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Bangladesh 2008 - Dhaka, Chittagong, Rangamati and Cox's Bazar

Have you even wondered what is it like to be a celebrity? What kind of life famous people have when they are out walking the streets? If you do not look like a South Asian person then just go to Bangladesh, you will see.

Bangladesh is a very dynamic country and its people have a lot of energy as well. They are very curious about foreigners which they never or very rarely see. They are hungry of knowledge. They ask questions. They ask many questions. They ask questions even if that question is the only sentence in English they know.

Here are some questions that I had to answer:
- What is your name?
- Your name?
- Name?
- Which country?
- Where are you from?
- Where do you come from?
- My country?
- What is the name of your country?
- Your country name?
- Coming from?
- What is the name of your homeland?
- What is your job?
- Are you a student?
- Student?
- Why did you come to Bangladesh?
- How many days?
- Bangladesh beautiful?
- What is your impression of Bangladesh?
- Are you Muslim?
- Do you speak Bangla?
- How are you fine thank you?


Not many foreigners visit Bangladesh. If you walk in the street people point fingers at you and start giggling and laughing at each other while still pointing at you. They also stop, look directly in your eyes with their wide open surprised eyes and after you pass them by they turn their heads and follow you with their eyes.

Anyway, it is a realy wonderful country to visit, still not spoiled by tourism. People are very friendly, it is very safe, food is good, prices are low, nobody tries to cheat you, there no other tourists. There is a lot of activity in the streets which makes Bangladesh a dream destination for street photographers. Visiting Bangladesh is a simply very unique and very rewarding experience.

I would love to go to Bangladesh again!



