A Bangladesh Wonderland!

Many would disbelieve there is a 'Wonderland' in Dhaka. Peter, Melinda, Phil and I decided to visit this tacky adventure playland (just 7mins walk from our hotel) specifically to see an aircraft that crashed at Dhaka Airport last year, and was scraped up, placed in the park, and converted into a restaurant! Tasty! While discovering this culinary haven, a piercing wail sounded across the park. Following this hurtful chorus, we happened across Bangladesh's most prominent female actor filming a video clip for her upcoming movie. Aside the patheticness of 'Wonderland', it was the funniest thing we have seen in Dhaka; a procession of choreographers, directors, managers, make up attendants, and mobile phones contributing to the productions' painstaking longevity. If you've heard Indian Bollywood songs, the high pitched shrill of the female singers is disturbing for many of those from other countries. Listening to the tune over and over while watching a video production in a Disneyland themed play park was uncomfortable if not for the joyous reaction of the onlooking Mickey Mouse! He loved it, and so too did we!! The park is otherwise well worth Aud$1 entrance!

Luke Gillian 27/04/2006 11:58:50