This is the Bangladesh you don't see 🇧🇩

[@tresla97]

Wow amazing country. I really want to visit Bangladesh one day. Lots of love from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️🇧🇩

[@carriepatsalis]

I would love to get to Argentina too!

[@jahidislam59]

You are most welcome in our country, I have been visiting Argentina in 2017

[@MOHAMMEDYOUSUFOFFICIAL]

welcome Madam ♥♥♥

[@muhtasinmahin2345]

Of course you will surely come. We Bangladeshi people love Argentina and the FIFA champion Messi.

[@rayhanworld256]

🇧🇩💚 welcome

[@Riff2521]

Slowly but surely, Carrie's videos are beginning to feel like an underrated Netflix series. I'm sure you'll write a book about your adventures in Bangladesh someday 😄

[@Dearlydiba]

Yup ❤

[@cgpandre]

Well said.

[@carriepatsalis]

I would love to ☺️

[@02CRN]

Mr. Rifat, I totally agree with you. sometimes I feel like I discover my country through her channel. her channel is 100% underrated.

[@Riff2521]

@@02CRN yeah, she deserves more recognition.

[@kamalfaruk4149]

Trust me, There's no other foreign blogger showed Bangladesh like the way you are showing. You should get viral in our country like wildfire! More power to you Mam 💪

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you 😊

[@farhanahasanproma2359]

Thank you for presenting our country that much beautifully ❤. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@sajib333]

'...a completely underrated part of Bangladesh that deserves to be put on the map and somewhere I know I shall return to...' OMG! you have all the potential to be successful in scriptwriting, too. Excellent work, Carrie!

[@carriepatsalis]

That’s lucky! I write scripts for a living 😁

[@sajib333]

@@carriepatsalis I bet you do🥰 so talented!

[@bikelover5893]

❤

[@hmsaikat]

Not only put on the map It needs to keep clear colourfull and make up repairs Cz there r thousands like buildings now we can see a few As usually old town had tipu sultan Palace and so on now that's all garaz or courts buildings

[@raalaa121]

While everyone and their uncle is visiting Dhaka and vlogging it you're venturing out to the unexplored, brilliant ! keep the vlogs coming

[@HomeTravelGardenInspo]

I know! I was getting bored with all these “vloggers” only showing the dirty streets of old Dhaka and leaving that, as theirs and their audiences, lasted impressions of beautiful Bangladesh 🇧🇩.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you! Will do!

[@KaosarMdRajib]

The brand ambassador of Bangladesh Tourism Board. All of your videos are just mind blowing. Waiting for your next visit to Bangladesh. ❤❤

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@02CRN]

Mr. Kaosar, couldn't agree more. she is our nominated ambassador

[@abuhenamostofakamal944]

Nice presentation. Thank you very much for representing our country so beautifully. You are " ambassador of the beauty of Bangladesh" ❤

[@carriepatsalis]

Many many thanks

[@SamsungGalaxy-eb2xy]

Owow this Bangladesh 🇧🇩, so Natural ❤

[@jawadtahmeed]

Watching from Hamburg! Take love and thank you for exploring my city! Your visuals and narratives are so engaging and of top notch quality! ^_^

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks so much for watching 😍

[@abdullahalhamimfi3868]

Thank you very much for making Bangladesh so beautiful👍👍

[@carriepatsalis]

Pleasure 😇

[@nehalnaim6281]

I am watching from Bangladesh, thanks for visiting my country.

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@nehalnaim6281]

If you are in Bangladesh now, you can meet me, I will show you some historical places.

[@ferozmamun7883]

Hi Carrie, It’s Mamun a British Bangladeshi living in England past 17 years. I love watching your blogs about my birth country. The way you’ve presented & elaborated your experiences in Bangladesh, it’s just fabulous. Well done.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks so much! I am really happy you’re enjoying them 😍

[@mahdimahi2354]

Thank you so much to travel Bangladesh and create many videos about our culture and tourism. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@meghneelishaan]

Rajshahi. ❤ My birth place and this is the city where I lived almost ten years for my study. It's a beautiful city. Once you love Rajshahi, there is no turning back. 😅

[@carriepatsalis]

I totally agree!

