Dec 21, 2004 - Bangla Bangla ... Taka Taka

As we reached Benapole at the Indian/ Bangladesh border we were unloaded from our luxury coach which had provided sandwiches and water in with the price and after haggling with money exchnagers we were ready to go into the process of getting from India to Bangladesh armed with handfuls of Banlgadesh Taka's. Good to know all that education comes in useful now and again ;-) It was swiftly out of Cox's Bazaar the following day for Teknaf, the most southerly point on the mainland. ... I think someone must have overheard our conversation discussing the trip into Burma because as we started back up to Teknaf from St Martin's island, we saw 16 Bangladeshi Navy warships along the centre of the river . ...