Bangladesh in pictures – day trips
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OLD-DHAKA – THE HEART
Old-Dhaka with its crowds of people, rickshaws, mosques, markets and the impenetrable tangle of alleys around the Sadarghat. A city tour through vibrant life. Nowhere is Dhaka so dynamic as here in the old town…
HYPERMODERN DHAKA
In stark contrast to the above tour, a trip to the Dhaka as few expect it – hypermodern, like the parliament building or the largest shopping mall of South Asia. Snapshots of the modern Dhaka...
MARKETS, MARKETS, MARKETS
”What a city is good, you recognize in their markets” someone once said. Impressions of a day trip to the biggest and most famous markets of the metropolis, such as the Kawran Bazar or the New-Market…
STUDENTS & INDEPENDENCE
Dhaka’s students as the germ cell of independence. Pictures on a tour, which focuses on the student movement, the Bengali freedom struggle and the related very interesting story…
SONARGAON – THE CITY OF GOLD
A day trip to Sonargaon in the “City of Gold” – the original capital of the Kingdom of Isa Khan. Photos of tombs, stupas, temples and architecture in the time of the British Raj…
BHAWAL – THE GREEN LUNG OF DHAKA
Where does the stressed metropolitan refreshed itself? For example in the Nondon Park – or in the Bhawal National Park. The former is not our cup of tea, the latter a national park in the sense of recreational park. Pictures of the green lung of Dhaka…
OUT OF DHAKA – ON THE SHITALAKSHYA
Pictures of a tour on the outskirts of Dhaka. A river cruise on the Shitalakhya with a walk through a handicraft village known for its weaving art and through the remains of the old mansion of Murapara…
MAINAMATI – BUDDHIST PEARLS
An excursion into the ancient cultural and political center of south-eastern Bengal, to Mainamati. Impressions of one of the most famous Buddhist monastery complexes Salban Vihara and more you will find here…
MYMENSINGH - BANGLADESH FOR BEGINNERS
Pictures of almost “rural” Mymensingh on the banks of the Brahmaputra. Mymensingh is home to the British East India Company, botanical gardens, old quarters and buildings, and many students…
BALIATI PALACE – TALES FROM RENAISSANCE AND SALT
Photos of a tour of one of the most beautiful examples of the Renaissance colonial style of the 19th century in Bangladesh. Baliati Palace at Manikganj – a fairytale-mysterious palace complex…
ARPARA ZAMINDAR PALACE – THE UNKNOWN
A more than just sight-seeing facility at the gates of Dhaka. The mansion, the auxiliary and Hindu temples, sculptures, small wild gardens, nice inhabitants, a small pond and artisan settlements. Very close to the National Monument of Savar.
TEOTA – THE FORGOTTEN BEAUTY AT THE JAMUNA
Imposing 300-year-old ruins of the palace in the village of Teota, framed on the west side by the Jamuna. A bright white Navaratna Temple in front of the large palace complex caps it all. Then there is the Palace of Betila and the Temple of Motto…