Bangladesh – Part 1 – Getting there
Today we’re helped with some ‘paperwork’ and hindered with some security – and it’s all against the clock! Here’s the tale. We’re booked on the 0952 out of York arriving …
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Bangladesh – Part 2 – Dhaka and Getting there
Today we sit with the great! deal with officialdom, pay through the nose and race with a rickshaw. Oh, and we meet a man with a gun… The flight to …
Bangladesh – Part 3 – Dhaka and Shipyard
Today we race the traffic in a tuktuk, take advice from a stranger! Dodge barges and bump other boats in a tiny ferry crossing the river, we’re shown through a …
Bangladesh – Part 4 – Train to Chittagong
Today we learn that developing countries running quite narrow gauge railways are more comfortable and cheaper than UK railways but not quite as fast, people are naturally kind and traffic …
Bangladesh – Part 5 – Chittagong and Ship Breaking
Today we learn that the hotel manager is caring and full of good advice, not all companies are open and honest, the Uber driver is easily spooked, getting on a …
Bangladesh – Part 6 – Bus Chittagong to Cox’s Bazar
Today we learn that a bus journey can be enjoyable, people continue to be kind and covering 160km (100 miles) in a bus is not stressful if you avoid looking …
Bangladesh – Part 7 – Cox’s Bazar.
Cox’s Bazar and Refugees Today we learn that 91 agencies in the Cox’s Bazar area are helping refugees to stay alive, Red Cross people are a special breed and there’s …