Activities in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hello fellow travelers.

I'll be working in Dhaka from now until mid-August. I'm also hoping to do a little bit of travel outside of Dhaka and see other areas of Bangladesh.

Anyways, I'm looking for great activities and places to visit in Dhaka as well as outside. Anybody have any stellar recommendations.

Also, if anyone wants to meet up, whether for sight-seeing or a beer, let me know. I'm a 32 year old grad student from New York working on an agriculture and business project here in Dhaka.

Peace!

Route change permit

Hello all

I am writing here cause I am curious about the infamous route change permit mentioned in Lonely Planet when leaving Bangladesh. I have done a search ón the forum and from there I could see that they should no longer be necessary, but being a worrier I just wanted to check with the all-knowing thorn tree forum crew. If it changes anything I am entering by land and leaving by air.

Thank you
Emil

Edited by: PiratosTheGreat

Travelling Bangladesh in coming months

Hi,

After a few weeks of reading, preparing et cetera I am almost ready to make my plans to travel to Bangladesh concrete.
I'm very excited about it and looking forward to travel the country and meet the bangladesh people!
I am aware of the facts that CAN make travelling around difficult, like floodings, but I would like to see Bangladesh during Monsoon season. From what I have read it must have it's own character then.

However, and this is what my question is about. On the Internet I read that the Hartals are more an more disrupting normal life in Bangladesh. As far as I know, nobody here has the ability to look into the future. But I would like to ask somebody, but preferably more, to advice me about my travelling from late June to early July to Bangladesh. I mean, to what extend could my travel plan be disrupted? Are there nationwide hartals several times a week, which disr... more »

A big thank you to Mahmud

We have recently returned from Bangladesh which was an interesting and yet enjoyable experience. I would like to formally thank Mahmud and his network of contacts throughout the country for their time and patience in assisting us in making things so much easier for us than it could have been. A big thank you to Linton in Srimangal for taking us to see all the sights in the area and for going above and beyond what we would have expected from him ie: when our overnight train to Chittagong was running 2 1/2 hours late and departing at 1.40am instead of 11pm - he kindly waited with us at the train station to ensure that we got on the train ok. He organised for us to leave our luggage at a friends business so we didn't have to drag it around with us and most importantly, he contacted the Coca Cola representative in the area to find out which stores sold Diet Coke so I could get my regul... more »

Dhaka/Barisal/Dhaka daytime ferry is starting from Apr 28

Dhaka-Barisal first time daytime ferry (Locally called LAUNCH) is going to start on April 28. The Ferry ‘Bay Cruiser’ will start from barisal at 7 am in the morning and reach Dhaka at 1 p.m. From Dhaka It will start 2 p.m and reach Barisal 7.30 p.m.

As all the ferries of this route operate night time, this new service will be a good chance for travelers to see the river beauty of Bangladesh in the sunshine.

For picture and other details you can CHECK HERE

Mahmud

Bangladesh

I have traveled extensively through India and notice that Explore has started a trip to Bangladesh. Sounds interesting but would like to hear from some people on what makes Bangladesh unique and worth traveling to

Female Travelling Solo

Hi All

Looking for opinions on solo travel around Bangladesh at the moment for a female!

Any advice much appreciated!

Thanks..

Suggested itinerary for 2/3 weeks in Bangladesh

Hello everyone,

My boyfriend and I are heading off to Bangladesh later this year in October. We'd greatly appreciate any 'must-see's' and 'must-do's' from anyone who has been there recently. We're leaning more towards beautiful treks and remote villages - to try and get as much of a taste of real life there as we can in only a short period of time.

We plan on staying between 2 and 3 weeks - getting a train from Kolkata to Dhaka.

Any suggestions would be greatly received.

Thanks

Nat