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Finally I Arrived in BANGLADESH!
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Apr 14, 2025
Finally I arrived to Dhaka, BANGLADESH! I have tried visiting this country for many years, and now they have reopened their visa on arrival for foreign tourists I have just arrived in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh! I took two flights from Europe, and went straight out to explore some parts of Dhaka and eat some famous street food here, the most densely populated city in the world! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsjaypalfrey Pre order my first book: https://www.jaypalfrey.com Support my channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jaypalfrey Email: jaypalfreycontact@gmail.com #bangladesh #dhaka #travel
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Hey, good afternoon everybody from a very cold Berlin here in Germany. Today I'm heading on
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probably one of the most exciting trips of my whole life. Today I'm finally heading to
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Bangladesh. I think I have about a 13 hour flight. Firstly to Istanbul and then to
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Dhaka, one of the most populated cities in the world. First flight is with Turkey
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second flight is with Oman. I'm leaving the weather here about minus one. Yesterday it was
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snowing. I also picked up a new backpack for this trip. I'm traveling super light back to my basics
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of backpacking so I just ordered a quick taxi to the airport because of course I'm running really late
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let's go to Bangladesh just arrived at the airport I had a Turkish Uber driver from a really small town
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in near Ankara and he was so nice so friendly finally let's go to Bangladesh
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thank you finally made it past security it got my boarding passes when you're going to bangladesh
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now finally after covid they open up visa on arrival so what they ask you for when you check
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in is your onward flight and also your vaccination status so this is all good the only thing i'm a
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little bit worried about is the visa on arrival so i heard online that if you have a visa on arrival
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you need an omar ticket plus hotel booking and a letter of invitation and i don't actually have
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the letter of invitation so i guess we're going to find out if we can make it inside but yeah my
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first flight is at 7 p.m i have a two and a half hour later in istanbul which actually i thought
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was katar but it's not it's istanbul and then finally we will make it to bangladesh at about
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12 30 tomorrow hello hello thank you Ladies and gentlemen and dear children welcome to Istanbul Airport meeting point of the world
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So I completely forgot that for my visa on arrival into Bangladesh
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I need to have my documents printed, my hotel booking and my onward flight
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I'm also going to print my visa for the next country that I'm going to. And I completely forgot
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But actually, I just found out that here in Istanbul, they have a business corner where you can actually come and print out all your documents
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I've never seen this before. So just a little tip for you. If you haven't printed anything and you really desperately need it
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this is where you come. It's by Icy Walkie, I think the name is
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But you can find it. It's just IGA Business Corner. It saved my life
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Okay, managed to exchange money. Print the documents for the visa on arrival You need I think 50 or in cash which I didn have So I managed to do that And I running from my gate I wouldn be in an airport catching flight if I wasn really really late on final call
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I think of about four minutes until my flight closes. Inshallah, I make it. Hello
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Hello. Hello, please. Can I say hello
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Yes. Hi. I hate running through airports. I don't know why I do it to myself every single time
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But I got out of the checking counter. It was super nice. Alhamdulillah. I made it
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This flight is really long. It's about seven hours and 15 minutes
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One of the longest flights I've taken in a while. So hopefully I'll sleep, inshallah
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and then we can explore when I first arrive. Ladies and gentlemen and dear children, we hope that you had a pleasant flight
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Okay, got my visa on arrival and my sim card took roughly about an hour
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Welcome to Bangladesh. After flying for about 13 hours I've just arrived here at the capital city of Dhaka
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actually the most densely populated city in the world as you can tell it's so busy behind me
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I've just arrived in old Dhaka I've got about two hours left of daylight Oh Wow look at this chicken the smells
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Okay so first stop, of course has to be food. I'm so hungry after that flight
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I'm jumping into a pretty famous street food place here. It's actually called Beauty Lassi
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They're selling Lassi's behind me. I'm gonna give it a try in a second
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Also try some chicken with rice. I'm so happy to be here you guys
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The environment so far has been so welcoming and so friendly. People all around me smiling already
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It's gonna be a great trip. Chicken here. Wow, beautiful spices. I've missed this food
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Rice here with onions and chili. The chicken is cold. I'm not sure if that's really nice
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It's so good. It's not too spicy. I actually can eat more twice
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Wow, first meal in Bangladesh. And it's really good. There's only a small amount of daylight left
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I've come to, I think, what is one of the most popular spots here down in old Dhaka
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I've come to the Asan Manzil Museum. The beautiful pink building behind me with the sun session just ahead of me
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It's an incredible spot. I think most locals come here during the evening just to hang out
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A lot of photographers here. Hi, guys. You can see how many people are here
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So many. It's so busy. This building is beautiful. Hi, guys. I've got a crowd behind me as always here
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Hi guys Hello Welcome to Bangladesh Oh my god there's so many people
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As-salamu alaykum As-salamu alaykum Wow Okay, the sun has just gone down and we've just arrived here
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and the beautiful university here in Dhaka This area is actually famous for street food
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and I've just picked up Baha Baha Bitta wow Wow It good
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The rice is very plain, but then you all afford to add sugar on top. Here in these southern Asian countries, they add sugar to everything they possibly can
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And it actually tastes amazing. It's great. Thank you
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I just got a famous orange tea here in Dhaka and someone offered to pay for it
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Incredible hospitality already here in Dhaka. Such a crazy area. As soon as the sun goes down, many people come here with the street food, tea, so much going on
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I think I prefer this to Pani Puri, you can actually put it in your mouth in one go
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And those bites are like a small explosion of love. They're great
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The best thing I've tried so bad today
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