tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64889105123673115242024-03-18T15:18:22.835+05:30Life is amazing - enjoy itsourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-85092608148249642342024-03-08T21:48:00.011+05:302024-03-12T17:14:28.050+05:30Malaysia Tour 2024<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u><span face="" style="background: yellow;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Malaysian Tour diary</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: #ffa400;">10.04.24 Kolkata (12 45 hrs - IST- Indigo) - <span class="il" style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;">Kuala</span><span style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;"> Lumpur</span> Terminal 2 (0715 hrs - MST) > KL Sentral - every 20 minutes (time taken 33/40 mins) - https://www.kliaekspres.com/schedule/</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face="">10.4.24 </span></span></span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span class="il" style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;">Kuala</span><span style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;"> Lumpur</span> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Sentral </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">(09 30 hrs - MST) - </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times;">Penang</span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"> (1430 hrs MST) - Penang Day tour : </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: magenta;">Night Halt at Penang </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: magenta;">11.4.24</span><span style="color: magenta;"> Penang day tour : </span></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Night Halt at Penang</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">12.4.24</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Penang >Langkawi or Ipoh for Rafflesia > Penang >Malacca : </span></span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Night </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Bus</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13.4.24</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Malacca day tour ; Malacca > KLL : </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Night </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Bus</span><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14.4.24</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> KLL day tour > <span class="il" style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;">Kuala</span><span style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;"> Lumpur</span> Airport Terminal 2 (2000 hrs) </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14.4-15.4.24 </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="il" style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;">Kuala</span><span style="font-family: "DM Sans"; text-align: start;"> Lumpur</span> Airport Terminal (2235 hrs)> CCU (1210 hrs) </span></span></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-5271832799994302302024-03-08T21:37:00.002+05:302024-03-08T21:45:30.639+05:30Yugoslavia Tour 2024<p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: -37.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 728px;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">4.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CCU>DEL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Airport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1220-2245<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">5.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">DEL>HELISN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0740-1415<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">6.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">6.10.24-7.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">VEN>ZAGREB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">2220-0710<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">ONE BUS AT 0150
HRS TOO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">7.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZAG TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZAG</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZAGREB</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">8.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZAG TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZAG</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ZG NIGHT CHK OUT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 29.5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">3A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">8.10.24-9.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">ZAG>SPLIT BY N
BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">2355-0510</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 29.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">ONE BUS AT 0200
HRS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TOO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 13.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">9.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPLIT TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPLIT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPLIT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 13.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">10.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPLIT TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPLIT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SPL NIGHT CHK OUT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">11.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">SPLIT>DUBRONVIC
BY N BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0235-0645<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">ONE BUS IN THE
