Sat. May 24

Lonnie went for dim and ruti for breakfast

Have been wanting to get back to Boro Bazar (big market) so decided today was the day! But we’d only been there once and did not save important places(.. where to park, where the fabric is located,etc..) in Google maps!😖 So, we really didn’t have a very good idea exactly where we were headed but decided we didn’t know when we’d figure it out if we didn’t try.

So on we drove….

Was so good to get away from the house again

On the way in to Khulna city… I was impressed again with the literal holy cow(we’re in Hindu country)over here there is a herd that scavenges in the trash piles on the roadside😱 and later they were shortening the grass in the median…

Our adventure into Boro Bazar https://maps.app.goo.gl/n9MK42r1bdsUqha26?g_st=icwas definitely an adventure! We never did get out of the van and Lonnie was maxed out with the driving🤯 we found ourselves in the depths of the market where we normally would be walking, no way to turn around! Just keep inching forward, in and around people, small transport, etc.

We did Finally find our way out! Lonnie giving me no hope of ever returning🫣 He says, his past experience with tipping a motorcycle over probably didn’t help him cope😏 But I did get some places put into Google maps just in case he ever gets brave enough to try again📍

Enroute we did stop at Miniso 🛍️ https://maps.app.goo.gl/MrSoLQ71cBg7UYkG7?g_st=ic and Artisanhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/u5mCPy51bXy3YjoX9?g_st=ic checked out Bengal Meats and came home. It did feel like a successful trip even if we didn’t get to shop Boro Bazar..

Grilled hamburgers and baked beans supper

At 7:00 we went to Shanto’s for the evening

Hot tea (cha), spicy crunch mix, and biscuits (little boughten cookies) and a lively conversation. The boys can speak enough English to have a good conversation and they translate for their folks. Yes, we really do need to learn this language because the mom, Sotti busied herself somewhere else for most the evening cause she said it is boring to sit in a conversation she mostly doesn’t understand😏 how well we know…

The youngest, 13 yr old Espondant, knows English the best and did the most talking and interpreting… he dreams of becoming an astronaut and joining NASA! His dad just shakes his head…”big dreams“ 

They told us all their name meanings..

Shanto-quiet

Sotti-best friend/life companion

Rhidoy-heart 

Antoor-heart also

Espondant-heartbeat or pulse 

Pinky, Rhidoy’s wife, is very creative. She showed us some of her creations. And then her online site where she sells her bangles, necklaces, earrings, saris and shoes(high top canvas with thick sole) she’s painted. Rhidoy says she likes school and loves math and he is planning to let her do more schooling. 

We sang a few songs and had a prayer. We made our leave, and they were going to sit down to supper (9:30) rice and lentils (bhat and dhal). We were invited to stay but we had supper before we came. These Bengalis have such late suppers! Rhidoy told us, his wife Pinky’s family, often had supper at midnight or 1:00!!