Why are there zero tourists here? – its amazing.
Bangladesh has 8000km of navigable rivers, much more than the roads. Heading down to Sadarghat at sunset today was a bit like the M25 on a river, motorboats, ferries, barges, tankers mingling with passenger canoes (100′s of). It’s safe to say that river travel is as much a daily part of life as roads…
Which by the way are jam packed full of brightly coloured weaving and speeding cycle rickshaws. 600,000 of them. What?
Oh yeah and loads of seriously battle wounded buses that screech about loaded with people blowing their horns.
We haven’t even seen that much today but stopping for a few cha’s and trying to converse with the crowd that quickly gathers is great fun. You sail down the street bobbing in and out of the 150 million other people and there is a chorus of hello! how are you? which country? do you play cricket? Come and have tea! How are you? hello! Its great. Old Dhaka – just a maze of interesting streets full of all kinds of weird and wonderful things. Lots of great biryani and kebabs. It a fresh and exciting place to be and the rest of bangladesh has some really unique environments that still await…
Yo Si, thought id give you a comment to make you feel a tad better about this whole blogging thing…its a lonely world! Sounds like your having an awesome time man, keep it up. Will send you a proper email soon. The boss is breathing down my neck!
Harry
Have been down to Chalfont to visit dad & mum and we enjoyed reading about your latest adventures. Lots of excitiment building here with Mary’s wedding in a few weeks time. The weather is unseasonably warm with lots of sun and very little rain. The media is in the middle of a feeding frenzy with the election next week – no one knows what will happen. Lucy was planning a trip to Thailand this summer but will probably have to go elsewhere as there is lot’s of trouble. Olivia has accepted her offer to Leeds and applied for Devonshire Hall so you may well have a poor student knocking on your door when you get home.
Hope you continue to have a good time.
Pete