I took a Kingfisher flight from Bangalore to Kolkata and a connecting flight to Dhaka. The flight from Kolkata being an ATR could not even take my hand luggage, and had to check in. The flight to Dhaka was less than 30 mins. Hope they had a high speed train between this place, so could have avoided the long wait in the airport.
We were put up in a Hotel named, The Hotel Eastern Residence (House No 14, Road 27, Block J, Banani Dhaka, 880-2-9890337). A very good hotel and if you are staying in a group they give you an apartment sort of complex with a common area and independent rooms. It also had a kitchen though it cannot be used. They have good restaurant as well. Good value for money at $50 per day with breakfast.
One thing which strikes you in bangladesh is the huge number of overhead optical fiber. May be astonishing for a Telecom engineer like me and the knowledge that there are more than 300 ISP (Not joking). Another thing which strikes you is the traffic. As one of my friend puts it if the roads are jammed means the economy and people are doing good. Saw lots of cycle rickshaw, which borders have not made to vanish on either side of Bengal. Public transport except the BRTC buses look shabby and are not well maintained. It seems people ram their vehicle against each other to go ahead. Driving needs to be very skillful if you need not ram into people or vehicles.
Hotel Sajna near the hotel had some excellent food and hospitality. One thing striking about their service was that when they delayed their chutney and my dosa got cold, they gave me a new dosa. Something which i have never seen anywhere i had gone. Most of our dinner was in this place.
Could not make to any place as had 12 meetings in 3 day!!
We were put up in a Hotel named, The Hotel Eastern Residence (House No 14, Road 27, Block J, Banani Dhaka, 880-2-9890337). A very good hotel and if you are staying in a group they give you an apartment sort of complex with a common area and independent rooms. It also had a kitchen though it cannot be used. They have good restaurant as well. Good value for money at $50 per day with breakfast.
One thing which strikes you in bangladesh is the huge number of overhead optical fiber. May be astonishing for a Telecom engineer like me and the knowledge that there are more than 300 ISP (Not joking). Another thing which strikes you is the traffic. As one of my friend puts it if the roads are jammed means the economy and people are doing good. Saw lots of cycle rickshaw, which borders have not made to vanish on either side of Bengal. Public transport except the BRTC buses look shabby and are not well maintained. It seems people ram their vehicle against each other to go ahead. Driving needs to be very skillful if you need not ram into people or vehicles.
Hotel Sajna near the hotel had some excellent food and hospitality. One thing striking about their service was that when they delayed their chutney and my dosa got cold, they gave me a new dosa. Something which i have never seen anywhere i had gone. Most of our dinner was in this place.
Could not make to any place as had 12 meetings in 3 day!!
