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It certainly captures the current construction craze in Kuala Lumpur. There are so many new buildings going up. I think someone in the comments told me that was the elevated section of the MRT 2 railway project. And I agree, the people are definitely nice. 👍

That's fascinating. 😄 I wonder how they get in so fast. It's not like the plane door is open to the outside air. It's sealed with that passenger bridge (or whatever it is called). I can understand one or two mosquitoes getting inside. But I was really surprised at how many there were. For the first half of the flight, all you could hear were people slapping their hands together as they tried to kill them. Eventually, I guess, we killed them all (or they got enough blood and weren't hungry anymore) because they disappeared after a while. And what nerve! Getting on the plane without tickets! 😂

Sorry for trouble. But our government already taken Iron Hand to remove Mosquito. Besides I am going to visit Malaysia Tomorrow

sibu malaysia and some places have same issue, whereever u go in sibu,malaysia you will get bite of a lovely malasian mosquitoes.

It must have been a relieve for him to fly from dhaka to Kuala Lumpur hahaha…his expressions says a lot..

Thank you. It's been interesting so far i Malaysia. I went to Batu Caves for the Thaipusam Festival yesterday. Wow. What an experience. 😃

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I remember kind of seeing rickshaws in Georgetown, Penang, as well. But they are just for us tourists to ride around in on holiday. 🚲🚲 Dhaka, of course, is in an entirely different category. Bicycle rickshaws are still a major form of transportation for the local people. I loved that. I've never seen anything like it before. 👍 I was in the Philippines recently, and you still see quite a few bicycle rickshaws there being used as regular transportation. I remember seeing a lot of them on Biliran and Catanduanes. But they are a different style with the passenger compartment as a sidecar to a bicycle. They are slowly being replaced by motorcycle tricycles. So it's really quite something to see a place like Dhaka with so many bicycle rickshaws in active use. I don't know if anyone even knows the number, but there are easily hundreds of thousands of them. Millions, maybe?

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You're very welcome. I really appreciate all the comments you left. It encouraged me to make more videos. It's always been a habit of mine to stay in places a long time. I try to make it sound like a positive thing - like I do it on purpose. But, to be honest, it's probably due to a bit of laziness and procrastination. 😂 Basically, I enjoy being in new places, but the actual travel part to get there is stressful. So when I find a place I like, I often end up just staying a long time. One of my first big bicycle trips was to Africa. My plan really was to ride my bicycle through lots of different countries. But in the end, I visited only ONE! I went only to Ethiopia. It was a fascinating country, and I could even have spent much longer there than I did. I went hiking in the mountains one time, and I came across an interesting small town with a cheap hotel, and I ended up staying in just that one village for nearly a month. I missed out on a lot of other places because of that, but I really enjoyed it. I did the same thing in Guatemala and in Ecuador. And when I think about going to six or seven countries in a row, I think about all those border crossings (which are so stressful), getting new visas all the time, changing money all the time, spending endless hours in buses and trains and airports. I'd much rather stay where I am and explore that place some more. And it makes a lot of sense. In all honesty, there is so much to experience just in Dhaka, I could have spent another couple of months there. Why rush to a new city in Bangladesh when I haven't even seen all of Dhaka yet? And then I discovered that I could just hop on a boat at the river, go somewhere on a day trip, and then come back to my hotel in Dhaka. That was great. I didn't have to bring all my luggage or worry about where I was going to spend the night. It also helps that I am entertained by very small things. I don't need huge tourist attractions. For me, just riding in a CNG in Dhaka was a big adventure. That's the kind of stuff I like. The people in Bangladesh encouraged me to go to the Sundarbans and to Cox's Bazar and the other tourist attractions, and I'm sure I would enjoy those places, but just the experience of taking a small boat across the Buriganga River was enough for me. As for your story about needing to check you have your passport, etc., I can relate to that. That kind of worry and stress is part of the reason I stay in one place once I get there. Flying to Bangladesh, getting the visa, getting from the airport into the city, finding a reasonably-priced place to stay, figuring out how to get a SIM card and activate it, finding out how to order food and finding a restaurant you like - that's all the hard part and it just about kills me. I'm exhausted at the end. So once all that is done, I don't want to suddenly move to a new place and start all over again. 😃 I've done all the hard and stressful work, so I want to settle in and enjoy where I am. Not to babble on forever, but this idea actually goes back decades to when I read a lot of travel books. My favorite travel books were always the ones where people spent a long time in one place. Those books really inspired me. A good example is Peter Mayne's "A Year in Marrakesh." I always saw myself living that kind of life. And when it came to actual travel books where people traveled long distances, I enjoyed the ones where people went slowly and stayed for a long time. I'm thinking of "Slow Boats to China" by Gavin Young and "In Ethiopia with a Mule" by Dervla Murphy. It was books like that (and my aversion to buses) that made me start using a bicycle to travel when I had the chance. And I've always kept my eye open for countries that offered long-term visas. On my second trip to Africa, I ended up in Guinea largely because I could get a 6-month tourist visa for that country. That made life a lot easier. 👍 Thanks again for all your comments. I really enjoyed making the videos in Bangladesh, and if things work out, I'm going to try to keep making them for other places I visit.

