLS looking through the door of the home to get a look at the foreigners!

Day 160

BUTTERFLIES COURTING AT the Bangladesh Holiday Tea Resort in Sri Mongol, Syhlet District.

Day 159

CINDY AND I HAVING A DUEL ON THE CHESS BOARD.  We didn’t get to finish one game, but I think this is likely the game I lost!  Chess is one of my favorite games.

Day 158

THIS WAS THE TASTY BENGALI MEAL of fish curry, mutton curry, rice and dal that we were  served in a village in Munshiganj district of Bangladesh.  The meal is served on the bed on a oilcloth type of table cloth.

Day 157

ALICE AND DUSTIN WAITING for the train.  For some reason my camera was set to monochrome for this photo, but I liked it for this photo.

Day 156

THE MANY FACES OF TENNIS at the Bangladesh Tea Board Resort in Sri Mongol, Moulovi Bazar, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.

    

                          Ellis                                                         Dusty

 

                        Charles                                                   Jeremy

Day 155

SUNSET AS SEEN FROM THE TRAIN SOUTH OF Sri Mongol, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.

Day 154

TEA ESTATE WORKER WASHING HIS HANDS in Moulovibazar.