Dhaka

The Dhaka flights have many rumours spead about them. We talked about these in the briefing and were told that most of them were not true. It turned out to be a really good trip. Most of the passengers are builders who work on the new building being built in Dubai. They have never been on an aircraft before and are unsure of what to do but are very polite. Dhaka is the place that crew fly to when they are short on DVDs. This trip I managed to pick up several of the latest releases and the end of season 3 of Desperate Housewives. Crew are told not to leave the hotel so we spend most of our time eating, at the pool or on the internet in the crew room which we share with several of the other airlines. I thought the trip was fine and would have no problem if it happened to appear on my roster again.
Dalida (Lebanon) and me in the Mid Galley.
Dhaka's Zia International Airport.
The crew in the hotel restaurant for dinner. L-R Anghela (Bulgaria), Nicolette (England), Dalida, Antoine (Lebanon), Captain Peter (New Zealand), Keiko (Japan), Federica (Italy), First Officer Lars (Norway), Hanan (Tunisia), Me, Marymae (Philippines) and Vanessa (India).
A street in Dhaka city.

In Dhaka they don't have sprinklers to water the bushes in the middle of the street. A man has to do it using a jug!