Did you ever
feel like a Rockstar? Well if you have white skin, light hair and look somehow
Western then come to Bangladesh. The tourist office at the airport had a sign
saying ‘Visit Bangladesh before the tourist come’ – so true indeed. In my time
in Bangladesh I have seen maybe a handful for tourists, if even. So once you
walk in the street you are surrounded by locals who are interested in you. In
other countries I am quite wary about touts and others who basically want your
cash but any suspicion in Bangladesh proofed to be wrong. So why did he walk
with you for an hour through the village, explained you things, helped you to
find the river crossing or asked what not and then just left after taking a
picture with you? Didn’t he forget to ask you for money as he acted as your
guide? No, he was only curious what this white face does all day and why he
looks so interested at people carrying bricks. I seriously don’t want to know
how many pictures have been taken of me and how many I will find one day on
facebook or where not, but see it from the good side: if they take pictures of
you you can take shots of them. So keep smiling and take the hundreds of
questions, comments and looks with ease. Sometimes I feel like a rockstar or
like Paris Hilton. Well, the only difference is that Paris wouldn’t be asked
where she is from or what her name is. And, she would probably not walk in this
kind of areas anyway…
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