Thank you for subscribing. It is nice to know that you are interested in my experiences. 🙂

Thank you. You're right. Bangladesh was very different and exotic compared to other places I've visited. That's what made it a special experience. Every time I went out onto the streets was a small (or big) adventure. 🙂

@@PlanetDoug Brother Please Visit Coxs Bazar, Syhlet Sundarbans And Syhlet next time hope you will enjoy

Thank you. I enjoyed my stay in Bangladesh very much. I keep thinking about everything that I saw there and everything that happened. Yeah, mosquitoes are funny things. I expect to see them outside, and if I go into the woods, I put on mosquito repellent to keep them from biting me. So it is always a surprise when I go into a building or something like an airplane and find out that it is filled with mosquitoes. And mosquitoes are attracted to me for some reason. People around me will be fine. No mosquitoes bite them, because all the mosquitoes come to me. As the woman said, I guess I have tasty blood. 😄 You take care, too.

That IS funny. It makes me think of Canada and all the building codes there. The houses have to be able to withstand hot summers as well as freezing-cold winters with temperatures way below zero. And, of course, we can't really have flat roofs on houses because of the snow. Roofs have to be angled so the snow falls off. And any flat roof on a commercial building has to be strong enough to support, as you said, a metre or more of snow. Applying those building codes to Malaysia would be pretty silly. You'd have to wait a LONG time to see any snow or temperatures below zero here. 😂 My current hostel room in Kuala Lumpur doesn't have air conditioning, and I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping in this heat. I thought I was accustomed to the heat of southeast Asia, but I guess not... The heat and humidity here is giving me a tough time right now. 😩

Most of us would escape to the shopping malls to cool ourselves apart from shopping n eating hehe. We avoid the sun as much as possible by doing our stuff as early as possible or late aftn.. Hill stations like Genting, Cameron Highlands, Fraser's Hills, Bukit Tinggi are our favorites where the weather is cool n comfortable (used to be cold years ago)..hope you drink plenty of water ya..so sorry for the discomfort hope you are adjusting well.

Thank you. I appreciate it. 👍

Hello, to you. Thanks for subscribing. I hope I can make some videos that are entertaining (or at least interesting) for you. 🙂

Thank you. It would be amazing to have 1,000 people as subscribers. Let's see if it can happen. 😄 Actually, the diversity of cultures, food, language, clothing, religion, and everything is one thing I really like about Kuala Lumpur. It's fascinating in particular to see the Malay, Chinese, and Indian cultures side-by-side and living happily together.

You're welcome. I enjoyed my visit to Bangladesh very much. 😍

Thanks! I hope to come back. It depends on how my plans develop and where I decide to go next. 👌

its covid19, bangladesh is not safe for any tourist to be honest since riots and protests, poor transportation system, poor hygiene..would choose vietnam or thailand anytime better than bangladesh..