MORNING TOO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 21.85pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">5A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">11.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBRONVIC TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBROVNIC</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">12.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUB>KOTOR>DUBR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBROVNIC</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Inter city tour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td colspan="8" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 545.8pt;" valign="top" width="728">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.viator.com/tours/Dubrovnik/Best-of-Montenegro-Bay-of-Kotor-tour/d904-13551P8"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.viator.com/tours/Dubrovnik/Best-of-Montenegro-Bay-of-Kotor-tour/d904-13551P8</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.getyourguide.com/dubrovnik-l513/montenegro-day-trip-from-dubrovnik-t17929/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.getyourguide.com/dubrovnik-l513/montenegro-day-trip-from-dubrovnik-t17929/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.supertours.eu/excursion/the-best-of-montenegro/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.supertours.eu/excursion/the-best-of-montenegro/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">13.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #FFE599; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">DUBRONVIC>SARAJEVO TOUR - Trip via Mostar bus
and drop at Sarajevo</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SARAJEVO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SARAJEVO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Inter
city tour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://funkytours.com/tour/sarajevo-dubrovnik-tour-transfer/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyeWrBhDDARIsAGP1mWTEBmE8uvhW-2xwzQQDHw7V6i4K26PjKam5ueTFY3RaM74QESJBFi8aAlYnEALw_wcB"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://funkytours.com/tour/sarajevo-dubrovnik-tour-transfer/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyeWrBhDDARIsAGP1mWTEBmE8uvhW-2xwzQQDHw7V6i4K26PjKam5ueTFY3RaM74QESJBFi8aAlYnEALw_wcB</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">14.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SARAJEVO TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SARAJEVO</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SARJV NIGHHT CHK OUT</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">8A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">14.10.24-15.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">SARAJEVO>BELGRADE
BY N BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">2130-0645</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
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<td colspan="8" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 545.8pt;" valign="top" width="728">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Or : </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://meetbosnia.com/tour/transfer-sarajevo-belgrade-visit-visegrad-andricgrad-drvengrad/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://meetbosnia.com/tour/transfer-sarajevo-belgrade-visit-visegrad-andricgrad-drvengrad/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <b><span style="color: #c00000;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">15.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">BELGRADE TOUR</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BELGRADE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">BELGRADE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Whole day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">16.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">BELGRADE TOUR </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">(or we may get down at Nis,
which is near Skopje)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BELGRADE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">BLG NIGHT CHK OUT</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Whole day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">17.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BELGRD>SKOPJE
BY N BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1245-0847<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 62.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">11A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">17.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE>OHRID>SKOPJE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.getyourguide.com/skopje-l2398/ohrid-full-day-special-tour-from-skopje-t511695/?ranking_uuid=6208781f-2f4c-4d66-ade6-0b83156b2ce2"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.getyourguide.com/skopje-l2398/ohrid-full-day-special-tour-from-skopje-t511695/?ranking_uuid=6208781f-2f4c-4d66-ade6-0b83156b2ce2</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 62.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 8.0pt;">Skopje
is a great option if you are looking for a more modern and vibrant city,
