VICTOR 2005
In
September 2005, we went to
Chittagong, to attend
the wedding of a friend. We
stayed there the weekend, to make up for the lack of time we had the last
time when we traveled
through Chittagong on the way to
Cox's Bazar and St Martin's Island. This time we made a thorough visit and to make up for the boring part with regards to mosques and a graveyard, we also went to "Bisneyland". That was big fun, with a large roller coaster (wink wink) and motor boats. We also visited the zoo and the harbor by night, which was really impressive.
In the evening, we visited our friend who has a coin collection; especially the coin from Alexander the Great I found extremely interesting. But when the conversation went on and on, I was happy to have brought my gameboy with me; you cannot believe how much those adults can talk sometimes about nothing.
And then again my
birthday has come. 12 years already! I am almost a man, and I will be able
to do what I want. Too bad that no matter how many times I celebrate my
birthday, everybody in the family has more rights than I.
Vincent
because he is older,
Anna because she is a baby and
Elodie
because she screams so loud.
When we were traveling in the
neighborhood of Chittagong, we visited the
ship-breaking yards. These ships are gigantic and they take so many things
from the inside, that around the corner from the yards you can find a large
row of shops, all selling ship's attributes. Especially the ship's telescope
caught my eye. My mother kept trying to put me off, she said it was not for
looking at the stars and probably a fake, and on top of that horrendously
expensive. So she did not buy me one. But when my birthday came one week
later, she appeared to have found one in Dhaka. So I am looking at the stars
every night, and don't think I cannot see them.
