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| From Bangladesh 2011 |
Three days of travelling to the north west area of Bangladesh, four distributions, 1000 kms and twenty hours on the road and of course 1800 smiling kids with their bedkits. I am tired just writing this!
The distribution today in Isherdi was smooth and fun with the kids dressed and waiting in a large shaded area at a school. Some of the team “warmed up the crowd” with bubbles, Frisbees and Quacker the duck -- while the rest set up.
We did arrive a little late due to -- early in our travels this morning -- running out of fuel due to a faulty gauge. An hour later we were on the move after experiencing another slice of Bangladeshi life on the street: visiting roadside stands, riding rickshaw-vans, and yakking with passers-by.
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| From Bangladesh 2011 |
By late afternoon we arrived in the town we will be doing a distribution in tomorrow so we decided to go to the local street market. What a different way of feeding a town than what we know. Fresh vegetables, fish, meat, and many other products and services are available and all accompanied by a sea of people on the move just feet or in some cases inches away.
And, of course, if we stop, the crowd gathers, looking at the novelty of having big white-skinned people in their midst. Mike and I were hanging out at the front of our hotel tonight and a group of guys just materialized with it ending with me trying to teach them how to finger whistle. Fun was had by all…
Stay tuned for more daily blogs as we travel to three of the four corners of Bangladesh.
Doug MacDougald
for Bangladesh Team 2011