@@sashaeyez what a joke..been there in 2019..thank god it was a short business trip..dhaka alone has the worst urban planning and worst traffic pollution..safety was not even an option and riding a bus is a free ticket to hell..touch wood i won’t land on that place again..protests and demonstrations has always been their culture even during the pandemic..

@@sashaeyez not to disappoint u but u need to know the fact that bangladesh is never an option for tourism..crimes and safety issues is a big deal especially for travellers..kuala lumpur is a wholly different nation in which im currently working at.. people here are disciplined, well mannered, fluent in english, has the best technology and infrastructure..only comparable to singapore..bangladesh has yet to achieve such developments without emphasising on basic hygiene and pollution..

Me, too. I'm doing some planning now to see if I can return to Bangladesh soon. 👍

Thank you. I'm happy to be in Malaysia now. 😊

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Thanks. I don't often run into Canadians on the road. Lots of foreigners stay at this hostel in KL, but they are mostly Europeans. I can't remember the last time I encountered a Canadian, or even an American. Nice to know there are more of us out here than just me. 🙂

If I can return to Bangladesh, I will definitely visit Sylhet. I'd like to take the train there. 🚆

Thanks. I'm glad to be here. 😃

That's a great tip. I'll have to try that next time. I don't mind the airport buses, to be honest. They're fast enough and comfortable, and you get to see some of the city. But the Ekspres train is pretty sweet. 🚆🚆🚆👍

I live in KL but I didn't know that trick! Thanks for the heads up Fahiruz

@@hafiezhabdul8969 the caveat is u need to have plenty of time. As waiting for the next train halfway will set you back another 20-30mins. But I don't really have issues as I can use the waiting time to grab quick meal at Putrajaya sentral itself, still cheaper than at the airport. Lol

Haha.. I know this tip also. Biggest flaw in KLIA Transit system

I hope so, too. My visit started out very well with an amazing visit to Batu Caves during the Thaipusam Festival. That was very interesting.

Oh yes! The Thaipusam, Hinduism celebration...afterwards you can try counting the stairs😁 indeed!!

I've noticed that. I went for a walk around Chinatown the other day past some big construction sites, and I saw large groups of construction workers from outside Malaysia. I wasn't sure what country they were from, though. Probably a mixture of them.

Love from Dhaka Bangladesh ❤️👍😊

Thank you. It's true that visiting Bangladesh can be a bit difficult for a foreigner like me. But that's one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much. If everything was easy, it would be boring, and I wouldn't have any stories to tell. 😄

@@PlanetDoug yeah agree sir,what you said that's right.have a great day.

I've heard that. When I flew here from Bangladesh, my plane was full of people from Bangladesh returning to their jobs in Malaysia. I heard that there are certain areas of Kuala Lumpur where people from Bangladesh gather on their days off to chat and hang out. Do you know where that is?

I think I will ride my bike to the Cameron Highlands at some point. I'm currently planning a quick trip to Myanmar (again without my bicycle). I'm not sure about the dates, though, so I might go cycling around Malaysia before that trip or after it. Or maybe both? 😉 When you say go to Genting Highlands via Batang Kali, what do you mean? Which road or roads are you thinking of?

@@PlanetDoug I happened to go to Genting via these routes....KL - Templers Park - LATA highway - Rawang - Gapi Serendah - Ulu Yam - Batang Kali - Genting. Templers Park is a recreational park with waterfalls. Ulu Yam n Batang Kali are interesting towns having its own attractions like visiting the indigenous villages, waterfalls, hot springs ( sorry i havent been there yet though) :)) I love these roads cos we were passing thru miles of greenery. There's a commuter train passing thru Rawang n Batang Kali if i'm not wrong. Cheers.

Thank you. 🙂 I'm happy to be in Malaysia.

Wow. Another big MRT line. That's amazing. The RapidKL system is growing and growing. As I commented in the video, I'm astonished at how much construction is going on in Kuala Lumpur. In a few years, the entire city will look completely different when all these buildings and new subway lines are finished.

@@PlanetDoug Actually do you know that, the tall dark blue building at 13:33 is currently the tallest building in Malaysia, it is called Exchange 106. Petronas Twins Tower has lose its throne XD But it hasn't completely finished yet, it will be finished around this year.

