The mixer we got didn't work, so we had to go back to where we got it to have them fix it. We got it at a shop in Gol Bazar, a shopping area about 2 miles away, and we rode our bicycles there after work. It was the first time in a while we had ventured outside our neighborhood on the bikes, and it was during busy evening traffic, and we had forgotten how crazy the roads were.

We started out down some backroads with which we were unfamiliar, and there were dark sections where we couldn't see the road clearly, so we had to go along slowly, hoping we didn't wipe out in a pothole. When we got to the bigger road, it was crowded and hectic, with bicycles, mototrcycles, and cars all fighting for space, dodging cows, piles of garbage, and parked rickshaws and SUVs.

Eventually we got comfortable with the chaos, and the going got a little smoother. The blender was fixed quickly, though our other errand, getting our bikes tuned up went undone because that shop was closed. We also picked out an almaida, basically a closed set of metal shelves with a door on the front like you would put in your basement on garage, except we'll be using it for clothes. Chests of drawers seem to be uncommon here, so this will function as our dresser... and it also means that after 5 months, we are no longer living out of suitcases!

We ate out at a restaurant, Hotel Mahua, we had visited many times when we were staying at the hotel next door, and I was disappointed. Their once-expansive menu had been pared down to one page, the prices were higher, and the food was not as good! So I don't think we'll be going back there, especially since Dolly didn't like it much in the first place.