Where to go in Kuakata

Kuakata is known as Sagar Konna in Bangladesh and the most beautiful thing is that you can see the sunset and sunrise from the same beach. Some great attractions are,

1) Beach :
Most of the hotels are just beside the beach. But you can see only sunset from this beach. Motocycle are abvaialable to hire to go any place in kuakata. they made a contract like a package tour...sami temple, gongamotir chor(from where you can see the sunrise).It will cost 200 taka.
2) GongaMotir Chor and Jhauban
3) Temple:
one of two temples is just beside the beach. Its just a walking distance. Another one is sami temple or misri para temple.
4) Fatrar ban:
Its part of sundarban. A tour agency is there to bring you in fatrarban. You can collect the tickets from the beach with 100 taka.

How to go Kuakata

You can go by Bus or Launch.
Bus:
Direct bus route from Dhaka to Kuakata. “Sakura” costs around 450 Taka (US $8.00). There are some other buses like Druti, Soudia etc. But You have to know the last destination clearly. Because some of the buses goes to khepupara and then you have to buy another ticket towards kollapara(kuakata) worth 30 taka per person.

Launch:
Dhaka to Barisal by large river boat locally known as “Launch”. They leave from Dhaka Sadarghat launch terminal between 6 to 9 PM. This comfortable overnight journey to Barisal will cost around 500 to 700 per person in a comfortable cabin (double is around 900 to 1400 taka).

You can also take a direct river boat from Dhaka sadarghat terminal to Patuakhali. This journey will cost you about the same as Barisal and these boats leaves little early around 4 to 7 PM. River boats are much nicer in Barisal route.

Nijhum Dip, How to go

Nijhum Dwip is an offshore island in the Bay of Bengal situated in the extreme south of Hatia island which is separated by Hatia channel. There are several approaches to the island. Passenger launches everyday plies between Sadarghat in Dhaka to Tomoruddy Ghat of Hatia upazilla. Adventure tourists can hire a trawler from Tomoruddy to Nijhum Dwip. A trawler may cost between Tk 1,200 and Tk 1,500 per day. Another approach is from Chittagong. A coastal passenger vessel plies between Chittagong and Nalchira Ghat twice a week. Our Star Holiday team took the sea-truck ride from Char Jabber Ghat to Nalchira Ghat at the the northern tip of Hatia which took around two and a half hours. For overnight stay in the island you have to contact the UNO of Hatia in advance for booking the bungalow on the island, or you can contact the DFO of Noakhali to stay at Nijhum Dwip forest office. You must carry your food and other necessities.

Nijhum Dip , The Real Beauty.

Nijhum Deep is a very precious island, as it was concealed by water for many years. The island slowly started to surface, and since 1972 the forestry department has been involved in the planting of trees and brush such as Bain, Keowra and Geowra. The forest, which is irrigated by the bay, has also attracted a great number of bird species. By 1978, wildlife was introduced to the island, and the eight spotted deer that were originally released on the island have grown to a healthy population of approximately six thousand individuals.

The spotted deer share Nijhum Deep with various other animals such as snakes, buffalo and monkeys, and it is estimated that almost thirty-five bird species are permanent residents of the island. Migratory birds also find the island the perfect resting destination as it is almost untouched and not threatened by human interaction. The beaches and sightings of crabs, sea snails and oysters create great excitement amongst tourists, as they are able to appreciate nature against the backdrop of the lush, green landscapes.

The authorities have made the island more attractive to tourists by erecting visitor facilities along the beaches. Viewing a sunset or sunrise from the shores of this tranquil and inspiring natural paradise is unforgettable. Bangladesh has realized how significant and important their wildlife and nature can be for the economy and tourism industry and is looking at creating more protected areas within the country. Nijhum Deep is the perfect example of how conservation and forestry can, not only assist and ensure the survival of animals, but enhance an industry and a country.

Awesome adventure in Khagrachari

It was really a big plan for 22nd intake of rangpur cadet college as we thought that the number of people will be at least 10-12. But we were not that much lucky. At last, four of us agreed to go to Khagrachari ...we are sadik,imtiaj,toufiq and myself. Our friend mohibbul managed 6 tickets of Chittagong with 50% cost. So still there was a chance to increase the number of people. At last imtiaj managed his 4 other class mates named sakib,jony,abdullah and lemon. They all are so frienly and we enjoyed the tour so much.

