Bangladesh 2002I travelled to Bangladesh (Dinajpur district) for three months during 2001--2002. I spent most of my time at the LAMB hospital, learning about the local culture and also sharing medical experiences with the local workers.
All photographs were taken with a Sigma SA300-N and scanned. Most photographs have not been post-processed, although some probably should be!http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DhakaMedicalCollegeCorridor/10115993_Cw9R6-Ti.jpghttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/gallery/257471_UYQtu/2004-10-19T23:20:51ZCopyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved.SmugMugDhaka Medical College corridor. The best known hospital in Bangladesh. (I spent almost all by time at the LAMB hospital, which is a long way from Dhaka). This corridor is outside the high-le ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Dhaka Medical College corridor. The best known hospital in Bangladesh. (I spent almost all by time at the LAMB hospital, which is a long way from Dhaka). This corridor is outside the high-le ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115993_Cw9R6" title="Dhaka Medical College corridor. The best known hospital in Bangladesh. (I spent almost all by time at the LAMB hospital, which is a long way from Dhaka). This corridor is outside the high-le ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DhakaMedicalCollegeCorridor/10115993_Cw9R6-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="Dhaka Medical College corridor. The best known hospital in Bangladesh. (I spent almost all by time at the LAMB hospital, which is a long way from Dhaka). This corridor is outside the high-le ..." title="Dhaka Medical College corridor. The best known hospital in Bangladesh. (I spent almost all by time at the LAMB hospital, which is a long way from Dhaka). This corridor is outside the high-le ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:25:44ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DhakaMedicalCollegeCorridor/10115993_Cw9R6-Th.jpg23.7000010000000090.389999000000000Dinajpur Baptist Mission. One of the old out-stations of William Carey.<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Dinajpur Baptist Mission. One of the old out-stations of William Carey.</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115994_jnigA" title="Dinajpur Baptist Mission. One of the old out-stations of William Carey."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DinajpurBaptistMission/10115994_jnigA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dinajpur Baptist Mission. One of the old out-stations of William Carey." title="Dinajpur Baptist Mission. One of the old out-stations of William Carey." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:29:17ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DinajpurBaptistMission/10115994_jnigA-Th.jpg25.6166670000000088.750000000000000Fieldwork. The average Bangladeshi rice farm is larger than the average Chinese rice farm. However, the average Bangladeshi family is also a lot larger than the average Chinese family.<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Fieldwork. The average Bangladeshi rice farm is larger than the average Chinese rice farm. However, the average Bangladeshi family is also a lot larger than the average Chinese family.</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115995_FBwWM" title="Fieldwork. The average Bangladeshi rice farm is larger than the average Chinese rice farm. However, the average Bangladeshi family is also a lot larger than the average Chinese family."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/FieldWork/10115995_FBwWM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Fieldwork. The average Bangladeshi rice farm is larger than the average Chinese rice farm. However, the average Bangladeshi family is also a lot larger than the average Chinese family." title="Fieldwork. The average Bangladeshi rice farm is larger than the average Chinese rice farm. However, the average Bangladeshi family is also a lot larger than the average Chinese family." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:25:23ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/FieldWork/10115995_FBwWM-Th.jpgWomen working on handcrafts. Bangladesh also has a flourishing rag-trade, providing T-shirts to the whole world.<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Women working on handcrafts. Bangladesh also has a flourishing rag-trade, providing T-shirts to the whole world.</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115996_zP4mt" title="Women working on handcrafts. Bangladesh also has a flourishing rag-trade, providing T-shirts to the whole world."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/Handcrafts/10115996_zP4mt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Women working on handcrafts. Bangladesh also has a flourishing rag-trade, providing T-shirts to the whole world." title="Women working on handcrafts. Bangladesh also has a flourishing rag-trade, providing T-shirts to the whole world." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:29:22ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/Handcrafts/10115996_zP4mt-Th.jpgHindu weddings are colourful and quite interesting to some-one like me who has only been exposed to Western wedding traditions. For a start, the wedding ceremonies go on for days (in Banglad ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Hindu weddings are colourful and quite interesting to some-one like me who has only been exposed to Western wedding traditions. For a start, the wedding ceremonies go on for days (in Banglad ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115997_QHXw3" title="Hindu weddings are colourful and quite interesting to some-one like me who has only been exposed to Western wedding traditions. For a start, the wedding ceremonies go on for days (in Banglad ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/HinduWeddingTent/10115997_QHXw3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Hindu weddings are colourful and quite interesting to some-one like me who has only been exposed to Western wedding traditions. For a start, the wedding ceremonies go on for days (in Banglad ..." title="Hindu weddings are colourful and quite interesting to some-one like me who has only been exposed to Western wedding traditions. For a start, the wedding ceremonies go on for days (in Banglad ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:28:05ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/HinduWeddingTent/10115997_QHXw3-Th.jpgLAMB church, Christmas season. Hand-held shot