OTHERWISE PREFER OHRID <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">18.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE>PRIZREN>SKOPJE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #C5E0B3; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SKOPJE CHK OUT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE599; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whole day</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Inter city tour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 32.4pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td colspan="8" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 32.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 545.8pt;" valign="top" width="728">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.getyourguide.com/skopje-l2398/from-skopje-full-day-kosovo-tour-to-pristina-and-prizren-t63420/?ranking_uuid=6208781f-2f4c-4d66-ade6-0b83156b2ce2"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.getyourguide.com/skopje-l2398/from-skopje-full-day-kosovo-tour-to-pristina-and-prizren-t63420/?ranking_uuid=6208781f-2f4c-4d66-ade6-0b83156b2ce2</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> O <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">or </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.viator.com/en-IN/tours/Skopje/One-day-tour-to-Kosovo-from-Skopje/d26711-87479P40"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.viator.com/en-IN/tours/Skopje/One-day-tour-to-Kosovo-from-Skopje/d26711-87479P40</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://getbybus.com/en/bus-routes/skopje-2379/prizren-4501/2023-12-28?adults=1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://getbybus.com/en/bus-routes/skopje-2379/prizren-4501/2023-12-28?adults=1</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://www.skopjedailytours.com/package/private-full-day-trip-prizren-skopje/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://www.skopjedailytours.com/package/private-full-day-trip-prizren-skopje/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">19.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">SKOPJE><span style="background: white; color: #353535;">Ljubljana</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0410-0855<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
PLANE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">19.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Ljubljana </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><a href="https://funkytours.com/tour/ljubljana-bled-lake-tour-from-zagreb/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://funkytours.com/tour/ljubljana-bled-lake-tour-from-zagreb/</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: yellow; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Ljubljana</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: #A8D08D; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: #A8D08D; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-shading-themecolor: accent6; mso-shading-themetint: 153;">Ljubljana</span><span style="background: #A8D08D; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-shading-themecolor: accent6; mso-shading-themetint: 153;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">CHK OUT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Whole day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">CITY TOUR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.55pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">20.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Ljubljana>Venice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.55pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">BUS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.55pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0110-0435<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">NIGHT
BUS</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 16.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">20.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 135.5pt;" valign="top" width="181">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #353535; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Venice></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> HELISN<span style="background: white; color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.65pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.5pt;" valign="top" width="71">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.4pt;" valign="top" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 32.15pt;" valign="top" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0950-1340<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="background: black; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.75pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 158.8pt;" valign="top" width="212">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 6.3pt; mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 24.3pt;" valign="top" width="32">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 6.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.5pt;" valign="top" width="55">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">20.10-21.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">HELISN>Delhi<span style="background: white; color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">1830-0520<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">21.10.24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">Delhi>CCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;">0945-1205<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/y3SMyszbdtG2yiNz8"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">https://maps.app.goo.gl/y3SMyszbdtG2yiNz8</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Route plan<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-73769022661162006762024-03-04T17:01:00.047+05:302024-03-08T21:33:19.216+05:30<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">In the land of Chalukyas - Badami / Aihole and Hampi !