Hi to all,
I know that it's been hard for Danielle, Kim and Bev to upload photos onto the blog, it's not so straight forward when using an I-Pad. I will add a few here.
Our boat for the river trip We gave out some Izzy Dolls, made by Qc ladies, so great!
A typical boat, this one loaded with bricks / Bangladesh is making ships for Norway, along the river
A boat full of sand, used to make bricks / Men with heavy loads
A Bangladeshi shower, while on a boat / Cardboard recycling, large sheets are drying on the riverbank
The Palace, now a College
Two lovely girls, we all wanted to show them Canada.
Cooking, outdoors, she was cooking rice and scalding milk
On Sunday, we headed off on a two hour bumpy ride to get to the Shitalakhya River just outside Dhaka City. We travelled up the river, enjoying Bangladeshi food and visiting a few small communities. We visited a not so well maintained palace, which is now a College. We also visited a community made of mud houses, the way they cooked their meals on fires made of twigs and leaves, made our version of camping seem easy. We were all impressed with a couple of sisters who spoke excellent English and invited us to their home. They served us pickled mango!
Our last stop was the village of Ruposhi, that was known for their weaving. They make some exclusive sari's that the wealthier people in Bangladesh purchase. The saddest part was seeing kids working at the looms.
We all saw a small school, Kim lagged behind the group and the teacher spoke to her and she wondered if we had any pencils (we had just given our last ones away), because they had no pencils for the children to use. I think of my "pencil and pen" drawer at home, overflowing with writing tools...... somehow it isn't right that so much of the world goes without, when some of the world has so much......
It's the people of Bangladesh that touch our hearts, they smile, warmly welcome you, try to speak in their limited English and are so ready to share what they have with us, be it tea, food or just conversation. Everyone should have an experience like this, it's really wonderful.
I know that it's been hard for Danielle, Kim and Bev to upload photos onto the blog, it's not so straight forward when using an I-Pad. I will add a few here.
Our boat for the river trip We gave out some Izzy Dolls, made by Qc ladies, so great!
A typical boat, this one loaded with bricks / Bangladesh is making ships for Norway, along the river
A boat full of sand, used to make bricks / Men with heavy loads
A Bangladeshi shower, while on a boat / Cardboard recycling, large sheets are drying on the riverbank
The Palace, now a College
Two lovely girls, we all wanted to show them Canada.
Cooking, outdoors, she was cooking rice and scalding milk
On Sunday, we headed off on a two hour bumpy ride to get to the Shitalakhya River just outside Dhaka City. We travelled up the river, enjoying Bangladeshi food and visiting a few small communities. We visited a not so well maintained palace, which is now a College. We also visited a community made of mud houses, the way they cooked their meals on fires made of twigs and leaves, made our version of camping seem easy. We were all impressed with a couple of sisters who spoke excellent English and invited us to their home. They served us pickled mango!
Our last stop was the village of Ruposhi, that was known for their weaving. They make some exclusive sari's that the wealthier people in Bangladesh purchase. The saddest part was seeing kids working at the looms.
We all saw a small school, Kim lagged behind the group and the teacher spoke to her and she wondered if we had any pencils (we had just given our last ones away), because they had no pencils for the children to use. I think of my "pencil and pen" drawer at home, overflowing with writing tools...... somehow it isn't right that so much of the world goes without, when some of the world has so much......
It's the people of Bangladesh that touch our hearts, they smile, warmly welcome you, try to speak in their limited English and are so ready to share what they have with us, be it tea, food or just conversation. Everyone should have an experience like this, it's really wonderful.
Can we send some encils?
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