A few entries that we would like to highlight:<\/p>\n A few\u00a0photos<\/a><\/strong> Where shall we\u00a0go?<\/a><\/strong> So, for example, we got an email about a $115 round trip flight to Bangkok before the end of October, but we\u2019re talking more than $1200 for the whole family to visit for a week\/9 days.\u00a0 That\u2019s a hell of a lot of money and we\u2019re trying to save and work on the debt situation.\u00a0 Bummer.\u00a0 And it looks like it\u2019s w a a a a a y more expensive at Christmas time, so doesn\u2019t look that feasible either.<\/p>\n What else can we do?\u00a0 Well, apparently Nepal would be relatively easy to get to, and much cheaper.\u00a0 Also, Kolkatta, although you fly there, you can also take a bus (11 hours \u2013 is this a good idea with two kids?) or the train (also 11 hours, but more doable)\u00a0 In fact, the train idea looks great, since it costs, apparently, $20 each.\u00a0 I expect there may well be some exit taxes involved too, but nowhere near as much as flying.<\/p>\n An alternative would be to travel around Bangladesh.\u00a0 Winter time is the best time to travel here, since the country is much drier then.\u00a0 One option would be take a boat trip around the Sundarbans for a few days.\u00a0 Another would be to visit Cox\u2019s Bazar. 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\n\u201cHere\u2019s a collection of photos we took the other day, on the roof of our apartment block. If you consider the size of our apartment and that there are two like that on each floor, it\u2019ll give a real idea of the size of the space up there. There\u2019s a few ISD families in this block, with young children; we\u2019re figuring it\u2019d be great to meet up for brunch on the roof during weekends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI know we\u2019ve only just arrived, but it\u2019s time to start thinking about where to go on holiday.\u00a0 We\u2019ve a week in October, a month at Christmas, and two weeks at Easter.\u00a0 So many places are relatively close, so we\u2019re spoilt for choice.\u00a0 Only problem is it costs about $200 in exit taxes per person.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSpeaking of that, that\u2019s the main issue right now.\u00a0 Not speaking the language means it\u2019s impossible to really argue with someone, and also not knowing the local values.\u00a0 As foreigners we\u2019ll always pay over the odds for things, that\u2019s fine, but I don\u2019t like being taken advantage of.\u00a0 However, there\u2019s a rickshaw driver named Jalal who hangs around outside, with another guy Rashed, both of whom speak English.\u00a0 Jalal\u2019s is great and he\u2019s pretty much adopted this building as it\u2019s mostly ISD people living here.\u00a0 He\u2019s helped Chris (PE teacher, lives upstairs, has a 2-year old son whose name I can\u2019t spell but it sounds like kie-er) to do some shopping, driven him about, bargained for him.\u00a0 That\u2019s great, exactly what we need, someone who\u2019ll honestly and sincerely help without taking advantage of us.\u00a0 He and Rashed took us to the school on Saturday so we could use the pool, he helped us get to our restaurant that evening by getting the motorized rickshaw and arguing with the driver about the price (of course I didn\u2019t understand what he said but it was spattered with English words like \u2018schoolteacher\u2019 and I\u2019m guessing he was saying \u201cCome on man, don\u2019t take the p\u201d@\u201d we\u2019re not talking rich foreigner\u2019s here they\u2019re just teachers)\u00a0 Anyway, he told us how much to pay for the ride (100 taka, which is about 66p) and made sure the driver knew where we were going.\u201d<\/p>\n