Since the initial shock and unknown of the first couple of days things have been much calmer for us Hardistys here in Dhaka. There are new challenges to be faced on a daily basis but in general we have grown in confidence about town and are walking about and catching rides with relative ease. We are getting our bearings of key parts of the city and the little bit of language we have picked up is helping too.
We have actually started language school this week. We'll be having a one hour Bangla lesson every day for a couple of weeks to give us some kind of grasp of the basics, and then maybe more later if we feel we need it. It's a bit of a challenge leaning the taught content ready for the next day's lesson on top of the demands of work, travel, meeting new people and finding food, but we are enjoying it. I hadn't really expected this but I'm actually finding it quite exciting learning another language. Our teacher Sultana is very nice but has pretty high expectations of her students!
Abar dacha hObe - See you again (hObe pronounced proper 'Lesta')
Chris
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