from a Sigma film SLR. I really like this shot. Of course, I had to take a few photographs to get one reasonably steady shot! (Taking several ph ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />LAMB church, Christmas season. Hand-held shot from a Sigma film SLR. I really like this shot. Of course, I had to take a few photographs to get one reasonably steady shot! (Taking several ph ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115998_dHu5R" title="LAMB church, Christmas season. Hand-held shot from a Sigma film SLR. I really like this shot. Of course, I had to take a few photographs to get one reasonably steady shot! (Taking several ph ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBChurchNight/10115998_dHu5R-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="LAMB church, Christmas season. Hand-held shot from a Sigma film SLR. I really like this shot. Of course, I had to take a few photographs to get one reasonably steady shot! (Taking several ph ..." title="LAMB church, Christmas season. Hand-held shot from a Sigma film SLR. I really like this shot. Of course, I had to take a few photographs to get one reasonably steady shot! (Taking several ph ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:28:43ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBChurchNight/10115998_dHu5R-Th.jpgThe LAMB hospital and residences are surrounded by a wall. It is a quite a green oasis inside. Then again, much of Bangladesh is a lush green zone thanks to the copious floods and available ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />The LAMB hospital and residences are surrounded by a wall. It is a quite a green oasis inside. Then again, much of Bangladesh is a lush green zone thanks to the copious floods and available ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115999_g8rTG" title="The LAMB hospital and residences are surrounded by a wall. It is a quite a green oasis inside. Then again, much of Bangladesh is a lush green zone thanks to the copious floods and available ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBCompound/10115999_g8rTG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="The LAMB hospital and residences are surrounded by a wall. It is a quite a green oasis inside. Then again, much of Bangladesh is a lush green zone thanks to the copious floods and available ..." title="The LAMB hospital and residences are surrounded by a wall. It is a quite a green oasis inside. Then again, much of Bangladesh is a lush green zone thanks to the copious floods and available ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:27:20ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBCompound/10115999_g8rTG-Th.jpgThe rickshaws are all bicycle-driven. A ten-minute ride costs a foreigner about fifteen taka (or less, if you are prepared to haggle in Bangla). A hundred taka is approximately 100 British p ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />The rickshaws are all bicycle-driven. A ten-minute ride costs a foreigner about fifteen taka (or less, if you are prepared to haggle in Bangla). A hundred taka is approximately 100 British p ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116000_SNZVx" title="The rickshaws are all bicycle-driven. A ten-minute ride costs a foreigner about fifteen taka (or less, if you are prepared to haggle in Bangla). A hundred taka is approximately 100 British p ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBRickshawParkingLot/10116000_SNZVx-Th.jpg" width="97" height="150" alt="The rickshaws are all bicycle-driven. A ten-minute ride costs a foreigner about fifteen taka (or less, if you are prepared to haggle in Bangla). A hundred taka is approximately 100 British p ..." title="The rickshaws are all bicycle-driven. A ten-minute ride costs a foreigner about fifteen taka (or less, if you are prepared to haggle in Bangla). A hundred taka is approximately 100 British p ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:25:13ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBRickshawParkingLot/10116000_SNZVx-Th.jpgI stayed in a guesthouse. Furnishings were spare, and lighting intermittent. Other than the mosquitoes, I was quite comfortable. Bring plenty of repellant, and find some insect spray fast!<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />I stayed in a guesthouse. Furnishings were spare, and lighting intermittent. Other than the mosquitoes, I was quite comfortable. Bring plenty of repellant, and find some insect spray fast!</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116001_uCmKz" title="I stayed in a guesthouse. Furnishings were spare, and lighting intermittent. Other than the mosquitoes, I was quite comfortable. Bring plenty of repellant, and find some insect spray fast!"><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/OutsideGuesthouse/10116001_uCmKz-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="I stayed in a guesthouse. Furnishings were spare, and lighting intermittent. Other than the mosquitoes, I was quite comfortable. Bring plenty of repellant, and find some insect spray fast!" title="I stayed in a guesthouse. Furnishings were spare, and lighting intermittent. Other than the mosquitoes, I was quite comfortable. Bring plenty of repellant, and find some insect spray fast!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:29:02ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/OutsideGuesthouse/10116001_uCmKz-Th.jpgForeigners, tourists and bulky SLR cameras were still a strange sight in north-west Bangladesh. People naturally line-up for any photographs.<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Foreigners, tourists and bulky SLR cameras were still a strange sight in north-west Bangladesh. People naturally line-up for any photographs.</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116003_agiWC" title="Foreigners, tourists and bulky SLR cameras were still a strange sight in north-west Bangladesh. People naturally line-up for any photographs."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStation0001/10116003_agiWC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Foreigners, tourists and bulky SLR cameras were still a strange sight in north-west Bangladesh. People naturally line-up for any photographs." title="Foreigners, tourists and bulky SLR cameras were still a strange sight in north-west Bangladesh. People naturally line-up for any photographs." