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			Date February 2013 March 2013 April 2013 Topic Development Environment Field Work Health How-to Travel Location Map Bangladesh Thailand Media Slideshows Video
	Arriving in Dhaka Exiting the Dhaka airport I was greeted by air thick with dry dust and a swarm of mosquitoes. On the drive home, I become reacquainted with the smells of this large city which are often overpowering. Refuse is burned in the street and the acrid smoke hugs the ground like fog. Stagnant smelly water and piles of trash litter street corners. All of this blends with the smell of street food and mechanical workshops... Read more...



	Buying Maritime Salvage in Dhaka In what was a completely unexpected find (at least for me), the dusty store fronts of Dhaka hide a treasure trove of maritime salvage. The owners of the stores will tell you that this hails from the ship breaking yards of Chittagong, and a lot of it probably does. An impressive number of ships make Chittagong their last port of call — all told, the yard accounts for around a fifth of the world ship breaking industry... Read more...

			Dealing with Hospital Waste Foreigner's Guide to Lungi Wearing Virus Hunting: Where to Search? Slideshow: Water Quality Life in Dhaka's Dilapidated Palaces Slideshow: Tracing Paper Causing Havoc Downstream Long Weekends and Protests Initial Impressions of HIV in Bangladesh Buying Maritime Salvage in Dhaka Arriving in Dhaka Overwatted in Bangkok Creating the Comfort of First Class in Your Economy Airline Seat

A Potential Disaster: Initial Impressions of HIV in Bangladesh It’s very difficult to truly grasp the scope of the HIV epidemic in Bangladesh. The first case of HIV in Bangladesh was detected in 1989 and by all accounts the numbers of infected individuals have been rising since that time... Read more...

Long Weekends and Protests The last week has been marred by political disruption and violence as protests and rallies continue to sweep across Bangladesh. Since the war crimes tribunal sentenced an Islamic leader to death last week, tragically, at my last check of news outlets, over seventy people have been killed. Read more...

Slideshow: Tracing Paper Exploring the honeycomb of markets and stalls throughout Old Dhaka, one can trace the route of paper from the press to the wall to the scrap heap and, finally, to musty rooms where it is shredded and collected for recycling. Read more...


Life in Dhaka's Dilapidated Palaces It’s hard not to notice the rotting old 18th and 19th century fronts of Dhaka’s old town. Ghosts of a bygone era, the neoclassical facades provide a reminder of the city that Dhaka once was. Now the palatial buildings — victims of political strife and poverty — stand in stately disrepair. Read more...

Slideshow: Water Quality This set of pictures is dedicated to water use and water quality around Dhaka: from the modern to the historic. I wanted to start with the usual state of the water coming out of the faucet in my bathroom. I’ve placed a plastic cup to catch the water so you can see that it’s not exactly clear... Read more...