Up to afew hours before the flight, I was still not sure whether I can make the trip due to some delays in my visa. Luckily all was sorted.
The flight to Dhaka was uneventful except for the many mobile phones that kept ringing until taking off. I could see that the Air Asia had their hands full.
At the airport, I was plesantly surprised that it was a breeze and the service was actually quite good. However, I had to wait for almost 4 hours for my flight to Chittagong.
The international airport is new so it was nice but the domestic terminal was not so new....but bearable. Toilets were OK and air con works but there are a lot of mosquitos in Bangladesh. They seem to like my blood....something new and different, I suppose.
The best thing about the airports? Free internet...wow.
I got my first con at the aiport. I bought a local mobile sim card for Taka 900 when the value is Taka 200. The difference, service charge, I suppose. For those who don't know, US$ 1 is about Taka 68.50.
Some pictures of the domestic terminal...
As I was a litlle hungry, I had a snack at the "fast food" in the departure terminal. I had 2 samosa and a chicken bread and a bottle of mineral water for Taka 100. Something told me, I was overcharged again.
Inside the departure area, there was a shop selling Bangladeshi snacks and sweets...there was quite a variety.
The plane which I was supposed to take is a propeller type plane Bombadier Dash 8, a 35 seater plane. The plane must be more than 30 years old. Wow, I have not sat in a propeller type plane for a long time.
While the plane was a bit wobbly which is expected for a small propeller plane, the service was quite good and for the 50 minutes flight, they served sweets, drinks and snacks. The only set back was the air con does not work and it was really hot.
Well, that's my first day in Bangladesh.
Until the next time, cheers.
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