Flying Into Dhaka- First Impressions of Bangladesh

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You will see.

What will I see that you are already seeing? Could you please water it down for me, my crystal ball having performance issues this days

 

[El Sidd]

What will I see that you are already seeing? Could you please water it down for me, my crystal ball having performance issues this days

Man they have ethnic tensions there. That will get exploited badly.

Let's see what happens.

But it's not good the situation in Bongladesh.

Too many Muslims to be crude

 

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Man they have ethnic tensions there. That will get exploited badly.

Let's see what happens.

But it's not good the situation in Bongladesh.

Too many Muslims to be crude

They have ethnic tension in the Chitagong hills and surrounding tribal regions, I don't think they have any ethnic problems in Sundarban area, anyways you may be right too, I have a limited knowledge on this matter.

I am a woods and wildlife fanboy, it pains me when I see they are not being preserved properly is all.

 

[El Sidd]

They have ethnic tension in the Chitagong hills and surrounding tribal regions, I don't think they have any ethnic problems in Sundarban area, anyways you may be right too, I have a limited knowledge on this matter.

I am a woods and wildlife fanboy, it pains me when I see they are not being preserved properly is all.

Somebody who wishes to travel to ranthanbore.

I can understand.

 

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Somebody who wishes to travel to ranthanbore.

I can understand.

If you wanna see real action up close, please add Gir, Bandhavgarh and Kaziranga to your list, I am more into megafaunas so Kaziranga is like heaven for me. Tigers, Rhino, Elephant, Gaur (Worlds largest bovine) you name it. Many animals there have died due to the recent floods man, absolutely broke my heart.

 

[El Sidd]

If you wanna see real action up close, please add Gir, Bandhavgarh and Kaziranga to your list, I am more into megafaunas so Kaziranga is like heaven for me. Tigers, Rhino, Elephant, Gaur (Worlds largest bovine) you name it. Many animals there have died due to the recent floods man, absolutely broke my heart.

Kaziranga and ranthanbore.

Gir is overpopulated now. It's lost its wilderness appeal.

That's why Nepal is successful in that.

 

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Kaziranga and ranthanbore.

Gir is overpopulated now. It's lost its wilderness appeal.

That's why Nepal is successful in that.

Don't worry about Gir bro, it is one of the best protected forests in entire Asia, there is a reason why we are the only country in the world having the indigenous population of Asiatic Lions, their populations literally increased drastically in the recent years, which is an awesome sign, Government already has plans to expand the forest. Unlike tigers Lions are not shy and solitary animals, they are usually aloof to humans, which is why you will have way more luck seeing a pack of lions in the bushes than a tiger in the wild, the reason why I recommend Gir to people who wish to see animals in the wild with little effort. By overpopulated if you mean human settlements surrounding the forest then you should know that these people have been there since ages, in fact they contribute big time to the conservation and protection of the wildlife, same goes for every other forests in India that has people in its vicinity, poachers and hunters are almost never locals.

What about Nepal? I traveled length and breadth of Nepal, visited every single parks there, and as an wild life enthusiast let me tell you no country in south Asia barring SL does not even remotely come close to what we have done to protect forests and wildlife, the ever increasing number of endangered animals speaks volume of our effort.

 

[Hasan89]

No offense to anyone here, but BD basically does not have anything to offer in terms of tourism. Snow tipped mountains, deserts, fascinating architectures, ancient ruins, pristine beaches, meadows etc. are the things that most tourists look for. He should not have gone there in the first place.

Tourism just got started in Bangladesh. Lots to done, lots of potential and with right planing can do well. Coxs bazar beach longest in the world, tea gardens in Sylhet lots of lovely hilly 5star resorts available for accommodation. Sundarbans, etc. Chittagong hilltracts yet to be touched, going deeper into some areas is what needed to be explored into and develop. Some People might think bangladesh is all flat but there's areas in Sylhet, ChittagongHILLTRACTS small to high hills, CHT even has some over 1k ft high mountains untouched areas (yes there are some mountains inside BD border not the gigantics but still some are there high enough), nice waterfalls, lakes, so much to see but not yet developed well for tourism.

 

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Tourism just got started in Bangladesh. Lots to done, lots of potential and with right planing can do well. Coxs bazar beach longest in the world, tea gardens in Sylhet lots of lovely hilly 5star resorts available for accommodation. Sundarbans, etc. Chittagong hilltracts yet to be touched, going deeper into some areas is what needed to be explored into and develop. People bangladesh is all flat but there's areas in CHT high to small hills, nice waterfalls, so much to see but not yet developed well for tourism.

Read post# 224, I made almost same points.

 

[El Sidd]

Don't worry about Gir bro, it is one of the best protected forests in entire Asia, there is a reason why we are the only country in the world having the indigenous population of Asiatic Lions, their populations literally increased drastically in the recent years, which is an awesome sign, Government already has plans to expand the forest. Unlike tigers Lions are not shy and solitary animals, they are usually aloof to humans, which is why you will have way more luck seeing a pack of lions in the bushes than a tiger in the wild, the reason why I recommend Gir to people who wish to see animals in the wild with little effort. By overpopulated if you mean human settlements surrounding the forest then you should know that these people have been there since ages, in fact they contribute big time to the conservation and protection of the wildlife, same goes for every other forests in India that has people in its vicinity, poachers and hunters are almost never locals.

