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(Peter)
July 25, 2018, 12:00pm
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Whilst in Bangladesh, I encountered the “choi jhal”, a spicy root which also imparts a slow heat akin to pepper. We also understood it was used during the pre-chili era in India.
We did an overnight stopover at Khulna, Bangladesh’s 4th most populous city and the nearest major urban centre to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove swamps (listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site) - 3,900 square miles and home to the Bengal tiger, besides crocodiles, snakes, dolphins and dozens of other species of birds & reptiles. The neighbouring town of Bagerhat is also worth a visit, to see its ancient mosques today (including the 500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage-listed 60-Dom…