Bangladesh on tour
The friendliness of the local people continued even now that I was with a tour group ... this picture shows me with a lady from a Bangladeshi village (visiting the capital and here specifically at the Pink Palace), who had never seen a white person before ... she communicated with me through her son, expressed her happiness at meeting me - and did not want to let me go! Our tour visited the highlights of the capital, then moved on to the Sundarbans, where we spent a few days on a boat. Whilst this area is well-known for its tigers, it seems that they are rarely seen - our guide has seen one just once, back in 2003! But having seen tigers in India, I was not worried ... I just enjoyed the occasional deer, the wild boars, and the amazing kingfishers. I do not have a picture of a brown-winged kingfisher, as I was too awed at their stunning appearance to think to pick up my camera, but I'm so glad I saw them. We also took boat trips along rivers (the country is very water-...