Cox's Bazar

Ohio (japanese for "good morning") (although its late afternoon),
this morning we came back from the south east of Bangladesh of a place called Cox's Bazar. Me and 5 other interns from Grameen Bank from France, Holland, Japan and USA (they are all very nice) took the night bus, because this way we wouldnt spend a day, just the night for the way down there. For whatever reason the airconditioning was soo cold that we all coudlnt sleep. The placew was very nice. Its a tourist place but Bangladi style. We were the only foreigners and so again we got alot of attantion, which was alittle bit frustration especially for the girls who could not or just dressed go into the sea. People took pictures of us which I was fine with but obviously wasnt so good when they starting taking pictures of the girls without asking when they werent completely dressed. I dont know how many times I heard the question "From which country?" but I also had to sign a T-Shirt. I tried to play some soccer with some boys but it didnt worked out because too many people came and asked questions and wanted to watch.
The second day we did a trip to an island which was closed. On the way to the boat, one Rikscha driver let me drove his Rikscha (bike with seats for 2 or 3 perons and vehicle number one here). The stupid thing kpt driving to the left and although I tried really hard, after 2 minutes one wheel got of the street and I tried to get off, but one food got stucked. I almost drove right into the river but luckily I stoped right before. I was laughing but the driver didnt think it was that funny. When we got back on the street, of course again many people watched us and a police man came as well and wouldnt let me continue driving. (Mum Im fine!)
On the island we did a round trip and watched a Hindu tempel, which is kinda special because the number one religion here is Islamic. We got to talk to a Hindu monk which was very interesting and spiritual.
Then we decided to go the beach. We walked for a while away from the main beach because we wanted to be alone. As soon as we set down, again people where coming from everywhere. The other guy and me went swimming and when we came back there were about 30 people around the girls and watched them as they were doing ... nothing. The just slept. But they kept starring. Every now and then someone poke them with a stick to see if they were still alive. Because this was not as relaxing as we thought we went back to Cox's Bazar.
Yesterday we relaxed at a Beach-Cafe. I did some surfing of at least I tried and we watched a camera team who made a music video for one of the most popular musicians in Bangladesh (yes, this time WE watched).
The ride back to Dhaka was better but I didnt sleep that much, so when we came to the hotel we all took another nap and I slept till 12. After that I went to the Bank and I did some reading and we discussed another field trip tomorrow. Because of the flud at the moment the situation of millions of Bangladesh people and also the Grameen Bank is very critical. One guy said that the place we went to and Dhaka are pretty much the only places where is no what at the moment and I heard that 2/3 of the country are actually under water. The situation in Dhaka is relaxed and all we can do is wait until the water floes into the ocean, people can start building up their houses again and start working. Although this year the monsum is very hard, people here are used to deal with the situation because it happens every year.
For me its time to find a "daily life" between internship, interns, travelling and the paper I have to write.

How are things in the West?
Nickster

PS: pics still wont work