Amy's Blogladesh

• Inshallah 9 months ago I’ve sheshed the desh, a little sooner than expected, and I’m home with my Mum and my lovely family and friends. Mum says visiting Bangladesh was the hardest trip she has ever done. Bangladesh has given me the most amazing stories to fill my mind and this blog, but there was so much...
• A prayer by Rabindranth Tagore 11 months ago Bow my head to let it touch the ground beneath your feet Let all my pride be drowned in my tears. In seeking glory, I’ve only been debasing myself I’ve only been denuding myself of life time after time Let all my pride be drowned in my tears. Let me not proclaim myself through my [...]
• Village Times 11 months ago During Sally’s visit to Bangladesh, I scheduled in some ‘village time’ to experience a bit of rural Bangladesh, and get some much needed respite from Dhaka. A friend’s NGO had just started offering weekend packages – two nights and two days at a rustic guest house,...
• Babies 11 months ago Due to a range of reasons – potentially deserving of a pretty awesome PhD – Bangladesh and Myanmar served as the perfect locations for Sally to indulge in her favorite passtime: Baby Spotting. During her two week visit, we spotted hundreds of babies, and were able to document some of...
• An Englishman, two Australians, eight Burmese and one Missing Purse 11 months ago Sally and I last week ventured to Myanmar, described by the man who booked our flights as “more than just the land of the golden pagoda!!”. Our adventure had taken us through Yangon to Bagan, an epic 42 square kilometres of ancient temples in the country’s heart. Armed with two...

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