I as so embarased to be Asian

This has to be the most embarrasing asian momment in history. I think we need to bow our heads in shame.

Take a butchers.

Indian Michael Jackson- BTW i think the woman is horrified at the dancing not the zombies that might eat her brain.

Tanked up on lassies

Bigee after getting tanked up on lassies
( Thats the cold South Asian drink and not the dog )

Thinking of flying Biman ?

Thinking of flying Biman? Think again. This is a recent pic of a Biman plane obviously in a bit of a pickle. They had to close Dubai airport for 8 hours. I suppose that made Bangladesh Biman right on time.

Is it too much to ask to have a decent national carrier? Even though we have thousands of people travellng to desh every month the service seems to get more and more pants.
At least one bit of fresh air is the new airline Royal Bengal Airlines.

The only reason people ply is because of the luggage allwoance.
Why do we need so much allowance? (we recently sent 4 cases full of clothes back home with several people). I mean the only thing we normally get back for ourselves is a pair of batas and a songa of hotki ( Dried Fish ) so why do we need 2 tones of allowance.
All we do is cram out luggage with rubbish that we heva collected over the years from markets and the next sale.
But the irony is that the t-shirst that are made in desh are the very ones we take back for our realtives but end up paying a 500% mark up for.

I hope the new airline lives up to its hype and the people who are running it do not become compalcent or run off with peoples money.


Source of Pic

Indian Simpsons

The Indian Simpsons

This cracked me up. Appoliogies to those who have seen it before.

enjoy

The bloddy tiling

AA,

Yesterday got home to dad in panick.

Yes it was more building work.
So me and boz tilled the toilet last night. don't worry peeps it was a new one so crap wasn't comming out of the waste pipe but it did involve hugging the toilet bowl.

Anyways i left the plummer this morning with dad and hope to see a finished shower when i get home today.

When is this bloddy work going to finish?
I think we are very close to a revolt at home where the guy might make dad walk the plank.

I just think hes keeping himself busy especially since hes moved from east london and has no buddies to chill out with.

Anyways adiose for now

ws.

mmm very nice ...

Lets take stock .......

I've tried to kick start this blog about 3 times now but everytime i start i get distracted.
Anyways .....
Been on holiday recently so i thougth i'd share some of the photos with you guys.
Some are already up and i'll try and stick the rest later ( issues with Blogger ).

Where did we go ?

India- Jaipur, Taj Mahal, and Delhi 7 days
Bangladesh- Sylhet to visit relatives including my Nan who had a stroke 7 days
Thailand- Bangkok and Phukett ( one of the islands) 7days
Qatar- Doha ( Very Much like Dubai but more in its infancy) 3 days

plus had my bro, his mrs and my mum flew out of the Uk and we met up in ther Capital Dhaka.

Summary
India was very intresting to say the least but the hightlight was obviously Ther Taj Mahal.
Bangaldesh was fab just to meet realtives and to rekindle the love for the country.
Thailand beaches were very nice but after a while sand and sea get a bit irritating plus the food got to me espeicially since there are no real Halal options.
Qatar was nice but still needs a few years to catch up with Dubai but with its new airline i think that will happen sooner rather than latter.

Anyways apart from the holiday what else is happening ?

Finally we have pusuaed my old man to buy a house. So we (The family) bought a house in Essex.
I was apprensive at first but after few weeks i settled into the quiet life routine.
I love it hear and to top all that we have a garden with actual soil and a cheery tree :)
well the celebration was short lived as dad embarked on his 'DIY' project. That ment distroying the back garden and anhilating the mature garden incuding the trees. Story to be told later.

Anyways gotta dash and will catch up later.

Gisa a Lug

This is on our way to My in laws

Zaynah and Jahed

Zaynah and Jahed ( who is my dads first cousin )

Green on the Nowka

Posing or what .....

Yunus and his old man

Hero

Green on a Honda. Jackie Shrof or what. There is another pic with me ont he same bike but i decided not to put it up. Why ? cause i look like a monster on it. Looks as if i'm ridding a kiddy bike.

Boy climbing tree

The little kid on the tree is a local lad that went up to get some nice cocnuts for us.
Don't worry he is perfectly trained and if he did fall he would fall into our furki (bathing/water resovoir).
My uncle just paid his 10 tk ( 13p ) but i got green so go round the corner and sort him out with a little more.

Up Up and Away

Me and the Lungi

This was my fav passtime. Chulling out in my lungi with a nice cup of tea. Made me feel right at home.

If i had it my way i would have worn it all the time. But the family were dead agaisnt it in fear of unforseen circumstances that may suddenly occur.

Tea Plantations- Madab Khondo, Sylhet, Bangladesh

A tea plantation and not a monkey in sight

Jungles of Madab, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Well jungle might be stretching it a little more like a dense forresty sort of area

Rocks at Madab Khondo

Madab Khondo

This is the 'Famed' Madab Khondo. Its a small water fall surrounded lush jungle and wildlife.
Apparenlty its a protected site and to be honest it is kept spotless.
If your visiting Sylhet no doubt this would be on your list of things to do. Although not as impressive as something you may see in the tropics or maybe in the south of Bangladesh its still a nice day out especially since the water is so refreshing.
Me, Boz and Green swam upto the falls and back and they say that just beneth the falls is a forty foot drop. Its true that the water does get deep suddely and in the corner we were standing ontop of a tree but somehow i dont believe the hype.
If you are going take a dip you will love it.

We got the munchies

The food in desh is wonderfull especially the salad mmmmmmmm.
This pic was taken in my place.

Right to left- Mizan Sasa (AKA Green), Kamal Mama,
Jamil Mama, Alta Sasa, Boz and Me.

Bohor Gram, Gulapgonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh- March 2007

Night Time Cruise

Jamil Mama, Boz and Mizan Sasa ( AKA Green )

Somewhere between Kali Zuri and Bagir Ghat, Gulapgonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh

The Ninja Boatman

Green Midnight Cruise

Night Cruise Burglar

Mama Gang

My Bro Boz, 2nd Mama, 1st Mama and me
Fen Gram, Beani Bazar, Bangladesh 2007

The Boys in Blue

The Red Fort

The Red Fort Sound and Light Show, Delhi, India

Jame Mosque, Wadu Area

This is the Jame Mosque in Delhi India. This is the wadu area

India Gate

Qutub Minar, Delhi, India