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Wonderful countryside, amazing life in the cities
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may be a bit hard to travel
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An assault to the senses - good and bad!
1 Review and 149 Opinions Let's face it - I wouldn't have stayed here if I was paying!! The place is great - it is relatively...
4 Reviews and 114 Opinions i want to stay with my pertner three hours in a day. and want a nornal room in a pan pacific hotel....
masum11 Says: Hi,Spend a day touring Dhaka, 'guide tours' is a renowned travel agent and they have package tours.Take a flight to Cox's Bazar. There are several hotels of...
LoneRunner Says: I have been to BD 4 times. The first three times I took my visa from Mauritius and the fourth time i wanted to have the VOA stamp on my passport ! No hassle !...
Airlines' domestic routes in B'desh
Saagar Says: Some times it helps to catch a plane to "get it over with" if you are tired and don't want to negotiate crowded trains and buses, not to say streets. Bangladesh...
Transit breaks by plane in Bangladesh
Saagar Says: Bangladesh may not be your final destination, but to get a nearly-free visit to the country, you may organise a few days' transit stop here on the way out of...
Aarong: An excellent shop with a cause
Saagar Says: Aarong has a series of outlets in Bangladesh (7 at the last count), and an export branch at the head office in Dhaka.Aarong carries a range of textiles and...
Playing with mud in Gulf of Bengal/Sunderbarns
mickybleck Says: When in the Sunderbarns, go to the beach and have a swim in the sea at Gulf of Bengal.Above the shoreline you will find sand, but below high-tide line, the fine...
Language movement day celebrations in Dhaka
mickybleck Says: is a national holiday on Feb. 21 to celebrate the initial students' demonstrations in 1952, a movement which lead to the recognition of Bengali language in this...
mickybleck Says: Old Dhaka is described in every guidebook and worth a visit. It does not make sense to go on a Friday, since most of the shops are closed then.Hidden behind...
mickybleck Says: This is a local market near the riverside off Station Road, close to Khulna Junction train station.And that is all there is too it: Nice location, nice local...
mickybleck Says: Bangladesh has a large brick production industrie, you see the chimneys throughout the country. The bicks are for domestic use.Since there is water literally...
Take an afternoon boat ride to the Sunderbans
MikeBird Says: We had a free afternoon between workshops and so took the opportunity to travel about 30kms from Khulna to Mongla from where we picked up a small passenger boat...
MikeBird Says: The Padma, known upstream in India as the Brahmaputra, is a vast river bisecting Bangladesh from north to south. When we turned up at the busy ferry port of...
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At the streets of Dhaka, one thing that surprised me was the excessively large sindoor bindis that the Hindu women there were. I was surprised to see women...
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Q: Hi guys! I was offered a 2-month job in Bangladesh (mainly Dhaka with travels to rural areas). Given I'm pregnant, I cannot be...
A: The simplest answer is not to go in the first place. I have spent my adult life working and travelling in the developing world, but during my two pregnancies, I felt...
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Yes, in many ways Bangladesh is a surprise. Within its short recent history of independence (since '71), political turmoil and bad news has been much of the news heard of the country in foreign media....
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"Go before the tourists come"..... This slogan might already be a cliche, but it's so right! After spending 6 weeks in the touristic parts of India, I was suspicious of everyone friendly who...
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This was a very special trip for me... and one of the best experiences of my life... Bangladesh is a splendid country, and the most intense emotions come from its great people. I'll try to show that...
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Despite what everyone said about Bangladesh I think it's a lovely country and I definitely will go back again...with more time. Just like other VT members said, I got quite a lot of staring there.......
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My first foreign tour was to Bangladesh in June 1990. I was to visit there as the Borjatri / Baaraati (Groom's party) of my youngest maternal uncle living in the United States who was getting married...
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