Exploring the Dhaka city with Google Maps,Dhaka,Bangladesh
February 6, 2024. The day was Tuesday. I had a program in Dhaka. After thinking whether to go or not, I decided to go till the end. I have been coming to Dhaka many times, but when I walk in Dhaka city, I feel like a stranger. It is the capital and the largest city of Bangladesh. According to the decision, I had already booked the Madhumati Express train ticket from my hometown Rajshahi to Dhaka. Although from a normal point of view, it is stupid in terms of time. Because the train traveled a long way through Faridpur, Rajbari and crossed the newly built Padma Bridge to Dhaka. reaches Which takes a lot of time from Rajshahi-Sirajganj-Dhaka route. Still, I had a lot of fun during the entire 7-hours journey. Google Maps was my constant companion throughout the journey. Sometimes I enter Google maps and see my location and the distance to the destination.
distance of Dhaka from Faridpur-Rajbari via Padma Bridge route
This is how I finally reached the first Dhaka city over the Padma Bridge at around 2:50 or 10:00. My program was at 6 pm. At Six Seasons Hotel in Gulshan-2. Arriving at Kamalapur station, I faced a dilemma. I have a cousin living in Mirpur-1. Which is 13 km from Kamalapur station. On the other hand my program venue (Hotel Six Seasons, Gulshan-2) is 8 km away.
distance of Mirpur-1 & Gulshan-2 Kamlapur Railway station
Once I thought I would go to my brother’s house and take some rest and go to the program. Again I thought that if I get into the traffic jam in Dhaka, it’s all over, so without taking any risk, I stood on the side of the road and took 2 places on Google Maps and decided after some experiments - I will not go to my brother’s house again. , I will attend the program directly from that. I entered the map and got off at Banani by bus from Kamalapur as a shortcut to Gulshan-2. After getting down there and entering the maps again,
The location of Hotel Six Season,Gulshan-2,Dhaka
I saw that Hotel Six Season is only 2.3 km away from Banani. So without thinking about any car, I set my destination on the map and started walking. That’s how I got to my program.
In my program in Hotel Six Season,Gulshan-2,Dhaka
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