Come Visit Bangladesh!

If I am not enough to bring you to Bangladesh in 2011, I have discovered two more unbiased reasons to visit. First, this country is filled with immense natural beauty and an amazing unique culture. If my pictures have not fully convinced you, check out this video:

Second, Bangladesh is one of the cheapest tourist destinations in the world! With 1 US$ (70 Taka to the dollar), you can buy 14 cups of tea, a CNG ride across town, 3 and a half coconuts or a set of bangles. In fact, earlier this year, a Lonely Planet Article named Bangladesh 2011's best value destination. The article reads:

“ This subcontinental treat might just be the cheapest place on earth to travel. Bangladesh offers marvellous meals for under $1, a mid-range hotel room for less than 10 times that. This means that anyone who isn’t a masochist goes up a price bracket or two. You’ll pay a little more to get around the Sunderbans National Park on a tiger-spotting tour – US$150 or thereabouts – but it’s still peanuts, even compared to what you pay next door in India.

Bangladesh is almost disgracefully under-visited. Here, paddleboat is one of the main forms of transport and you can trek, canoe and even surf to your heart’s content with some of the world’s friendliest people for company. The Rocket is Bangladesh’s most famous ferry, running daily between the capital of Dhaka and Khulna. First-class river cruising for 27 hours will cost US$15.”

So, come discover Bangladesh's beauty while I am here and before the country is fully discovered (or under water)!