14 countries... 88 days...
Wow... for the first time in a blog of mine since country visits started I don't know where to begin! Just reading the title I have put for this post, many thoughts run through my head... how did I survive for one, did I make an impact, how has this journey changed who I am. I am sure that the next few days back in Rotterdam will help me answer many of these questions as I finally get a chance to stop, breath and fully reflect on the experience I have just gone through. And before I reflect on my visits as a whole in this post, I want to first update you all about the last two visits of my schedule, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
VIP living in Bangladesh

My arrival in Bangladesh will probably go down as the most memorable of the entire country visits. Arriving in Dhaka, as I walked off the boarding gate, Shamnoon (the MCP of the previous term) was there to meet me as his work now involves a project at the airport. I was quickly then ushered through immigration, handed over my luggage tag, and was taken to the VIP lounge of the airport where the MC team was waiting for me and I waited for my bags to be delivered, before leaving out of the VIP exit of the airport. Now that what I call arriving to a country in style!
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Last but not least, my Christmas in Karachi

So I finally arrived to Karachi after a long delay in Dhaka. But the long delay was quickly forgotten when I arrived in Karachi and greeted by the AIESECers there. Even after waiting forever for me they were still bright and smiling (including bursting out in a trolley to greet me). The night was magnificient, as they took me to dinner where I sat on a table, took me to ride on a camel along the beach, and smoke sisha outside. I know it has been a theme for the last few countries I have visited, but the South Asia I saw was definately not the one you see on the news, and Pakistan was no different.
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