Dhaka Tour (Part-2)

Author: Engineer M. M. E. Hossein

Traveler: Little Brother 'Keru' (pseudonym)

Day 3:

It was August 24, 2025, the 3rd day of my trip as usual. Today, my brother Maroon (pseudonym) had said he would take me to see a few spots. Of course, I was not aware of those things. I understood from my brother that he would take me to the museum and the children's park. Although I had a little idea about children's parks, I had no idea about museums. That's why I was wondering what a museum is and what a children's park in Dhaka looks like! I was thinking and thinking. But I couldn't understand anything. Anyway, I woke up at the time of morning prayers at the call of my brother. He was preparing breakfast after morning prayers. Meanwhile, my father and uncle were getting ready to take my mother to the hospital again. My father and uncle were discussing the fact that my mother had some treatment to do today. Yesterday my brother brought me chocolate cake, pizza and some burgers. I memorized that food's names completely while I was with my brother. Within a short while my brother brought the pizza and burgers hot. We all took our breakfast together. Then, my great aunt brought us coffee. We were drinking coffee and talking. We didn't realize when the clock said it was 8:30 AM. But, my brother had set the alarm on the clock. For which we all got a sense of the time on the clock. Finally, I and my brother Maroon (pseudonym) set out for the trip at 9:25 am.

My first metro rail trip:

I was very excited to take my first metro rail trip. I was very excited to board the metro rail. It was a unique experience in my life. Me and my brother Maroon (pseudonym) left the house and walked towards the Uttara metro rail station. We reached the station within 4 minutes. When I got there, I saw a huge line of people waiting to enter the station. I was made to stand in front and my brother stood behind me. After about 25 minutes, we were able to enter. After buying tickets there, we stood in front of the automatic doors to enter the metro. The station was air-conditioned. There were also automatic escalators, elevators, toilets, ticket counters, and ticket- punching machines. I didn't understand anything that my brother told me about the ticket-punching machine. But I understood and memorized the rest. After we stood for a while, the metro train arrived. We got on the metro train, and it started moving. I didn't remember what the metro said before it started inside metro. While the metro was running, I was looking at the tall buildings of Dhaka in amazement. And I was waving my arms and making a boom boom sound in my mouth. Some passengers sitting next to me were patting and caressing my head. Suddenly, a little girl next to me made a sarcastic comment about me. She said to me, "Hey kid, why is your head bald?" I felt ashamed and ran to my brother's lap with my hands over my mouth. Some passengers in the compartment smiled a little at this incident. A minute later, we reached Agargaon. Finally, I came out of the metro holding my brother's hand. Although I enjoyed all experiences of the metro rail trip, but I did not like the talking of my head's bald story. Then, it was time to go to the museum.

National Science and Technology Museum Visit:

We took a rickshaw to go to the National Science and Technology Museum in Agargaon. After a 15-minute journey, we reached the National Science and Technology Museum. We bought tickets and went inside. The interior beauty of this museum fascinated me. As soon as I entered, I saw many things. Overwhelmed by my questions, brother was answering everything one by one. He was telling me, "Keru (pseudonym), the animal you are looking at is a dinosaur. And, next to the dinosaur is the solar park, where there is a replica of our Earth also. And under the canopy next to it are some old warplanes." Then he said, "The ship you see there is a replica of the Titanic ship in the UK." He gave a brief description of the museum and took me inside. The interior was very grand. The first thing I saw as I entered was the luggage counter and the cars. Also, I saw various things. The names of which I don't know. My brother Maroon (pseudonym) told me that it was a bulletproof car from the German car manufacturer Mercedes. He also told me the names of other things. But I had confused everything and made a mess. For which he laughed at that time. I was embarrassed and decided to ask the names of things, but later I would not go into pronouncing them. Because my poor pronunciation in front of so many people was embarrassing me. I might be small, but I had also dignity. So, this decision was taken on my part to save my dignity. Then I entered the physics gallery with my brother. My brother showed me five iron balls tied with ropes. I didn't understand what he was telling me at the time. I was embarrassed to pronounce it incorrectly again. But, after some time, when my brother explained it, I understood the mass concept. Then I saw the reflection of small lights in a glass box, and I tried to count them. But I couldn't. Then I saw the reflection in the mirror. There too I saw countless reflections. I told my brother, “I can count up to a hundred. But why can’t I count the reflections here?” Later my brother said, “It’s infinite. You can’t finish counting.” Then when my brother explained everything, I understood everything. Then we went to the Industrial Technology Gallery. There were replicas of machines from various industries. Then we went to the Information Technology Gallery. There were different types of computers and various information technology machines. Then we went to the Space Science Gallery. This was where I had a lot of fun. We didn't realize when 12:00 pm had struck. It was time for our 4D movie. We went inside for 10 minutes. After watching the movie, my brother told me, “This is called virtual reality.” Then we went to the fun science gallery. It was the most fun there. I learned a lot of new things here and it was a lot of fun. Then we left here at 12:50 PM.

Return home:

We entered the mosque and left at 1:40 PM after finishing the noon prayer. After leaving there, we took a rickshaw back to the metro rail station. From here we left for home. Although we had planned to see a lot that day, we couldn't see anything except a museum. Because I was very tired. When we arrived, there wasn't much crowd in the metro. So, we returned home very easily. My brother said," There is no alternative without metro rail to travel in Dhaka city for speedy transfer." However, I did not let any more gossip happen on the way. This time I imitated my brother and sat smartly.

Thus, the third day of the trip of little brother Keru (pseudonym) and his brother Maroon (pseudonym) ended. Traveling may tire our bodies, but it energizes our minds. And it makes the restless soul satisfied. However, little friends, this is the end of it for today. Once again, I will write to you about Keru's (pseudonym) new travel story. However, goodbye little friends.