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| From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album |
This was a sleep-in day since we weren't meeting the Rotary Club for our final review until 11 AM; however, the phone rang at 6 AM with Asad from our hotel wanting to know if he should bring tea. Hmmmmm. Asad is looking after us very well but there is a point of being too keen!! Oh well, I had planned to go for a run this morning but not quite this early. At 6:20 AM I stepped out of the hotel and it was 26ºC and 90% humidity.
Welcome to Dhaka on their second day of winter!!
This is the time of the day when people exercise and the walking path along the water, just down the street from where we are staying, and a park close by with another path has lots of people walking with a few jogging. This tall (for here) white guy with running shorts (everybody has track pants but, come on, it is already a humidex approaching 40 and I am sweating buckets) loping around the path weaving around the walkers brought lots of stares but you know what? A smile and "as-sa-lam wa-lai-kum" ("Hello.") or "shavo shakell" ("Good morning.") changes everything with big smiles and hellos and good mornings back. Very friendly people.
Everything was quite smooth with our discussion with Rotary and M & M (Maxene & Marg) went off shopping with Capt. Hossain. They came back later in the afternoon excited about their purchase of modern Bengali attire consisting of a Kamiz (a long tunic top), a Salwar (pants that come in various styles), and a Dopatta (a sash). They chose 'loose fit.' Don't worry, folks, I haven't gone fashion-forward but I am going somewhere with this.
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| From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album |
Well the Salwar apparently comes in one-size-fits-all which led to howls of laughter as it was apparent that Richard (see picture) and the M's could all fit into this together.
Sorry folks, you sort of had to be there, but you get the jist. We are getting ready to rock 'n' roll tomorrow for 800 more kids.
Yippee!!
Doug MacDougald
for Team Bangladesh
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