</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5626135880942985387" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 760px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><u><span face="" style="background: yellow;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tour diary</span></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: #e69138;">22.3.24 Kolkata (2015 hrs - IST- Indigo) - Bengaluru (22 55 hrs - IST) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">23.3.24 </span></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Bengaluru</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""> (05 50 hrs - IST) - Hubli (07 15 hrs IST) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;">23.3.24</span><span style="color: magenta;"> Badami >Pattadakal> Night Halt at </span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Badami</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">24.3.24</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Badami >Aihole>Vijapura></span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;">Night Halt at </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: magenta; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Badami</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">25.3.24</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Badami >Hampi></span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Night Halt at </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Hampi</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">26.3.24</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Hampi>Hubli Airport (2030) > Delhi (2310) </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Night Halt at </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Airport</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">27.3.24 Delhi </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Airport (0700 hrs))> CCU (0900 hrs) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>All the articles were taken from two wonderful blogs in Tourplanner group of FB (</b></span></span></p><h3 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r3g:" style="background-color: white; color: #65676b; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 4px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/211973198955006/user/100002789111597/?__cft__[0]=AZWM8VjXRQGoPZ4UyC61j7zeboXf-xzf_jHONk3uS31sjj6V53lRW-fTVbhxaFXdL52404v4MVQqmPwuRAoouV3lVtuYZMTau1ScaVMRZ5oTkYJvFfzGaK-L_oGY7_SnMqWPWZZ4fJmRwlzPRlVYCKZG&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pratik Mukherjee</span></a>)</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">ইতিহাস অনুসন্ধানে দাক্ষিনাত্যে পাড়ি</span></b></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red; font-size: medium;">দক্ষিণের আগ্রা - বিজাপুর </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">..... সাধারণত এতটা কম্প্যাক্ট রেস্টলেস প্ল্যান আমি করিনা কিন্তু এবারে সময়ের অত্যন্ত অভাবে এই হারিকেন ট্যুর করতে হয়েছিলো l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> বেঙ্গালুরু পৌঁছে সেদিন সন্ধেয় ট্রেন ধরে পরের দিন সকালে বিজাপুর পৌঁছে সারাদিন ঘুরে সেদিন বিকেল আবার ট্রেন ধরে বাদামি পৌঁছে রাতে হোটেলে ঘুমিয়ে পরের দিন সকাল থেকে বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে ঘুরে সন্ধেয় আবার ট্রেন ধরে পরের দিন সকালে ব্যাঙ্গালুরু পৌঁছে বেলার দিকে ফ্লাইট ধরে বিকেলের দিকে কলকাতা ফিরে আসা l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">এই প্ল্যান যারা বেঙ্গালুরুতে থাকে তাদের জন্য উইকেন্ড ইস্পেশাল ট্রিপ হতে পারে, বা যারা অন্য কোনো কারণে বেঙ্গালুরুতে যাচ্ছে তারাও করে নিতে পারবে, কিন্তু যারা পুরো বেড়াতে যাবার প্ল্যানে যাবে তারা একটু রয়ে সয়ে আরো একটা দুটো জায়গা পাঞ্চ করে নিয়ে যেতে পারেন l সেটা আমি অল্টারনেট প্ল্যানে লিখে দিচ্ছি l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">যদি ইতিহাস ভালোবাসেন, স্থাপত্য যদি আপনাকে আকৃষ্ট করে তাহলে মধ্য এবং উত্তর কর্ণাটক আপনার জন্য আদর্শ জায়গা l হিন্দু স্থাপত্যের পাশে পাবেন ইসলামিক ইমারত... </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">একদিকে চালুক্য তো অন্যদিকে বাহামনি l </span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">আর আমি এইবারের ট্রিপে এই চালুক্য আর বাহামনি কে এক থালায় এনে ফেলেছিলাম l</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">যশবন্তপুর স্টেশনে বসে আছি ট্রেনের অপেক্ষায় l গোল গুমবাজ (গম্বুজ ) এক্সপ্রেস l বেঙ্গালুরু এস বি সি ( মেন স্টেশন ) হয়ে যশবন্তপুর স্টেশনে ট্রেন এলো রাত সাতটা চল্লিশ নাগাদ l এদিকে আসার কথা ছিলো সন্ধে সাতটা দশ l ছোট একটা ডিজেল ইঞ্জিন ভস ভস করে ট্রেনটা টেনে এনে দাঁড়ালো l এই সব রুটে নন এ সি তে হেসে খেলে যাওয়া যায় তাই এ সি নিয়ে টাকা খরচের মানে নেই l ভাবছেন গরম লাগবে? বিশ্বাস করুন গ্রীষ্মকালেও রাতে জার্নি করলে লাগেনা l <b>গতবছর মে মাসে আমি হাম্পি গেছিলাম, গরম লাগেনি একটুও রাতে </b>আর এই বছর তো <b>বর্ষাকালে গেলাম l</b> হালকা ঝিরি ঝিরি একটা বৃষ্টি হয় ব্যাঙ্গালুরুতে, তারপরেই একটা ঠান্ডা হাওয়া দেয়, ব্যাস আপনি জমে কুলফি l </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">ট্রেনে উঠে দেখি প্রায় ফাঁকা ট্রেন l উল্টো দিকে এক কাকিমা গোছের বসে আর আমার পাশে এক মাঝবয়সী ভদ্রলোক l কাকিমার সাথে আলাপ হওয়াতে তার কথাবার্তায় জানলাম বিজাপুরে ভাষার সমস্যা নেই l সবাই ভালোমতো হিন্দি বোঝে আর বলতে পারে l উনি নিজেও হিন্দি, মারাঠি, কন্নড ভাষায় সাবলীল l </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">নামেই কর্ণাটক l আসলে এটা মহারাষ্ট্রর বর্ডার l কারণ বিজাপুরের পরেই ট্রেন মহারাষ্ট্র ঢুকে শোলাপুরে গিয়ে গ্যাট মেরে দাঁড়িয়ে যাবে l ওটাই শেষ স্টেশন l </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">মাঝরাতের দিকে তাও কিছু লোকজন উঠেছিল l সকালে ঘুম থেকে উঠে দেখি ট্রেন প্রায় ধু ধু করছে l জানলা কাকিমা অলরেডি খুলে দিয়েছে, হু হু করে হাওয়া দিচ্ছে l আসে পাশে সেরকম পাথুরে টিলা দেখা যাচ্ছেনা, একদম সমতল ভূমি...চারদিকে চাষবাস চলছে l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">ট্রেন সকাল 9.20 তে পৌঁছাবার শিডিউল টাইম কিন্তু পৌছালো গিয়ে সাড়ে নটায় l মানে রাতে ভালো মেক আপ করেছে l নেমেই স্টেশনে গরম গরম ইডলি খেয়ে নিলাম l নরম তুলতুলে সেই ইডলি l কলকাতার মতো চ্যাটচ্যাটে আঠা আঠা জালি ইডলি নয় l তিনটে ইডলি 20 টাকা l জন আহার ছিলো মনে হয় l (<span style="font-family: inherit;">ইডলি দিয়ে, ৪০ টাকা পার প্লেট - 2023)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">পরের কাজ হলো লাগেজ ক্লোকরুমে গ্যারেজ করে দিয়ে ক্যামেরা নিয়ে ঘুরতে বেরিয়ে পরা l 24 ঘন্টার জন্য মাত্র 20 টাকা l লাগেজ নেয়ার সময় টাকা দিতে হবে l আর লাগবে আপনার টিকিটের PNR নম্বর l তবে এখানের ক্লোকরুম মানে একটা ছোট ঘর যেখানে একটা টেবিল আছে, সেখানেই রুকস্যাক রেখে দিলাম l আমার ছাড়া কারোরই লাগেজ দেখলাম না l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">বিজাপুরের সাইটসিইং করার দুটো উপায় আছে l <b>এক হলো টাঙ্গা আরেক হলো অটো l</b> টাঙ্গা নিলে সময় বেশী লাগবে, টাকাও বেশী নেবে, 800 মতো l অটো নেবে 600- 650 টাকা l (Rs 700 in