(Photos taken with the iPhone)

Finally, I am back in Singapore! It’s been a hectic week since I’ve been back, catching up on piles of emails and meeting up with family and friends. Explains why I am late with my final update of our Bangladesh trip! Anyway, I was going through the photos on my iPhone and realised that I didn’t take any photos on the last few days when I was in Chittagong!

Mainly, our adventures during the wedding night and the Walima night. I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t remember to document that part of the journey on my trusty iPhone. Anyways, you can read ALL about it on the Wedding Story blog. Grace has done a great job uploading some of our highlights from those nights. Since I’m only recording our journey and adventures in Bangladesh, best you pop over to the Wedding Story blog if you want to browse through our amazing trip to Bangladesh and the wonderful pictures we took of Ali and Farhat.

Looks like I have to start with the day that we left Chittagong for Dhaka. We just finished our final day of shoot at Ali’s place around 3.30am but by the time we got back to the Club and download all the photos and pack, we only had an hour of sleep. Our flight for Dhaka leaves at 8.05pm, so we had to be there by 7pm. Knowing how unpredictable Bangladesh traffic is like, we had to leave by 6am-ish. I said, 6am-ish because we only made it out like 6.30am.

The journey to the airport was a beautiful journey. The sun was just rising and I gotta say, if I get a chance to go back to Bangladesh, I want to be by the beach when the sun is rising! It was one of the most beautiful sights that I have ever seen but unfortunately, with only 1 hour of rest, my brain was not fully functioning and I totally forgot to pull out my camera to take a few shots. Well, part of the time I had my eyes closed, but the moments when my eyes were open, I can only remember the beautiful sights. It was truly breathtaking.

You can’t really blame me, look at me… with just 1-hour of sleep. I can’t possibly function properly.

As usual, on our flight back to Dhaka from Chittagong, we were served like royalty. We had the best in-flight breakfast.

This has got to be the longest wait that I have ever had in transit. We arrived at Dhaka Airport at 9am and our flight out to KL was at 5pm. What do you think we did during that 8 hours of wait?

We slept!

And after we’ve slept. We slept summore!

Finally! After a loooooooooooong 8 hours wait, checked in over-sized baggages and waited for the announcement for us to board our plane back to Malaysia.

Kee Sitt was so hilarious, he was so excited that he bought his first Malaysian meal on board the plane. A hot dog! Look at his grin!

Finally, I have achieved one of my goals for the year. To shoot a wedding internationally. It’s probably one of the highlights for this year and I’m glad that my passport is proof that I was there in Bangladesh.

Leaving Bangladesh, it felt like I left a part of me behind. I made new friends and it was hard to say goodbye. I felt at home when I was there, especially with the great hospitality that Ali and Farhat showered upon us. Another reason is the fact that I had really great mutton briyani! I would love to be back one day and hopefully as a guest!

Alright, looking forward to my next international assignment! woot!