[@sadmanadib8003]

I am from Rajshahi. Welcome to my city. Thanks for coming. It is the most peaceful,less polluted clean city in bangladesh. ❤❤

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@nishadHasan-y8q]

The loveliest city of Bangladesh and also clean city.

[@carriepatsalis]

Yes I loved it there

[@thelegendswork8555]

Thank you very much to come Rajshahi.

[@MdMamun-yx9uf]

Thougj i live abroad,,u explore bangladesh very nicely from the deoth.salute u.ur presentation is blowin ,outstanding....go ahead.....

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much 😊

[@SadikKhan-qz8yj]

Carrie Your work is amazing. The nature of rural Bengal emerges. I look at your blogs and am impressed.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ronniehossain7500]

Shingara's filings are potatoes, onions, green chillis and spices. Whereas Samosa's fillings are ground meats (chicken or beef), onion and spices.

[@carriepatsalis]

Ah that makes sense! I preferred these!

[@mohammadsiamuddin]

Even though I'm Bangladeshi but I never knew that Bangladesh have this kind of amazing structure things. Thanks for your video,someday i will visit rajshahi and the memory of your this video will pop up in my mind! hope you will visit bangladesh again with your son's …

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you! I really like the Rajshahi division 🥰

[@ChiliMedia2021]

Welcome To Bangladesh

[@Raza-p4l]

You are the most underrated vlogger.Your videos are just amazing

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@mexicanheather7925]

Thank you very much for showing the beautiful aspects of our country to the world. Love from Bangladesh.

[@carriepatsalis]

Pleasure ☺️

[@akifrahman]

Thank you for showing us the beauty of Bangladesh. I am from the UK and my parents are Bangladeshi. I often visit to see my relatives but we never have time to explore these kinds of places because we are too busy visiting family😑 Thanks to your amazing videos, i will suggest visiting these locations the next time we go, because they are truly remarkable and I never even realised they existed! Keep up your excellent videos, 👏 the amount of time and effort that goes into them is truly appreciated as a viewer !

[@carriepatsalis]

That’s lovely to read and yes I know how tricky it is visiting family because you want to spend time with them.. I have the same when we visit family in Cyprus.. but try and sneak out for a few days and visit at least one of the places I went to.. or even better, encourage them to travel with you… you won’t be disappointed 🥰

[@bangladeshpigeonflyer8910]

Thank you. The way you are presenting our country its wonderful

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@catcommunity7]

The most neat & clean city of Bangladesh ( BD 🇧🇩 )

[@carriepatsalis]

💯😍

[@catcommunity7]

@@carriepatsalis I hope will be there again my dearest friend. I you should visit Cumilla city also. there has Masic Paradise Amusement Park. it's artificial but really a beautiful park.

[@catcommunity7]

@@carriepatsalis #ম্যাজিক_প্যারডাইস_পার্ক

[@polasheik8473]

Love From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@ndiya457]

Proud of my country and city💛 Lots of love from Rajshahi of Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩💚

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you 😊

[@revolutionarylegend]

watched all your bangladesh videos ! never seen a youtuber do it about bangladesh even close to your level ! amit has been a top notch travel guide throughout !love the work ! much love

[@carriepatsalis]

Wow thank you so much! I couldn’t have done this without Amit and Bengal logistics.. they understood what I wanted to achieve from the start and totally over delivered 🥰

[@cgpandre]

Thank you Carrie , awesome vid, SHUNDHOR for sure.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks 😊

[@MKUXD]

Rajshahi is my Hometown. My father and uncle all are from Rajshahi. It's great to see your video. Thanks for presenting it so beautifully. Love from Aberdeen.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks for watching all the way in scotland 😍

[@muhtasinmahin2345]

Thanks for visiting our country. I hope you will comeback again❤️

[@carriepatsalis]

I have so many places I want to see.. I shall return 😍

[@mdnadim6410]

Lots of love from Bangladesh ❤❤

[@rafsanshiru5569]

Thank you for visiting my city Rajshahi. It’s clean and very underrated city.Lots of love and best wishes Carrie 😀.

