Evenings are the best time to hire a wooden boat and take a gentle ride down the city's main waterway, the Buriganga River, where daily life can be seen in all its gritty charm.
Despite its gritty appearance and unbridled urban chaos, one day in Bangladesh’s bustling capital Dhaka is all it takes to fall in love with this city by the Buriganga River.
Dhaka is a city full of fairytales. A veritable energy-sapping urbs primus where tales of both horror and splendour are played out frequently – and most entertainingly, may I add.
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