Ahsan Manzil, or the Pink Palace, was the home of the wealthy Nawab family. In the palace there is a museum with furniture and other artefacts that used to belong to the family.
Bangladesh II - Dhaka and northwest January 12th 2012 The Rocket, palaces and two world heritage sites
This blog entry is about the second half of my journey in Bangladesh. If you would like to read about the first half but haven't yet you can follow this link.
First I'd like to write a little about the traffic in Bangladesh. If I am to describe the traffic in Bangladesh the first word I come to t ... read more
Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.... ... read more
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info