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@mdtipumiah8627]

Take love from Bangladesh 💝🇧🇩

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you 😊

[@ImtiazAhmed-eyes_wide_open]

the best thing about your videos is that you explore and describe in a very calm and friendly way. That really makes me think that I am experiencing the places myself. Good luck with your channel.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks so much! I always like to feel like my viewers are with me when I film 😍

[@chakanyosuf6424]

Beautiful Bangladesh ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@carriepatsalis]

💯❤️

[@nasrinchowdhury6459]

Excellent vlog, showing what we have never seen even being a Bangladeshi! You are so right, I get horrified when I have no choice but to buy and taste supermarket mangoes here in UK.

[@carriepatsalis]

😁.. supermarket mangoes are bad news!

[@simonroy2472]

Thank you very much for displaying our ancient valuable architectural heritage with so much ❤ love and passion. In the same way your description is nice enough to hear. Thanks once again. You can come to quite northwest districts Dinajpur and Thakurgaon to experience more.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you! Next trip I would love to 😊

[@spandanbd]

❤❤Been to Rajshahi few times but never explored much. i will follow your footstep when i go to Bangladesh next time InShaAllah..

[@carriepatsalis]

Awesome! You won’t be disappointed 😍

[@porua.bookcafe]

We do have dried mangoes here, sweet and sour in taste. But unfortunately its not the season yet. Usually it starts from late of May and stretches till late of August. Summer in Rajshahi is scorching though, you wouldn't be needing tanning if you're around 😅 Enjoy your stay in Bangladesh 🙏

[@carriepatsalis]

😁.. I am not sure I could handle the heat! But I would so love to try the mangoes fresh!

[@suchiparvin2517]

It's a great pleasure to see some underrated places in my country with great demonstrations. I hope next time you will visit Rangpur division. This northern part of Bangladesh has a lot to offer including food, some great heritage sights and of course a great view of Kanchanjangha mountain (can be seen in October to november)

[@carriepatsalis]

I wanted to get to Rangpur this time but I just couldn’t get it into the itinerary because of time and distance but next time, I would very very much like to visit

[@moynahm]

@@carriepatsalis Thank you so much for Visiting Bangladesh.

[@suchiparvin2517]

I am from Rangpur division. Please take my invitation when you visit next time.

[@nh9696]

If you have time, then you can visit Brishiri, Netrikona for beautiful landscape, it you like waterfalls, I recommend, Jaflong, Sylhet and Madhobkundo, Moulvibazar.

[@IAintNoJoker]

Been living in Rajshahi for 4 years It's the cleanest city in Bangladesh so far

[@carriepatsalis]

Lovely ☺️

[@RezaulKarim-h3d]

Stay here, enjoy our hospitality and explore the hidden beauty of bangladesh.

[@carriepatsalis]

🥰

[@shakhawathossain7537]

Thanks for exploring Bangladesh. Take care yourself and be safe for your journey keep it up.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you 😊

[@saminmediaofficial2023]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩😍

[@carriepatsalis]

🥰

[@justbeingfia]

Thank you so much for showing these wonderful sights. I've seen enough videos about Dhaka and Gulshan it makes me dread visiting. There's so much culture and history routed in these places, I must visit one day and learn more. Thank you!

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks so much for watching! Lots more to come inc sundarbans and bandarban 😍

[@justbeingfia]

@@carriepatsalis I've wanted to go there since childhood, can't wait!

[@carriepatsalis]

@@justbeingfia very special places I can tell you 😍

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

In the West, you buy mango-dried pulp with fiber in it and sometimes added sugar and mostly from commercial Filipino Thai, Mexico-grown Ataulfo mango. but in Bangladesh, people make Amsotto( thick like chapati made with mango juice by drying in the sun) in the villages and they are very tasty. Villagers eat them with milk and rice. I think you have sugar Cane juices. The Date tree juices are sweet juice and people drink them during the winter season and by drying the juice under a fire(cooking) and vaporizing the steam make it dense and either keep like Maple Syrup(called Molasis) or Cristalized and becomes a chunk of solid sugar. You said that you are from Essex. I used to work after my graduation and came to the village town center in Essex in South Woodham Ferrers, not far from Chelmsford(in the mid 80s).

