Day 2

First of all: we got Bangladeshi sim cards!

Here our numbers:
Nicolo' +880 1720107381
Constantin +880 1720107382
Jacopo +880 1732071371

Yesterday night we went to bed with the goal of waking up the morning after at 9.00 am to go to the bank (Grameen Bank). This morning we woke up at 11.30 because we set the alarm at 8.00 but on a phone that still had the european time.
We ordered hot water and with some Nestle powder we made ourselves milk for breakfast.
We got dressed and everything and we walked to the Bank. While walking on one of these very very crowded streets a random guy shouted: "Constantin!"
Among 15 milion people our friend Shamimur, the guy we later found out being our coordinator at Grameen, found us. He told us to meet him at the Bank at 2.00.
From 1.00 to 2.00 we took a walk around, on the streets off of the main road. They look much poorer and you can really see and meet people there. Whereas on the main roads everybody is just walking fast, not minding you at all.

At two we arrived at the Bank, where, at the international office on the 8th floor, Shamimur explained us everything about what we're gonna do in the next four weeks. He also told us that we'll be going for five days out to the villages in the fields and see micro-credits in action.



After the meeting at Grameen, we went back to our Hotel which is also a 10 minutes walk away, on the same road, and chilled. We tried the pool, which is extremely cold, but very very very cool, and worked out little at the gym.




Lastly, here are two pictures of Dhaka from our Hotel roof, on which the pool is located. As you can see from the picture of us two on the pool side the air of the whole city, especially in the part we're staying, is very dusty and at 5.00 pm even if the sun is still high up in the sky the light is not intense at all.