No, I didn't know about Exchange 106. I just looked at some pictures of it on Google Maps. That's an imposing building. Simple and clean lines all the way from the bottom to the top. That's a true skyscraper. The Internet tells me it is going to open in September and it will be the tallest building in Southeast Asia at 452 m (1,483 ft). Actually, I've always been fascinated by the construction stories of these large buildings. I used to watch a lot of the documentaries about how they are built, and the scale of it blows my mind. I did a tiny bit of construction work back in Canada during my university days. All I worked on were wood frame houses, and those were so complicated I couldn't really grasp it. Luckily, my job was just to carry wood and hammer nails. I didn't have to read the plans and schedule the construction process. I can't even imagine what goes into building something like the Exchange 106.

mrt 2 will be from serdang to putrajaya..after finished it is easier to go to putrajaya the most modern and cleanest city in malaysia..trx 106 exhange is almost finished and pnb 118 third tallest building in the world completed 2021..lrt 3 and mrt 3 is postpones..it is sad though..if mrt 3 and lrt 3 still progress then malaysia will have the complete integrated public transportation line across klang valley like singapore..but the status is still kiv

I'm staying in a local hostel in the Chinatown district. It's right beside the Pasar Seni MRT station. I'm a low-budget traveler, so I can't afford to stay in the Grand Seasons Hotel. You're a lucky man! 😄

😂 cycling im working grand season hotel kl....im restaurant supervisor.. im living in kl 12 Year already...im from Bangladesh Dhaka uttata....ok cycling enjoy Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.... have a nice day...if anything contact me tqvm..

Thank you. I WOULD like to come back. I want to take a launch to Barisal, visit Sylhet and ride on a train and do other things. We'll see if it happens. 😃

Thank you. I'm glad to be back. And I like the TCC thing. 😃 I've always wanted a nickname, but no one ever gave me one. I was always just Doug or Douglas.

I really do hope so. I keep dreaming about taking a launch from Dhaka to Barisal. I heard that Barisal is very nice and I really want to ride on more launches. 😁

chittagong will be best for cycling.. I will be your guide😂

Thank you. Is there an area in Kuala Lumpur known as little Dhaka? I'd like to go there. 👍

@@PlanetDoug because in kuala lumpur is full of foreigners from bangladesh,nepal ,india, pakistan, indonesia, myanmar,arab . When we go to kota raya (place name) we feel like at bangladesh. 😂😂😂😂

@@zeuszetsu1784 theyre mostly migrant workers for construction sites

Hi. Sorry I didn't reply to your first message. I meant to, but then I learned about the Thaipusam Fesitval here in Kuala Lumpur, and I went there and I got so busy that I forgot. I'm still in Kuala Lumpur, too.

I would like to come back. But it would probably be just me alone again. 🙂

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I'm thinking about it. One problem is the visa. I had quite a bit of trouble getting my first visa, so now I'm nervous about coming back. 😁 Plus the price of the flights is kind of strange. I can fly from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka for a very good price. But the flight back from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur is more than three times as expensive. I don't understand why that is the case. But if possible, I will come back.

@@PlanetDoug very sad of matter for Dhaka to kulalampur flight ticket price ! My office any country ticket processing.... sorry sir i can't any help you. Next time I expect you will come my country.

If you miss the banglas theres alots of em in malaysia...look around you..there will be one

Thanks for the tip. I would like to see more of Bangladesh. On this trip, I didn't much of the countryside or village life. 🙂

May be less mosquitos in December n Jan. 😄

That's probably because I've been here many times. I've actually already visited a lot of the museums and other places around Kuala Lumpur on previous trips - like the Petronas Towers, KL Tower, the Bird Park, and many more. But I might go back and visit them again. I never shot any video on those previous trips. It might be fun to go back and record the experience on video this time. 😃

My room at the Al-Razzaque Hotel in Dhaka cost $7 US per night. It was a fairly basic room, but it had a private bathroom. I was comfortable there.

