POURING CEMENT WALLS ON THE TOP of this new neighboring apartment building. Note the bamboo supporting the top floor, waiting for the cement to dry.
Tag Archive: Dhaka
CHARLES, CINDY, CANACE, CHAYLA, CAROLYN AND I, spent sometime in Old Dhaka, taking in the sights and sounds of the Durga Puja Hindu festival. This shows the typical street we had to navigate.
A BUILDING SEVERAL DOORS DOWN is being torn down, likely for a new many-storied apartment building. I think it was a building in which friends of ours were when he asked her to marry him, probably 40 years ago. I suspect it will obstruct some of our view from our living room. There are worse things that can happen.
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MYSELF WITH CANDACE AND CHAYLA at the computer. No, they are not in Pa., and I’m not in Bangladesh. This was a photo taken before we left for the U.S.A.
I HAD A NICE BREAKFAST with my friend, Charles at this hotel (restaurant). Alice and I headed for the Dhaka airport at 10 pm, for our 1:20 flight with Malaysia Airlines.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SPECIAL WIFE whose birthday is today! I met her on September 18 in the afternoon and have had so many special times together since then! Sorry, sweetheart, it’s 9 pm and the power is off so I couldn’t find a good photo of you on this laptop, so I used one of an Argentina flag waving high over a street in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This city is wild with 2010 World Cup fever! Even more so than the World Series or the NBA finals in the U.S.A. Well today was filled with more good-byes. As I left the football field I had tears. One fellow told me it is ok, you will return!
HOTEL GREEN IN TOWN HALL MARKET was where my friend and I had a great breakfast of curried beef, bhaji, and nan ruti. Little restaurants are called hotels. Actually this is one of the few that actually has rooms. This photo shows the hotel from across the street. I went back this afternoon to get this photo so you don’t see the action out front making the porotas and nan ruti.
More wrap-up things today, four more morning walks, farewells and Sunday evening at 10 heading for the airport.
ALICE AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR 41st WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY! Up at 4:30 AM for a 50 min walk and back by 5:30 AM. No sense wasting a good day by sleeping! 🙂
I had a great bean and cheese burrito for breakfast. We are trying to empty our freezer before we leave, and I think the last trip to the market I bought too many beans! If and when I run out of beans I’ll head for the local hotel (little local restaurant) for some dal, bhaji, and nan ruti!
We’re whacking away at our to-do lists in preparation for heading to America. We were hoping to be done yesterday but didn’t quite make it. Pulled out some cupboards, the fridge, etc. so Shaheen, our house helper could clean behind them. We want things “spic and span” when Lewis’ arrive. They will be staying in our apartment upon their return to Bangladesh, until they find a permanent place to locate. I just finished off some mango juice, which we will miss while in the U.S. After another bean & cheese burrito I think it may be nap time. I see Alice is on the couch fast asleep compensating for the early morning. This morning she had cooked up the rest of the veggies that were in the freezer into a nicy spicy veggie/potato mixture, which I will be enjoying for several days. It’s almost 4 am in the U.S. so I think I’ll post this since the 14th of June (our anniversary) has arrived in the U.S. as well!
This photo was taken last year as we celebrated with the Friday and Saturday morning footballers I play with. They gave us a beautiful red trimmed crystal vase.
EARLY MORNING CLOUDS OVER THE BANANI, DHAKA SKYLINE
A BIG DAY TODAY FOR US and for the FOOTBALL (SOCCER) LOVING FANS. This morning my son, Austin, and his family left for America after 2 1/2 years working with MCC. Also tonight is the opening of the WORLD CUP 2010 tournament. The flags are waving high here in Bangladesh as Bengalis are showing their loyal support for either Brazil or Argentina. There are a few that would support other countries but they are few.
Yesterday, I took my grandsons to the barber and here they are on the rickshaw that brought us to our apartment.
Pruitt drinking his MoJo, Jensen gazing at the playing field, and Riley grabbing his chin! Oh, also the rickshaw walla with the perfect pose! 🙂 I would have brightened up the photo more, but I would have lost the walla’s tupi!
MYSELF WITH AUSTIN’S FAMILY just before good-byes are said. They are leaving at 3 in the morning for the airport heading home to Canton, Ohio, U.S.A. It was nice to have them here the last 29 months. It will be different when we return in the fall and they won’t be here. Alice was the photographer so she couldn’t be in the photo. Alice had fixed a great breakfast casserole for our supper along with her special grape-nut pudding.
SON OF A BEGGAR WANTS TO get on the street to retrieve his toy (plastic bottle), but his mother looks like she will prevent it from happening.
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