On the ground (finally) in Dhaka, Bangladesh

As expected, the trip was NOT uneventful. Flight to London on AA was fine, and I think I bagged a new HODR donor; will watch to see if JT from Netezza comes through!

Then switched to Virgin Atlantic for the overnight London to Delhi; and decided to personally pick up the cost of upgrading to "premium economy" , somewhat of an oxymoron, but I was trusting in the "virgin brand". Was settled, bugged twice by the airline crew to show my boarding pass, - then moved to "Upper Class" HODR karma, or just the result of a pleasant chat with the folks at checkin, or maybe being a brand new Virgin Club member ( probably a good quip in there somewhere). At any rate, this got me a laydown seat, andbetter wine... oh, this disaster life.

This benefit was quickly offset when my third leg flight, Delhi to Dhaka, went through stages of delay-cancel-resched 12 hours-later,  all of which gave me a 21 hour stay in the very unglorious "transit lounge" at the Delhi airport (think '50's era linoleum, chairs, etc). I guess there opening a new international airport next year, so this one clearly hasn't received any upkeep.

Anyway, made it to Dhaka, our friends at CARE had recommended a nice local hotel, the Lake Castle  ( maybe the Pond Commercial Building" would have been more appropriate, because you could almost jump across the lake... but it's nice, clean, and I got a good night's sleep.

Have to run to a meeting, things are going well on the cooperation front, and I have a meeting with the head of a local NGO just back from the frontlines....