January 2023) <b>যদি সংগীত মহল আর ষাট কবর দেখতে চান তাহলে অটো নেওয়া ভালো কারণ এই দুটো জায়গা শহরের অনেকটা বাইরে l </b>আমি অটো নিয়েছিলাম কারণ আমার সেদিনকেই বিকেলে ট্রেন ধরার ছিলো, সময় কম l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">স্টেশন থেকে বেরিয়েই যেটা প্রথম চোখে পড়বে সেটা হলো গোল গম্বুজ l মাথার গোল উল্টানো বাটির মতো চুড়ো বেশ ভালো ভাবে দেখা যায় l একদম কাছে লাগলেও হেঁটে বেশ খানিকটা যেতে হয় l এটা বিজাপুরের আইকনিক স্থাপত্য, দক্ষিণের তাজমহল নামেও পরিচিত l বিজাপুর মানেই এটার ছবি দেখতে পাবেন সব জায়গায় l এমনকি ট্রেনের নাম একেই ডেডিকেট করা l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">অটোওলার সাথে দরাদরি চললো, শেষে 650 টাকায় রাজি করাতে পারলাম l আপনারা পারলে 600 তে নামাতে পারেন l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>এক চিলতে বিজাপুরের ইতিহাস :</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">ইতিহাস বলতে শুরু করলে তো শেষ হয় না, এই কথা ওই কথায় জল অনেক গড়িয়ে যাবে l তাই ছোট করে বলে দিচ্ছি l চালুক্য, রাষ্ট্রকুট, কালচুরি, হয়সালা হয়ে বিজাপুর আসে বাহমনি সুলতান বংশের হাতে l বলা যায় দক্ষিণ ভারতের স্বাধীন মুসলিম রাজ্য ছিলো এই বাহমনি সাম্রাজ্য l বাহমনি সাম্রাজ্যের পতনের পর পাঁচটি ভাগে ভেঙে যায় আর আদিল শাহের ভাগে পরে বিজাপুর l প্রায় স্বাধীনভাবেই বিজাপুর রাজত্ব করে ইউসুফ আদিল শাহ, ইব্রাহিম আদিল শাহ, আলী আদিল শাহ প্রমুখ l আলী আদিল শাহ প্রথম বিজাপুরের প্রভূত উন্নতি ঘটায়, পরিখা বেষ্টিত করে শহরের সুরক্ষাস্বার্থে l আর এখন যা স্থাপত্য দেখা যায় তার অধিকাংশ হয় মহম্মদ আদিল শাহ এবং আলী আদিল শাহ দ্বিতীয়ের আমলে l গোল গম্বুজ মহম্মদ আদিল শাহের আমলে তৈরি হয় l এই দুই সুলতানের আমলে বিজাপুর দক্ষিণের বেশ শীর্ষ স্থান দখল করে নেয় l বলা হয় দক্ষিণের আগ্রা মানেই বিজাপুর l পানীয় জলের সুব্যবস্থা থেকে শুরু করে হাসপাতাল, বাজার, শিক্ষা, নাগরিক জীবনের প্রয়োজনীয় সব ব্যবস্থা সুষ্ঠভাবে ছিলো এই শহরে l তবে শেষ দিকে আলী আদিল শাহ দ্বিতীয় একদিকে মারাঠা অন্যদিকে মুঘলদের সামলাতে হিমশিম খেতে খেতে মারা যান আর বিজাপুর এসে পড়ে মুঘল সম্রাট ঔরঙ্গজেবের হাতে l মৃত্যুর কারণে অর্ধ নির্মিত বরা কামানে আলী আদিল শাহ দ্বিতীয়ের সমাধি হয় l বিজাপুর মুঘলদের হাতেও বেশিদিন থাকতে পারেনি l মুঘলদের আসন্ন পতনের সময় বিজাপুর চলে আসে হায়দরাবাদি নিজামের হাতে কিন্তু বেশিদিন রাখতে পারেনা মারাঠা রাজের দাপটে l মারাঠা পেশোয়াদের হাত থেকে শেষে ব্রিটিশদের হাতে এসে এই হাত বদলের খেলা শেষ হয় l তবে বিজাপুরের যা কিছু দ্রষ্টব্য তা এই আদিল শাহী শাসনে তৈরি হয় l মুঘল বা নিজামদের কোনো অবদান সেভাবে নেই l </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">দ্রষ্টব্য স্থান :</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. জামা মসজিদ </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. <span style="font-family: inherit;">আসার মহল এবং মিঠারী মহল </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. গগন মহল </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. <span style="font-family: inherit;">বারাহ কামান </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">- আদিল শাহ </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. <i style="font-family: inherit;">আলী বুর্জ গান / হায়দার (উপলি) বুরুজ-</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. <span style="font-family: inherit;">মালিক -এ - ময়দান ( বিখ্যাত কামান ) </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. ইব্রাহিম রওজা </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">জোড় গম্বুজ </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">9.</span><b style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;">গোল গম্বুজ </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">10. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">মেহতার মহল </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">11. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">তাজ বাউড়ি (আত্মহত্যার জন্য গেটে তালা)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. <span style="font-family: inherit;">সাত মঞ্জিল ( সরকারি অফিস, ঢুকতে দেবেনা )</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">13. <span style="font-family: inherit;">ষাট কবর</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">14. <b style="font-family: inherit;">সংগীত নারী মহল </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">প্রথমেই দেখলাম জামিয়া মসজিদ - মনোরম খিলান, মনোরম করিডোর, সুন্দর হল এবং একটি বড় মুকুটযুক্ত পেঁয়াজ গম্বুজ আদিল শাহী স্থাপত্যের একটি বিশিষ্ট উদাহরণ, </i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>পরে গন্তব্য ছিল আসার মহল- এটি মূলত ন্যায়বিচারের হল হিসাবে ছিল,</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>পরের গন্তব্য গগন মহল- এটি একটি রাজকীয় বাসভবন ছিল , </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>পরবর্তী জায়গা </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">বারকামান- আদিল শাহ II এর একটি অসমাপ্ত সমাধি,</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">এরপর অগ্রসর হলাম </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">আলী বুর্জ গান / হায়দার (উপলি) বুরুজ- এটি সম্ভবত সমস্ত প্রয়োজনীয় যুদ্ধ সামগ্রী সংরক্ষণের জন্য ব্যবহৃত হত, </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>এরপর গেলাম <span style="font-family: inherit;">মালিক-ই-ময়দান এর দিকে, বিজাপুর সুলতান আলী আদিল শাহ প্রথম তালিকোটার যুদ্ধে কামানটি ব্যবহার করেছিলেন, </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">এরপরে দেখলাম </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> বিখ্যাত ইব্রাহিম রোজা- এখানে প্রবেশ মূল্য লাগলো ১৫ টাকা করে পার হেড, ইব্রাহিম দ্বিতীয়, তার রাণী তাজ সুলতানা এবং পরিবারের অন্য চার সদস্যের সমাধি রয়েছে,এটি <b>ভারতে ইসলামিক অলঙ্কার সজ্জার অন্যতম সেরা উদাহরণ। </b></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">পরবর্তী গন্তব্যস্থল </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"> জোড় গম্বুজ- :মক্কা গেট থেকে প্রায় 400 গজ পূর্বে দুটি গম্বুজ রয়েছে, যেগুলি একে অপরের কাছাকাছি এবং সাদৃশ্যের কারণে জোড়া-গুম্বাজ নামে পরিচিত,</span></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">সুলতানি ইতিহাসের শেষ গন্তব্য স্থান ছিল-<b>গোল গম্বুজ,</b> এন্ট্রি ফী লাগলো ২০ টাকা করে পার হেড, দ্বিতীয় মুহাম্মদ আদিলশাহ এর</span><span style="color: #800180;"><b> গোল গুম্বাজ বা সমাধি হল বিজাপুরের বৃহত্তম এবং স</b></span><b><span style="color: #800180;">বচেয়ে দৃষ্টিনন্দন ভবন. </span></b></span></i><b style="color: #050505;">বিজাপুরের</b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"> tour এ সবচেয়ে বেশী অবাক হয়েছিলাম গোলগম্বুজের Whispering Gallery দেখে,</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> ষষ্ঠ তলায় এই ফিসফিসিং গ্যালারি হল গম্বুজের চারপাশে একটি বিস্তৃত গ্যালারি, যার অসাধারণ অ্যাকোস্টিক বৈশিষ্ট্য রয়েছে, অর্থাৎ দশগুণ প্রতিধ্বনি পাওয়া যায়।