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Trip Start Aug 28, 2006
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Trip End Sep 16, 2007


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Saturday, December 2, 2006

Not many tourists visit Bangladesh so walking around Sylhet, a North East province, we were the biggest stars in town!  We flew into Dhaka, the capital, spent a few days their and then took the train up to Sylhet.  A lot of the families of the children at my previous school originated from Sylhet.  So this is where my curiosity to visit the region originated. 
 
Bangladesh is a very flat country with a lot of water.  It is the most densely populated country in the world, although it didn't seem it.  We found the people to be incredibly hospitable.  During our visit to Srimangal, Sylhet when walking down the street everyone around us said 'Good  Morning' and wanted to shake our hands!  Sylhet is a very beautiful region, it mainly grows tea, pineapples, lemon and of course rice.  We visited a couple of village school in Sylhet where we found the children and the teachers very keen to hear us speak in English.  Rob got sick in Dhaka so we did not see much of the city.  However, we did visit the National Assembly Building and the National Museum where a crowd of students from the University next door wanted to show us around, it seems that they are very proud of their country.  Their are political problems in Bangladesh at the moment so we were lucky not to be stuck in any protests or strikes! 
 
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