Rupert Grey's 1936 Rolls Royce arrives in Dhaka
Rupert Grey, great-grandson of former British Prime Minister Earl Grey, has brought his 1936 Rolls Royce to Dhaka, for the Chobi Mela VII. Rupert -- a lawyer with a passion for photography -- is attending the festival. The antique car had travelled through the Rajasthan deserts, gone along the foothills of the Himalayas, came down the Brahmaputra to Bangladesh, but was stopped at the Tamabil border, where it was denied entry.
The traditional method of temporary entry for cars, the carnet, had been stopped in Bangladesh. After a long and protracted process and with help from different quarters, the car finally made its way into Bangladesh, only to be stopped en route to Dhaka again because of a petrol strike.
The car finally arrived in Dhaka on Thursday, and is joining the “Chobi Mela†rally in front of the National Museum today.
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