[@carriepatsalis]

Sounds delicious! I am from east london but close to the Essex border.. I know of south woodham ferrers

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

@@carriepatsalis I like your videos made professionally. Actually, I visited all areas of London and some cities in England. when I was a student in the USSR, on summer vacation we went to work for 2 months to UK and also shopping at the same time that we can live in Russia that time well. Mostly worked in Bangladeshi restaurants as a barman + waiter. Twice worked in Brighton and Hove, Kings Lane, Croydon, Kent and Streatham, and some other places. We traveled by train from St. Petersburg to London via Belgium or Holand via ferry to Victoria station- a very long journey with Break in West Berlin. At that time London was quite beautiful and all over Europe, now too many people in the big cities of Europe. I live for 3 decades in Vancouver, Canada.

[@carriepatsalis]

@@bazlur-Vancouver that must have been quite a trip! Bet you have some awesome memories 😍

[@skainul8876]

Thank you for loving Bangladesh. Because it is really beautiful in the worldl. I am grateful to you.

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@shafi34568]

Thanks for visiting Bangladesh. I am Watching your video from Sylhet Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🥀🥰

[@carriepatsalis]

Awesome! Thanks for watching ☺️

[@fnftravelersbd]

This is Rajshahi in my country... Thank you madam for presenting my country Beauty. Love From Dhaka Bangladesh ♥♥♥♥

[@carriepatsalis]

A real pleasure 😊

[@rafiwrhhasan2926]

Amazing work.Great to see the city by this where I am living now.The reason of the beauty for why I shifted from Dhaka to Rajshahi.Really worth it💚

[@carriepatsalis]

I can absolutely understand that move.. I would do the same. Dhaka is crazy fun but the pollution is bad news for long term health I think

[@boy555dhk]

Great clip, as usual! Loved your Singara trial expression, lol. I thought you were almost crying with the hot and spicy mixd experience ;). Singara needs time to cool down, and then it tests better. :) Do you plan to get involved with the tourism industry in the future, or are you already involved? You will be successful for sure. I would cooperate with you and send guests from all over the world. You travelled to places in Bangladesh more than a lot of Bangladeshis. Best wishes

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks! Loved the singara! I enjoy being a part time travel blogger.. maybe one day I will go full time.. depends if I am successful enough

[@ahsikder2605]

Thanks because you look like a representative of Bangladesh. Be continue....,......!

[@cielobluestar]

21:25 fantastic Carrie , many thanks. you are helping us to see our country Bangladesh , see from Italy. Singhara , you ate nicely. If you tell sometimes more Bangla words, that will be more interesting for Bangali people.

[@carriepatsalis]

It’s been such a wonderful adventure! Yes I will try and speak a little more 🥰

[@setusetu8443]

Unbelievable editing level

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you 😊

[@m.a.khalidhasan2717]

Good to see you in Rajshahi an Puthia Rajbari

[@ldnmiah]

You should visit Bangladesh in June /July if you want to enjoy mangoes, Lychees, jackfruit and loads of others m varieties of tropical fruits.. basically go there during the summer months and the monsoon season..

[@carriepatsalis]

I love lychees too!

[@tanvirahmed9396]

Hey carrie I think you're the only foreigner who's enjoying the full Bangladesh(My Green Country) from the inside of your heart. Hope you enjoy everything and come back again and again with all of your friends and families. Hope for the best.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much 😊

[@solaymanvlogs]

Yes. Congratulations on being a witness for Bangladesh🇧🇩 by @vlogssolayman

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks 😊

[@pronoygms507]

We don't do the hedgehog thing. But we make some kind of whistle out of Mango seed. We call it " Aam Atir vepu" Aam= Mango, Ati= Mango seed, Vepu= Whistle made out of it.

[@carriepatsalis]

Oh wow cool!

