Thirty years ago we took a ride on an old Bangladesh sailboat when I came to visit this country for the first time.
This week we took boat ride to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary.
The river has shrunk in size during these winter months but is still a peaceful place to get away to, avoiding the crowds of curious on-lookers on the shore.
Our boatman let John take the oar for a while. It wasn't as easy as it looked to keep the boat moving forward in a straight line! (Sometimes marriage is that way too, isn't it?)
We finished up just as the sun set over the Padma River banks.
After a pleasant dinner out at "The Aristocrat", one of the nicest restaurants that Rajshahi has to offer (at which our grand total came to $10), we went home to enjoy a rich chocolate torte that I made to celebrate the occasion--a sweet end to a sweet day!
Beautiful!
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