Dhaka, Bangladesh Travel Blogs

Third World Treatment to World Class Service
Mar 6, 2005

... the flight over I was talking to two westerners and was asked where I was going. I told them I was going to Dhaka and then to the north of Bangladesh. "Really?" the man next to me uttered in disbelief, "We're just transiting to Delhi and I don't think I've ...

In Bangladesh?
Feb 4, 2008

... . And then they said that we didn't like poor people. But we do like poor people...that's why we're in Bangladesh. So everything in Dhaka had been going great. It was Sunday and we were 90 percent ready to head down to the Hands On project in Reyenda. ...

My first whole one!
Apr 8, 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 ( ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Very First
Apr 15, 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 ...

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, ...

Pollution City
Feb 28, 2006 (2 photos)

... to the Hotel Imperial. The cheapest room here was a whopping 700Tk, so I found myself in the absurd situation of wandering around Old Dhaka at 6:45am with Lonely Planet in hand trying to find a hotel room! I soon found a room at the Grand Palace ...

Hashing, Sweating and Exploring
Jun 8, 2009 (40 photos)

... of standing water.  A storm just passed through and the streets were absolutely flooded!  WELCOME TO BANGLADESH!    Our first priority was to get the Dhaka Hash House Harriers.  Once again (if you have read any other of my pods) I ...

3rd One Day International, Dhaka
Apr 28, 2006 (36 photos)

... and he yelled abuse at them, so they ran away. Once there, it showed loads of horrifying pictures of the people of Bangladesh during their war with Pakistan. What was more disturbing was that a local had written that it made him want to rape Pakistani ...

Gulshan the Posh
Jan 12, 2009 (1 photos)

... main reason behind this is that Bangladeshis are not as big in street food eating as the Southeast Asians. Until 1971, Bangladesh was united with current-day Pakistan. She was called East Pakistan back then. Mrs. Rahman commented that West Pakistan's ...

Walking the City
Jan 14, 2009 (5 photos)

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Every Country Has a Heart
Jan 16, 2009 (10 photos)

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The Chaos that is Old Dhaka
Jan 13, 2009 (5 photos)

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Woman: Part 1
Jun 25, 2006

... skills. I have respect. I have love. I have equality. I am a human. I... am a woman! Have I always enjoyed being a woman in Bangladesh? Certainly not! How many times did I wish I was a man? All my problems would go away if I was only a man. No more ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nov 21, 2007

Dhaka

Myanmar back to Dhaka
Dec 16, 2008

... last five months. There are seemingly no attractive options remaining and we just don't know what to do. It's either wait in Dhaka for at least a month to possibly still get rejected entry by a farcical Burmese government, go the long way round through ...

Various Dhaka
Nov 22, 2007 (10 photos)

Various Dhaka memories

A cup of tea, a monkey and me
Dec 18, 2005 (13 photos)

Dhaka has treated me well- so far. I moved in the beginning of December and right away I had many meetings and things to do. Then a couple of days later I went on an In-Country Retreat. There were 5 MCCers that went. We took a 4 day trip to the Sylhet ...

"Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin .."
Sep 26, 2008 (13 photos)

... - I had an opportunity to share with two of the classes. As I had done nine months previoiusly on my first trip to Bangladesh - I was very moved by these kids and the incredible goodness of so many things that are going on in this country that has ...

Merry Christmas
Dec 24, 2005 (7 photos)

... is all kind of confusing but I will try to explain- over the last 30 years, MCC has set up handicraft projects around Bangladesh. MCC has targeted poor rural women and has created sustainable employment in many poor areas. MCC set up Prokritee in 2001 to ...

Visit to Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital
Sep 19, 2008 (26 photos)

The Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a humanitarian organization based in Bangladesh that has taken a giant leap towards setting up a state of the art modern Cancer hospital to alleviate the sufferings of people who have currently no access to specialized medical ...

Grameen Shakti (Energy)
Sep 24, 2008 (19 photos)

Grameen Shakti - or Grameen Energy is the leading alternative energy company in Bangladesh with large programs in Solar Energy, Biogas and Improved Cook Stoves.  Only 30% of the Bangladesh population has access to the national electricity grid. I ...

Border Crossing
Jul 22, 2006

Going by land on a bus from Kolkata India to Dhaka Bangladesh is cheap (10 dollars) but NOT a piece of cake! It is probably the stupidest experience ever! It should take about 10 hours from Kolkata to Dhaka but at the border you are usually stuck for a ...

Dhaka
May 1, 2007 (14 photos)

On the train journey from Rajshahi to Dhaka we spot the first Westerners. They are an older couple who have been living in Bangladesh for many years and teach at the University in Rajshahi. They say the only see tourists once in a blue moon and that it's ...

Hard Lessons
May 28, 2007

... getting lost on a baby taxi who didn't where Aarong was!!!! (Aarong is a HUGE store that is fully ethical and made in Bangladesh and everybody knows where it is jeez...) We've been NGO visiting. We went to a urban slum last friday which was heart- ...

One Wedding= 2 weeks of celebrations!
Jun 19, 2006 (11 photos)

... and 1 Hindu wedding) and they were all completely different than Western Weddings. But this wedding was very Western! It was a Bangladesh Christian wedding and I actually knew what was going on! They had the wedding in a church, they had a procession ...

My Birthday Pictures
Mar 7, 2006 (4 photos)

Okay here are some pictures from my birthday! Enjoy!

The day the fog came
Nov 26, 2005 (2 photos)

... from landing when the captain announced that due to fog we were unable to land in Kolkata and would be diverting to Dhaka in Bangladesh........ Oops. Way to start my adventure! After a few hours stuck in a departure lounge with no toilet facilities, no ...