এছাড়া দেখেছিলাম গোল গম্বুজে থাকা মসজিদ এবং শিবান মূর্তি,এখানে এন্ট্রি ফী লেগেছিলো ২০ টাকা করে, এর মধ্যে বলে রাখি জোড় গম্বুজে এবং আসার মহলে মেয়েদের ঢুকতে দেয় না, তাই বাইরে থেকেই দেখতে হবে,</span></span></i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"> যেহেতু এই দিন বেশ অনেক কিছু দেখার ছিল তাই লাঞ্চ করার সময় হয়নি. বিকাল ৫টা নাগাদ গোলগম্বুজের কাছে </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Hotel Pearl থেকে ২ প্লেট হায়দ্রাবাদি বিরিয়ানি ( ৫৫০ টাকা) </span><span style="background-color: white;">কিনে উঠে পড়ি সন্ধ্যা ৬.১৫ মিনিটের গোলগম্বুজ এক্সপ্রেসে(ট্রেন নাম্বার ১৬৫৩৬), ট্রেনেই সারলাম belated লাঞ্চ,নামলাম বাদামি স্টেশনে-ট্রেনের time ছিল রাত ৮.১৭ নাগাদ. কিন্তু পৌছালাম রাত ৯.৩০ টা নাগাদ. </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Entry fees Ibrahim Rouza -Rs 15</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Gol Gombuz Rs.20</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Gol Gombuz Museum Rs. 5</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><i style="color: #050505; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: inherit;"> - </span><i style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourplannermagazine/permalink/2611020482383587/?mibextid=oFDknk">https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourplannermagazine/permalink/2611020482383587/?mibextid=oFDknk</a></i><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>)</i></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b>সকাল সাড়ে দশটার সময় যদি শুরু করেন তাহলে বিকেল সাড়ে চারটের মধ্যে হেসে খেলে শেষ করা যাবে, ইনক্লুডিং আধ ঘন্টার লাঞ্চ ব্রেক</b> l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">তবে এতগুলো জায়গা? </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #800180;">অসুবিধা নেই একমাত্র সংগীত নারী মহল আর ষাট কবর বাদ দিয়ে বাকি সব জায়গা একে অপরের বেশ কাছেই l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>গোল গম্বুজের জন্য এক ঘন্টা আপনাকে কম করে হলেও রাখতে হবে l</b> </span><span style="color: #050505;">এটা লাঞ্চের পর দেখে বিকেলের ফেরার ট্রেন ধরে নিতে পারবেন l বাকি সব জায়গা লাঞ্চের আগেই হয়ে যাবে l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #800180;">ষাট কবরের ব্যাপারে কটা কথা বলে দেওয়া দিই, জেনে নেবেন অটোওলা চেনে কিনা, কারণ এটায় খুব কম লোক যায় </span><span style="color: #050505;">তাই অটোওলারাও কালক্রমে ভুলে যাচ্ছে l এখানে আফজল খান তার 63 জন স্ত্রীকে হত্যা করে কবর দিয়ে দেয় l আফজল খান ছিলেন আলী আদিল শাহ দ্বিতীয়ের প্রধান সেনাপতি l তাঁর এক জ্যোতিষী তাকে মারাঠাদের সাথে যুদ্ধের আগে ভবিষ্যৎবাণী করে দেয় তার মৃত্যু অবশ্যম্ভাবী l তাই তিনি তার সব স্ত্রীদের হত্যা করে ফেলে যাতে তারা আবার বিয়ে না করতে পারে l ওইদিকে আফজল খান প্রতাপগড়ে মারাঠা বাহিনী তথা শিবাজীর হাতে সত্যিই মৃত্যু বরণ করেন l</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">খ্যাটন :</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">আমার সব কটা জায়গা আড়াইটে নাগাদ দেখা শেষ হয়ে যায় l বাকি ছিলো শুধু গোল গম্বুজ l বারাহ কামানের সামনে বেশ কয়েকটা খাবারের দোকান আছে l বারাহ কামান অভিমুখে ডান দিকের ফুটে একটা নিরামিষ হোটেলে লাঞ্চ করে নিলাম l নাম হলো </span><span style="color: #800180;">যাদেরু সিদ্ধালিঙ্গেশ্বর l</span><span style="color: #050505;"> হোটেলের নাম না মন্দির আমি একটু কনফুসিয়া গেছিলাম !! </span><span style="color: #800180;">অটোওয়ালাই দেখিয়ে দিয়েছিলো l 50 টাকায় পিওর কন্নড থালি l</span><span style="color: #050505;"> জোয়ারের রুটি, ভাত, পাঁপড়, রসম, সাম্বার, টক দই, আচার, তিনটে আরো তরকারি, আর গুঁড়ো গুঁড়ো কিছু রঙিন চাটনি পাউডার (রান্নার পর ওদের তরকারি আমি কোনোদিনও চিনতে পারিনা এমনকি মুখে দিয়েও কোন সব্জি বুঝিনা ) দিয়ে এই থালি l পেটচুক্তি খাওয়া l যতক্ষণ আপনার পেট ভরবেনা ততক্ষন নিন l দাম সেই 50 টাকাই l (কিন্তু এটা মাথায় রেখে খাবেন যে এরপর গোল গম্বুজের 120টা উঁচু উঁচু খাঁড়া সিড়ি ভেঙে ওপরে উঠতে হবে ) নিরামিষ হলে কি হবে, খেতে বেশ ভালোই লাগে কারণ তরকারিগুলোর স্বাদ বেশ আলাদা l বেশ মৌজসে সব শেষ করে আমি যখন টক দইতে চিনি মিশিয়ে ভাতে মাখছিলাম তখন দেখি উল্টো চেয়ারে বসা এক কন্নড কাকু আমায় গুল গুল করে অবাক চোখে দেখছে, আমিও ততোধিক অবাক হলাম যখন দেখি সে টক দইয়ের সাথে সাম্বার মিশিয়ে ভাত দিয়ে মেখে হাপুত হুপুত করে সাঁটাচ্ছে l কালচার শক আরকি !</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">যদি মনে করেন সুলতানি জায়গায় সুলতানি খাবেন তাহলে </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #2b00fe;">পার্ল হোটেল l বিরিয়ানি আর ফালুদা বিখ্যাত এই হোটেলের l</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"> এটা গোল গম্বুজের খুব কাছেই l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">যদি মারাঠি থালি খেতে চান তাহলে চলে যাবেন </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #2b00fe;">সজ্ঞানবাসভা ভজনালয়, লক্ষী মারাঠা খানাভালি l</span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">যদিও আমি মারাঠী থালি পছন্দ করিনা কারণ মুখপোড়া ঝাল দেয় আর তরকারির স্বাদ দক্ষিণী থালির থেকে ভালো নয়, মানে আমার ব্যক্তিগত ভাবে পছন্দ নয় l</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">রাপ আপ :</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">বিজাপুরে নিশ্চিন্তে অটোওয়ালার হাতে নিজেকে সঁঁপে দিন l সে সব জায়গা ধরে ধরে ঘুরিয়ে দেবে l আর লিস্ট তো আমি করেই দিয়েছি l </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">বিজাপুর ফোর্টকে লিস্টে রাখিনি কারণ সেভাবে ফোর্ট দেখতে পাবেন না l একটা জায়গায় ভাঙা ফোর্টের অংশ দেখতে পাবেন শুধু l ওটাকে বাদ দিলেও চলবে বা চলার পথে একটু দাঁড়িয়ে ছবি তুলে নেবেন দুর থেকে l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">গোল গম্বুজ বেশ সময় নিয়ে দেখবেন l সিঁড়ি ভেঙে ওপরে হুইসপারিং গ্যালারি দেখে নেবেন l এটা ভারতবর্ষে খুব কম জায়গায় আছে l এক প্রান্ত থেকে ফিসফিস করলেও অন্য প্রান্ত থেকে পরিষ্কার শোনা যায় l একটা মিউজিয়াম ও আছে গোল গম্বুজের সামনে