A slightly disappointing last day. We were supposed to spend the morning with Dhaka Handicrafts in their local office, then have the afternoon free. However, they decided to send us off to visit a small producer group off in the country ... a 3.5 hour drive each way ... about 4/5 of the way to Feni, which we had opted NOT to visit yesterday. And yes ... the drive was scary, with the buses being the most aggressive we've seen.
I don't have the name of the group with me, but we had less than an hour there and the information we were given seemed questionable. For example, they told us they had 10 men and 23 women artisans, but that was plainly not true, at least during our visit, as we only saw about half a dozen women.
We got back around 4pm, at which point they insisted we have 'lunch', so any shopping or other plans had to be cancelled.
Now we're all trying to get packed up for the flight to Kolkata in the morning. Suraiya should be here soon to take us to her house for dinner, so we're hoping for a more positive end to the day.
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Hi Ian;
Yes, sometimes plans don't always work the way you want or they are supposed to. I understand your frustration with the driving--we spent many hours in crazy traffic, on questionable roads,taking forever to see something we really didn't want or need to see, at the cost of losing time just absorbing the culture and surroundings. It is raelly hard to make them realize some things are not as special to us as to them.
The traffic in Toronto doesn't seem that bad after all.
Take a deep breath and keep your chin up. Overall, the good experiences you have will stay with you forever.
Take care and I'll watch for your next report. I really do enjoy them.
Sandra
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