[@fuadahmed966]

I think you r the first vloger who tried to discover the real beauty and possibility of Bangladesh!! Thanks for exploring the ancient northern sights of Bangladesh. Best wishes from Sylhet.

[@carriepatsalis]

My pleasure 😊

[@fuadahmed966]

@@carriepatsalis 👍

[@BabulAli]

I love watching your videos! Next time I go to Bangladesh, I will be sure to check out some of the places you've visited. Edit: I've never known people to make mango hedgehogs in Bangladesh. They usually peel it and serve it in either slices or cubes.

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you and please do 🥰

[@anewdayali2538]

They do the flower. The call it fhoool(flower)

[@revelation333]

Your videos will benefit Bangladesh in a long term. Radshai is really nice though.

[@baganrbagan]

Amazing vlogs , getting hooked on your vids , showing beautiful Bangladesh as it is 👌🏻🇧🇩❤️

[@carriepatsalis]

Glad you like them!

[@Al-vo8lj]

Very brave for trying the shingarra Amazing video

[@alimran8104]

Love from Rajshahi ❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@carriepatsalis]

🥰

[@imamhadi7461]

Puthia Rajbari, the capital of the temple, haunts my childhood memories. Cause on the ground floor of this palace was the first school of my life called "Puthiya Shishu Niketan". After school, we used to roam around this palace area and hunt for hidden treasures with my few friends. Watching your video after so long made me nostalgic for old memories. Thank you so much, one more thing you are missing the queen's bathing ghat in a corner of the lake behind the Govinda temple. I heard that the queen used to bathe there and enter the palace through the back door after worshiping at this Govinda temple. And there are several other beautiful temples in the Rajbari square, a little further away is the Hawa Mahal in a huge pond.

[@carriepatsalis]

Amazing memories!! What a brilliant childhood 🥰.. do you know I did film the queens pool area and the little temple she would go to after bathing.. but when I edited the video it seemed fitting to end on the Govinda temple so it hit the cutting room floor.. but I did enjoy seeing it and hearing the stories 😍

[@imamhadi7461]

Thank you so much@@carriepatsalis for your kindness & love towards my country. If you are planning to travel Sundarban the biggest mangrove & home of our national animal Bengal tiger you are cordially invited here in Khulna. I can help you to explore the beauty of Sundarbans as I am now working on Bengal Tiger research in Sundarban with Bangladesh Forest Department.

[@ashrafulchowdhury5348]

Really, i enjoy your videos Carrie. You are awesome. Love you carrie💝💝

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much!

[@jhantuman]

Carrie sister is amazing. She is our Ambassador of tourism soon InshAllah.

[@carriepatsalis]

🥰

[@AliImranstunts]

thaanks for representing our city Rajshahi

[@carriepatsalis]

Loved it 😍

[@anik1612]

Lots of love for you........💖💖💖💖

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks 😊

[@extraterrestrial1997]

The mango cutting style you mentioned about, is not a bangladeshi practice. But many of us have learned it from internet. Now thats my favourite disciplined way of having a mango. And if you want to know about bangladeshi style, its more natural, and wild. You just peel and start with a big juicy bite.

[@carriepatsalis]

I think I like the idea of a big juicy bite!

[@armanali-yw5dm]

Rajshahi is my city, i live in here,this city is very clean any other city in our country

[@carriepatsalis]

It’s lovely ☺️

[@sali2998]

Your content and narration is top quality. Like a BBC travel show. Well done. Also enjoying see parts of my homeland I have never been to. I'm from Sylhet and haven't really been beyond apart from Dhaka once twice. Rajshahi seems beautiful. Btw that guy at 5.40 sounded like Borat.

[@carriepatsalis]

Borat 😅.. I really liked Rajshahi.. it’s green and open and if you like visiting ancient sites it’s the perfect place

[@sharlenen.z.9977]

Absolutely beautiful !!

[@NasirUddin-dj5ko]

There are so many historical place in rajshahi, you should visit more.