Now let me tell something about the tour. we supposed to start at 11:30 pm from Dhaka. Unfortunately the train was late and we had to start after 12:30 pm and reached at Chittagong around 7 pm. Then we took our breakfast as usual ..... porata , egg, dal-vaji and tea. Now time to go to oxygen from where we had to start for Khagrachari. Unfortunately we didn't able to catch the bus of 9:00 AM as all the tickets were sold , so we started at 10:00 PM. The ticket price was 140 taka per person and it was 112 km from Chittagong. The journey took approximately 3.5 hours.

The funny things started from here.... The police force was waiting to receive us with a Land Cruiser. What a hot reception ! I just stunned to see this. The fact was that, toufiq's uncle was something in police force and he managed those arrangement from Dhaka. And the Land Cruiser was really helpful for us for the whole tour. Without that... I thing it would be really difficult to enjoy Khagrachari. The vehicle took us to a rest house and 3 rooms were allocated for us. So, it was so easy to accommodate ourselves there.

About the meals.... I've visited many places and have eaten many items . But it was the first time where we got invitation for lunch,dinner and breakfast from the SP. What a honor! Tour is really cool when everything is free .... accommodation, meal, transport . Wow! ;-). The items were also good but i think the tradition of khagrachari is to eat a little bit more chilly in curry. But it was good. And about the last lunch in Khagrachari, it was arranged by our friend captain rashedujjaman. I dont think that... I could eat all the items. Its not for the bad test its for the number of items. He offered us to make a choice from rice,polao and chinese. As we were leaving that day, we chose rice. The items were fish (small as well as big), chicken, cow's brain, vorta, dal etc and drinks. Lastly we had to choose from coffee and pineapple juice.

We left Khagrachari at 5:15 PM and after reaching Chittagong we bought tickets of GREENLINE VOLVO. And the dinner !!!! hahahaha...it was also free ;-). The sponsor was arafat vai, he was an ex-student of DU. We finished our dinner at 'Zaman Hotel' near from the GREENLINE counter. Some of us ate kacchi biriani and some took morog polao. borhani and drinks was also served :-). The bus started from Chittagong at 12:00 AM and we finished our tour by landing in Dhaka about 6 o'clock.

A Cool tour in Sylhet

I should start from the scratch.I mean.... how the plan came, how we managed the tickets, how we managed hotels spending time bla,bla,bla.

It was on 4th june. One of my best friend called me and said, "Lets go to Sylhet on 5th june". And I am always positive for the tour whatever its summer,winter or rainy season.The first challenge was to collect the tickets. At 9 AM , I tried to buy tickets for the trains from banani. The price of tickets was promising as its only 180 taka to get SHOVON CHAIR. But we didnt have that much good luck...there was no tickets as it was Thursday (weekend). So, the next option was BUS. And luckily we got two tickets of GREENLINE(scania). The worth of the ticket was 450 taka. Actually, the way we got the ticket is also a good story but i dont wanna describe this in my blog.

We left dhaka at 7:30 PM and reached Syhet at around 12:00 PM. Sylhet was totally an unknown place for both of us. But fortunately, my friend had a colleague from Sylhet and he took the responsibility of hotel reservation.As Sylhet is a MAZAR oriented city, it was really tough to get a good room on Thursday. Still we got a room that was not bad,but........ Anywa...only for spending night, it was good enough.

Now, time to hang out.....my friend's colleague said that, "jaflong is good, but volaganj is better". So, we took a CNG and started to volaganj. It took around 1 hour to reach volaganj. And the sights beside the road were really awesome. And the volaganj..... it was simply cool.The weather was outstanding ...just after the rain. The view was magnificent... the hills, the clean water, boats everything was just amazing. We saw Cherapunji from the BD border.The day labors were collecting rocks. One more thing I should add that we got from the CNG driver, usually its a great place for rock dust, but it wasnt there as the rain fell in the morning. Thanx Allah for helping us.

Our second trip was in the MC college. It was a stunning, cool enough to walk without dripping in sweat.Its an outstanding place to date.But we didn't have that much time as we went JAKARIA PARK. One more thing, we got lot of tea garden while getting back from the volagonj.And we went to a mazar where a huge number of monkeys were just waiting for the people. We bought biscuit and one of monkeys just snatch that away from me. It was really funny. And the JAKARIA PARK, its a artificial park with two deers,some birds, some small rides,lakes,some exclusive bungalows etc. But the area was big enough and its also a really cool place to date. Here is a catch, its really far from the city and the entry fee is 50 taka per person.

The sun was dropping while we started to our hotels.
At night, we visited Hazrat Shahjalal(R)'s mazar. We were so lucky that we got two first class tickets of train...And the first two hour view from the train was really wonderful.