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Sadarghat boats - Dhaka
Sadarghat boats - Dhaka
stationery - Dhaka
stationery - Dhaka
small window - Chittagong
small window - Chittagong
a small swimmer - Rangamati
a small swimmer - Rangamati
phones - Dhaka
phones - Dhaka
Jems Bond 007 - Rangamati
Jems Bond 007 - Rangamati
posters and ads - Dhaka
posters and ads - Dhaka
white cars - Dhaka
white cars - Dhaka
street life - Cox's Bazar
street life - Cox's Bazar
riding a rickshaw - Chittagong
riding a rickshaw - Chittagong
black goat - Dhaka
black goat - Dhaka
boy from Cox's Bazar
boy from Cox's Bazar
ferry terminal - Dhaka
ferry terminal - Dhaka
currency exchange - Dhaka
currency exchange - Dhaka
kids and wood - Rangamati
kids and wood - Rangamati
two guys - Cox's Bazar
two guys - Cox's Bazar
a couple and trees - Cox's Bazar
a couple and trees - Cox's Bazar
Nestle Nido - Dhaka
Nestle Nido - Dhaka
rest - Chittagong
rest - Chittagong
banners - Dhaka
banners - Dhaka
cricket and football - Rangamati
cricket and football - Rangamati
blurred - Cox's Bazar
blurred - Cox's Bazar
red cap - Cox's Bazar
red cap - Cox's Bazar
two guys - Chittagong
two guys - Chittagong
three swimmers - Rangamati
three swimmers - Rangamati
peanuts - Cox's Bazar
peanuts - Cox's Bazar
red rose - Rangamati
red rose - Rangamati
river crossing - Chittagong
river crossing - Chittagong
road crossing - Chittagong
road crossing - Chittagong
ten boats - Dhaka
ten boats - Dhaka
selling chilli - Chittagong
selling chilli - Chittagong
girl on a bench - Chittagong
girl on a bench - Chittagong
unloading boats - Dhaka
unloading boats - Dhaka
mobile phone shop - Dhaka
mobile phone shop - Dhaka
a couple in a rickshaw - Chittagong
a couple in a rickshaw - Chittagong
pavement activities - Chittagong
pavement activities - Chittagong
light - Chittagong
light - Chittagong
boy and rickshaw - Cox's Bazar
boy and rickshaw - Cox's Bazar
closing shops - Dhaka
closing shops - Dhaka
three couples - Dhaka
three couples - Dhaka
boy with a horse - Cox's Bazar
boy with a horse - Cox's Bazar
people, boats and bananas - Rangamati
people, boats and bananas - Rangamati
Station Road - Chittagong
Station Road - Chittagong
reading a newspaper - Dhaka
reading a newspaper - Dhaka
rickshaws - Dhaka
rickshaws - Dhaka
Royal Star - Chittagong
Royal Star - Chittagong
six kids - Rangamati
six kids - Rangamati
fast delivery - Dhaka
fast delivery - Dhaka
poultry at the market - Chittagong
poultry at the market - Chittagong
a boatman - Chittagong
a boatman - Chittagong
at the hairdresser's - Chittagong
at the hairdresser's - Chittagong
trees and people - Cox's Bazar
trees and people - Cox's Bazar
billboards - Cox's Bazar
billboards - Cox's Bazar
ten and one - Dhaka
ten and one - Dhaka
sleeping man - Dhaka
sleeping man - Dhaka
prayer time - Rangamati
prayer time - Rangamati
horse and peanuts seller - Cox's Bazar
horse and peanuts seller - Cox's Bazar
girl under tree - Chittagong
girl under tree - Chittagong
Old Dhaka traffic - Dhaka
Old Dhaka traffic - Dhaka
kids in the cinema - Cox's Bazar
kids in the cinema - Cox's Bazar
holding hands - Cox's Bazar
holding hands - Cox's Bazar
divided lake - Rangamati
divided lake - Rangamati
vegetables for sale - Dhaka
vegetables for sale - Dhaka
river taxi - Dhaka
river taxi - Dhaka
loss enamel - Dhaka
loss enamel - Dhaka
outside DIT II market - Dhaka
outside DIT II market - Dhaka
goats seller - Dhaka
goats seller - Dhaka
two boats - Rangamati
two boats - Rangamati
ice - Rangamati
ice - Rangamati
souvenirs seller - Cox's Bazar
souvenirs seller - Cox's Bazar
mirrors - Chittagong
mirrors - Chittagong
five guys - Cox's Bazar
five guys - Cox's Bazar
street shave - Dhaka
street shave - Dhaka
a ball seller - Dhaka
a ball seller - Dhaka
sleeping under umbrella - Dhaka
sleeping under umbrella - Dhaka
rickshaw art - Dhaka
rickshaw art - Dhaka
lake bathroom - Rangamati
lake bathroom - Rangamati
posing girl - Cox's Bazar
posing girl - Cox's Bazar
man playing - Rangamati
man playing - Rangamati
girl and door - Chittagong
girl and door - Chittagong
stairs and lake - Rangamati
stairs and lake - Rangamati
ferry on the river - Dhaka
ferry on the river - Dhaka
wide beach - Cox's Bazar