What about Nepal? I traveled length and breadth of Nepal, visited every single parks there, and as an wild life enthusiast let me tell you no country in south Asia barring SL does not even remotely come close to what we have done to protect forests and wildlife, the ever increasing number of endangered animals speaks volume of our effort.

Gir is religiously maintained. There is no denying that.

But when you want the ultimate experience. It has to feel jurrasic and completely detached from human interference.

As of now only kaziranga and ranthanbore provides this experience with wide variety of fauna.

Much like what deosai is for Pakistanis. The last refuge of the Himalayan grizzly i believe.

 

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But when you want the ultimate experience. It has to feel jurrasic and completely detached from human interference.

Agreed wholeheartedly, I feel the exact same way, hence I always try to avoid popular tourists spots. Allow me to recommend you a few South Indian and North Eastern sanctuaries, way less explored and visited than popular north and west Indian ones. Nagarhole, bandipur, Mukurthi, waynard and Keibul Lamjao.

Keibul is the only floating forest in the world located in Manipur NE India, been there twice, man I am telling you this is exactly what you are looking for.

Much like what deosai is for Pakistanis. The last refuge of the Himalayan grizzly i believe.

They are not Grizzly bro, they are Himalayan Brown bear, they are found in Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nepal and Bhutan too. Grizzlys are a subset of the Brown bear family, not all brown bears are Grizzlys.

I have heard some awesome things about Deosai, would love to visit someday, if possible.

 

[Shahzaz ud din]

The poor economy had not that much of effects by the rise of oil price during 1971-1982 period. Whatever it may be, BD failed to achieve in the first 23 years, what it achieved during the 23 yrs of Pakistan time.

1) Mohini Textile Mills was the only mill in BD after the partition in 1947. But, during the next 23 yrs. it built hundreds of jute mills, steel plant, paper mills, soap/cosmetic/detergent factories, cable factory, cement factories, TSP fertilizer factory, urea fertilizer factories, oil mills, dalda mills and many many others.
2) During Pakistan time, BD expanded its tea plantation area by many times.
3) Before 1971, it built in total hundreds of schools, colleges, Universities including Jahangir Nagar University, Polytechnic Institutes, BUET, Rajshahi Engg. College and others.
4) All the Zilla roads that connect all the then district and Sub-divisional towns were raised, built and paved during Pakistan time. Add all these roads, it is a few thousand km. in a water logged country. THere were enormous quantity of excavation and soil filling works that took a long time. But, it was done. This road system worked as an impetus for further economic development during BD time.

Development of a country is an ongoing process. BD is certainly developing fast. It is to our credit. But, to deny the achievements during Pakistan time is not a righteous thing to say.

God bless you brother for telling the truth.Today I can

 

[xyxmt]

It's the largest mangrove forest in the world and one of a kind, one of the ecological hotspots, they share it with India, but then again this is about personal preferences, if you are not much into woods and jungle can't really blame you. This is the exact reason countries with diverse geography tend to attract more tourist, BD is too one dimensional in this regard.

I love woods and jungles, but Sundarbunis not a typical jungle where tourists will like to go see animals or camping in the woods. I watched a documentary on it and all it has is small water ways, mud and mangrove tress, not a typical tourists paradise

 

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I love woods and jungles, but Sundarbunis not a typical jungle where tourists will like to go see animals or camping in the woods. I watched a documentary on it and all it has is small water ways, mud and mangrove tress, not a typical tourists paradise

I mostly agree with you, these mangroves forests are way more dense and thicker for safari or campings and the tigers there are known to be man eaters which does not help either. In Indian part of Sundarban there is a river called "Matla" that passes through Sundarban, boat riding in that river is just surreal, I have never been to the Amazons but I believe the feeling would be the same. Camping is a concept popularized in the west since their jungles are mostly devoid of mega predators. Puma and wolverine are considered apex predators there

Anyways few pics from Sundarban

You need ballz of steel to camp there

The tigers there are notorious for swimming and snatching people off boats

 

[Khan_21]

Tourism just got started in Bangladesh. Lots to done, lots of potential and with right planing can do well. Coxs bazar beach longest in the world, tea gardens in Sylhet lots of lovely hilly 5star resorts available for accommodation. Sundarbans, etc. Chittagong hilltracts yet to be touched, going deeper into some areas is what needed to be explored into and develop. Some People might think bangladesh is all flat but there's areas in Sylhet, ChittagongHILLTRACTS small to high hills, CHT even has some over 1k ft high mountains untouched areas (yes there are some mountains inside BD border not the gigantics but still some are there high enough), nice waterfalls, lakes, so much to see but not yet developed well for tourism.

1k High Mountains ? 1K is a small hill , scratch that I take it back not even a hill . Lack of diversity in landscape compared to its neighbours makes Bangladesh less appealing to tourists . For Example My Chinese friends in Class have both visited Pakistan and Bangladesh . They loved Karakoram and Himalayas in Pakistan and the Cholistan deserts . When I asked them about Bangladesh they replied they are unlikely to return as there was nothing interesting there . They had some not so kind words for Dhaka and called it horrible