Comments on: Bangladesh Travel: A Beginner’s Guide

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:22:27 +0000

In reply to Sally.

Dear Sally,
We’re glad our blog post on our travels in Bangladesh was useful. I have to be honest that I don’t remember exactly what the immigration officers asked us when we arrived in Dhaka airport as it’s been a few years. However, usually the questions are related to your itinerary (where you will visit) and where you are staying (hotel). They might ask if you are on a tour or traveling independently, but that is more unusual.

Have a good trip!

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 04:37:53 +0000

congrats for ur blog is all so very nice & thanks for sharing it with us…
can u please say me what do immigration officers offenly ask in dhaka airport to foreigners that arrived there?
i will soon travel to bangladesh for the first time & i am a honduran woman who will travel alone to bangladesh with a tourist visa & i will have a hotel reservation for the days i will stay there, so it will be most helpful for me if u can inform me about the matter, in advance i thank u most for ur answer & help…

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 06:37:21 +0000

me and my girl friend are travelling around Asia at present and potentially have a week in Bangladesh. We are not sure if it’s safe to travel to at the moment as it’s very hard to find any recent information. The travel advice from the foreign office is concerning us and the amount of sercurity that is surrounding the England cricket tour. I understand that care needs to be taken when visiting any large city but the travel advice suggests not walking around the streets and avoiding busy areas but doing these things would be one of the reasons to go there and don’t want to feel worried all the time while travelling!

We haven’t met any one who has been there or going there. Is it safe for western tourists to go there or is it maybe not the best time to visit?

Thanks, Mike.

By: Rony Alam

Rony Alam — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:02:54 +0000

A nice read! Really enjoyed reading your adventure. Thanks for sharing it! I can see from the comments that it made everyone so curious about Bangladesh, most of whom never even thought anything about visiting this country ever! No wonder, this is the least traveled destination in the world.

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:29:02 +0000

The experiences and places listed here are roughly the itinerary path that we took around Bangladesh, including transport (steamer first, then bus, then train, bus, train, etc.).

By: Puily

Puily — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:44:19 +0000

Awesome blog! I used to be questioning May you advise on a rough travel itinerary I.e. that route to require around the country. We have a tendency to land in the capital of Bangladesh and have thirty days and can be missing out metropolis. If you’ll provide a rough plan of the simplest route around the country taking under consideration transport choices that may be fabulous. Expect to hear from you. Thanks for sharing.

By: Sofor

Sofor — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:15:42 +0000

Glad to read a great guide about my Country Bangladesh. Thanks dear.

By: Justin C

Justin C — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 01:54:47 +0000

In reply to Audrey Scott. Thank you all for the good information! Very informative!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:10:28 +0000

In reply to Casey.

Casey, thanks so much for commenting and helping to answer Kate & Justin’s questions based on your recent trip. Really appreciate this updated information.

Yes, that is bonkers about Sylhet and needing armed guards to go through the tea gardens and lake. I figured that security would have been tightened after the July attacks, but didn’t realize it would take that form. Same with guesthouses having stricter restrictions on foreigners.

Thanks again!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:07:50 +0000

In reply to Justin C. Justin, thanks for the kind words about our Bangladesh articles! Please see Casey's comment below as she recently traveled to Bangladesh (October 2016). Our experience was that we found hotels by looking in the guide book, asking around with Bangladeshis we met, and sometimes just walking around a town looking for signs. We never had a problem. One thing we did have was a Bangladeshi SIM card so we could make local phone calls to hotels in advance to see if they had availability and check the price. There weren't many traditional hostels, but instead simple hotels/guest houses.