wide beach - Cox's Bazar
men - Chittagong
men - Chittagong
horse on the beach - Cox's Bazar
horse on the beach - Cox's Bazar
petrol station - Dhaka
petrol station - Dhaka
congested street - Dhaka
congested street - Dhaka
on the stairs - Rangamati
on the stairs - Rangamati
boats on the lake - Rangamati
boats on the lake - Rangamati
activities in Sadarghat - Dhaka
activities in Sadarghat - Dhaka
photos with the Parliament - Dhaka
photos with the Parliament - Dhaka
busy intersection - Dhaka
busy intersection - Dhaka
the ferry is coming - Chittagong
the ferry is coming - Chittagong
watching boats - Rangamati
watching boats - Rangamati
a rickshaw ride - Chittagong
a rickshaw ride - Chittagong
a chase on the beach - Cox's Bazar
a chase on the beach - Cox's Bazar
a man outside a shop - Cox's Bazar
a man outside a shop - Cox's Bazar
putting those shades on - Cox's Bazar
putting those shades on - Cox's Bazar
eight boats - Dhaka
eight boats - Dhaka
holiday makers - Cox's Bazar
holiday makers - Cox's Bazar
The Rocket - Dhaka
The Rocket - Dhaka
green car - Dhaka
green car - Dhaka
book vendor - Dhaka
book vendor - Dhaka
fruits in Motijheel - Dhaka
fruits in Motijheel - Dhaka
Bangladesh Photo Journalists' Association - Dhaka
Bangladesh Photo Journalists' Association - Dhaka
portrait with a phone - Dhaka
portrait with a phone - Dhaka
boat taxi - Dhaka
boat taxi - Dhaka
pointing at the terminal - Dhaka
pointing at the terminal - Dhaka
phone ads - Dhaka
phone ads - Dhaka
another portrait with a phone - Dhaka
another portrait with a phone - Dhaka
watching the traffic - Dhaka
watching the traffic - Dhaka
closed eyes - Dhaka
closed eyes - Dhaka
shop ads - Dhaka
shop ads - Dhaka
colourful rickshaw - Dhaka
colourful rickshaw - Dhaka
Sadarghat twilight - Dhaka
Sadarghat twilight - Dhaka
vertical Sadarghat - Dhaka
vertical Sadarghat - Dhaka
man on bricks - Dhaka
man on bricks - Dhaka
yellow shirt - Dhaka
yellow shirt - Dhaka
yellow wall - Dhaka
yellow wall - Dhaka
portrait without a phone - Dhaka
portrait without a phone - Dhaka
glance - Dhaka
glance - Dhaka
a group photo - Dhaka
a group photo - Dhaka
speeding rickshaw - Dhaka
speeding rickshaw - Dhaka
fish and tea - Rangamati
fish and tea - Rangamati
at the hairdresser's - Rangamati
at the hairdresser's - Rangamati
bamboo - Rangamati
bamboo - Rangamati
nap on blue chairs - Chittagong
nap on blue chairs - Chittagong
dried fish - Rangamati
dried fish - Rangamati
steep street - Rangamati
steep street - Rangamati
a real big fish - Chittagong
a real big fish - Chittagong
unloading a ship - Chittagong
unloading a ship - Chittagong
kid in the corner - Chittagong
kid in the corner - Chittagong
silver fish - Chittagong
silver fish - Chittagong
Two Taka - Chittagong
Two Taka - Chittagong
guys - Chittagong
guys - Chittagong
welcome - Chittagong
welcome - Chittagong
boats and men - Chittagong
boats and men - Chittagong
kids and boats - Chittagong
kids and boats - Chittagong
two men rafting - Chittagong
two men rafting - Chittagong
pulling a rickshaw - Chittagong
pulling a rickshaw - Chittagong
two men talking - Chittagong
two men talking - Chittagong
boat traffic - Dhaka
boat traffic - Dhaka
welding - Chittagong
welding - Chittagong
lake view - Rangamati
lake view - Rangamati
two carts - Chittagong
two carts - Chittagong
evening traffic - Chittagong
evening traffic - Chittagong
late afternoon - Cox's Bazar
late afternoon - Cox's Bazar
curious - Chittagong
curious - Chittagong
onions - Chittagong
onions - Chittagong
man on the bus - Chittagong
man on the bus - Chittagong
a nap - Chittagong
a nap - Chittagong
heavy stuff - Chittagong
heavy stuff - Chittagong
blue and orange - Dhaka
blue and orange - Dhaka
fishing nets - Chittagong
fishing nets - Chittagong
jumps - Chittagong
jumps - Chittagong
bamboo and chicken - Chittagong
bamboo and chicken - Chittagong
tin roofs - Rangamati
tin roofs - Rangamati
old church - Chittagong
old church - Chittagong
old catholic cemetery - Chittagong
old catholic cemetery - Chittagong
river taxi boats - Dhaka
river taxi boats - Dhaka
tea and biscuits - Dhaka
tea and biscuits - Dhaka
tin roof - Chittagong
tin roof - Chittagong
congested street in Motijheel - Dhaka
congested street in Motijheel - Dhaka