The Cycling Canadian ok thank you for the information

Yes, I realize that. I'm thankful that I have a Canadian passport. It allows me to visit most countries without too much trouble with visas. I try not to forget that it is a privilege to have the chance to visit a country like Bangladesh.

The Cycling Canadian i was a soldier bangladesh army but unfortunatly i lost this job however i am happy to meet with a canadian citizen.

I don't think they have passports. 😃 And they didn't have tickets for the flight, but I think the mosquitoes on that plane were from Bangladesh. Whatever their nationality, they liked me very much. I guess I have tasty blood.

Thank you. I appreciate the welcome. 🙂

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Two reasons, I guess. One is that I'm never in a hurry. The train is faster, but I don't mind sitting on the bus for an hour. I have no reason to rush to KL Sentral. 😄 The second reason is just money. The bus costs 12 ringgit, and the Ekspres train costs 55 ringgit. So if I take the bus, I have 43 extra ringgit to spend on a good lunch and dinner or whatever I want. 👍 Actually, I did take the train to the airport when I went to Bangladesh. It was around rush hour, and I was tired, and I thought it would be nice to sit on the comfortable train.

The Cycling Canadian oowh yeahh..that true man..thanks for coming here and welcome back after this 😁

I don't have definite plans to to visit Bangladesh again. There are so many countries in the world to visit. 😃 But I would like to - especially because I would like to take more trips on the river boats.

@@PlanetDoug someone told me that you should of visit other districts like Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet. I'm planning to visit Bangladesh and try to visit all of em..😁

@@cyrus-ak1655 It would have been nice to see other parts of Bangladesh - particularly Chittagong and Barisal - but it just didn't work out that way. And I'm often pretty happy to stay in one place for a long time. There always seemed to be something new to see or some new area to explore just in Dhaka. I really wanted to go to Barisal by launch, but I got really sick at the end, and I had to cancel that trip. And then I just stayed in Dhaka right till my flight out.

@@PlanetDoug there are many more countries to visit than bangladesh sir, please refrain from these south asian countries for now since its the epicentre for covid19 currently.

I went to Sumatra recently, and I went on a bike ride around the northern part - from Lake Toba to Banda Aceh and then back down to Medan. It was a great trip. But I wasn't shooting video back then. I just took pictures. I wish I made videos, though. It would have been amazing. Here are some of my pictures from Sumatra: www.thecyclingcanadian.com/photo-galleries/indonesia-galleries/

The Cycling Canadian next time, if you visiting indonesia i hope you take video,, seriously there are many viewers indonesia saw your video. If you want looks amazing culture in indonesia , you can visiting PAPUA. You can take videos and make documentaries over there. Papua is amazing culture. I saw there are many culture unik in indonesia like TANA TORAJA sulawesi maybe you can take videos to.

Thanks very much. 👍

I'll definitely be careful if and when I start cycling around Malaysia. Cycling in Kuala Lumpur was so challenging that I just gave up. It's not because the drivers were bad, but I just found it difficult to find suitable roads. I kept ending up on busy highways or carrying my bike up and down pedestrians bridges. 😁 It would certainly be easier outside of KL, but I'll still be careful. If I find myself heading to Perlis, I'll let you know. 👍

That's an interesting guess. I'ts very specific! 😉 I think 3,777 kilometers is the distance by road - if you take a bus or drive a car (or ride a bike). But in a plane, it is about 2,589 kilometers from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur. (At least that is what Google Maps tells me.)

@@PlanetDoug well.. what you know...i think it's just a lucky guess.🤣🤣

Haha 3777 is my car plate number...welcome to malaysia. I just subscribed. You are so me...small things keep me entertained i dont need to be at big tourists attractions. Take care.

