We have been in lockdown for almost 35 days because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although, during this time we have done some virtual meetups. But, we have no idea yet, when this pandemic will come to an end! When we will be able to physically meet my local guide friends. When we will able to enjoy the face to face talking. I miss meeting my local guide friends a lot in this homestay period.
I think you also missed your local guide friends too much at this time. Which local guides do you miss? Mention their name or share their picture here, if you want.
Now, I want to share some of my best meetup memories with you. Those moments I will never forget. I would like to start with my very first local guides meetup with beloved 'Bangladesh Local Guides’.
My first meetup with ‘Bangladesh Local Guides (BDLG) was ‘Let’s Meet with connect live 2018 Attendees and Talk about LG’ hosted by LG @SajolKDas . This meetup was held in La Vie Sky Diner on 5th October 2018.
It was great to meet so many (about 40) local guides for the first time. That time I was very happy. My happiness increased a lot more in the last session of the meetup. Because, In this meetup, I won a prize in ‘Raffle Draw’.
Connect Live 18’ Experience Sharing Meetup:
This meetup was held at Eastern University on 18th November 2018. It was hosted by LG @SShuvo . In this meetup, LG @MahabubMunna shared his experience of 'Connect Live 2018’ with us. I met about 125 local guides from all over Bangladesh at this meetup! Incredible!
I took this selfie from the roof of the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro. In this photo, I am with the senior members of the BDLG team. This photo was taken a few weeks before the ‘100th meetup of BDLG’. At that time, we actually discussed the 100th meetup arrangements.
100th meetup of BDLG
The much awaited meetup was held at the famous restaurant Silver Spoon in Chittagong on 8th March 2019. It was hosted by LG @MahabubMunna . I met about 120 local guides at this meetup! It was like the event of the year!
For another reason, this meetup was special to me. Because, before this meetup, the moderators of ‘Bangladesh Local Guides’ selected me as a member of the ‘BDLG Core Team’. Honored.
South Asian New Year Celebration Meetup 2019 (এসো মাতি বর্ষ বরণে):
In our country, it is called Bengali New Year, the very first day of the Bengali calendar (14th April). On this occasion, every year a big fair is organized at Ramna Park on this day! This meetup was organized on that fair. It was hosted by LG @RafsanRana . At this meetup, we shared some traditional food with fellow local guides.
107th meetup of BDLG:
This meeting was held in Daruchini Food Village on 26th April 2019. It was hosted by LG @RomanSyed . It was a ‘Food Crawl’ type meetup. We had a lot of fun at this meetup.
Fruits up Bangladesh
It was the 111th meetup of ‘Bangladesh Local Guides’. This meetup was held in Zinda Park on 21st June 2019. It was hosted by LG @MahabubMunna . The purpose of this meet was to get acquainted with all kinds of fruits available in our country on that season and taste them. So, a lot of fruit was arranged at this meetup. And my friends ate a lot of fruit together. It was amazing.
These pictures were taken from Second Cup Coffee and Rabindra Sarobar. In this photo, I am with the core team members of BDLG. This photo was taken the day after ‘Eid-Ul-Fitr 2019’.
It was a special hangout just after Eid. I miss this kind of hangout so much at this moment!
116th meetup of BDLG
This meetup was held in Mawa Ferry Ghat & Padma Resort on 30th August 2019. It was hosted by LG @Arafat_Zakir . It was a Food Crawl & Photo Walk type meetup. The purpose of the meetup was to do a photo walk and have lunch with Hilsa fish. We ate a lot of Hilsa fish (Our National Fish) on that meetup and had a lot of fun at Padma Resort which is just beside Padma river.
Pre-Connect Live Meetup 2019
This meetup was held in Cafe Cherry Drops on 25th October 2019. It was hosted by LG @anazizullah . About 55 fellow local guides joined in this meetup. In this meetup, we learned a lot from the local guides who were invited to the Connect Live 2019.
I took this selfie from the Noakhali Hotel. We were having a meal together with the senior members of Bangladesh Local Guides. On that table, we decided to organize a meetup for the 6th year celebration of ‘Bangladesh Local Guides’. It was just a few weeks before the 6th-anniversary celebration meetup of BDLG.
And finally
6th year of BDLG Celebration Meetup:
This meetup was held in the Mehedi Food Court on 13th March 2020. It is the largest food court in Bangladesh right now. I am happy to say that, I hosted this meetup at everyone’s request. We learned a lot from each other as always in this meetup. And played some fun games, had fun too. I also designed the T-shirt for this meetup.
Sadly, after this meetup, like other countries, Covid-19 also attacks our country. And our government announced a whole country lockdown.
May God forgive us, save all of us from the corona pandemic.
Stay Home as much as possible, Stay Safe.
. Thank you very much for your amazing work sharing with us.
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