My third day in Bangladesh was the New Years
celebration. I, Fede, Kumi, and Jihee from South Korea went to celebrate the
day around Dhaka University, as local people used to do.
With the help of the hotel guy we were able to take
a bus. We sit at the front seats as usually single women should do here. The
trip took 1 hour and half.
We were not sure where to get off, but we met
a lot of people willing to help us, even without speaking English. Three guys get
off of the bus together and walked around with us. There was no parade or music
but everybody looked happy dressed on red and white and using bugles to make noises.
Whenever we stop to rest, people asked us to make
pictures and were curious to know about our original country.
In our way back again some local students, speaking
very good English, helped us getting a CNG (bigger and faster than rickshaw, need to put a picture) and also invited us to go to a
restaurant with them. But we really wanted to go to the hotel and take a shower
after spending 4 hours in a temperature of at least 30 degrees!
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| People on the streets for New Years Celebration |
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