In the Mirror: Best of Bangladesh

So much to share, so much to blog. Its 10.20pm now and baby is fast asleep in his room. In this new post, I want to share with you my experience being in a country where no one would ever thought of visiting - Bangladesh.

On 3rd March 2011 we flew to Dhaka, Bangladesh in MAS together with a group of delegates from the Malaysian hospitals and our Ministry of Health personnels. We were invited to attend a Health Tourism exhibition and to showcase to the Bangladeshis that Malaysia, too have good hospitals with good specialists and they should consider coming over to our dear country for elective treatments (Bangladeshis usually opt to go to Singapore or Bangkok and hardly to Malaysia! - don't quite blame them if you know what I mean).

We were there for a good 3 days and to summarize how it was:-

a) People - There are alot of nice friendly people.
b) Food - Go for their nasi briyani. Absolutely a must try!
c) Shopping - Beautiful textiles, beautiful sarees. You can get them in places like Aarong & Bashundhara
d) Hotel - Sheraton Hotel rated 5 star (4 star for Malaysian standard). One commendable thing about the hotel is that they serve great food!
e) Streets/ Roads - They do have highways and they have alot of trishaws on the road.
f) Air - Dusty with fuel smell
g) Transportation - You have to hire drivers from the hotel. A good 400 Taka (around RM20) per hour. It is absolutely not advisable to get taxis off the road as the streets can be pretty chaotic!

All in all, it was a good experience for me. Being in Bangladesh, makes me appreciate the life that I have right now. Here are some photos that captivate the best of Bangladesh.