Jessore

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Jessore (pronounced Josh-ore) is a city in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. There's not a lot to do here, but the people are friendly and it makes an ok stopover en route to or from Rajshahi, Khulna or Benapole.

[edit] Get in

Jessore Airport (ICAO: JSR)

Local buses run from the Benapole border post (1 hour, Tk30), Khulna (Tk30, 1 hour) and others.

[edit] Get around

Jessore is fairly small and navigable on foot, though it's layout is a bit random and you'll be asking lots of directions from friendly folks happily willing to point a finger in any direction (including the wrong one).

Cycle-rickshaws are plentiful. From town to the Khulna-bound bus stop should cost Tk 5.

[edit] See

There isn't really much to see, aside from a a couple of small and ordinary mosques. Stroll around to see the town itself and you'll likely make a couple of friends.

[edit] Do

[edit] Buy

[edit] Eat

• Rose Garden Chinese restaurant, across from the Hotel Mid-Town on MK Rd in a shopping complex. It's slightly hard to see (look up for the sign) but serves great Chinese food, including a non-greasy and tasty vegetable chowmein for Tk100.

• New Noori Hotel is about 50 meters west of Rose Garden, and is a great and popular place for local food. A feast of fish, rice, spinach, potato curry, dal and pudding will cost around Tk40.

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[edit] Sleep

• Hotel Mid-Town, a great budget hotel on the east end of MK Road. It's not signed in English, but anyone can point you there. Once you're in the area, it's a huge grey building with a massive cell phone tower on top (but so are several others). The staff speak little English but are very friendly. Rooms with attached shower and squat toilet from Tk110.

Grand Hotel is another cheapy nearby, and RS International and Hotel Magpie are slightly nicer, also on MK Rd.

[edit] Contact

• City Cyber Cafe, across from the post office, charges Tk20/hour for a medium speed connection.

[edit] Get out

• Tagore Lodge, near Kushtia, is the site of the home of the late great writer Rabindranath Tagore. A bus from Jessore should take around 3 hours.

Shagardarhi in Ovoynagar,a subdistrick of Jessore there the home of bangaly poet Michel Modhusudan Datta.The house is situated at the bank of Kapataksha river.

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