Bangladesh Warnings Or Dangers

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Live electric wires

by Saagar

Ouch!I travelled with an electrician in Bangladesh once, and seeing the faces he set up once in a while was an experience....He decided it would be a good idea to settle in Bangladesh and start a consultancy here if he got laid off in Norway!But this i s a real warning: there is live wiring of electric equipment and beyond that is very unsafe. Take care when you deal with electric equipment generally, and always use voltage controllers with the electronic equipment you bring with you - e.g. laptops. Otherwise they can easily be fried by unstable voltage and the not-so-incidental shorts. Bad or at best vague maintenance is the reason along with weak electricity supply. When you look at some of the wiring you wonder how it works at all.The wiring on the photo is the electric connection between the train carriages on the Dhaka-Chittagong express train. Don't get your fingers too close to...

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Cultural shock when visiting Bangladesh

by Saagar

Each time I visited Bangladesh I have met travellers in a more or less terrible state of culture shock. It takes different forms, but generally it is related to a feeling of uncertainty and insecurity: "everything is just sooo unfamiliar that I am as stranded on a different planet and cannot communicate and cannot satisfy my immediate needs". The reaction is a strong wish to go home combined with a stubborn insistence that "everything here is crazy and bad and I am right in my opinions".True, Bangladesh is not for the faint-hearted and claustrophobic. Nor is it a good idea to expect facilities and services for standard international tourism outside the main two-three cities. The food is also local indeed and beyond the cities Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox' Bazaar, the foreign food on offer boils down to Chinese and vague western copycat food - but not the taste to go with it. So the food and...

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Cockroaches

by Saagar

This isn't a particular danger, but definitely a sign of a hygienic slippage. The cockroach is the most common pet in Bangladesh and it has also gone wild and grown in size. It is a good idea to close your suitcase/backpack when not using it and lift handbags and anything edible up from the floor to hang. The one on the photo travelled Dhaka Comilla by train on first class in a daypack.

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Dangerous driving on the highways

by Saagar

Once Bangladeshi drivers of any vehicle hits the highway they become maniacs and try to live up the dream of being Michael Schumacher - or the Rambo of the Road.Once speed has reached a certain level the most hairraising maneuvres are undertaken to manage to pass the vehicle in front for no particular reason - you're all in the same queue and jam. Pass on left or right, cut curves, squeeze inbetween opposite passing traffic - everything goes. The highway between Chittagong and Dhaka is especially prone to accidents following this attitude.Tell your driver to slow down.Travelling on the highways is the absolutely most dangerous thing to do in Bangladesh.

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Theft from rickshaws

by Saagar

Small daypacks and handbags may easily be snatched by specialists on this in Dhaka (especially). Two on a motorbike or in a three-wheeler tempo, one stretching out as they pass close by, then weering back into the jam, is a classic.Put on your daypack or strap it to your leg or rickshaw frame when you sit there. Have passport and card pouch and at least some cash stacked away into your belt or thereabouts.

Bakshees!!!!!!

by Saagar

Twice upon leaving Bangladesh for home I have been asked for bakshees (tip or bribe) by those who do the check-in at Zia International Airport's counters. Can you believe it????Once I was told my luggage wouldn't arrive if I didn't pay. I asked immediately for the superviser and got a uniformed policeman's attention, and that helped - but I suspect both the supervisor and the cop were part of the scam.

Don't drink the water!

by Kaleisu

Many rural tube-wells contain high amounts of arsenic. It won't hurt you over a short period of time, but many local villagers suffer from arsenic related illnesses. Drink bottled water only out of the bottle - dishware is often washed in surface water with can contain cholera, typhoid, and dyssentry. Believe me, I found this out the hard way!

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Moolah

by thelittlevoice

This is not really a danger if you're prepared for it. There're gonna be lots of financially challenged people asking for some money. It's your choice whether to give them or not. If you do, bear in mind that there're gonna be lots more coming right at ya and they will keep following you for as long as they can.

Traffic madness

by janchan

I wouldn't never suggest you to drive a car on the crazy crowdy roads of Bangladesh. They are always busy with cars, buses, trucks, pedestrian, rickshaws, tempos, cows, horses, goats, chariots, bikes, chickens and all kinds of transportations.It can be quite dangerous, especially at night (most of the vehicles you may find on the roads are without regular lights), if you are not used to this way of driving.Very few sure rules... drive on the left side if you can... and keep honking !! :)

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Decent dress

by Bonobo2005

Especially female travellers should dress very conservativde. Headcover is not necessary, but certainly no shorts or tops in public. I noticed a young Scandinavian girl, sitting in a bus wearing bikinitop and tight shorts. She was not only asking for big trouble (fair enough), but also discredited all foreign travellers.

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