l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">ইব্রাহিম রওজা ভীষণ সুন্দর সমাধিস্থান l ইব্রাহিম আদিল শাহের ও তাঁর স্ত্রী তাজ সুলতানা এখানে সমাধিস্থ l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">উপলি বুর্জ বা হায়দার বুর্জে 70টা সিঁড়ি ভেঙে ওপরে উঠে দেখতে পাবেন দুটো কামান আর চার দিক থেকে বিজাপুর শহর l সেটা গোল গম্বুজ থেকে যদিও আরো ভালো ভাবে দেখা যায় l বলা যেতে পারে এটা তখনকার দিনের ওয়াচ টাওয়ার l </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">ফেরার পালা :</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">সব ঘোরার পর অটোওয়ালা নামিয়ে দিলো স্টেশনের সামনে l তখন দেখি ঘড়িতে বিকেল সাড়ে চারটে বাজে l টাকা মিটিয়ে দিলাম অটোওলা জাভেদ কে l খুবই ভালো ছেলে, জায়গাগুলো ঘোরবার সময় আমার সাথে সাথেই ঘুরছিলো l এবার স্টেশনে গিয়ে 20 টাকা মিটিয়ে লাগেজ নিয়ে নিলাম l ট্রেনের অপেক্ষা এখন শুধু l বিকেল 4.55pm এর ট্রেন লেট করে এলো প্রায় 5.30pm নাগাদ l মানে এই গোল গম্বুজ এক্সপ্রেস অ্যাভারেজ আধ ঘন্টা লেট থাকে বুঝলাম l হ্যাঁ, সকালে এই ট্রেনেই এসেছি l ট্রেনে উঠে দেখলাম সেই খালি, গুটিকতক লোক এদিক ওদিক বসে l ঝেঁপে বৃষ্টি আসছে তখন l জানলার কাঁচ নামিয়ে মোবাইল খুলে বসলাম l এখন গন্তব্য বাদামি.... বাদামি স্টেশন l </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">অল্টারনেট প্ল্যান :</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">যদি মনে করেন বাহমনি সাম্রাজ্য ভালো করে দেখবেন, তাহলে বিজাপুরে রাত কাটান l সেক্ষত্রে প্ল্যানে রাখুন </span><span style="color: red;">বিদার, গুলবর্গা, বিজাপুর l</span><span style="color: #050505;"> সেক্ষত্রে ব্যাঙ্গালুরু থেকে ডাইরেক্ট ট্রেনে বিদার চলে যান l সারারাত জার্নি l যদিও বিদার হায়দরাবাদ থেকে খুব কাছে l তাই হায়দরাবাদ থেকেও শুরু করতে পারেন l তিন সাড়ে তিন ঘন্টার জার্নি l বিদার ঘুরে চলে আসুন গুলবর্গা ( স্টেশন নাম কালবুর্গি ) l মাত্র 2টো DEMU চলে l সেই সাড়ে তিন ঘন্টার মতো লাগে l গুলবর্গা থেকে চলে আসুন বিজাপুর l চারখানা ট্রেন আছে l ঘন্টা সাড়ে পাঁচেকের মতো লাগে lএবার বিজাপুর ঘুরে নিয়ে ভাবুন কি করবেন l এই তিনটে জায়গা ঘুরলে আপনার অনেকটাই বাহমানি সাম্রাজ্য কভার করা হয়ে যাবে l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">ইচ্ছে করলে এবার বাদামি চলে গিয়ে বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে ঘুরে নিয়ে বাদামি থেকে ট্রেনে করে ব্যাঙ্গালুরু ফিরে যান l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">তারপর বাড়ির উদ্দেশ্যে রওনা দিন l টোটাল আপনার 4-5 দিন লাগবে ঘুরতে l হায়দরাবাদ বা ব্যাঙ্গালুরু পৌঁছানো বাদ দিয়ে বললাম l </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">কী পয়েন্টস :</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">1. বিজাপুর এখন নতুন নামকরণে হয়েছে ভিজয়পুরা l বেঙ্গালুরু থেকে বিজাপুর যাবার ভালো ট্রেন হলো গোল গম্বুজ এক্সপ্রেস ( gol gumbaz express, 16535 ) মাইসোর (MYS) থেকে ছেড়ে কে এস আর বেঙ্গালুরু (বেঙ্গালুরু সেন্ট্রাল স্টেশন আরকি-SBC ) হয়ে যশবন্তপুর (YPR) - 7.10pm হয়ে বিজাপুর (BJP ) - সকাল 9.20 am পৌঁছয় l নন এ সি ভাড়া 375 টাকা, থ্রি এ সি হলো 1020 টাকা l বিজাপুরের নতুন নাম হলো ভিজয়পুরা l আরেকটা ট্রেন হলো বাসাভ এক্সপ্রেস (17307) l এই দুটো ট্রেন প্রত্যেক দিন থাকে এছাড়াও সোমবার সকালে আরো দুটো ট্রেন আছে, আর শুক্র, রবিবার ভোর 5 am এ ট্রেন আছে l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">2. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">বিজাপুরের সব দর্শনীয় স্থান প্রত্যেক দিন খোলা থাকে, এভারেজ সকাল 10am থেকে সন্ধে 6pm অব্দি l ন্যাশনাল হলিডের ব্যাপারটা ঠিক বলতে পারবনা l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">3. অবশ্যই শীতকাল হলো ঘোরার ভালো সময় কিন্তু বর্ষাকালে সেরকম বিপদে পড়বেন না l তবে হ্যাঁ মারাত্মক বৃষ্টি হয়ে বন্যা পরিস্থিতি হলে সেটা দুর্ভাগ্য l এমনিতে মুষলধারে বৃষ্টি না হলেও ঝিরি ঝিরি একটা বৃষ্টি হয় l রোদের তাপ বেশ ভালোই আছে দিনের বেলা l কিন্ত খুব হাওয়া দেয়, গরম লু নয়, নির্ভেজাল ঠান্ডা হাওয়া পাবেন l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">4. একা সোলো ট্রাভেলের হিসেবে বিজাপুর সেফ জায়গা l মানুষের ব্যবহার ভালো l মেয়েরাও গ্রুপে বা সোলো যেতে পারেন l অটোওয়ালা জাভেদ বলছিলো সে ষাট কবর চিনেছিল একটা মেয়ে সোলো ট্রাভেলার এর দৌলতে l মেয়েটি ওকে জোর করে নিয়ে গেছিলো l ভাষাগত সমস্যা একেবারেই নেই l নিশ্চিন্তে হিন্দি, ইংলিশ বলুন l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; 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font-family: inherit;">7. এন্ট্রি ফী আপনাকে মাত্র দুটো জায়গায় দিতে হবে l ইব্রাহিম রওজা আর গোল গম্বুজে l দুটো জায়গাতেই 25 টাকা করে মাথাপিছু, DSLR, ভিডিও ক্যামেরা থাকলে আরো 25 করে বেশী প্রতি ক্যামেরায় l বাকি কোথাও এন্ট্রি ফী নেই l গোল গম্বুজের সামনে মিউজিয়ামে ঢুকতে আরো 5 টাকা বেশি দিতে হয় l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">8. যারা ধূম্ৰপান করেন তারা ভুলেও গোল গম্বুজে সিগারেট, দেশলাই নিয়ে ঢুকবেন না l প্রথম সিকিউরিটি চেক করেনা কিন্তু দ্বিতীয় সিকিউরিটি আদ্যপান্তো চেক করবে l ওখানে না খাওয়ার প্রতিশ্রুতি দিলেও ওরা সিগারেট নিয়ে ঢুকতে দেবে না l তাই অটোওলার কাছে রেখে যান l বাকি কোথাও নিয়ে ঢুকতে বাধা নেই, কিন্তু সেবন করবেন না l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">9. গোল গম্বুজের গেটে ক্লোকরুমের সুবিধা আছে, যদি রেলের ক্লোকরুমে লাগেজ রাখতে পছন্দ না হয়, তবে এখানে রাখতে পারেন l কিন্তু যেখানেই রাখুন লাগেজে খাদ্য দ্রব্য রাখবেন না l রেলের লোক সেটা আপনাকে বলেও দেবে l</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">10. অটোওলা জাভেদের নম্বর : +918792225091. ও বললো যেন রেফার করি, সৎ ছেলে, নিশ্চিন্তে যেতে পারেন l নিজের জায়গা বিজাপুর দেখাতে ছেলে বড়োই ভালোবাসে l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">11. বিজাপুর ঘুরতে আপনার একার মোট খরচ হবে দেড় হাজার টাকার মতো ( নন-এ সি ট্রেন, অটোয় সাইটসিইং, আর নিরামিষ ব্রেকফাস্ট +লাঞ্চ আর পানীয় জল ) এবার দোকা হলে ট্রেনের ভাড়া, খাবার আর জল দুগুন করে নিন l শুধু অটো /টাঙ্গা ভাড়াটা একটাই ধরুন l (খরচ জুলাই 2019 অনুযায়ী )</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">পরের পর্বে বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে বিস্তর ঘোরাবো </div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">মন্দির নগরী - বাদামি, </span><span style="background-color: white;">পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে </span></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">ট্রেন তীব্র গতিতে ছুটছে বাদামির দিকে l ... ট্রেন কৃষ্ণা নদী পেরোচ্ছে, মনে হলো <b>আলমাট্টি ড্যাম দেখতে পেলাম l অনেকে বিজাপুর