Travel Notes for the Wonderers

US citizens traveling as tourists do not need visas for stays of 14 days if they 
have an onward ticket. Visas are required for longer visits and for business travelers.

Wear light-weight clothing for most of the hot, wet period; medium weight clothing for the 
short winter (Dec.-Feb.).

Health and visa requirements change; check latest information before traveling. 
Basic medical facilities available in Dhaka. Pharmacies can fill simple prescriptions. 
Tetanus, typhoid, gamma globulin, and polio immunizations are recommended; malaria supresants
for travel outside of Dhaka also are recommended.

Internal and external telephone, telegraph, telex, and mail services are available.
Direct dialing is possible to Western Europe and the United States. Bangladesh is
11 hours ahead of eastern standard time.

International and domestic airline service is adequate; railroad service is limited;
road transport is crowded but adequate to most major cities; river transport is extensive.

Martyrs' Day, February 21; Independence Day, March 26; Bengali New Year's Day,
April 15; May Day, May1; National Integrity Day, November 7; Victory Day, December 16; 
Christmas Day, December 25; Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Muharram, Eid-i-Miladun-Nabi, and other
religious holidays, varying in accordanc with the lunar calender.