The Book
1 December 2007 - Saturday
It's always handy to have a country guidebook before landing. I planned on picking a Bangladesh guide up in New York (as park of the Amazon order I made), but since the package was never delivered, we made it all the way to Dhaka without the book. Not critical, but it gives you basic information on communications and how to get around, and also has a language primer, all useful before you hook up with someone local.
After looking in a couple bookshops, time was running short. We had two last leads, the tourist office and the bookshop at the Dhaka Sheraton. Both were a bust. Oh well, time to hit the ferry to Barisal. As we waited in traffic on the way to the docks, a vendor walked by. There are lots of people selling snacks, trinkets, and all varieties of stuff in traffic. We picked up our map of Bangladesh and some tasty popcorn this way. This guy happened to be selling books. I saw a flash of yellow cover, and started yelling "the book, the book!" The guy had bootleg Lonely Planet guides. How random.
It was also cheaper than Amazon. Granted, it was also fake. But we got the book!
It's always handy to have a country guidebook before landing. I planned on picking a Bangladesh guide up in New York (as park of the Amazon order I made), but since the package was never delivered, we made it all the way to Dhaka without the book. Not critical, but it gives you basic information on communications and how to get around, and also has a language primer, all useful before you hook up with someone local.
After looking in a couple bookshops, time was running short. We had two last leads, the tourist office and the bookshop at the Dhaka Sheraton. Both were a bust. Oh well, time to hit the ferry to Barisal. As we waited in traffic on the way to the docks, a vendor walked by. There are lots of people selling snacks, trinkets, and all varieties of stuff in traffic. We picked up our map of Bangladesh and some tasty popcorn this way. This guy happened to be selling books. I saw a flash of yellow cover, and started yelling "the book, the book!" The guy had bootleg Lonely Planet guides. How random.
It was also cheaper than Amazon. Granted, it was also fake. But we got the book!
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