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In Bangladesh
ich bin seit vorgestern in Bangladesh. mein erstes ziel war Kushtia - gibt eigentlich nichts besonderes zu sehen dort aber gleich nach Dhaka zu fahren war mir zu weit. auf der busfahrt vielen mir die fast schon aesthetisch angelegten felder auf.
ich hab ein paar bangladeshi im hotel kennen gelernt - sehr nette jungs.
ueberhaupt kommt mir Bangladesh sehr freundlich vor: ich wurde noch kein einziges mal ...
Day 17 - All things must pass
... their way upstream and forcing them to surf in our wake. They loved it.
After jumping off the boat and hanging around at the one-horse station (seriously Murshidabad, get yourself together) we boarded the train to Malda. This is again due north. And with the northern regions a lot more forgiving than the tropical center, we plan to keep going in that direction until salty liquid no longer streams into ...
Day 16 - Village of kings
Awaking in total silence is a rare phenomenon in India, and one that we welcomed happily. If you knew a bit about Murshidabad you might be surprised that's it's this small and quiet. But you don't, do you?
Fine we'll tell you.
It was the capital of Bengal, more or less the region that we're in since arriving in Kolkata. Back in the days (1700+), Diwans (local Muslim rulers) were chilling in their palaces, building big mosques and ...
Day 15 - Fondle Gardens
After our misadventures yesterday, we were glad to have plans that kept us much closer to home. To be extra sure there would be no room for navigational errors, our route involved little more than a straight line down one street.
Still, it wouldn't be India if there weren't at least some tricky situations to overcome, say, at each intersection.
There are two systems for regulating traffic that randomly interchange: one uses lights, the ...
3 days, 3 countries, 3 hours in Bhutan...
Finally I stayed only half-day in Bhutan. When I arrived in Jalgaon, the border city, facing Phuentsholing, in Bhutan, I realised that it would not be as easy as I had expected. As a matter of fact, there was a wall separating the 2 cities. It was the first time I was seeing something like this. It looked like Berlin in the 1980's !
Since it looked like everybody could cross freely between the few gateways, including the photogenic "Bhutan Gateway", the only ...


