A Press Interview and the ride through Bangladesh!
At the visa office we stood opposite the secretary in the little house. In front of us was a pot full of Stanley knives. I tried to picture that in a visa office in England. I failed. The friendly secretary demanded we pay him a personal ‘gift’ for his help. We politely declined. The boss asked us in for an interview. He asked sternly whether I wore T-shirts and shorts at home, and why Adam did a degree in Philosophy when he did not now work as a Philosopher. He asked why were we in Agaltara, as there were no British companies in the area. He wasn’t quite sure what tourism was. He asked disapprovingly why we wanted to visit all of these countries. We got the visa by 4pm and were off the next day to Bangladesh!!! Outside the customs office two newspaper people turned up on scooters. They had seen us in town and followed us to the border to get a good bit of copy. So, stood outside customs, still in our helmets, surrounded on all sides, we had ou...