Destination guides, travel tips and bus news from our team.
Travel Stories11 October 20266 min read
What the overnight bus from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar feels like: the evening counter, the highway rest stop, the hills before sunrise, the first sight of the Bay of Bengal, and a first long day on the sand.
Travel Stories11 October 20265 min read
Three days in Sylhet, told as a journey: the clear water and stones of Jaflong, a wooden boat through Ratargul's flooded forest, the white stones of Bholaganj, Hazrat Shah Jalal's shrine at dusk and satkora beef in Zindabazar.
Travel Stories11 October 20265 min read
The journey to Sajek Valley as it unfolds: a night bus to Khagrachhari, the open jeep and the escorted hill road, an evening on the ridge at Ruilui Para, and the moment at dawn when the valleys fill with cloud below you.
Travel Stories11 October 20265 min read
One day in Old Dhaka, from morning light at Lalbagh Fort through the lanes of Armanitola to the pink palace of Ahsan Manzil, a rowing boat across the Buriganga at Sadarghat, and kacchi biryani and bakarkhani to finish.
Travel Stories11 October 20265 min read
A wet-season journey onto Tanguar Haor: the road from Sunamganj to Tahirpur, a houseboat out across an inland sea under the Meghalaya hills, a swim with a life jacket, a night of stars on the water, and Niladri Lake in the morning.
Travel Stories11 October 20265 min read
A journey into the Sundarbans on a licensed tour boat from Khulna or Mongla: the wide Pasur river, the walkway at Karamjal, narrow creeks at high tide, tracks pressed into the mud, the armed forest guard, and the deep silence of the forest at night.
Travel Stories11 October 20266 min read
Early summer in the Silk City: a night bus into the Varendra country, orchards heavy with fruit, the mango market at Kansat, Puthia’s terracotta temples, sunset on the Padma bank and hot kalai ruti from a roadside griddle.
Travel Stories11 October 20266 min read
From a pre-dawn ride along the sand to the last light over the Bay of Bengal: fishing boats at the tideline, the Rakhine well and temple, the great seated Buddha at Misripara, racks of drying fish and fried crab on the beach after dark.
Travel Stories11 October 20266 min read
The tea country in the monsoon: rain on the bus window, hills of tea at their greenest, gibbons calling through the dripping forest of Lawachara, a glass of seven-layer tea and water lilies on Madhabpur Lake.