@@ftinftin8937 That's definitely me, too. I enjoy the small things of life. 😃 A big tourist attraction can be interesting from time to time, too. I remember going to the Taj Mahal in India many, many years ago. And at first, I didn't even want to go. I thought it was a boring tourist spot. But there is a reason that famous places are famous, and the Taj Mahal was stunning. It really was. Everyone just fell silent when they saw it. The place was magical. But I'm just as interested in local life - how people live in different countries. I can find a dozen interesting places just down the street from wherever I am in any ordinary neighborhood. I don't need to travel a thousand miles to the next big tourist attraction. 😄

I'm very glad to be here. Thanks for all that information. Lately, I've had the habit of missing important dates because I wasn't paying attention. That's a bad habit for a traveler. Even Thaipusam snuck up on me. I wasn't aware of the festival taking place until the day after I flew to Kuala Lumpur. So I appreciate the list of upcoming holidays in Malaysia. If I come to Malacca, I'll get in touch. I'm making plans to go to Myanmar for a month, but I don't know if I will cycle around Malaysia before that or after. The Chinese New Year holidays coming up kind of complicates matters with flight prices skyrocketing, etc. 😄

Hi again The Cycling Canadian... thank you kindly for your kind reply. Indeed what you say is true about skyrocketing flight ticket prices during Chinese New Year festivities but it's an annual scenario we Malaysians have gotten used to. In fact such skyrocketing travel costs always occurs during holiday seasons that coincides with various festivities similar Chinese New Year throughout the calendar year... I guess that's just simple economics of Supply vs Demand 🤗 Nevertheless, I pray that whatever your travel plans, it works out fine eventually and will inevitably bring you & us (via your VLOGs) valuable travel coverage & reports as how a typical traveller would experience... Such experience is priceless & very helpful indeed 👍 Have a safe and memorable journey and yes, do give me a buzz if you are passing Malacca 😉

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He was very tired, and he kept falling asleep on my shoulder. It seemed like most of the flights from Bangladesh and India were night flights, so everyone was tired and they slept on the bus. 😴😴😴😴

Thanks for subscribing. It makes me happy. 😁 And of course you may know. I am 55 years old. People tell me I look a bit younger than that, and I feel younger than that. But you can't argue with time, and I was born in 1963. In fact, I think that makes me the same age as modern Malaysia. I noticed that you "liked" the video about Billy going to Taco Bell. I just watched that video as well. I couldn't believe it when Billy suddenly raced away on that tiny motorbike. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. 😃

@@PlanetDoug oh u stalk my utube. Yes Billy is hilarious, funniest youtuber, I got a feeling that channel is going to be big someday or discovered by Ellen coz she is so unique. Yeah the last part when she went to her boyfriend house to steal the bike was hilarious 😂😂😂. You must subscribe to that channel and be part of the clan that discovers Billy before she got famous.

@@TeleeFONE I checked your KZfaq, just because I was curious to see if you were from Malaysia. 😃 Then I could make my little joke about being the same age as Malaysia (since the country was officially formed in 1963 - same as me). Yes, Billy is quite something. And I was very surprised when the woman who makes those videos started to become friends with Billy and take her to Taco Bell and stuff like that. She even told Billy about the KZfaq videos and is sharing the money she makes with Billy. I thought that might ruin the videos, but they are just as entertaining. Sometimes Billy is so unusual that I wondered if the videos were real. Can someone like that really be a real person? And the scene with the motorbike was so perfect, it felt like a scene from a movie, especially when Billy's "buddy" came running out onto the street to try to catch her. It felt almost like it was scripted. It was too perfect. But I hope it is real. I think it has to be. 😁

@@PlanetDoug did you just discover Billy coz of me or you have known about her channel a long time ago

I knew about Billy before. I've been watching those videos for a long time. 🙂

Many years ago, I saw pictures of the streets of Old Dhaka filled with hundreds of bicycle rickshaws. I was fascinated by those pictures, and I wanted to go there ever since. I wanted to see the streets of Old Dhaka myself. I really enjoyed walking around the narrow streets of Old Dhaka because they were filled with activity and interesting things to see. Every day was a new adventure because I always saw something new. And Old Dhaka doesn't have just the streets. There is also the Buriganga River, and I loved going there to watch all the boats and sometimes ride on them. Old Dhaka is an exciting and interesting place to explore and experience.And I got to see all the bicycle rickshaws for myself. It was great.👍

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That's pretty close. But according to Google Maps, the distance from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur (by plane) is 2,589 kilometers. It's actually farther than I thought. I thought the two countries were closer than that. 🙂

The Cycling Canadian Thanks, a buddy for replying me, in fact, Malaysia is not our neighboring country it is quite far away from our land Myanmar is our neighbor country. How long had you been in Bangladesh?