[@atanumojumdar]

So much to explore 💜, Shundor✨

[@carriepatsalis]

🥰

[@badstudent84]

This might be the best travel vlog by any foreigner.Thanks for representing my country in a nice way. Maybe you will travel to my city Rangpur too. You are welcome

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you! Rangpur is high on my list for my next trip 😊

[@mahamadulhassantaufique5708]

This is my homeland , i am glard to see you, enjoy your trip🖤

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks! 😃

[@huulhaalluthador4004]

Very nice. Wow. Next go to historical mosques like sixty dome mosque in Bagerhat.

[@carriepatsalis]

Editing it right now! 😍

[@firuzmiah9794]

I really like the video editing the way showing everything like western professional channels like bbc,geography channel and documentary. Editor must be herself or whoever it is very professional

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it! 🥰

[@SwiftEagleOne]

CP, parts of incredible history nestle in places not frequently visited. Yet, here they are nostalgic of those who built and left behind to be admired now but if they are preserved they will be heritage of human history and archeology. Imagine the grandeur when these were built.

[@carriepatsalis]

They must have been incredible

[@fahimtabshir3473]

Here in British Columbia, have been eating South American mangoes for 5 years. Still can't get used to with the taste. They taste like papaya. Oh I miss my mangoes😭😭😭

[@carriepatsalis]

🤣😂🤣I can imagine nothing compares!

[@estherrobin1049]

I can remember my last visit. Its a amazing place. There was a little temple that was too cold and dark.

[@absiddik5539]

Love from Bangladesh ❤️

[@carriepatsalis]

😍

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

It's called a Chinese Bengali-style restaurant. Most of them are run by Bangladeshi and to show it Chinese sometimes they hire Bangladeshi tribal people, who look like Chinese. the sizeable Chinese population that thrives in the City of Joy hardly feels affected. Because they are more Bangali, than Chinese, speaking fluently in our language, wearing sarees, picking up Bengali cuisine, and even Indianising their own Chinese dishes. From celebrating the Chinese New Year with a great show to the Chinese breakfast of Tiretti Bazaar, the Chinese of Kolkata and Bengal have become part and parcel of this vibrant city. Back in the 50s or 60s, it was not such a common sight to find a Chinaman in your neighborhood and probably this emotion was reflected in Mrinal Sen’s Neel Akasher Neechey, where the Chinese man feels alienated. Chinese immigrants in Bengal who arrived majorly at the ports as laborers, sailors, and traders, gradually settled in this vibrant city. Tiretti Bazaar in Central Calcutta, was once the hub of 20,000 ethnic Chinese and even today reveals an interesting tale of a community that was once vagrant but industrious and resilient enough to survive and become a part and parcel of Bengal. The Hakka Chinese Community-Kolkata Chinese immigrants arrived at the ports of Bengal in the late 18th century and the first ethnic group who came were the Hakkas, a wandering community of China who spoke the Hakka language. In Cantonese, the word Hakka means “guest people” and not natives but wanderers, and so their origin still remains obscure. In British India, one gets to read about Yang Tai Chow, referred to as Tong Achew or Achi, who landed near Budge Budge in 1778. Little is known about his origin, other than that he was either a Chinese from Northern China or a Hakka from Guangdong or might be Cantonese. Even today the Chinese population of Kolkata that is fast dwindling believes he was the ancestor of most of the Chinese of the city. Also read: Kolkata’s oldest family-owned Chinese restaurant Eau Chew gets Heritage Eatery tag! Returning favors for a chestful of Chinese tea from Achi, Warren Hastings granted him land to set up a sugar mill in Budge Budge. This drew many Chinese migrants to work for him, thus marking the first Chinese settlement in Bengal. Some believe the word ‘chini’ which means sugar in Bengali, refers to the product that the Chinaman produced as well as their glazed pottery came to be known as ‘Chine-mati’ in Bengali. Even today Achipur, where he landed is referred to as ‘Chinamantola’ and there is the famous Chinese Temple where the Chinese New Year is celebrated every year with great pomp. During World War I, some skilled Chinese who had come as migrants took up shoemaking and carpentry as serious businesses and set up shops in and around Bowbazaar and Dharamtala. Along with that started the small eating houses in Tiretta Bazaar, which is still the hub of Chinese breakfast. No wonder Bengalis took to the flavors of China, being a gastronomical delight, and embraced their food. Today, we find Chinese food more popular in Bengal than Bengali cuisine itself. Gradually a part of the community also moved to Tangra opening their tannery shops, shoe making, and home eateries. However, the outbreak of the Indo-China war in 1962 dealt a severe blow to their survival and caused panic as hundreds of Chinese immigrants got jailed in camps in Rajasthan for interrogation. They were released but without compensation or apology after many years. Today, the population is dwindling, with most of the younger generation leaving for Australia and Canada.

