Dhaka, April 10 -- One of the first things I noticed, the night I arrived in Bangladesh, was that the moon lies on its side here as if it's smiling. This showed me how far away from home I was, closer to the equator, but also foreshadowed that the main thing the moon causes is stronger here: the tides.

The first days in Dhaka were a flood of impressions. Fantastic impressions - of Iftars with the tastiest food - to playing guitar in the park. In such a bustling city, where at every street corner, something interesting seems to be going on.

Then came the start of our cycling trip: through Dhaka towards the port. On Thursday afternoon (March 27), we criss-crossed through broad motorways surrounded by hordes of tuktuks, rikshaws, trucks, m...