My first day..

Lasted about an hour.

Saif, my primary contact at CARE BD, took one look at me and said, "Why don't you take it easy today - sleep and we'll do a full day tomorrow?"

His boss, Asif, director of the Economic Development Unit at CARE BD, looked at me and said the exact same thing.

I thought this was just because Bangladeshis were incredibly gracious people. Then, during one of my introductions, a man whose name I think was Eric stuck out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you. What's wrong with your eyes?," before we had completed our handshake.

I finally got a chance to look in the mirror a bit later. My eyes were completely bloodshot from lack of sleep (I blame the blog!). I looked like I'd smoked a fatty with my morning coffee.

Hopefully better luck on my second day!