So this is the blog I've made to keep somewhat regular updates as to my life in Bangladesh over the next year. It's so named because my apartment has a spectacular mountain/hill right outside my window. At least, the view is spectacular now, I've been warned that a building is going up outside that'll probably kill my view after a couple months but I'll certainly enjoy it while I can.
After a sixteen hours flight from Chicago to Hong Kong, and then another five hour flight from Hong Kong to Dhaka, I was exhausted when I was picked up from the Dhaka airport at around 2AM local time. I was taken to a guesthouse by an AUW staffer who is here doing a Fulbright where I was able to get mate two hours of sleep before having to get back up and hit a domestic flight from Dhaka to Chittagong.
In Chittagong I was picked up by Margaret, a faculty member at AUW who is serving as our guide in these first chaotic weeks. She dropped me right off onto the front door of my crazy large and beautiful apartment I share with two other senior fellows. Shelana was already moved in having arrived the day before, and as I write this our third roommate is on her way from Dhaka to join us. I spent the rest of yesterday trying not to fall asleep as we went out as a group to the ATM, a cell phone store (I have a local number and seven contacts right now, only two of which are customer service) and then the grocery store. We were fed amazing curry for lunch and dinner from a local hotel catering service.
Today I got my first look at the university and was able to meet with the professor I'll be doing research under during my time here. It's exactly what I have expected so far, and I'm loving every minute of it! I'll make sure to update this in the coming days as more interesting stuff is happening, but for now I'm just glad I'm finally here!
My Mountain View
My private balcony, the mountain is on the left
My room!
Another room picture
Bathroom!
Shared living room
Shared dining room
Shared kitchen
I agree the mountain is beautiful; maybe it will take as long to build there as it does here preserving your amazing view. You were brilliant choosing to bring the bed cover the color looms good in your space. Speaking of space this makes your last apartment really look small.
ReplyDeleteCompared to this, my last apartment was really small. This apartment is about the size of the ground floor of your house, plus a little extra. It's huge.
DeleteWow, that was annoying. I wrote a profound comment, and it kicked me off, and made me sign into gmail. I'm going to try it again. Here it goes: I love your blog. Great idea! I feel like I get to come along on the adventure. Sorta! You're apartment is beautiful; although, my mountain is bigger than yours! ;P Bree, you are living a life worth living! Go conquer your dreams, and Bangladesh will never be the same. (yeah I did have to look up the correct spelling) See you are expanding my world all the way here in Colorado. I can't wait to follow along!
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