Thursday, October 23, 2008

New friends

Our "day off" culminated with a special dinner at a restaurant called Emanuel's Barbeque, hosted by the Rotary Club team in our honour. They are very gracious people, and all expressed sincere appreciation for our work here.

I particularly like Captain Khaliquzzaman (Khaliq) and his wife, both of whom we have gotten to know rather well. He, along with Captain Hossain, has been ensuring that we get around the country as comfortably as possible. They accompanied us on the steamer trip to Barisal.

She presented each of us with one of these hand-embroidered pictures, each a unique Bangladesh scene. Mine depicts a village. We will be proud to display it back in Brampton, and to tell the story behind it.

Right now I am capping off my day of R&R with a beer on the balcony. Yes, friends, when we checked back into the Rose Wood Residence upon our return to Dhaka, I scored a room with a balcony AND a queen size bed with TWO pillows.

This is the first beer since London 9 days ago, and was acquired at
our "speakeasy" source (see earlier post re: wine).

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