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Early, early monring, go down to the Cox's Bazaar harbour and watch the sea fishermen come in with their catch. There are some amazing catches coming in. I was lucky to see this guitar fish of about 2 1/2 meters' length being hauled out of the boat.
Early in the morning the fish catch is landed at the Cox's Bazaar harbour. It is worthwhile getting up early to see what (used to) move about underwater, and what you can expect to see pn the menue of the day.
Cox's Bazaar harbour must be one of the most facinating in Bangladesh. It has immediate access to the salt water sea off the delta and the fish catch brought in here is very diverse. It is also a ferry harbor with ships and smaller boats plying the islands to the north and along the inner channel to Chittagong. Small boat repairs and maintenance happens inbetween all this activity and adds to making this harbour worthy an early morning visit, when the activity is at a peak.
There is a ship yard for building wooden, traditional boats on the Karnaphuli River along the way from the city centre toward the airport.Interesting to see how they are made, well worth a stop and a closer look at this wooden boatbuilder tradition.
If there is one thing that Bangladesh is famous for, it's the people. All of them, and the individuals. The Bengalis are diverse, wonderful, expressive and beautiful. Apart from the Bengali majority there are other groups, too, that only adds to the experience.Peoplewatching is fascinating here, and if you find an unobtrusive place to watch from, you'll have emotions and entertainment streaming by the whole day. If you get close to people and they appreciate your presence and your camera, you may be getting some good pictures, too. But send copies to them if you promise so, the postal system in Bangladesh works surprisingly well.
Compared to the cities of Bnagladesh, the countryside and small villages offer a calm and quiet and tranquility that is very soothing to the soul. You would have missed Bangladesh - the real Bangladesh - if you did not see the tatched houses inbetween the paddy fields and fish tanks. Go do it!
Go to Old Dhaka to experience what a crowd is like. Bring your camera, some small cash and a smile. You'll get stuck, and you'll get many new friends. You can visit some snack and street food stalls, have a tea, and just experiencing the swirling humanity around you as you try to move towards Sadarghat. Rickshaw and car traffic jams here may take hours to clear.You'll witness how ingenious people are at eeking out a living in all sorts of niches of the human existence.
Staying at a hotel or near a fancy restaurant you will inevitably see crowds attending weddings during the right season.If the party managers spot you and you seem to be an ok person, the chances are you will be invited to the wedding. Go!You'll get to meet the bride and the groom and the extended family, too.
Outside Dhaka between the between the Sitalakhya and the Megna Rivers is Sonargaon, the old capital of Bengal. Until the 13th-century Sonargaon served as the seat of the Deva Dynasty. In the 14th century it was made the capital of Bengal.When Islam Khan transferred the capital from Rajmahal to Dhaka, the political significance of Sonargaon diminished and its importance was compromised. There isn't that much left but the most intact structures that I remember are the tomb of Sultan Ghiasuddin ( I think!) some shrines and a beautiful mosque.
There are a lot of things in Bangladesh that seem improbable. Itakhola Mura was always one of those unlikely places that fascinated me in Bangladesh. Some 90 kilometers out of Dhaka, Comilla was at one point, the seat of Buddhist civilization in Bangladesh, flourishing from the 7th to the 12th century AD. I do not know too much about the history of the place and sadly there does not seem to be much around. There isn't much there and if you are expecting halls of Buddhas reminiscent of Thailand, then you will be sadly disappointed - these are more mounds and walls, stairs with no halls at the top, and surrounded by the vast green flatland of Bangladesh. It is impressive and with some imagination, awe inspiring. What we have come to regard nowadays as a backward nation, was not always so. Itakhola Mura is a ghost of a past no one seems to care to remember.
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