Dhaka, April 4 -- The road to saving the Sundarbans has always demanded more than just talk-it requires sweat, blisters, and the kind of stubborn hope that keeps you pedaling when the sun burns, and the path turns rough. On April 28-30, 2025, Dutch Ambassador Andre Carstens proved just that, trading diplomatic corridors for the dust and grit of a 163-kilometer cycling expedition from Barishal to the heart of tiger country: WildTeam's Conservation Biology Centre, TigerHouse, in Joymoni in the Sundarbans.

Accompanied by his son, Carstens Jacobus Hermanus, and two other Dutch friends, Niels van den Berge (former Member of Parliament in the Netherlands) and Jongman Karin, Andre wasn't leading a polished delegation or a media caravan. This wa...