@@mohammadabdulquayum615 I was in Bangladesh for about 50 days. I wanted to stay longer, but my visa was finished, and I had no choice. I had to leave. So I booked a flight to Kuala Lumpur. I might return to Bangaldesh (if I can get another tourist visa), but I haven't made any definite plans yet. 🙂

The Cycling Canadian Hopefully, see you very soon in Bangladesh again. Did you visit Cox'sbazar? the largest sea beach in the world at the same time most popular tourist zone in our country. We are well known for hospitality in the world. So hope you will return to my land shortly. Nevermind buddy for my poor English😂

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Mexico city is actually amazing and modern. Don't believe the Hollywood movies. The Jones family who was in Kuala Lumpur in late 2017 is now in Mexico. Check out their channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZeFpLFylarbj4k.html

What is a klook? 🙂 I looked on the Internet, but I couldn't find out.

@@PlanetDoug just a play on the word 'crooks'....you know the 1MDB scandal,etc...google for more info...since you are here,enjoy the yummy food of the various races...muah

You often hear odd English expressions overseas, but "fire box" was a good one. I liked that.

@@PlanetDoug Actually 'Fire box' is a direct translation for match box in Indian languages including Bangladesh.

There is definitely a lot of horn honking. It takes a long time to get used to it. I guess I did become accustomed to it, because when I arrived in Kuala Lumpur, it seemed so quiet. I didn't hear any horns at all anymore, and it felt strange. 🙂

@@PlanetDoug honking in Malaysia considered rude. Horn applied when needed here.

@@blueberrypeanut54 Absolutely. It's the same in Canada. It's rare to honk the horn. At a stoplight if a driver ahead of you isn't paying attention and doesn't know the light turned green, you might give a little "toot" on the horn, politely, just to wake them up. And you might also "toot" the horn when you see a friend to say hello or to say goodbye when you drive away from someone's house. The only times you would really blast the horn is in an emergency. If you honk the horn loudly for no reason, people will get angry with you. But in Dhaka, the horn is like a musical instrument. 😃 They play it non-stop while they drive. I tried to relax and just let it flow over me, because I knew there was nothing I could do to change it. It's just the way things are in Bangladesh right now. I'm sure the horn-honking will slowly disappear as the city develops a subway system and the traffic gets more organized. But right now, if you go to Dhaka as a visitor, you have to be prepared for a LOT of horn honking. If I had to complain about one part of it, it would be the new, modern motorcycles. They had LOUD horns, and the drivers blasted them constantly and for absolutely no reason. It gave me a heart attack sometimes. I often wanted to talk to the drivers of these motorcycles and ask them exactly why they blasted the horn just now. They'd be in a traffic jam, and no one can move, and the horn has no effect. So why keep honking it over and over and over again? It wasn't logical. 😂 But as I said, there's nothing you can do about it. There's no point in getting upset. So I just smiled and kept walking and let the horn honking wash over me. 👍

@@PlanetDougyou are absolutely right. there's nothing we can do about it. meanwhile in kl motorbike exhaust sounds become the musical instrument😅 and i agree with the 'toot' sound😂😂. we always do that

Just being adventurous. 😎 I guess quality of life is a relative concept. It can be different for everyone. I've never been interested in getting a fancy car or a nice house or anything like that. If you gave me a car, I'd sell it right away so I could use the money for another trip. 😃 For me, my quality of life has been great in Asia just because I have so many adventures. And I value the experiences more than having nice things. (Though, I sure would like to have a better camera and a better computer...) The one thing I miss is the weather. I love the weather in Canada and the nice, cool, dry air and blue skies. I've never really adjusted to the heat in most of Asia. 😥

@@PlanetDoug you're just like me or vice versa, i never interested in fancy car or some sort, just what i need..enough