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teachingld2004
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: Bangladesh |
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Hi all.
Just wondering if any one has been to Bangladesh. I have friends there and am planning on going for a week at the end of February. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup, spent 6 weeks there in the summer of '07. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| How was it ? I'm going there for 2 weeks in the fall. Cox Bazaar and Chittagong. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| You go for the people, not the sites. Chittagong is rather blah and Cox's Bazar is ok. Seeing the "shipyards" outside Chittagong is pretty interesting. Cox's Bazaar has a great beach but the water isn't that fabulous. Dhaka is a dump. The people, on the other hand, are extremely friendly and hospitable. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Bangladesh |
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| teachingld2004 wrote: |
Hi all.
Just wondering if any one has been to Bangladesh. I have friends there and am planning on going for a week at the end of February. |
Check for travel advisories. If I understood the news correctly, I think about 1/2 of the country is currently under water.
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: Bangladesh |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| teachingld2004 wrote: |
Hi all.
Just wondering if any one has been to Bangladesh. I have friends there and am planning on going for a week at the end of February. |
Check for travel advisories. If I understood the news correctly, I think about 1/2 of the country is currently under water.
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It is the dry season. I just googled "Bangladesh flooding" and nothing recent came up. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Bangladesh |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| teachingld2004 wrote: |
Hi all.
Just wondering if any one has been to Bangladesh. I have friends there and am planning on going for a week at the end of February. |
Check for travel advisories. If I understood the news correctly, I think about 1/2 of the country is currently under water.
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It is the dry season. I just googled "Bangladesh flooding" and nothing recent came up. |
I did put the caveat in my post, "If I understood the news correctly...".
After further checking, it is Sri Lanka (NOT  Bangladesh) that is currently suffering from severe flooding at the moment. I only missed by 1000 miles. Sorry.
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Just left there 3 days ago. I spent 10 days there and it is dry dry dry. As someone said, you go for the people. The sights are rather boring, but the people are interesting and nice. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| I was looking into going there, but it looked like a pain in the butt for the visa. Possible, but expensive and in-person visits to the consulate (no hiring an agency). |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:09 am Post subject: bangladesh |
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| Thanks all. I want to go to bangladesh because I have friends there and they can show me around. But I also just heard getting a visa is a pain and it is expensive. So this idea may get scratched. I guess there are many closer/cheaper places to go. Thing is I did want to see some friends, but the hassle may not be worth it. |
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Missihippi
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| i just watched an amusing documentary about a couple of american guys that built a boat in bangladesh to attempt to sail to australia. anyway, the locals seemed pretty interesting. also mentioned that it's the rainiest country in the world. the documentary is called "once we were pirates". you can watch it streaming on documentary heaven dot com |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| How are the girls ? |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| You go for the people, not the sites. |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| As someone said, you go for the people. The sights are rather boring, but the people are interesting and nice. |
Aren't Bangladeshi just muslim Indians?
Going for the people, wouldn't it be as interesting to head for India, as there would be more sites and the same kind of people, more or less?
How different would Bangladeshi people be from Indian people? Just curious.... |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| You go for the people, not the sites. |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| As someone said, you go for the people. The sights are rather boring, but the people are interesting and nice. |
Aren't Bangladeshi just muslim Indians?
Going for the people, wouldn't it be as interesting to head for India, as there would be more sites and the same kind of people, more or less?
How different would Bangladeshi people be from Indian people? Just curious.... |
Well there is some truth to that but it is easier to meet people in Bangladesh. That is, since there are no tourists, there are virtually no people trying to get your business, scam you, etc. You really don't need to have your guard up. Can't say the same in the touristy areas of India (such as Varanasi, Agra, etc). |
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