Bangladesh Travel Blogs

Third World Treatment to World Class Service
Mar 6, 2005

... perhaps thirty people in the Bangladeshi passport holders' line and then was just me as the only foreigner actually staying in Bangladesh. I stood outside of the mid-century modern airport a bit shocked as to how chic it was and waited for the shuttle ...

The Humble American
Mar 10, 2005 (16 photos)

In one of the poorest, most densely populated and underdeveloped countries in the world I met the richest people I have ever known. For four straight days I was welcomed into countless homes, dry goods stores, sweet shops, clothing stores, car part ...

From Hopelessness to Hospitality
Mar 7, 2005 (20 photos)

... of the unknown and unexplored has always excited me. Even the Bangladeshi tourist campaign posters beckon, "Come to Bangladesh Before the Tourists!" I was looking forward to getting to know firsthand just what Bangladesh was actually like and sampling ...

In Bangladesh?
Feb 4, 2008

... reasons for not being in Reyenda were somewhat disconcerting. For the second time I now had doubts about volunteering in Bangladesh. Previously I had been concerned about sanitation, water born diseases, the Muslim country issue, and how and if a western ...

Back to Chitters
Apr 22, 2006 (11 photos)

Back in Chittagong we decided that as Andrew and the boys had gone we would go for the lower budget hotel next door. It was a bargain at less than half the price. The people were really friendly too. Should have stayed there before. Plus when we got up ...

"Many times we must beat bus driver...sometimes"
Mar 10, 2008

... by begging. I found myself thinking so much about the hundreds of times I have been approached by beggars in India, Bangladesh, South East Asia, San Francisco, and how complicated that situation is. There is a constant internal debate about giving money, ...

Never have I ever
Apr 18, 2008 (55 photos)

I have never been more willing to work myself beyond the point of physical and mental exhaustion with the people I work with. I have never felt more needed by a group of "coworkers" and never more an integral part of the work I am trying to do. I ...

Dhaka and back again
Feb 28, 2008 (5 photos)

... polled readers worldwide soliciting the answer to the question, "what do you think of when you hear the word Bangladesh?" The top five answers were: 1. Natural Disaster 2. Poverty 3. Political instability 4. Corruption 5. Grameen/ Prof Yunus It is ...

Kristina's accounts- before it turned bad (late)
Mar 11, 2008

... , also known as GI, on the roof is an interesting and fairly uncomfortable task. The wooden roof structure considered adequate in Bangladesh wouldn't meet any western standards. Much of the wood is splitting or only half of its intended size. I'm pretty ...

Brain out...near project completion
Apr 6, 2008

... time. I was the team leader for a team of seven volunteers, installed for a week in a remote part of southern Bangladesh, ironically in a cyclone shelter. Our living quarters were in a large cement structure, two stories off the ground perched in open ...

My first whole one!
Apr 9, 2006 (53 photos)

... only is that a fantastic score for just a day and a half's play but a huge achievement and confidence booster for Bangladesh. Australia batted extremely badly so a very tense afternoon was spent with Australia struggling to hold on. They were 6 wickets ( ...

There are many kinds of information
Mar 20, 2008

... about thirty minutes of being on site I lost my footing and went full stop into a Bangladitch. Bear in mind that ditches in Bangladesh serve as a form of waste disposal, human waste included. As I fell, my last wish was that I would not go in above my ...

Return to Dhaka
Apr 24, 2006 (57 photos)

... but he did win!! Bangladesh was over. We were off at a ridiculous hour tomorrow morning over to easy-to-travel Bangkok. Bangladesh has been an interesting place to see. I'm disappointed that we didn't see much of the country but it was great fun ...

Three weeks in Reyenda
Feb 24, 2008 (27 photos)

... part of Bangladesh that is so unreasonably off the map, I still don't even know where Reyenda is on a map of Bangladesh. Our ensuing trip involved the following steps: Small Boat Bus Walk Mini Taxi Cycle Rickshaw Boat Car Boat Cycle Rickshaw We ...

Character
Feb 24, 2006 (10 photos)

... on the beach, relaxing, getting into my book and going for a few dips. Unfortunately, for the first time in Bangladesh I was hassled here. This ruined what could have been the perfect afternoon. Children constantly hassled me to by shells and coral ...

