hello guys this is doug and i'm back in
dhaka bangladesh again
today i'm going to be taking you on an
adventure an overnight
boat or as they call it here launch to a
city called barisho right now i'm
walking getting ready to go on the boat
and i'm walking to pizza hut right now
because
i had a very bad stomach incident about
a week ago and i just don't feel like
taking my chances with the food on the
boat so anyway i am going to pick up the
pizza
then i'm headed to the boat and i'll
show you guys what the entire experience
is like here we go
and there it
is i've made it
all right i have secured the pizza
thank you
very very sorry
thank you thank you
charlo bye bye
i've got the pizza and uh it's going to
be a great
a great adventure all right guys i am in
the launch terminal i've got to go find
my boat i have my ticket already because
i came here earlier today we're heading
out heading down
onto the dock
let's see if we can find where my boat
is
me
uh america america yes sir
nice to meet you
i'm making video
youtube
assalamualaikum
all right where am i going i think i'm
this way
wow it is chaotic down here holy crap
hello hello hello i think i'm on one of
these big boats if you guys have seen
any videos of uh these launches in
bangladesh before you may have seen the
rocket steamer which is like a 100 year
old paddle steamer it's like a real
traditional experience well
unfortunately
i believe that's been discontinued
because it just got too old that seems
to be the word on the street and now
it's just these modern launches so i'm
going to be taking one of those
but i'll show you what that's like and
that's really what's available these
days so i've got my ticket here it's
written completely
in bangla
and uh all of the signage and even the
numbers are in bangla so i really don't
know what the heck i'm doing so i just
keep bringing this ticket up to the guys
that are by the entrance of the boats
and handing it to them and they keep
pointing me
okay i need to find the guy who's
working here
do you know this
oh
okay okay thank you okay i think it's
this way yeah my boat's named
twelve guacata i think that's my boat
okay
let's see
wow look at this thing i'm like walking
the plank
i have found it there's so many people
oh my gosh it's already very crowded in
here check that out
we'll go explore that more later
there's people selling peanuts and stuff
here too
all sorts of vendors on the boat right
now probably helping people stock up
before the journey and then they'll
probably jump off right before it leaves
all right everyone's staring at me and i
need to find my key hello
i have a ticket
thank
you
floor 2 okay thank you
cabin number s 209 i'm going to go up
this way
oh my gosh this is so chaotic
oh my goodness
wow there's so many people out here so
you can buy a baseline fair and uh
just bring blankets and and stuff and
sleep out here on the deck that is the
cheapest ticket that's available so you
can see a lot of people preparing for
that and getting here early to take
their spots
okay
where are the numbers
okay
numbers
okay 216-31
209 i got to keep going i think so yeah
like i was saying the deck seats
are the cheapest ones and then
there are cabins of various
levels that are available
like we're in the deluxe area i think
which i'm not
there's even a big vip cabin it's like
eighty dollars going back the way i came
need to find my cabin
hey i found it s
209 let's see if it opens up
boom
so i will give you guys the tour in just
a second i brought my pizza along
oh very hot in here okay
they told me that the
the ac does not run
oh come on tell me this works
there we go
the ac does not run during the uh during
the winter just the fan
i'm probably gonna open the window once
this thing gets moving and hopefully the
bugs aren't too bad this is cool
it's a little weird to having the the
guys like
just sleeping right outside i feel kind
of
strange having this cabin while they're
just sitting on the floor but um
i don't know it is what it is i guess
wow
i feel like this video has been really
chaotic so far
thanks for uh sticking with me if you if
you're still here
let me give you the cabin tour we have
the bed
a nice single bed
very firm
and we have a cabinet and a tv i'm not
sure
what it
shows if anything
uh we've got a sign that i cannot read
we've got a couple lights
we got a couple plugs there we got a key
card thing that has no use i believe i'm
not sure what this one does
and that's about it guys so uh the
bathroom is outside of the cabin it's a
shared bathroom
around the side okay i'm so tired i'm
going to
sit down and take a breather
and then maybe in a little while after i
eat some pizza we will go explore some
more of the ship and try to meet some
folks see you in a few
hello
all right we are moving it is very
crowded i came up one deck
there are people everywhere
hello
yes do you have uh
ducha
okay
please thank you
i'm gonna get a milk too
let's see what else is in here okay so
this leads back out to the decks you got
more cabins here
twin cabins
got a cooler with all the drinks
just a few tables
and out here
is the front of the boat
a lot of guys out there okay so many
friendly people in the cafe car
i'm just
navigating my way through
hello how are you
usa
uh america
all right we're making our way out of
dhaka i was talking to a very nice girl
uh
in the cafe and she told me the boat
will get there at 4am and i said oh gosh
i don't know what i'm going to do
