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Asia » Bangladesh » Moulvibazar » Sreemangal November 16th 2010

Time for part two. I hope you are still with me, there is so much to tell that i thought - to give you a break, i'd put it into two slightly smaller blogs! Day Three So, we had a slightly later start to recover from the madness that was the previous day. But i was up early and very excited for the next adventures. We got up and headed straight for another tea garden. I watched with delight as women picked tea leaves straight from the plant. Here i discovered that tea workers are mostly Hindus, as the British brought them over from India, and women because women have softer and smaller hands for the picking! It was so nice to actually watch them pick, i even tried my hand though failed pretty miserably. We ... read more
Macacs
Life on the Water
Wading through the mud

Asia » Bangladesh » Moulvibazar » Sreemangal November 16th 2010

I have just returned from a spectacular holiday in Srimangal, the tea capital of Bangladesh and, as the title suggests, one of the most relaxing and serene places in the country - if not the world! I urge anyone coming to Bangladesh to give themselves sometime to go and just be among the wildlife, people and scenery. Day One The trip started with a seven hour train journey from Chittagong to Srimangal. We decided to take a day train so that we could see the scenery the train passed through. Arriving at Chittagong railway station, the train was, naturally, delayed. So we sat and became perhaps the biggest tourist attraction in the place - we were met with the usual open-mouthed stares and the common questions of 'What is your country?' and 'Where are you going?'. ... read more
Tea on a train
Nisorgo Eco-Cottages
Train through Lowacharra




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