About 5 hours later planes began taking off. We were second for take-off which I was happy about as I was willing to wait as long as it took considering this was a tiny airline in a Third World Country during abnormal weather conditions. But, the flight was perfect and short, 45 minutes later we
After a quick interview and filming one of the doctors singing about and to the river, we headed by boat back to the town of Gaibandha for our return trip to Dhaka. It’s a fascinating place with a few food stalls spaced out where the boats — with their loudly sputtering, engines — drop off
During our time on the ships I filmed a woman having a cataract removed and a boy being treated for a wound on his foot and another treated for burns on his arm. These aren’t people who have suffered a major epidemic, it’s not HIV/AIDS, or even mosquito-spread malaria. It is relatively basic care they
We pulled up next to a boat that would be our sleeping and dining quarters for the next few days. I could see swarms of all kinds of thirsty/hungry bugs in the light on the outside of the ship. Over the next few days I filmed the people who visit the ship for basic medical
We arrived in Dhaka late but getting through the airport was fairly easy which was surprising given that the government had given us a hard time about our journalists visas which took them six months to approve. I think one of the reasons for the delay was NY Times article about the treatment of a