http://vkelim.smugmug.com/gallery/257471_UYQtu/ I 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://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Holidays Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:51 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DhakaMedicalCollegeCorridor/10115993_Cw9R6-Ti.jpg http://vkelim.smugmug.com/gallery/257471_UYQtu/ http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115993_Cw9R6 <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DhakaMedicalCollegeCorridor/10115993_Cw9R6-Th.jpg 23.70000100000000 90.38999900000000 0 b34992c217834768080d160379dd652d be7272b4f67712b9fd759ee2386f2b48 8adad31239611ba04c31551d7cfe7d6e 3fd656c6fa8efd059b948f408cdafbce 0deefdde18717fa7f486e28723d2cb7c 98236f53d55fd20f78200320b8eb57eb 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><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> Holidays dhaka, hospital, medical college Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115994_jnigA <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/DinajpurBaptistMission/10115994_jnigA-Th.jpg 25.61666700000000 88.75000000000000 0 5fbbb242869b1b4e18afd3702f5e7bf4 e655faded4676e6b40b645f6d0e66386 7bf62d0039197369cd82319f50d7c929 589ed870b64c1c27face5f65dee6137b e76f167dd53654921768fb1bbd9a856c 284cd05f42b6a9235ed3bfdab25f48d6 Dinajpur 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> Holidays dinajpur, baptist mission Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115995_FBwWM <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/FieldWork/10115995_FBwWM-Th.jpg 3504eb22052fe67684cdab9b519d7c00 1b0b6b33e10f8340938407c4309b09ee 100806f76867e99a3d7b2379dc7528e5 e5fd5f253ce37dc2b4a7c3026ee7cdc8 72280ea97c835423520887d1e40d80d8 7ffb6a7c9428242f7f980c70ed4cfb06 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, farm, field Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115996_zP4mt <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/Handcrafts/10115996_zP4mt-Th.jpg 7061174cdf3f4004832312c3c72cda51 54a3f1626801ac6c7b331db207c82f6b d50cf84ce154b7a44bfc7d0f18ec5559 d38d1a473df309a2de6aeb4ad26e5a34 0d6a82b18d14cd81788b1df81f7946fa a5bdb72eecb195f3e0ad7296bf70057d Women 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> Holidays bangladesh, handcraft Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115997_QHXw3 <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/HinduWeddingTent/10115997_QHXw3-Th.jpg 7b0a038a6cfb9a5e3537776fb37e22a9 15296dd048786d5351a58bd4193e27bb c9f4a9204a288bfb52e6aa1a01f42616 d5b76fc2b9d064dae22ad88667e2d485 4a9b9ff1bfffe8e3ccee8db22c08575e 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, wedding, tent, hindu Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115998_dHu5R <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBChurchNight/10115998_dHu5R-Th.jpg 469611d81d025f15212c485963e8ac27 ae0c523f4205041e24fb20177a5d1664 de4a1421eebc4a8eeffc27879796416a 39180ee8361e4dbc5e873d80fff11117 1f6225dda73755a2b6fcba5ca4ef56db 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, church, night Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10115999_g8rTG <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBCompound/10115999_g8rTG-Th.jpg d4657a887ad2640169e401893180d3a5 9668921c966f91c84b50ccdfaf72be6c 02e6a48cc0434f082ffd59e033931ce1 002d99ba085efb6111f62c8a3b8c5c70 7c43a72024883207825f33ad08e508c3 dce5160882aaf99bc22bec2ee1ef789a 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, lamb Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116000_SNZVx <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/LAMBRickshawParkingLot/10116000_SNZVx-Th.jpg c4f860c7482039a4541bc520e3eb689f 273375860987adcd59513314e5e1276e a8c240031890f72679f9d561617657a8 6b4847ac843d0cafd8c84cb84a26288d f4e2d24053a72d9e9f8bb30788f5d754 60284f2e4c7b8d75fa41543bad6321e9 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, lamb, rickshaw Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116001_uCmKz <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/OutsideGuesthouse/10116001_uCmKz-Th.jpg 832470e942d8611bbd1b325e10ebc1e3 541e4f7d8bb1ef6cc1178a1fcca281ed d2c4b937d6e2240ad96cb583ab3e94d6 0510da5a20abbeddf14134470d292214 74f8696fa7fa4f08accdf05cd41cbc26 2d8fca5ccad1271b99c9f9054191a27a 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, lamb, guesthouse Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116003_agiWC <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:49 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStation0001/10116003_agiWC-Th.jpg 463fcaaf3e58e1d6caf98befa68e1921 d50f42c6c83144d4074101dacbdf98b0 bc4bdeb1e3ef0548958f442e047fd413 a9e2d375ef07e77098aa66033822722c 0755605484e51b9d08d4ff7b3d56f276 867f3907e4f0de14bf8f5a1f5615ddde Foreigners, 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> Holidays bangladesh, rangpur, railway station Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116004_KJ7uv <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/RangpurStationCold/10116004_KJ7uv-Th.jpg a5cb6ee72fac3e1d3360222e36721668 f688542f6dfd95d5d62ec926a0142d49 9c1ecc2498b4467c723e16cea70b4f63 8ec3f33facaf11a312be3cc4ee3ff90d 0924258f503a3a3dc6c65645f4fd7ec9 5a9fb38c02706086116b0109f3b895b4 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><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> Holidays bangladesh, rangpur, railway station, cold Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116005_LLLXv <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/StaticClinicTBMonitoring/10116005_LLLXv-Th.jpg 6c39c59a170c9b8cb2fb0a9eb0dd0149 9f39490f67b633bd588025973e788caf 19d9748494d92d7fd9cacf2224c15795 62a17097e141a173f98a959babb23596 244036f9f6f74510892665c9cab955e6 fc0f67129d157272a36b43ce47ccd717 Static 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> Holidays bangladesh, clinic Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116006_NtcUQ <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TajhatRajbari/10116006_NtcUQ-Th.jpg 25.60000000000000 89.25000000000000 0 06ce0fc64a01c25f90506d84576d1c12 68c6d56ebb3b2e123bb422340511d5d1 6170dd85d22ed72f11f80cd6dd682706 c1ddb1a55f92146695e469d9351298d2 d36b5d3458cb914d39b51c4ad1b01675 7d5d8d3b516feb1f7f99dad8626dbae9 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><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> Holidays rangpur, bangladesh, tajhat, rajbari, mansion, palace Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116007_kwabx <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:51 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/TypewritersRangpur/10116007_kwabx-Th.jpg 25.60000000000000 89.25000000000000 0 b779aeb321d0623e81e38a0f9a7c6f42 57642e66819b3fc55bbe75823961c1c3 575ce15a65f68d3f696c58605fe7605d e36a7cb9156bee49052bcd4fc4c9abac e383d8dd4fd22b65407e068d4f6ad265 d8f6501f5dcc146e0ae748dbfb0677c3 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><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> Holidays rangpur, bangladesh, typewriter Fong Fong http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/257471_UYQtu#10116008_tj9RA <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> Holidays Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:20:51 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Fong) http://vkelim.smugmug.com/Holidays/Bangladesh-2002/VillageChurchSantaliChristmas/10116008_tj9RA-Th.jpg 8851cf8ba0257fbf37eeaa741c724042 8189d836b6aa1610a9cc3993b7a11a0f 48de27ddd98a5e1f5914abeb57a6ad96 461ac053a2e7b5add5f4a908785d95d5 551d6eeccc1c5c3982b04a9cf3c01a67 76ace1f07fdb324b8dcd39c4a66adc49 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><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> Holidays church, bangladesh, santali Fong Fong