Overall, it was a simply wonderful way to spend a short weekend and we will definitely go back again, hopefully that will be very soon.

Where to go in Khagrachari

Alutila:

It not too far from the Khagrachori city. The mysterious cave is here and its really mysterious and full of darkness. The cave is approximately 150 meter long. The view from the hill was so spectacular. The river that was seen from top of the hill.... it was just indescribable. It was like someone has put some silver in a planned way.

Before entering the cave we had to arrange light as nothing can be seen in cave. We were 8 in number, so no fear was working. But it can be written without thinking that.... if one person take attempt to cross it then may be he would be afraid to feel the darkness with the only sound of water flow.

Shangkosss Nogor:
There was a temple just after the Alutila hill but we could enter into the temple as it was closed after 5 PM.

Debota Pukur:

I saw 'Boga Lake' in Bandorban. Thats why, I imagined how it would look like. But I didn't have any idea that I have to walk for more than one hour and the way was not so easy. We saw only one person on the way. And the driver told us that, this is the way from where two foreigner was kidnapped. But we really enjoyed with everything.

The Spring:
Its really far from the main town. It took approximately 1 hour to reach there. We get down from our vehicle and walked about half an hour . And again the risk of the way ..... it was so sleepy and narrow. If some one fall from there he would fall into a jungle that 400-500 meter deep from the road. But the spring, that was really beautiful and i think...this is the most gorgeous spring in Bangladesh.

This ride was not so easy...it was so risky and challenging . Any one could be injured from here. But we did it many times.

One more thing I should tell.... it was rainy season. And the day was full of rain. But we didn't stop for that.

Simply it was so adventurous. We enjoyed the tour.

Tour in Gazipur

The name,Humaun ahmed,is known to all.And also his own made shooting spot,Nuhash Polli, is heard by all.Its in gazipur and the only way to go there by rickshaw and the condition of road is not that much good.But if any one wanna go there by car or micro bus.Then its not a problem.

In the same day,we planed to visit national park,gazipur.It was me,atik and ratul.Most probably we walked more than 5 km over there.It was not a dark jungle,but it was something like jungle.It was really good adventurous day for us.

Best tourist place in Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

Proud to be a bangladeshi:
There is nothing more to say about saint martin.The night,the morning,the hot noon,the sunset,sunrise etc everything is so beautiful.
And the chera island,its really extra ordinary.I think,this is the most
beautiful tourist spot in bangladesh.

Tourist place in Comilla

We went comilla with the ex-cadets of comilla cadet college as guest in a picnic.The two main tourism spots in comilla are moinamoti and war cemetry.This two places are not so far from each other.

Adventure in Bandorban

Best adventurous tourist place in Bangladesh:
We were only two in number.So far we heard after reaching there,its really rare to come bandarban with a two member's group.It was me and my friend rakib.Both of us had a faith that,we can do anything together.
We reached bandarban at 12:30 pm.And came to know that last trip for ruma bazar would leave at 3:30.So we went to shorno mondir by rickshaw.The temple was not made by gold.But everything was golden.And it was on top of a hill and the sight was really beautiful.
We could reach to chander gari station in right time.But we could not get seat in the vehicle,we were on the roof.Fortunately we realize that,its better to sit on the roof,otherwise we missed some great beauty.
The accommodation condition was really bad in ruma bazar at that time.We got a room with a single bed without mattress.Whatever,the night spent.
We had to go boga lake.Two way to go there,whether u have to go by chander gari which is really risky and costly And another way is by walking 6 hrs by enjoying great beauty.So we planed to go by vehicle and come on foot.
Then we mixed up with a group of 7 member.We had to share 400 taka as the fare of chander gari was 1800. Then we got boga lake.That was so cool.
Then we started to the Keokaradong, the highest pick of bangladesh.We got one wonderful water falls on the way.After walking three and half hours we reached the pick.The view was really great from there but the feeling was much better as we were on the highest pick. We could get back within two and half hours.
The night was another beauty.The full moon with boga lake.We slept 9 people in a bed.Actually its not a hotel,it was a room of trivial villagers.But they do business with the tourist.We had to give only 1000 taka for two meals and accommodation of 9 people.
Our next journey was a little bit tougher.We had been walking for more than 5 hours.A wonderful water falls was on the way and lot of small lakes with full of rocks were there.
In the same way,we came to bandarban city from rumabazar and then chittagong to dhaka.
Those who feel themselves adventurous,plz do it.