A Peaceful Escape

 As i grew up I started getting drawn towards traveling. I went to a lot places with my parents when I was younger but I never really felt anything or understood the beauty of it. Going to places that involves a lot of nature gives me a sense of inner peace. The fresh smell of the soil, the soothing wind calms my mind and refreshes it.

A few months back, I went to Tanguar Haor. It is located in Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district in Bangladesh. It is the second largest sweetwater swamp area of Sunamganj. The views there were truly therapeutic for me. I remember being so tired by the night journey but as soon as I saw the view, I was bedazzled. It was like the fresh breeze of air took away all my tiredness.

So, to start the plan was made a day earlier and we instantly started looking for buses. We had to go to Sunamganj by bus and then from there we booked a house boat which would take us to the Haor and basically the boat took us to all the spots to see in the Haor otherwise we stayed in the boat. On Thursday night we started for Sunamganj by bus and reached there on Friday early morning. As I went with my family and my cousin’s we booked the whole boat. We got on the boat and got settled. After a while, the boat started for the Haor. A little bit later, we all went to the roof of the boat to have our breakfast and there we saw the amazing view for the first time and that was phenomenal. 

That instantly made me so happy and we went there during the perfect season which was monsoon. The weather was perfect. It rained a little bit and the whole time it was cloudy and breezy. A little bit sun came up but it wasn’t hot so we enjoyed that as well. After reaching the main Haor, we went to the FAMOUS WATCHTOWER. We all took swim there and enjoyed ourselves.

Then we got on the boat and got ready and went to Niladri Lake. The lake was very beautiful and we took boat ride around the lake and the interesting part is one side of the lake is Bangladesh and the other side is Meghalaya of India. The hills of Meghalaya can be clearly seen and it is so beautiful. 

Then we went to Lakmachhara but as soon as we reached there it started raining so we came back to the boat. That was DAY-1 in Tanguar Haor. 

Day-2 was very eventful we got up ate our breakfast and got ready for Shimul Bagan. We clicked some pictures there and took a look at the whole place and then went back to the boat.

 

Then we went to Barikla Tilla. There we had to climb up to a hill and the view from there was            absolutely breathtaking. It was something I only saw in movies or could only imagine in my dreams.

Then we again got back on the boat and lastly went to JADUKATA RIVER. We all got into the water and swam, played and had a lot of fun. With that our activities for DAY-2 ended.

We then got into our boat, changed, clicked pictures and then rested till we came back to Sunamganj. We then got on the bus and started for Dhaka where we reached at dawn. We got home and instantly went to bed.

This whole trip was very peaceful. Though there were a lot of activities but it never felt hectic. Before going to the trip, I was going through a lot emotionally and mentally and after coming back I felt very refreshed and my mind was cleared. It was a much needed trip for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I cannot wait to go back there again.