BANGLADESH | Saturday, 15 Jun 2013 | Views [2511] | Comments [1]
After a week in beautiful, sleepy-green Chandpur, returning to Dhaka is an assault on the senses. As the ferry approaches the city, the first thing to hit you is the smell rising up from the water… a sulphurous, putrid mix of chemical and organic ... Read more >
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BANGLADESH | Saturday, 4 May 2013 | Views [1122]
I arrived in Dhaka on Easter Sunday – a day of resurrection and new life. I had risen before dawn that morning – 4am to be precise – and, as my yellow taxi wound through almost empty Kolkata streets towards the airport, I wondered what ... Read more >
Tags: bangladesh, dhaka, school