Here are some pictures from my first day in Dhaka! Hopefully this will give a better visual of all the things I spoke if in my past blog post. I look forward to sharing more pictures as my time here continues.
How wild is this?! This was the flight map about 20 minutes before we landed on Doha, Qatar.
An ocean of clouds, 35,000 feet above
The only picture I have of downtown so far. This was on my way from the airport to Lavender.
My small balcony! I love it. I've been spending a lot of time out here journaling, skyping, reading, etc. The birds outside are amazing, exotic, and beautiful! They are always chirping.
Looking out the other side of my balcony down the left side of the street.
A bad quality picture, but I had to share it because Sumitra and Yasmin are in it. I will get better pictures of them to post later, but I figured I'd share what I had.
This is the view from the door of our small kitchen! the water filter system is located just under the cabinet there, with the blue and brown bottles. Lucky for us! The water comes out warm though, so we fill up water bottles and keep them stored in the fridge so that we can drink them cold.
Look how swollen my ankles and feet are!!! This is what happens when you travel for 2 days straight.. your feet swell up like crazy! Hopefully I don't end up with pitting edema...
This is my nice bedroom! The far door across the room is the door to my lovely little balcony
My bed! The bed net is on top; to use it you just pull down the sides and tuck it into and underneath the sides of the mattress.
A close-up of our water filtration unit.
I hope to get better pictures and a wider array of things as soon as I can!
I hope everyone at home is doing well!! Please know that I love and miss you all! Feel free to comment on any/all of my blog posts, I would love to hear from you!! You can also email me at ceberly@masonlive.gmu.edu.
All the best,
Caitlin
Bill,
ReplyDeleteIts great to hear from you! the bednet is mostly there to protect me from mosquitos I believe. As for driving, I don't think I would EVER want to drive around here! I would definitely cause an accident haha. To drive around here, you have to be aggressive and I know that I would be submissive and hesitate.. bad combination! I just tried looking up online the bird ive been seeing outside, but I cant seem to find it! Its a faint yellow bird with a long tail.. it actually sounds sort of like a parrot! Ill have to ask someone. Thank you for all the kind words; Im loving the adventure and new way of life here! definitely different but beautiful and chaotic all in its own. So great to hear from you!
-Caitlin