I don’t know whether we should have expected the second biggest city in Bangladesh to differ much from its first, and i still can’t decide if it does. There are similarities obviously – the car horns screaming, the street children tugging, the faces turning, the rickshaw bells jingling, the dust, the pollution and the sewege but there are also subtle differences.
The streets are thinner and more curved which instills a more natural feel. You can see the sunshine here, and the reduced pollution means increased extremes in temperature from day to night. The curries are spicier, the people more conservative and the accent is even difficult for our Bangladeshis to understand!
