Ok, so it has been WAY too long since my last post. Sorry for that, life just got away from me. Let's see...what has gone on since the last time I was on here?? Well, we got to travel across about 25% of the country of Saudi Arabia for Spring Break with some great friends, the boys flew on their own from Riyadh to D.C. for the summer while we stayed in Riyadh to settle up there, Billie Jo and I got to travel to Paris for a few days on our way home from Saudi, Gabe & Sam each got to play on two traveling lax teams this summer and brought home some new hardware, we have left Saudi and are now in Bangladesh (Dhaka). PHEW! That is a lot! We have TONS of pictures that I will try to post on here, but may have to take some old ones down first.
Dhaka, Bangladesh??!! YES! We heard amazing things about the school and the people here before we got hired and it is living up to the reputation. Dhaka is a city of about 16 million people and we are in the thick of it here in our apartment. Oh yeah, our apartment is awesome! Top floor, 3 BR, modest 2800 sqft flat. HA! No, seriously it is nice, not over the top extravagant but nice and more than enough space for the four of us. The school is as close to TSS as we could ask for. The boys are settling in quite nicely, making new friends and learning their way around the city.
AISD is great! It is a hub of the community. There are parents, students and teachers on campus seven days a week...and not because we have to be, but because we want to be. It is amazing how much it reminds us of TSS, although TSS still has that special 'it' factor that is just irreplaceable, but AISD is going through some refurbishing so who knows, maybe by the time it is all done it too will have the 'it' factor. What had made the transition to Dhaka even smoother is that we already had some friends here and another couple we taught with in Riyadh also came here this year with us. AND we have already had some other friends from Riyadh come stay with us for Eid break. Still waiting to hear from some friends and family back home to surprise us with the news that they will be coming to stay! ;)
Well, I will leave with some simple posts of some places we have been so far...and a promise to post more frequently.
Jim
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| Some of the massive ferry boats in Old Dhaka that run up and down the river daily filled with people |
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| Just one of many beautiful water pics we have while out on the boats |
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| Billie Jo and Gabe on our tour of Old Dhaka...Gabe looks really thrilled! |
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| The oldest Hindu temple in Dhaka....I think that is what the guide said |
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| Rickshaw repair/assembly shop |
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| Just some waterfront houses. Amazingly enough, the city is less than 1/4 mile to my back in this picture |
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| Stella's not too sure about this...this was one of the bulls that was slaughtered for Eid |
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| Sam at his first Cricket match with his teammates |
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| Our view from our bedroom balcony |
