The Village

Early Christmas Eve morning, we set out on a bumpy two-hour journey to a village outside of Dhaka. Amazingly, the village has been inhabited by members of Mark's family for more than 150 years, and around 150 of his relatives spanning four or five generations currently reside there.

The village consists of a number of homes made of bamboo and tin, a small dirt courtyard, a primary and high school, fields of potatoes and mango trees, a pond and even a home and land that, believe it or not, is rightfully owned by the Jafars of Pennsylvania. The photos in this post and those that follow only scratch the surface of what a wonderful place this village is...