Bangladesh – Life happens here! - The Lonesome Traveler

05 January 2019

After the general election All clear! The election was over. The expected call for a strike did not exist, at least until now. We are not here to comment on the outcome, perhaps two from the media: The Daily Star Dhaka: “Foreign observers expressed their satisfaction with the electoral process and called it a shining example for other democratic countries.” The BBC: “A Chittagong correspondent reported that the ballot box was already full of votes, even before the opening of a polling station.”
Travel conditions? Best! Warm during the day, cool in the night, misty in the morning – and no Hartal in sight.

30 December 2018

Election day! Around 100 million Deschis are today called to vote for a new parliament in one of the 40,000 polling stations. Strict security measures accompany these. Road traffic is suspended for the next 24 hours and around 600,000 security forces are deployed. Starting on Monday, first results are expected. No matter what, the losers will call for a Hartal. The question is: how long?
Travel conditions? Couldn’t be better, if there were not the damned election, that condemns every forecast for the next few days to idle speculation. We expect Hartal following the official election.
Jashore… (Jessore) or its surroundings is actually worth a longer stay and has received an upgrade or update on our part. To admire here!
Where is the polling station? A mostly four-wheeled railway utility vehicle, which is used as an auxiliary vehicle for inspection and for the transport of workers and tools. The handcar on our photo of the week.

13 November 2018

The days, yes the days have become short, but nice and warm. But at night, it’s getting cooler now. It was really cold in the north, which means around 15° C.
Trust & Private Tours: Day-fine, detailed tour plans for private tours make a lot of work (these are multi-page PDF). Work that we like to do when we go on tour together afterwards. Sure, there are budget travelers and therefore everyone can ask us anything, but only to rake in the tour plan is a no-go! Unfortunately, this has somehow arrived. However, in the future we will charge for detailed tour plans 100 € per week, but not more than 200 € (and of course, credited in the event of a tour). End of the announcement.
Travel conditions? Could not be better, apart from occasional small strikes of the bus driver. We are on the way, there may be delays in answering inquiries. Please excuse this.
Eid e-Milad-un Nabi Next Wednesday, 21.11. is the anniversary of the Prophet’s birth and death, so nationwide holiday. Thursday should serve as a bridge day and holiday destinations accordingly booked.
Fresh cell treatments… Mahasthangarh (Pundranagar) got an update. To admire here! Furthermore, we have finally visited the new Museum of the Bangladesh War and are very pleasantly surprised. Insights are here!
Mahankali’s Children Since we were already in Mahasthangarh our photo of the week from there. Dusty historical relics vs. kids hype.

13 October 2018

Drop of temperature! This is not the big news but it should be mentioned anyway: for days the sun hides behind a thick cloud cover. Rain – now and then. The episode, it has “dramatically” cooled to 25 °C and every semi-normal Deshi is currently beating with a cold… That can only mean one “Hemanto” the fifth of the six seasons has begun.
Landline and fax? Currently very bad. Here in the neighborhood an extensive rewiring is in progress and affecting the entire network (see also our photo of the week). Functionality was promised to us until the middle of next week, but we would not bet on state-owned companies…
Travel conditions? If we ignore the weather, you can describe the situation as very good. Matching the theme: Our season has begun and we are traveling again a lot. When answering inquiries, there may be delays. Please excuse this.
Don’t lose the track! Not a modern-day work of art, but a real day-to-day work with the state-owned telephone company. Actually amazing that anything works or hopefully will be back – oops, which would be a prejudice… Our photo of the week.

26 September 2018

Bangladesh – what else was and is… New “Other galleries” with pictures of everything that does not really fit into another category. Whether event, museum, authority, school or social institution. Of course, the first is a page with impressions from the Biennale in Dhaka.

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