We arrived yesterday morning early with all our luggage after a long
uneventful flight from Amsterdam via Istanbul. If you ever get the
chance to fly Business class with Turkish Airlines and need to change
planes in Istanbul, plan at least two hours stopover time - the lounge
is amazing! (sadly we had 20 mins).
One of Lon's colleagues kindly got up a stupid o'clock on his day off to come and collect us, and take us to our hotel, which we really appreciated.
Not much to tell about the journey from the airport, 6 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday = Sunday, so we didn't see the infamous traffic, but we did appreciate that it is humid.
We fell into bed to catch up on some sleep, before having breakfast. The Westin where we are staying is a very upmarket international hotel. Facing choices of breakfast European, Continental, Oriental, Bangladeshi styles was hard - especially when somewhat jet-lagged. We look forward to testing more of what they have to offer.
We didn't venture far out of our hotel - just a walk round the shopping center across the road and a bit of the market. One boy asked us for "small money - you are in hotel, you have big money" true indeed, but at that point all we did have was big money straight from the ATM.
We went into a supermarket to see what was available and at prices. There seems to be a great deal available, and I was surprised to see items from British supermarkets (Tesco, Waitrose, M&S), as well as dutch PCD peanut butter! but the prices are going to cause me headaches and heartaches - a packet of M&S shortbread cookies, 1000tk - my immediate thought was wow! good value (cfa 1000= 1.5 euro) but then the currency conversion hit me 1000tk = TEN EURO!! Luckily the more nutritious day to day stuff like eggs, chicken and rice were more reasonably priced, and the fruit and veg available at the market looks very tempting.
New address:
c/o L Zomer
Locatie 204 / HMA Dhaka
Postbus 12200
2500 DD Den Haag
or in English
c/o L Zomer
Location 204 / HMA Dhaka
Postbox 12200
2500 DD The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone numbers
Lon: (+880) 01755645402
Hazel: +880) 01755645403
One of Lon's colleagues kindly got up a stupid o'clock on his day off to come and collect us, and take us to our hotel, which we really appreciated.
Not much to tell about the journey from the airport, 6 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday = Sunday, so we didn't see the infamous traffic, but we did appreciate that it is humid.
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| view from 15th floor of the Westin |
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| Dhaka City Corporation Market Gulshan-2 |
We fell into bed to catch up on some sleep, before having breakfast. The Westin where we are staying is a very upmarket international hotel. Facing choices of breakfast European, Continental, Oriental, Bangladeshi styles was hard - especially when somewhat jet-lagged. We look forward to testing more of what they have to offer.
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| walkthrough closet, rather than walk in |
We went into a supermarket to see what was available and at prices. There seems to be a great deal available, and I was surprised to see items from British supermarkets (Tesco, Waitrose, M&S), as well as dutch PCD peanut butter! but the prices are going to cause me headaches and heartaches - a packet of M&S shortbread cookies, 1000tk - my immediate thought was wow! good value (cfa 1000= 1.5 euro) but then the currency conversion hit me 1000tk = TEN EURO!! Luckily the more nutritious day to day stuff like eggs, chicken and rice were more reasonably priced, and the fruit and veg available at the market looks very tempting.
New address:
c/o L Zomer
Locatie 204 / HMA Dhaka
Postbus 12200
2500 DD Den Haag
c/o L Zomer
Location 204 / HMA Dhaka
Postbox 12200
2500 DD The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone numbers
Lon: (+880) 01755645402
Hazel: +880) 01755645403
1 comment:
Hiya Haze,
Good to read that your 'travelday' wasn't a nightmare ... shame about the short time in that amazing lounge at Istanbul Airport ... maybe next time ;-). Enjoy pottering around Dhaka these first few days. If need be I'll send you 1 shortbread per envelop LOL). When does Lon have to start work?
love,
Nienke
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