The River's A'Rising

We looked across the river last night from the deck of our ship and realized that the neighboring Char we had just recently visited (AKA Coney Island) was partially submerged.  The very place we had parked our boat and walked ashore was no longer.  We also noticed,while reading on the deck of our houseboat that, for the first time, it began to rock back and forth.  It seems that a combination of rain and melting glaciers from the North have caused the river to rise over 3 meters in the last month.  Soon the water will be high enough for the hospital to move on from the island where it has been docked for over a year.

There have been quite a few rain showers the last few days.  We managed to squeeze in a short run between storms this morning, after which, Courtney was approached by a couple of local boys outside the houseboat.  Much to their delight she pulled the headphones out of her IPOD and began to play them some music.  What do you play for Bengali 8 year olds who speak no English?  Billy Joel, of course.  'We Didn't Start the Fire' was, as always, a big hit.