1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pound Emirates Air allows 30kg per bag

The Team: Andrea Barkan, Kevin Clerici, Marjorie Wass, Jim Bailey, Team Leader Rtn John Kenyon

The Team

The team from right to left: Kevin Clerici, Marjorie Wass, Andrea Barkan, Jim Bailey and Team Leader Rtn John Kenyon

Bound for Bangladesh here is our blog!

http://boundforbangladesh.blogspot.com/

A panorama of Cox's Bazar! Not that I'm excited or anything.

:)

Promotional Video for Cox's Bazar starring Jafar

I grabbed this video off of Jafar's facebook.  Just below the post where he said the waves were good right now and he was looking for people to surf with... imagine that one the next time you're out at the HB Pier.

Sustainable Surfing for Bangladesh

We'd love to share the alaia board with Bangladesh.  It has the real potential to open up surfing to people of all economic levels.  Got one to donate?  We'll drive it over ;).
Tom's Creation Plantation Trailer from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

Mohammed Yunus on Poverty

Kids Hanging Out at the Surf Club

The Story of Surfing in Bangladesh

The sign on the door:

Email From the iPhone

This is just a test of the email to blog capabilities of blogspot ;).

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from
there.

Lumix LX3

New camera ordered.  Lumix LX3.  I am looking forward to growing as a photographer on this trip. John Kenyon has some really beautiful images up on the walls of his home from his trips abroad.  I hope I can share the shapes, colors, and beauty I find in Bangladesh with all of my friends, family, and students back home.

Itinerary and Team

Kevin Clerici - Journalist/Reporter for The Ventura County Star located in Camarillo, CA

Jim Bailey - Science Teacher Ojai, CA Public Schools and a Surfing Professional

Marjorie Wass - Senior Account Executive with SurfMedia Communications in Santa Barbara, Ca

Andrea Barkan - Grant Writer for Livingstone Memorial in Santa Barbara CA

Team Leader John Kenyon - PHF PP Rotary Club of Ojai West Rotarian since 1991

We will leave the US Saturday, 9 January 2010 at 4:00pm from LAX, stopping in Dubai then traveling to Dhaka Bangladesh arriving 11:00am January 11th. If you are counting the hours it equals over 29 hours traveling time not including the drive to and from the airport.

The Team Leader from the visiting Bangladesh team was:

Syed Abu Sayeed
GSE Team Leader
RID 3280 Bangladesh

sayeed.dr@gmail.com

The Rotarian District Chair from Bangladesh and the gentleman that is putting together our itinerary is:

SYED WASEQUE MD
DISTRICT GSE CHAIR
RID 3280 BANGLADESH
waseque@hotmail.com

Team Leader for Rotary District 5240 is John Kenyon. I can be reached by email at jlkenyon@aol.com

The district is putting on a going away party for us on the 8th January 6:00p - 8:00p place TBD.

Mohammed Yunus

Everybody gets inspired when they travel. You can read about things, but there is nothing like being in the home of a villager, hearing about his dreams for the future.