Beach life Bangladeshi style
Feb 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... for making a small donation. It seemed Burmese hospitality wasn't confined to Burma! Once I stepped back into the maelstrom of Bangladesh I began the 25 minute walk back to my hotel. A young guy spotted me and started talking to me in Bangla, despite my ...

How to kill one's appetite
Feb 27, 2006

... cafe I met Abu who took me to his Awami Students league office. Awami are one of the major political parties in Bangladesh, although currently the BNP holds power. The walls of this office were absolutely covered in political posters and Abu did his best ...

Saalam Bangladesh
Mar 14, 2005 (9 photos)

... the sewers and give proper housing to the homeless. Nonetheless it would turn out to be an excellent excursion as Bangladesh's greatest attraction presented itself once more: Bangladeshi hospitality. I was trailed for about five minutes by seven curious ...

Can you swim?
Feb 12, 2006 (13 photos)

... We spent about an hour and a half at the small museum, taking in a wealth of previously unknown information about Bangladesh's struggle for independence, and in particular information about the war of liberation from March until December 1971. I had no ...

Barmy in Bangladesh
Nov 6, 2003

... and were herded onto a bus and delivered to our hotel, which we weren't allowed to leave (we were officially not in Bangladesh). After a fairly good nights sleep it was back on the bus to the airport. This was my first experience of a third world ...

Should be over in 3 days! You said that last time
Apr 15, 2006 (69 photos)

... amongst the pile of chairs and sun-brollies scattered over the grass left from the mini-riot. We were playing much better and got Bangladesh all out for 197. In we came to bat and stayed out there for the rest of the day. Day 2 With no promise of ...

Longest beach in the world!!
Apr 21, 2006 (26 photos)

... the early morning bus down to Cox's Bazaar, supposedly the longest beach in the world and THE most popular beach resort in Bangladesh. That's what people kept telling us anyway. The bus driver was a hoon and had us bouncing around the back of the bus as ...

First One Day International, Chittagong
Apr 23, 2006 (17 photos)

Personally, I have always thought of One Day Cricket matches as a game, you sit/lie on your couch, drink beers and get pissed as you watch. Yeah, I have been to a few over the years, but I can't say that they are my favourite form of cricket. Give me a ...

The Very First
Apr 16, 2006 (93 photos)

... a new team to massacre But the question is Who is left on the list Because we're up against some other team you know This is Bangladesh you know And if we are beaten, I'm going to have to get pissed !!! A 05:00 start was heavy, especially when you ...

Martyr's Day
Feb 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... It was a good opportunity to learn a little about their way of life. I once read that it was impossible to travel to Bangladesh and not interact with the locals, which was one of the reasons why I wanted to travel there. Unfortunately time wasn't on our ...

2nd One Day International, Dhaka
Apr 27, 2006 (26 photos)

The bus trip was uneventful. It took slightly longer to return to Dhaka, as we had the traffic to contend with. Once we were in an area that we knew, we asked the bus boy to let us off. He refused, but after a little nudge, he saw the error of his ways, ...

Bangers Beach Life
Apr 22, 2006 (18 photos)

As we has seen all the sites in Chitters, we decided to take Andrew for a quick visit to Cox's Bazaar. It was meant to have a beach, but according to the LP, Lucy would be unable to wear her bikini, so it seemed like the place to be. What started out ...

The Second
Apr 20, 2006 (75 photos)

Since we have been in Dhaka, we were hanging out at the cricket with a load of guys from a group called waving the flag, (www.wavingtheflag.com) and four Aussie guys from Melbourne. Mick, Scotty, Jason and Kevin. As they were staying in our hotel, we ...

CRP
Feb 17, 2006

... do. The morning was spent getting up to date with my diary which took quite a while considering everything I'd done in Bangladesh to that point! After a big lunch in Cristy's apartment I tried on two occasions during the afternoon to access the internet ...

Pollution City
Feb 28, 2006 (2 photos)

I arrived in Dhaka at 5:30am and upon disembarking I realised I had absolutely no idea where I was. Thanks to the luxury coach I got a decent nights sleep, however I slept a little longer at the bus station to wait out the darkness before getting a CNG ...