No not the Newmarket of Auckland but more shops with a lot cheaper clothes, shoes, and everything your heart could desire.
I did some research yesterday and with the limited info on the net about Bangladesh as a tourist location, I discovered that there could be a good place to venture. New Market was said to be a great market with a large range of stalls and shops. We enlisted the driver Abid and headed there...explaining it was an issue due to the fact he speaks limited English if any at all.
The car ride was quiet speedy considering the usual traffic, today we were lucky. This place was like a rabbit warren. Stall after stall of shoes. Most of which were just similar the whole way round but still fun. I am tempted to one day buy some of the most blingy shoes ever...but that is later when I have a party or dinner to attend LOL!!!
On the way we saw something we think is called a 'shamina' being constructed. It is a bamboo type construction which then has metres and metres of decorative material stretched over it to create a temporary structure for an event. This one that we saw and was said to be the biggest that the Principal and his wife had seen yet. The man hours to do this would be incredible but I would be keen to go back in a few days and see the finished product.
The discovery of the day, by far, was Kings. A small bakery type place
with amazing little pies, but the things that caught my eye was the
sparkling, beautiful aroma of coffee from a machine...I was elated. I
did not get one today as they didn't have takeaway but I know where I am
going next Saturday. Yippee!!!
Finally we bought 1kg of delicious prawns and cooked these for dinner.
All in all a great day of exploring more of Dhaka and discovering sanity
with coffee, little pies and sweets and prawns.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Jem
I did some research yesterday and with the limited info on the net about Bangladesh as a tourist location, I discovered that there could be a good place to venture. New Market was said to be a great market with a large range of stalls and shops. We enlisted the driver Abid and headed there...explaining it was an issue due to the fact he speaks limited English if any at all.
The car ride was quiet speedy considering the usual traffic, today we were lucky. This place was like a rabbit warren. Stall after stall of shoes. Most of which were just similar the whole way round but still fun. I am tempted to one day buy some of the most blingy shoes ever...but that is later when I have a party or dinner to attend LOL!!!
On the way we saw something we think is called a 'shamina' being constructed. It is a bamboo type construction which then has metres and metres of decorative material stretched over it to create a temporary structure for an event. This one that we saw and was said to be the biggest that the Principal and his wife had seen yet. The man hours to do this would be incredible but I would be keen to go back in a few days and see the finished product.
That shamina is amazing!! Definitely worth a return visit. Would never see that in NZ. Yay for finding coffee!!
ReplyDeleteYay you found coffee!!! and shoes! Any sign or beer or wine? lol
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