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Khulna and BagarhatSep 21, 2008
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Bagarhat's main draw, the Shait Gumbad mosque.
A look inside the hard to access Shait Gumbad mosque.
Another old and small mosque near Bagarhat.
Ian and Elaine surrounded by and half the local children on our...
Stay in a top end hotel in Khulna for less than 10 quid a night. Its true, the Western Hotel let me stay in an air-con room with satelite TV, fridge, hot showers for 7 quid a night. Bloody marvellous and all to easy to get used to. Mind you there's bugger all to do in Knulna.
I met up with Ian and Elaine again in Dhaka and the three of us thought a trip to see mosque's at the old city of Bagarhat would be worth doing. The main event is the Shait Gumbad mosque famed for its 60 domes, except someone needs to brush up on their arithmatic because there are actually 77 domes. There are a few much smaller crumbling mosques around, but I've seen that many that if it's not Mecca then I just dont want to know any more. Time to move on back to India.
And now for some final words on Bangladesh: quite honestly Bangladesh is a country that is short on sights, with Cox's Bazaar being the obvious exception. The people are a friendly lot and VERY inquisitive, visitors are few and far between and its improssible not to be the centre of attention wherever you go, especially in the north. Many times I turned round only to find 20 or so (not an exageration) children following and watching my every move. And the begging, never have I seen so many beggars or those who had fallen on hard times. Give some money and before you know it you're surrounded by a hundred more so I used to by some food and hand it out instead, and of course I never did this enough. So I'm giving Bangladesh a 7/10.
