Glamorous!

In preparation for Lindsey's visit I compiled a list of the ultimate Bangladeshi experiences. During the 12 days she was here we proceeded to tick them off the list.We rode on top of a local bus, drank cha at a local stand, took rickshaws, visited the markets, spat paan juice onto the dusty streets and ate with our hands. But we saved the very best for last. For a woman, pretty much the ultimate Bangladeshi experience is going to the parlour.  Nowhere else outside of 1964 can you experience the hair teased, set and sprayed routine that a Bangladeshi parlor can offer! And you too can proudly walk out made up with eyes that Cleopatra herself would be proud of! 

We decided that the Bangladeshi make-over parlor experience needed a motivation, (this was Lindsey's last night in the 'desh after all!) we needed a reason to be looking so extra special. So we teamed up the outlandish hair and make up, with bright coloured saris and headed to the photo studio for ....GLAMOUR SHOTS! 

Bangladesh know how to do Biryani and they sure know how to do posed non smiling photo-shopped fake background glamour shots! Most middle/upper class Bangladeshi's have wallets full of  pictures of family members glammed-up in front of fields of tulips or snow capped mountains. It's so popular that the photos can be taken at any of the 563 photo shops in Chittagong! 

So on a regular Sunday night in Chittagong, Lindsey, my housemate Glenna and I embraced the ultimate of ultimate of Bangladeshi experiences; hair, makeup and sari wrapped at the parlour, followed by glamour shots in the back room of a little photo dorcan!

I think Lonely Planet need me to help them write their next Bangladesh book update, because they seemed to have missed this ultimate experience off their list!

Enjoy the evidence of this hilariously glamorous evening!