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Dhaka

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 24, 2020
Post category:Asia 🌏Bangladesh 🇧🇩budget Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 From Coxbazar we took a local flight to Dhaka. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is sprawling but very densely populated . The traffic jam is almost legendary , on the way to hotel it almost felt like getting out of the cab and walking would be lot quicker. I was staying at "Hotel Star City" near Kamalapur. We reached the hotel around evening , as with previous hotels, rooms were barely liveable. Dhaka Ramkrisna misson was nearby and we walked there to watch puja and Sandharati. Next morning we woke up…

Rajshahi and Bogra

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 24, 2020
Post category:Asia 🌏Bangladesh 🇧🇩budget Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇧🇩 🇧🇩 🇧🇩 From Dhaka Gabtoli bus station our bus station we left at 11.30. The road goes through Tangail, Sirajganj, Natore to all the way to Rajshahi. We reached our hotel at Green City International late in the evening. Next day we took a local bus to Puthia . From main road Puthia village is accessible by rickshaw, this is the largest temple complex in Bangladesh. These temples were built by hindu Zamindars of Puthia . Notable temples are Govinda Temple, Shiva Temple and there are some others in dissipated state.…

Beijing in 3 days

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 23, 2019
Post category:Asia 🌏China 🇨🇳Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳My first stop was Beijing. I landed after 1 PM. First impression of Beijing airport is , its enormous. You scan your passport and detects nationality and switch language accordingly.From airport I took a shuttle bus to the city which costs 25¥ . I arrived my hotel at about 3 PM . Shuttle bus stop is very conveniently located near my hotel. Language was a big issue but with the help of google translate I managed somehow. Air China flight was nice and comfortable and was bang on time.Day 1:I stayed in…

🥚Easter break … St. Briavels and Wye valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 1, 2018
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Forest Landscape travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was one rare exception where I just booked the stay but did not plan anything, hoping others will do it. Nevertheless we arrived very late at Chepstow because lots of planned engineering work was going on M4. Weather was terrible on Friday , it was drizzling all the day. We checked-in at 5.30 and there was nothing else to do for that day. It is not everyday you can stay in a castle that too without breaking the bank. YHA did a fabulous job to maintain and renovate the castle…

Sundarban – The largest estuarine mangrove forest

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 28, 2018
Post category:Asia 🌏Family / Leisure India 🇮🇳Luxury / Comfort travel

This is the largest mangrove forest in the world and not that far from Rajarhat , which was once a small village outside Calcutta. I born and brought up there and spent first 18 years of my life in Rajarhat , still I did not visit Sundarban. So it was always in my bucket list. December is always peak time to visit Sundarban, still I had no option. So I booked a 2 night / 3 day tour from local Calcutta tour company called "Chuti Chuti".

Around Bolpur – Sabujbon, Amar Kutir, Khoai, Sonajhuri

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 20, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏City Family / Leisure India 🇮🇳Landscape travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 This was our second day at Bolpur. We decided to utilize as much time as possible to explore in and around Bolpur. I finished my breakfast by 7.30 in the morning and then hired a Toto for the day. Our first stop was Sabujbon , this place is around 15 Km from Bolpur in small village called Rosulpur. Spanning an area of around 100 acres, this site features lush green vegetation for about 80 acres and large water body covers the rest of 20 acres. We spend few hours walking around the…

Shantiniketan (The Adobe of peace) – Visva Bharati University

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 18, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏Family / Leisure India 🇮🇳Luxury / Comfort travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 The trip to Shantiniketan was almost like a pilgrimage to me . I should have visited Shantinaiketan ages ago but due to something or other it got delayed. I made sure that this time that I would have 3 spare days to make this visit happen. We started from Howrah by Shantiniketan Express, which took 2.5 hours to reach Bolpur station. From station WB Tourism guest house is about 1.8 Km, we took a shared Toto to guest house. Latter in the afternoon we went to Visva Bharati campus. Tourists are…

Sighisoara and Viscri

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 18, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort Romania 🇷🇴travel

🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 This was our last day at Brasov. The day started sunny and bright. I went for a walk in the town. I crossed the town center walked to Bastionul Graft, this is a part of the wall that once used to surround the city. Then I walked up the stairs to the upper tower . The White Tower (Turnul Alb) is located directly above the Bastionul Graft. Turnul Negru or black tower can also be reached from the canal path. This two towers were used once to keep watch on Brasov. I booked a…

Around Glasgow

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 1, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We did Clyde river Cruise yesterday. It was a very long day , came back to my hotel at 12 in night. Our flight was at 8 in evening , so decided to take the day easy. We checked out from our hotel at 10. Our first destination was "city chambers" , however 25th Sept was festival holiday in Glasgow , so it was closed. Next we walked from there to Glasgow cathedral , built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and…

Clyde full day cruise

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 1, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This was a hurriedly planned trip in and around Glasgow. We left on Saturday evening, our bus from Victoria terminus was at 10.30 PM. It was a overnight journey we reached Glasgow around 8.30 in the morning. Our ship MV Balmoral was supposed to depart from Glasgow Science center at 10.30 AM. The weather was not great , it was cloudy and started drizzling soon after we reached Glasgow. We used rest rooms at bus terminus to freshen up and went for our ship. This was her last cruise for this…