Last Two Months
It's been in interesting last two months. I remember it all like it happened just yesterday.
May 12th - We leave for Bangladesh and Saudia Arabia. We're on our way to Saudia Arabia first. But theres a short layover in New York for a few hours. I see my uncles and aunts at the airport and gorge on McDonalds food till its time to begin the 12 hour flight to Jeddah. We get to Jeddah and then theres a short 40 minute flight to Medina. So we get to Medina. I never knew there were so many Bengalis in Medina. They're everywhere. They pretty much run KFC. Then the truth hits me. Saudis are extremely racist, and they even have Bangladeshi slaves. Yes, SLAVES. Here's the story. The guy that would come to our hotel room everyday to clean up and stuff is from Bangladesh. He says he's been here for five years. My parents and I are shocked to hear his story. "Seven months ago, the hotel owner 'bought' me from the other hotel owner and I have been paid anything since." So he's been a slave for 7 months. After our 8 days in Medina, its on to Mecca. I don't really remember what happened in Mecca besides the religious part of our Omrah, probably because I wasn't feeling too good there. Although I did get yelled at for going out for pizza and taking 90 minutes to come back. Then, it was back to Jeddah to catch a flight to Bangladesh.
There's nothing to say about this place. It's boring. Although now that I'm here I feel I was too whiny about the whole experience but whine was all I could do in a country where theres nothing to do.
As soon as we left BD on July 13th, my fever started. I was freezing the whole way home. Now that I'm home, I'm told i have malaria or typhoid. It sucks. I just hope and pray that it goes away.
May 12th - We leave for Bangladesh and Saudia Arabia. We're on our way to Saudia Arabia first. But theres a short layover in New York for a few hours. I see my uncles and aunts at the airport and gorge on McDonalds food till its time to begin the 12 hour flight to Jeddah. We get to Jeddah and then theres a short 40 minute flight to Medina. So we get to Medina. I never knew there were so many Bengalis in Medina. They're everywhere. They pretty much run KFC. Then the truth hits me. Saudis are extremely racist, and they even have Bangladeshi slaves. Yes, SLAVES. Here's the story. The guy that would come to our hotel room everyday to clean up and stuff is from Bangladesh. He says he's been here for five years. My parents and I are shocked to hear his story. "Seven months ago, the hotel owner 'bought' me from the other hotel owner and I have been paid anything since." So he's been a slave for 7 months. After our 8 days in Medina, its on to Mecca. I don't really remember what happened in Mecca besides the religious part of our Omrah, probably because I wasn't feeling too good there. Although I did get yelled at for going out for pizza and taking 90 minutes to come back. Then, it was back to Jeddah to catch a flight to Bangladesh.
There's nothing to say about this place. It's boring. Although now that I'm here I feel I was too whiny about the whole experience but whine was all I could do in a country where theres nothing to do.
As soon as we left BD on July 13th, my fever started. I was freezing the whole way home. Now that I'm home, I'm told i have malaria or typhoid. It sucks. I just hope and pray that it goes away.