H
e spent half a year following the Tropic of Cancer for his BBC series, but Simon Reeve's favourite place was a vibrant country that sits in India's shadow. OVERLOOKED AND OVER THERE – Bangladesh vs India Bangladesh is almost totally overlooked by British tourists. While neighbouring India gets about 750,000 UK tourists a year, Bangladesh attracts less than 15,000. Yet it boasts diverse attractions – the world's longest sea beach, stretching 125km from Cox's Bazar; the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, home to the Royal Bengal tiger; and the Chittagong Hill Tracts, with numerous tribal settlements. Most visitors go in the dry winter season, October to February, and avoid the rainy season, between June and September. See bhclondon.org.uk for more information.
