You know you’re close when you can smell it. Fish. The aptly named Karwan Fish Market is the largest of its kind in Bangladesh. Thousands of vendors from across the country travel to the capital city of Dhaka to sell their products in bulk. Despite its name, the market doesn’t just sell fish; it sells almost every consumable vegetable or meat you can find in … Continue reading Fish market
In preparing for this trip to Dhaka, our professor Nadia White told us all to “tell it like it is.” We would not be sugarcoating anything, or glazing over the important details. Our reporting would be focused on climate change, specifically related to loss and damages. We were asked to research and prepare to report on a related issue in Bangladesh, where we would “tell … Continue reading Feeling it like it is
By Lauren Reinhart When I got my passport back from the consulate in New York with my visa for Bangladesh, I thought I would not have to worry about it ever again. In short, I was wrong. The trouble all started back in February. I was stressed out when Nadia White, our professor, sent all of the class passports off to New York to get … Continue reading Problem child creating more problems
Today is May 16, 2024, and I’m writing this in a small hotel in Dhaka where we’re waiting for our AirBnB to open up. Two days ago, Clayton Murphy, Maddie McCuddy, Renna Al-Haj and I left Missoula and drove to Seattle to fly out, first to Doha, Qatar, and now Dhaka, Bangladesh. The journey to get here was lively. In Seattle, we had wonderful hosts, … Continue reading ‘Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.’
UM to Bangladesh 