mission Ratargul and Pangthumai

Tour Date: 20-21 June, 2013

20 tarikh raate ami r amar office er aaro 4jon colleague, mot 5joner Shitakundo jawar kotha, bus er ticket o kete fellam 17 tarikhe... amra shobai Shitakunder Chandranath Pahar joy korar shopne tokhon bivor... hotath 20 tarikh dupure TV te breaking news, shitakunder ekjon provabshali neta khun, Dhaka-Chittagong highway block... mathay bajj porlo... dhruto plan change, amra Chittagong na, Sylhet jabo... taratari Fokirapul douralam ticket change korte... onek kahini kore ticket change kore Sylhet er ticket katlam... Sylhet jawar kotha shune 5joner moddhe 1jon jabena bollo... abar 1ta ticket chere diye ashlam... shondha 7tar shomoy oi 1jon amake call diye bollo, se eimatro decision nise, amra Sylhet jai r Shonir Akhra jai, se jabe amader shathe... iccha krsilo gali dite, but matha thanda rakhlam... phn dilam, Hanif Counter e... Counter man to amake r Monoar k dhuye fello, "ki paisen mia, ekbar kon Chittagong jaiben, ekbar kon Sylhet jaiben, ekbar kon 5jon, abar kon 4jon... ekhon abar boltesen 5jon...tut tut tut...."

raat 12.15... amader 5jon k niyei bus charlo,,, 4joner seat ekshathe.... arekjoner seat ekdom piche...

vor 5.30... amra pouche gelam Sylhet e... break fast shere niye ekta auto-rickshaw niye chole gelam Amborkhanay... amader gontobbo Ratargul Swamp Forest ( রাতারগুল)... Amborkhana theke ekta CNG vara korlam Motor-ghat porjonto 300takay... jete shomoy laglo 1hr er moto...

motor-ghat

 Motor-ghat thekei ratargul jawar nouka pawa jay... Ratargul jawar aaro 2/1 ta way ache, but motorghat hoye jawa ta shobcheye easy r cost effective... shomoy o shob cheye kom lage... amra ekta medium size boat vara korlam 400takay...

shuru holo amader Ratargul ovijan...

e jeno ek vinno jogot... joto vitore jaben totoi apnake aaro vitore tante thakbe... apni kono vabei ei shobuj er akorshon erate parben na... amra jotoi vitore jacchilam, mugdho hocchilam...

hotath Rubaiyat k jok attack korlo... lobon, gul shathei chilo,,, tai khub ekta problem hoy nai...

okhankar jelera panite poision use kore mach dhorchilo... :(

Ratargul ghure amra abar jokhon Motorghat e back korlam tokhon Shokal 10 tar moto baje... 2/3 ta group ke dekhlam, tokhon matro Ratargul e jawar jonno boat vara korche...

Motorghat thekei amra ekta engine boat vara korlam... amader ekhonkar gontobbo Goainghat... vara 700taka... time lagbe 2hrs er moto... engine boat vara korte kortei ekta dokan theke cha-biscuit kheye changa hoye nilam...

Goainghat er uddesshe jatra shuru holo shokal 10.15 te...

Goainghat jokhon pouchalam tokhon dupur 12 tar moto baje...

Goainghat

Goainghat neme hathte hathte chole gelam Goainghat CNG station e... majhe Goainghat bazar theke gorom gorom jilapi r cha kheye nilam... amader ekhonkar gontobbo hocche Pangthumai (পাংথুমাই/ পানথুমাই/ পানতুমাই গ্রাম)... Pangthumai jete hole Goainghat CNG station theke CNG niye jete hobe Mathurartol namok jaygay... per peson vara 20/25 taka... dupur 1.15... amra pouche gelam Mathurartol e... ekhan theke heteo Pangthumai jawa jay, keu chaile CNG niyeo ghurte paren... jodio shob shomoy ekhane CNG available thake na... amra hetei ghure dekhte chacchilam gram ta...

Pangthumai basically ekebare borde er kacher ekta gram, jekhan theke meghaloy er pahar r kichu jorna dekha jay... jotoi amra Panthumai kacha kachi chole aschi, totoi mugdho hoye jacchi... oshomvob shundor ekta gram... shomvoboto Bangladesh er shobcheye shundor gram... ei shoundorjo shudhu chokh diye dekhte hoy, key-board diye type kore bojhano shomvob na...

Chokh juriye jawar moto shoundorjo... Shitakundo jawar dukkho vulei gelam amra...

ei nodi tar eipare Bangladesh r oipare India... oi jorna tao oder... jornatar nam Borohill Waterfall

Borohill Waterfall

Borohill Waterfall

Borohill Waterfall

Borohill Waterfall

jorna ta dekhe afsos hocchilo khub... eto kache, tobu kache jawar shujog nai... dur theke dekhei khayesh mitate holo...

Borohill Waterfall

Dupur 3ta... Pangthumai er maya chere ebar ferar pala... hathte hathte Mathurartol eshe CNG niye Goainghat ashlam... okahn theke abar ekta CNG niye Goainghat theke Sylhet Town... vara 300taka reserve...

Goainghat theke Sylhet e ashar rasta tao dekhar moto... ekdom chobir moto shundor...

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Sylhet e ashar aage paper e dekhechilam, ekahnkar koyekjon torun mile Bangladesher prothom Dining Bus Restaurant chalu koreche... ei restaurant ta Sylhet town er Mirabazar e obosthito... ekebare double decker bus er adole banano,,, interesting concept... tai Dhakar bus e othar aage okhan theke ek cup coffee kheye ashlam...

Dining Bus Restaurant

Dining Bus Restaurant

Dining Bus Restaurant

eto taratari j shob ghure felte parbo bujhi nai... firti bus e othar kotha chilo raat 11tay... but amra shondha 7 tar bus ei uthe gelam... oshomvob shundor kichu shomoyer smriti niye Dhakar uddesshe rowna dilam... :)