Josie Travels

Southwest Bangladesh: Bagarhat, Mongla, and the Sundarbans

Our fourth and final trip out of Dhaka and into the ever-changing landscapes of Bangladesh was to the southwest corner, home to the Bengal tigers and mangrove forests of the…
Southeast Bangladesh: Cox’s Bazar and Inani Beach

When you think of Bangladesh you wouldn’t think of the beach, but it turns out that Bangladesh is home to the world’s longest uninterrupted stretch of sand which is almost…
Northeast Bangladesh: Srimangal and Lawachara National Park

This trip was a short one as we only had two goals: to drink 7 layered tea and to see the Hoolock gibbons in Lawachara National Park. It was actually…
Northwest Bangladesh: Rangpur, Dinajpur, Paharpur, and Natore

Leaving Dhaka We were up at 6am, riding a tuk-tuk through the chaos to get to the bus station. After eying all the battered and dented buses we were directed…
Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka is a hectic city full of traffic jams, overwhelming crowds and a lot of stares. There are over 17 million people that live here and you can tell as…
6 Reasons to visit Bangladesh

I was lucky enough to have this piece published on the Born To Bunk website last year, and now that my blog is finally up and running I wanted to…
Three days in Singapore

After a successful three days in Hong Kong, the next stop on my itinerary was the city of Singapore. It was a disaster at first… dressed in clothes too warm…
Three days in Hong Kong

Hong Kong was my first stop on my first trip around the world. I was 19 years old and super nervous about being in this strange city alone, I bought…