[@carriepatsalis]

Wow incredible history.. thanks for sharing 😍

[@mahedilimon4126]

I love your expressions the way u talk it’s amazing 🤩 am a bangali from Birmingham enjoying ur travel blogging … ❤️

[@carriepatsalis]

Thanks so much for watching! Hope it’s going well in Brum!

[@thelegendswork8555]

Welcome to our Rajshahi.

[@syedahmed8015]

Nice to see you again sis 😍👍🇧🇩

[@muhammadmehedihasan3664]

I live very near to this hotel. Possibly you missed 'Kalai ruti', one of a signature dish of Rajshahi...

[@carriepatsalis]

I recognise the name but I can’t place it in my mind.. will definitely try next time 😍

[@gamesprobd9534]

Great vlog love to see your every episode

[@carriepatsalis]

Thank you so much! 😍

[@farhadsabbir7273]

Carry u r really nice person and we learn so many things from u. U r generous and u have associate who always help u to figure out.

[@carriepatsalis]

I was so lucky to have the best guide.. Amit really helped me uncover the country

[@SSUKBD]

20:03 looking at your video I feel like returning from UK forever & never go back. After coming to UK I really felt what I lost, Bengali people are so cordial and hospitable. They are so friendly too. Here in western countries you can see the difference, people don't talk with eachother if you don't know them & always suspects you if you go forward and starts to talk to them...

[@carriepatsalis]

It’s a country with such an incredible heartbeat I have to say 😍

[@charlesroy7615]

I would love to wish you "a happy new year Bangla -1430." I'll be happy when I watch your video on Bangla new year's procession. Best wishes ❤️

[@carriepatsalis]

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[@Tanjimulchowdhury]

Hi Carrie, brilliant video as always. We don't actually make the hedgehog out of mangoes, it is more of a western thing I suppose, we are too busy devouring it, haha. And let me tell you as I am from Rajshahi, the mango of here has to be one of the best in the world, I will recommend you to taste the variant of mango called "Gopalvog", it is my favorite, the flavor and aroma is totally unmatched, do try it if you can. The shingara you tried they are pretty tasty if you don't mind a little spice, but you have to cool it down first to enjoy it, the trick is you break the shingara with your spoon into 3-4 pieces then it will cool down really quickly, you can then easily bite in to it. Also avoid Ilish fish, it is too bony for an untrained person, you will not be able to enjoy it like that, it takes practice to be good at eating bony fish.

[@Tanjimulchowdhury]

Oh and also we do have dried mango, it is called "amshotto" in bengali.

[@carriepatsalis]

Very good tips here! Next time I go to Bangladesh I shall definitely practise more with fish. I really want to hit the mango season but not sure I could take the heat!

[@seefan007]

I wish you had a little more time! There's so much more to see in that place and its vicinity!

[@carriepatsalis]

Me too.. I can only visit in 2 week chunks because of work.. one day I dream of being a full time travel blogger

[@seefan007]

​@@carriepatsalis It must be an enormous hassle going home and coming back again! And also darn expensive! However, if you are doing that, I would suggest you concentrate on each zone of 1-2 districts (at the most) on each trip, and try and make the best use of time looking up the sites, instead on spending more time on the long travels. Meanwhile, on your next trip, try to collect a book named "Dekhun Bangladesh" (See Bangladesh)! Unfortunately, there is no English version yet. But your guide will be able to help you with the translations. It's a far better handbook than the Lonely Planet guide on Bangladesh.