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Cooking, Trekking, Touring: Yangshuo and Yunnan 2010 Part 1

February 3rd, 2010 | Travel | Mikey | No Comments

Thanks for your interest in joining us on this unique hosted tour to the lesser explored regions of China. As a former Tour Leader for Intrepid Travel, China used to be my stomping grounds. Nowadays, I hanker for any opportunity to return and share my favourite places in China with whoever would like to join!



Wordpress Membership Plugins: My experience with “Your Members” so far

January 25th, 2010 | IT Matters | Mikey | 1 Comment

As a writer, journalist and very amateur web designer, I’ve been pretty pumped to see the various improvements in Wordpress over the years. The platform has become so powerful nowadays that developers are building universes of plugins, some of which run extremely powerful membership sites, and can integrate with online payment gateways like Paypal.



Buy a signed copy of Bangladesh: The Bradt Travel Guide; support Jaago

September 11th, 2009 | Guidebook Bangladesh, Monthly Update, Personal | Mikey | 2 Comments

More importantly, I fully believe my guide is important for the wonderful people of Bangladesh — some of the kindest and most hospitable people our planet has to offer. It is my hope that more people visit Bangladesh to see the reality behind the veil, the truth behind Bangladesh’s horrible headlines.



Do you want more foreign tourists to buy your tourism products?

March 19th, 2009 | Guidebook Bangladesh, Multimedia, News, Photo Blogs, Travel | Mikey | 5 Comments

Let’s face it. Bangladesh doesn’t get many tourists. Not yet at least.
But it does get thousands of expatriates, NGO workers, volunteers and diplomats every year. And all of these ‘tourists’ could be a part of your potential market.
So how do you get your product in front of that market?
Answer: Advertise in the right place.
Bangladesh: The [...]



Friendship's floating hospitals

March 17th, 2009 | Development, News, Podcasts, Tourism for Development | Mikey | 3 Comments

In a climate-changed world, Bangladesh will be one of the first countries underwater.
Bangladeshis already have a lot of experience with rising waters.
The nation is inundated with monsoonal rain and floods every year.
In the face of this rising tide, one organisation has developed a novel solution.
They’re delivering high quality health care to Bangladesh’s poorest people, in [...]

 
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Bangladesh by Motorbike: a second kick at the can

November 24th, 2008 | Travel | Mikey | 2 Comments

This whole saga really began back in Nepal, when a spontaneous decision made me an owner of an 2004 Enfield Thunderbird. Bel and I managed to drive it to the border with Bangladesh but they turned us back, saying we didn’t have the correct paperwork. That was a serious adventure in it of itself, and [...]