film poster - Dhaka
film poster - Dhaka
coach reservation counter - Chittagong
coach reservation counter - Chittagong
sleeping in the boat - Dhaka
sleeping in the boat - Dhaka
three colours - Dhaka
three colours - Dhaka
woman and heavy load - Dhaka
woman and heavy load - Dhaka
wood for transport - Ranagmati
wood for transport - Ranagmati
Station Road - Chittagong
Station Road - Chittagong
red bridge - Rangamati
red bridge - Rangamati
man with a saw - Rangamati
man with a saw - Rangamati
two holidaymakers - Cox's Bazar
two holidaymakers - Cox's Bazar
nineteen boats - Dhaka
nineteen boats - Dhaka
fixing fishing nets - Rangamati
fixing fishing nets - Rangamati
on the river bank - Dhaka
on the river bank - Dhaka
trading agency - Dhaka
trading agency - Dhaka
The National Assembly Building of Bangladesh - Dhaka
The National Assembly Building of Bangladesh - Dhaka
speeding rickshaw - Chittagong
speeding rickshaw - Chittagong
a fruit stall in Gulshan - Dhaka
a fruit stall in Gulshan - Dhaka
modern buildings in Gulshan - Dhaka
modern buildings in Gulshan - Dhaka
advanced development - Dhaka
advanced development - Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort 1 - Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort 1 - Dhaka
man and boat - Dhaka
man and boat - Dhaka
Rickshaw art - Dhaka
Rickshaw art - Dhaka
men on the wall - Dhaka
men on the wall - Dhaka
Sadarghat Launch Terminal - Dhaka
Sadarghat Launch Terminal - Dhaka
sleeping shopkeeper - Dhaka
sleeping shopkeeper - Dhaka
newspaper stand - Dhaka
newspaper stand - Dhaka
large load - Dhaka
large load - Dhaka
rickshaw traffic jam - Dhaka
rickshaw traffic jam - Dhaka
river taxis - Dhaka
river taxis - Dhaka
horns and rickshaw - Dhaka
horns and rickshaw - Dhaka
a young band - Dhaka
a young band - Dhaka
balconies - Dhaka
balconies - Dhaka
afternoon on Buriganga river - Dhaka
afternoon on Buriganga river - Dhaka
shops in Gulshan - Dhaka
shops in Gulshan - Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort 2 - Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort 2 - Dhaka
five boatmen - Dhaka
five boatmen - Dhaka
a mobile phone photo - Dhaka
a mobile phone photo - Dhaka
unloading a boat - Dhaka
unloading a boat - Dhaka
rush hour - Dhaka
rush hour - Dhaka
Seagull ship - Chittagong
Seagull ship - Chittagong
sand - Chittagong
sand - Chittagong
lake watching - Rangamati
lake watching - Rangamati
the lake - Rangamati
the lake - Rangamati
love call - Dhaka
love call - Dhaka
wood - Rangamati
wood - Rangamati
watching lake - Rangamati
watching lake - Rangamati
lake life - Rangamati
lake life - Rangamati
girl and lake - Rangamati
girl and lake - Rangamati
another speeding rickshaw - Chittagong
another speeding rickshaw - Chittagong
outside Banga Bazar - Dhaka
outside Banga Bazar - Dhaka
crowded boat - Rangamati
crowded boat - Rangamati
covered watermelons - Chittagong
covered watermelons - Chittagong
boat ride - Dhaka
boat ride - Dhaka
unloading wood - Rangamati
unloading wood - Rangamati
calm Kaptai lake - Rangamati
calm Kaptai lake - Rangamati
open eyes - Cox's Bazar
open eyes - Cox's Bazar
beach stroll - Cox's Bazar
beach stroll - Cox's Bazar
river scene - Dhaka
river scene - Dhaka
sand person - Cox's Bazar
sand person - Cox's Bazar
boy and stupas - Rangamati
boy and stupas - Rangamati
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d5IMG12_2487.jpg
at the pier - Rangamati
at the pier - Rangamati
cricket match - Rangamati
cricket match - Rangamati
boat trip - Dhaka
boat trip - Dhaka
Gulshan market - Dhaka
Gulshan market - Dhaka
haircut - Chittagong
haircut - Chittagong
picture - Cox's Bazar
picture - Cox's Bazar
internet cafe - Cox's Bazar
internet cafe - Cox's Bazar
game - Chittagong
game - Chittagong
K hat - Cox's Bazar
K hat - Cox's Bazar
night traffic - Chittagong
night traffic - Chittagong
in the water - Cox's Bazar
in the water - Cox's Bazar
night rush - Cox's Bazar
night rush - Cox's Bazar
sticks - Cox's Bazar
sticks - Cox's Bazar
night calling - Cox's Bazar
night calling - Cox's Bazar
public mobile phone - Dhaka
public mobile phone - Dhaka
sunset boats - Dhaka
sunset boats - Dhaka
rickshaws - Dhaka
rickshaws - Dhaka
people - Chittagong
people - Chittagong