Four weeks .... yes, just four weeks ...

Okay - so here it is "Mary, would you like to return to Dhaka for 4 weeks and work on 'Kamal's World'?".  Sure - why not!  So the contract arrives and it says 5 weeks ....

And here I am again.  It's nice to see that some things haven't changed since I left in April.  The Dhaka end of the operation didn't confirm who would meet me at the airport, where I would be staying or anything else that a traveller might find useful.  Luckily I've been here before!

And then - to use the Asian phrase - "same, same".  I get to the hotel and unpack and the next morning wander into the office.  Met by lots of people that I recognise and a few new faces.  And also the request that I could move out of the hotel and into the newly vacated apartment that belonged to the research team (and which was empty the night before ...).  Trying this time, not to have to move so many times (ie not any more).


And the highlights for the 4 weeks have been:


shooting Kamal's World in the same studio I spent 9 months in for Bishaash along with a director called Don who has more than a passing resemblance to Father Christmas


seeing an elephant - having my eyesight and sanity questioned in a rather incredulous manner (are you sure, was it pink?) by one of the team and the confirmation in print of a hathi janjot (elephant (in a) traffic jam).


So - to prove there was an elephant - a view of the elephant on the main Gulshan Road (imagine Regent Street in London) amidst the ever-familiar traffic jam.

So - flight for Christmas looms.  As ever, too many things to do and not enough time - but we shall soon deal with that!

Mx