Hello from Dhaka

New Country
New Timezone
New Currency
New Adventure
New Culture.

Well everyone I'm in Dhaka now. After the short flight from Kathmandu I'm in the capital of Bangladesh. It was a pretty sudden decision to come here. How it came about is: when I got back from the terrible 3 days in Bandipur I needed to think of somewhere else to go because I'd seen enough of Nepal. So monday morning I went to the Indian embassy in KTM and started to figure out what I needed to get back in to India. The problem is that once you leave India you need to be gone for 2 months before you can come back, even if you have a multiple entry visa. So I was handed a bunch of paper work and told to fill it out, they also wanted copies of every travel document I had. Passport, Visa etc. They also wanted a detailed itinery day by day of what I'm doing in India. So I didn't want the hassle of all of that and decided if India doesn't want my money some other country can have it. Now the decision was between Bangladesh and Singapore, those were the 2 countries that came to mind. The only restrictions were the flights had to be cheap and they don't use the euro. And since I'm not hip enough to visit europe and a flight to Singapore was expensive I decided to go to Bangladesh. So I book a flight for Tuesday and then a return flight from Dhaka to Delhi on April 28th. The day before my flight back to Canada. There should be less of a problem in the airport since I'm leaving about 12 hours after I get there.

Bangladesh

Wow it's hot, really really hot. It's also New Years here so the celebration is pretty intense and the main streets are closed due to the party. Bangladesh has a population of 150 million, the country is 147,570 square km and bordered by India and Myanmar(to the south) So as of today I have 14 days left in Bangladesh and I'm predicting they are going to be super fun. I really like the country so far and it's a lot different then Nepal and India. Not many tourists come here so my picture has been taken a lot just when I walk around. The people are really nice and are very keen to know about me and my job back home, they also are surprised when I tell them I have no kids. Today I went to the Bangladesh National Museum which was very interesting and a great way to learn about the history of this country. Until 1971 Bangladesh was controlled by Pakistan, in this year there was a genocide of the Bangladesh people by the Pakistan army.

Well I'm sweating just sitting here so that's all I will write for now.