walking along the streets of barista
alone at 4 am but she said no no don't
worry the boat will sit there and you
can stay like you can sleep in a little
bit maybe till 6 or so and then get up
and try to go exploring okay i'm
thoroughly lost but i think we've seen
most of the features hey you know what
i'll show you guys a bathroom let's see
if we can find a bathroom i actually
haven't seen it myself yet
that little girl just smacked me on the
butt
literally excuse me sorry okay i'm so
lost
i'm gonna go back this way
okay a little less crowded on this side
let's see
if i can find the bathroom every once in
a while when i'm walking around with a
camera i start to feel a little bit
self-conscious
especially in situations like this when
i'm like the only foreigner on the boat
and like
i don't know everyone's just staring at
me but then i end up meeting very nice
people
and uh it makes me feel totally
comfortable again everyone is so
friendly here and like i said
i think in my previous video i'm good
how are you
and like i think i said in my previous
video
i've never had a single problem with the
camera
in bangladesh everyone's very very
friendly and and happy-go-lucky okay
here's the bathroom
so
honestly very clean
like yeah it's it's a basic bathroom but
it's very clean much better than uh many
of the ones that i've seen
not only in this country but in lots of
other countries like saudi arabia some
of the bathrooms they were brutal i'm
just being honest so this is very nice
okay
oh look and right next to my cabin
i just noticed this right next to my
cabin there's another kitchen
how are you
wow this is so cool a kitchen right
under the stairs
amazing kitchen yeah nice spot that's
amazing
it's literally right under the stairwell
i just i just realized this
so cool
i don't know so here's the staircase and
there's the kitchen
they're cooking
that's so cool
amazing all right so i thought we'd seen
everything but apparently nothing
i think this guy walks around and takes
the orders from people and brings them
here maybe
i'm not sure so this is the main deck
huh
wow
and you said how much does this ticket
cost
uh
200 250.
250 taka so that's like
i don't know like three or four dollars
and you can stay up here
man it is packed and there's uh
something happening for islam for the
muslims in what's the name
it's happening somewhere near where
we're going on the boat i'm not sure
what it is but it's something to do with
islam
so a lot of muslim people are on the
boat right now
going for that so it's apparently more
crowded than usual all right so we're
back out on the main deck and uh
look at this
that's the water right there i don't
know if you guys can see
so we're just cruising along
stand down the edge of the boat
amazing after passing some uh road uh
our river is very big ahead oh yeah it
gets very wide
okay okay
and always a friendly crowd hanging
around
all right
so nice
what's your name
man everyone always gives their full
names here my name is douglas frederick
barnard
welcome
thank you man
bangla
that's it though okay
i think it's time for me to go to sleep
okay i'm so sleepy
thank you man nice to meet you all right
so i'm gonna try to get some sleep at
least try to get a few hours here and
apparently we're going to be in bury
shawl around 4 a.m maybe who knows
either way we will pick up in the
morning
and uh i'll let you guys know how the
rest of the journey goes
see you then bye-bye
good morning everyone
it
is 6 21 in the morning
and we have made it to barry's show
honestly i slept wonderfully
i'm feeling great
i i don't really want to get up but uh
my friend that i made last night just
came and stuck his head in my window and
said
it's time to get off the boat
so i'm gonna pack up my stuff and uh get
off the boat and then we'll go explore a
bore show
all right guys i just came out of my
room and look how foggy it is
it's looking off the edge of the boat
you can barely see those people
can you guys see
so cool man thank you for coming and
getting me oh you have to thank me
oh there's still some people sleeping
okay goodbye nice to meet you thank you
for waking me up
bye nice to meet you
nice to meet you now is when the real
challenge begins because i need to find
a tour
a tour guide or a
boat driver to hopefully take me around
let's get off the boat
and uh
do our best
here we go
hello
good morning how are you
good
it's so foggy here but this does not
feel like smog
like in dhaka this feels like true fog
all right i need to find like tea or
something
okay i just stepped outside and it gets
very chaotic out here
there are a lot of people
i'm gonna go this way i think i can find
some tea over here i need a little pick
me up
hello
look at this guys there's a market here
they're transporting
the big pieces of meat
on the rickshaws
very good
i've got this little dude following me
around he's pretending like he's not
right
oh nice
good
okay
i'm going to try to find my way to the
floating markets if i can do it there
will be a video following this from the
floating markets either way thank you
for joining me on this journey on the
launch from daca to boris i hope you
enjoyed the video for me it was quite an
enjoyable journey i honestly slept great
on there you can follow along on
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youtube other than that thank you so
much for watching and i will see you in
the next one
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