Bogra it is !

Have you noticed – this is becoming a “travel & living” type “photo”-blog…
Anyway, who cares ?

Sandhani central conference was being held in Bogra (Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College – Bogra) this year, on the last week of Nov. We participated there representing Sandhani – Dhaka Medical College Unit.

But my visit in particular was not much related to the program, except the issue itself, and the fact that ‘Bogra Medical College – Students Hostel’ was the local station we had in mind.

We had some very unusual experiences while going to Bogra and returning, will share them some other time…

For today, here goes some of the photographs…
The Mahasthangor Museum;

Lets start off with the lawn infront of the museum with lots of beautiful sculptures & other collections;

We were not allowed to take photographs within the museum itself, so tough luck there… but do visit it sometimes, its worth the journey.

Oh I forgot to mention the flowers and the butterflies..

Next, the “Govindo Vhita” – right next to the museum;

Mahasthangor ;

And the “Behula-Lokkhindor er Basorghor”;

The “White Stone” which bears marks of the ‘kal-nagini’ ! (You don’t know the myth? Wait for me to share… or you can visit the place too… )

And this last one while returning…

Have fun !

Be good !

Beyond description !

We (bunch of sandhanians craving for a break from medical studies) have been planning to visit St. Martins for quite some time now… And unlike most of our plans, this one suddenly seemed feasible !

Know what? (Like Murphy said) “If nothing can go wrong, it will anyway.”

We were scheduled to leave on the day after the Eid, i.e. on the 25th of Oct. But shortly, we realized that ‘the Eid = 25th’ ; and we have to pick one !

Then deciding to leave on the night of the 25th, we found 3 of our expected mates missing, unexpectedly.
“Where patience fails, force prevails” philosophy gained us 2 back ! (This Murphy guy must’ve been a real genius)

And, at last, we started (with a driver who falls asleep at 130kmh) on a eid-night-free-highway:

We had to wait till next dawn to find out how right our choice was. (Consider this the worst possible photograph to get some idea about how fascinating the scenary really was)
The Naf, for you…

And the seagulls:

The beach:

Kids searching for shells:

The beautiful corals:

And the stand alone sea-plants:

Then it just kept coming… This was the first time that I saw lightning from a beach. Missed the actual storm though…

The dinner was gorgeous:

Another totally new experience for me was the sea at night. I’m afraid, I can’t show you that. But what I can show you next is the moment before the splendid sunrise:

And ‘the thing about the beach’

I’ve got lots of more photographs to show, but I guess the last one have shown it all.

Such beautiful is my country !

Ghor hoite dui pa felia…

Within the very little breaks I get from my medical studies, I’ve started to travel a lot.. This time it was Chittagong, 2 days tour – 2 places to go – Rangamati & Bandarban.

I can’t explain how beautiful these places were… Now I know why they say :

দেখা হয় নাই চক্ষু মেলিয়া
ঘর হতে শুধু দুই পা ফেলিয়া
একটি ধানের শীষের উপর
একটি শিশির বিন্দু ।

Allow me to share with you some of the photographs I’ve taken.

First, Rangamati :

It was a bright but not-so-sunny day-

I visited the ‘hanging bridge’ first -

while the sky started to become dark-

Never-the-less, I decided to visit Rajbari next-

from the boat, the sky was stunning at sunset-

And, this one was on the way back-

Next, it was Bandarban :

The road-side-view told me, it would be a great place to visit-

and, so it was-

Don’t miss the sunset-

And the calmness it brings-

I felt like wishing to stay there, forever-

Lastly, a few travel tips :

1. There is no mobile phone network in Rangamati or Bandarban. (Though I could send sms from a particular 2/2 ft spot right in the middle of the highway in front of Meghla (Bandarban), I named it the GP spot .) There is tnt land phone connection though.

2. From both places, the last bus leaves at 6:30PM. Book your tickets early, or you’ll end up walking along the highway (like me!)

3. If you can pick time and spot carefully, you will be able to avoid tourist gatherings. Believe me, the places look a lot different when you are alone.