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:30:08ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStation0001/10116003_agiWC-Th.jpgRangpur station. In Bangladesh, the dry season is also the cold season and extends over December and January. Some people in Bangladesh are both landless and homeless. They can often be foun ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Rangpur station. In Bangladesh, the dry season is also the cold season and extends over December and January. Some people in Bangladesh are both landless and homeless. They can often be foun ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116004_KJ7uv" title="Rangpur station. In Bangladesh, the dry season is also the cold season and extends over December and January. Some people in Bangladesh are both landless and homeless. They can often be foun ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStationCold/10116004_KJ7uv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Rangpur station. In Bangladesh, the dry season is also the cold season and extends over December and January. Some people in Bangladesh are both landless and homeless. They can often be foun ..." title="Rangpur station. In Bangladesh, the dry season is also the cold season and extends over December and January. Some people in Bangladesh are both landless and homeless. They can often be foun ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-07-09T04:55:24ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStationCold/10116004_KJ7uv-Th.jpgStatic Clinic Monitoring
This photograph would have benefited from either a faster film speed, or a digital camera!<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Static Clinic Monitoring
This photograph would have benefited from either a faster film speed, or a digital camera!</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116005_LLLXv" title="Static Clinic Monitoring
This photograph would have benefited from either a faster film speed, or a digital camera!"><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/StaticClinicTBMonitoring/10116005_LLLXv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Static Clinic Monitoring
This photograph would have benefited from either a faster film speed, or a digital camera!" title="Static Clinic Monitoring
This photograph would have benefited from either a faster film speed, or a digital camera!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:27:36ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/StaticClinicTBMonitoring/10116005_LLLXv-Th.jpgTajhat Rajbari ('Tajhat Palace', in Rangpur). A grand old mansion, somewhat run-down and no longer used by anyone. It was used a few years ago as a district court. This picture was taken on ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Tajhat Rajbari ('Tajhat Palace', in Rangpur). A grand old mansion, somewhat run-down and no longer used by anyone. It was used a few years ago as a district court. This picture was taken on ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116006_NtcUQ" title="Tajhat Rajbari ('Tajhat Palace', in Rangpur). A grand old mansion, somewhat run-down and no longer used by anyone. It was used a few years ago as a district court. This picture was taken on ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TajhatRajbari/10116006_NtcUQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Tajhat Rajbari ('Tajhat Palace', in Rangpur). A grand old mansion, somewhat run-down and no longer used by anyone. It was used a few years ago as a district court. This picture was taken on ..." title="Tajhat Rajbari ('Tajhat Palace', in Rangpur). A grand old mansion, somewhat run-down and no longer used by anyone. It was used a few years ago as a district court. This picture was taken on ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:30:05ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TajhatRajbari/10116006_NtcUQ-Th.jpg25.6000000000000089.250000000000000Some people have computers in Bangladesh. There was an active trade in older Pentium machines when I was there. However, I had not seen for years so many manual typewriters in one place as I ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />Some people have computers in Bangladesh. There was an active trade in older Pentium machines when I was there. However, I had not seen for years so many manual typewriters in one place as I ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116007_kwabx" title="Some people have computers in Bangladesh. There was an active trade in older Pentium machines when I was there. However, I had not seen for years so many manual typewriters in one place as I ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TypewritersRangpur/10116007_kwabx-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="Some people have computers in Bangladesh. There was an active trade in older Pentium machines when I was there. However, I had not seen for years so many manual typewriters in one place as I ..." title="Some people have computers in Bangladesh. There was an active trade in older Pentium machines when I was there. However, I had not seen for years so many manual typewriters in one place as I ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:28:05ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TypewritersRangpur/10116007_kwabx-Th.jpg25.6000000000000089.250000000000000I had never experienced a Christmas 'season' until I went to Bangladesh. Since Christians, and advertisers, are a minority in Bangladesh, there is no prolonged period of jingles and Christma ...<p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com">Fong</a><br />I had never experienced a Christmas 'season' until I went to Bangladesh. Since Christians, and advertisers, are a minority in Bangladesh, there is no prolonged period of jingles and Christma ...</p><p><a href="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116008_tj9RA" title="I had never experienced a Christmas 'season' until I went to Bangladesh. Since Christians, and advertisers, are a minority in Bangladesh, there is no prolonged period of jingles and Christma ..."><img src="http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/VillageChurchSantaliChristmas/10116008_tj9RA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="I had never experienced a Christmas 'season' until I went to Bangladesh. Since Christians, and advertisers, are a minority in Bangladesh, there is no prolonged period of jingles and Christma ..." title="I had never experienced a Christmas 'season' until I went to Bangladesh. Since Christians, and advertisers, are a minority in Bangladesh, there is no prolonged period of jingles and Christma ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-22T16:27:12ZFonghttp://vkelim.smugmug.comhttp://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/VillageChurchSantaliChristmas/10116008_tj9RA-Th.jpg