Country Info
- Dhaka
- Capital
- Taka (BDT)
- Currency
- 131,269,860
- Population
- BD
- Country Code
Bangladesh Slideshow
Bangladesh
Travel Blogs from Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bogies
The biggets ever bogies i've seen....i could hardly pull them out.....the air pollution in Dhakka city is among the worst in the world. From a population of around one million in 1971, Dhakka has exploded to something like 12 million and still rising!! ...
The day the fog came
... 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 access ...
Back Home...
Okay so I am back home from a great week! Reba and I took a bus to Dhaka on Nov.3rd and came home on Nov.8th. What an exciting week! Many things we did, such as go to church and we saw other white people, which is a shock because we never see white ...
Ok so I lied
Ok Guys, I lied, I can't possible upload my photos of Bangladesh before leaving for India but I have good reasons for this and it is because the computers/internet connection is so damn slow here and I always feel bad using a computer at a realtive's ...
India into Bangladesh
... in Bangladesh is very extensive and organized and we passed by fields producing tobacco, rice, wheat, mangoes, bananas, corn, etc. Bangladesh has a population of over 150 million. Geographically it is 7 times smaller than Australia, but has 57 times the ...
Bangladesh
... extras stopped about there but it slightly compensated for the delay. We soon discovered that as a Muslim country, Bangladesh essentially shuts down from Eid (Muslim holiday) through to after Christmas / New Year. This meant the large ...
Changes...
... the way it is here and I can't change that. My lessons are not all that bad, just sometimes. Since I have been in Bangladesh, I have been living on a farm in a small village 5 hours north of Dhaka. MCC wanted me to experience village life before I ...
3 days, 3 countries, 3 hours in Bhutan...
... my first trip in India had started ! After an overnight stop in the border city of Jalpaiguri, I headed the next morning toward Bangladesh. I did not know it was possible anywhere in the world for bus drivers to have an even more dangerous behavior than ...
More Random Pictures
Okay more random pictures... they are not all that clear because I wanted them to download fast so I changed the rez. I am sure you'll still ...
Finally Dhaka!
Dhaka, I finaly made it to the big city! What a change from the small village life. It is awesome here, bought some stuff but not a lot because all the stores have been closed due to the Muslim Festival called Eid. It is as big as Christmas for ...
On the Rocket to Khulna
... ). Getting there involves a cycle rickshaw ride, a boat, a local bus and another cycle rickshaw - but that's how sightseeing is in Bangladesh. The bus ride was along what can hardly be described as a road - the bus wallah had to use a bamboo pole to life ...
Sunderban Tiger Preserve
... is the point of origin for trips to Sunderban Tiger Preserve at the southern tip of the West Bengal state (on the border with Bangladesh). So the first priority upon arriving was to book ticket for the Tiger Preserve. There are only a limited ...
Our surprise side trip to Bangladesh
... , we are doing work associated with the U.S. Embassy here, and they have us staying at the Westin Hotel in Bangladesh's largest city. After two months of living in Indonesia-often in fairly poor rural areas-and experiencing developing-world conditions, ...
I swear I work but...
I swear I work, but there are just so many holidays in B'desh! The government recognizes 3 religions and all their holidays and festivals! B'desh just celebrated another Eid, aka Eid of Sacrifice, aka Bloody Eid. This holiday ended up being a 5 day ...
Blackpool, bangla-style.
... and its surrounds has to offer, which seemed to confuse them....obviously you want to go overseas on holiday, so why not Bangladesh!? After throwing a few Pakistani cricket names at them, we decided to leave the sun loungers behind and throw a frisbee ...
Am I a Drama Queen?
I have been here 3 full days now and every day has been awesome! The 2 day plane ride was long but I was incredibly lucky because the whole way there and I mean the whole way from Wpg to Toronto, Toronto to London and then London to Dhaka the middle seat ...
Mangoes, Lichees and Mishti oh my!
... fine- she just had a minor heat stroke from wanting to sunbathe... After that, We also went to the very North of Bangladesh, to a place called Tetulia which is right next to the India border about 80km from Darjeeling and saw the huge fence ...
Sunderban Tiger Reserve
... it has formed the worlds largest delta. This delta area is called the Sunderban and it sits on the border of India and Bangladesh. Close up it is a maze of water ways and islands covered in mangrove forests. The Sunderban is home to the ...
Dhaka to Myanmar
... by any other method than on a plane. No amount of charm or stubborn refusal to leave the pier was going to work; back to Bangladesh we glumly sailed. The three day journey to Myanmar was eventful in itself. We hitched down to Cox's Bazar (about 500 ...
Dhaka
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