থেকে গাড়ি নিয়ে ঘুরতে চলে আসে এই ড্যাম দেখতে l তবে ছোট ড্যাম l </b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">বিজাপুর থেকে বাদামি বেশ কাছেই l মাত্র পাঁচটা স্টেশন l 2 ঘন্টা 20 মিনিটের দূরত্ব l স্টেশনে থেকে বেরিয়ে দেখলাম সার সার অটো দাঁড়িয়ে l বুক করেছিলাম KSTDC সরকারি হোটেল l ফ্ল্যাট রেট অটোভাড়া 100 টাকা l মিনিট 20 অটো চলার পর হোটেলে পৌঁছে গেলাম l ঠিক হোটেল বললে ভুল, বেশ একটা রিসোর্ট লুক দিয়েছে l গিয়ে চেক ইন করে লাগেজ নিয়ে রুমে চলে গেলাম l বেশ পরিপাটি বড়ো একটা রুম দিয়েছে দেখে মনটা ভালো হয়ে গেলো l বাথরুম পরিষ্কার, গিজারের সুবাদে গরম জলের ব্যবস্থা আছে l আমায় রুম দিয়েছিলো হোটেলের মেন বিল্ডিং এ l পেছনের দিকে তাদের সুইট এর কটেজ l কর্ণাটকের সরকারি হোটেল হিসেবে এর একটু বদনাম শুনেছিলাম কিন্তু ভুল ভেঙে গেলো আসার পর l যথেষ্ট ভালো এই হোটেল l রিসেপশনের পাশেই অনেকটা জায়গা জুড়ে রেস্তোরাঁ l তবে এই হোটেলের ব্যাপারে কটা কথা পরে আমি " কী পয়েন্টস " এ বলবো l</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><b>বাদামি না বাতাপি??</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">সেই পৌরাণিক যুগ থেকে বাদামির ইতিহাস শুরু l বাতাপি নামের এক রাক্ষসের বসবাস ছিল এই অঞ্চলে l তার নাম থেকেই বাদামি নামকরণ হয়। বাতাপি রাক্ষস যখন আছে তাহলে অগস্ত্য মুনি থাকারও কথা, তাই ভূতনাথ মন্দিরের সামনে যে জলাশয় আছে তার নাম অগস্ত্য লেক। এই অগস্ত্য মুনির পেটেই মৃত্যু হয় বাতাপি রাক্ষসের। মূলত বাদামি সবথেকে বেশি সমৃদ্ধ হয় চালুক্যদের শাসনকালে। প্রথম পুলকেশী ছিলেন চালুক্য বংশের প্রথম স্বাধীন শাসক। চালুক্য বংশের পতনের পর বাদামি শাসন করে পল্লব, রাষ্ট্রকূট, কল্যাণ চালুক্য,কলচুরি এবং বিজয়নগরের রাজা প্রথম হরিহর l খিলজি এবং তুঘলকের সুলতানের শাসনকালে আক্রমণও হয়েছিল বাদামিতে l বিজয়নগরের রাজার সাথে বিজাপুরের বাহমনির শাহ বংশের অনেকবার যুদ্ধ হয় l শেষে বাহমনিরা কৃষ্ণা নদীর উত্তর অব্দি সীমানা রাখে আর কৃষ্ণা নদীর দক্ষিণ অব্দি বিজয়নগরের সীমানা থাকে l এর পরে বাদামি মুঘল, মারাঠা, টিপু সুলতানের হাতে আসে l সবশেষে ব্রিটিশ সরকারের হাতে এলে তারা বাদামিকে বোম্বে প্রেসিডেন্সির অন্তর্ভুক্ত করে l </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: red;">সাইটসিইং :</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">সকাল সাড়ে সাতটায় অটো চলে এলো l বলেই রেখেছিলাম পুরো বাদামি, মহাকুট, বনসংকরী, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে ঘোরাতে হবে l বলতে গেলে সারাদিনের প্ল্যান l বেরিয়ে প্রথমে ব্রেকফাস্ট করে নিলাম ইডলি দিয়ে l 24 টাকায় দুটো ইডলি, সাম্বার, চাটনি দিয়ে এক প্লেট ইডলি l আর সাথে 20 টাকার সাউথ ইন্ডিয়ান ফিল্টার কফি, যেটা আমার অত্যন্ত প্রিয় l </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>হোটেলে ব্রেকফাস্ট নিইনি কারণ পেতেও সময় লাগবে আর অতিরিক্ত 150-200 টাকা হোটেল ভাড়ার সাথে যুক্ত হবে </b></span><span style="color: #050505;">l <b>বাদামিতে অনেক খাবারের দোকান আছে l</b> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">মনে রাখবেন বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলের </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">সব সাইট খোলে সকাল 8 টার সময় l </span><span style="color: #050505;">তাই তাড়াহুড়ো করে সাত সকালে বেরিয়ে লাভ নেই l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">বাদামির দ্রষ্টব্য স্থান :</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">1. ভূতনাথ মন্দির ( মূল দ্রষ্টব্য মন্দির ) </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">2. মল্লিকার্জুন মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">3. আর্কিওলজিক্যাল মিউজিয়াম </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">4. উচ্চ শিবালয় মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">5. নিম্ন শিবালয় মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">6.বাদামি ফোর্ট </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">7.মালগাট্টি শিব মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">8. দত্তাত্রেয় মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">9. ইয়াল্লাম্মা মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">10. বাদামি গুহা মন্দির (1-2-3-4) </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">11. বিষ্ণু মন্দির (ভূতনাথের পেছনে ) </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">12. কোস্তারায়া গুহা মন্দির ( বিষ্ণু মন্দিরের পাশে ) </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">13. আক্কি -টাঙ্গি জলপ্রপাত ( যদিও জল প্রায় থাকেই না, সৌভাগ্যবশত পেতে পারেন ঘোর বর্ষায় ) </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">14. জামা মসজিদ ( বাদামি গুহার সামনেই )</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">এগুলো সবই একই এরিয়ার মধ্যে, বেশ কাছাকাছি l প্রসঙ্গত বলে রাখি, বাদামি ফোর্ট, উচ্চ শিবালয়, নিম্ন শিবালয় পায়ে হেঁটে উপরে উঠতে হয় l ভালো করে পুরো দেখতে ঘন্টা দুয়েক তো লাগবেই l সাথে বাঁদরের ভীষণ উৎপাত, নিজেকে আর ক্যামেরা সাবধানে রাখবেন l বাদামি গুহার দিকে এতো বাঁদর নেই l ভালো করে বাদামি গুহা দেখতে এক থেকে দেড় ঘন্টা লাগার কথা l সবই যদিও নির্ভর করছে আপনার হাঁটার গতির উপর l বাদামি গুহার মূর্তিগুলো তৎকালীন ভাস্কর্যের অসামান্য নির্দর্শন l নটরাজের আঠেরো হাত বিশিষ্ট নৃত্যরত মূর্তি আমার আগে দেখার সৌভাগ্য হয়নি l এছাড়া হরিহর, বিষ্ণুর ত্রিবিক্রম অবতার, বরাহ অবতার, অনন্ত সাপের উপর অধিষ্ট বিষ্ণু, মহাবীর, পরেশনাথ, প্রথম জৈন তীর্থঙ্কর বাহুবলীর মূর্তি উল্লেখযোগ্য l বাদামির চারটে গুহার মধ্যে প্রথম গুহা শিবকে, দ্বিতীয় গুহা বিষ্ণুকে, তৃতীয় গুহা হরিহর অর্থাৎ শিব ও বিষ্ণু উভয়কেই আর চতুর্থ গুহা জৈন ধর্মকে উৎসর্গ করা হয়েছে l আমি ভারতবর্ষের অনেক জায়গায়তেই দেখেছি হিন্দু এবং জৈন ধর্মের শান্তিপূর্ণ সহাবস্থান l তৃতীয় গুহাতে একটু ফ্রেস্কোও দেখতে পাবেন l </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">হাতে জলের বোতল রাখবেন, এখানে কিন্তু পথের মাঝে কোনো দোকান পাবেন না l ব্রেকফাস্ট হালকা করবেন কারণ বাদামি ফোর্ট বা গুহা দেখতে আপনাকে অনেক চড়াই উতরাই আর সিঁড়ি ভাঙতে হবে l চেষ্টা করবেন এই এতগুলো স্পট 12 টার মধ্যে শেষ করা l তাহলে বনসংকরীর দিকে রওনা দিতে পারবেন l বনসংকরী দেখে চলে যাবেন মহাকুট দেখতে l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red;">পট্টডাকাল </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">মহাকুট দেখে পট্টডাকালের উদ্দেশ্য আমার অটো ছুটছে l প্রায় ঘন্টাখানেক যাওয়ার পর পট্টডাকাল আসার একটু আগেই মাঝপথে এক সুন্দর জৈন মন্দির দেখে চলে গেলাম পট্টডাকালের মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স এ l পট্টডাকালের সব মন্দির পাশাপাশি এই একটা কমপ্লেক্সের ভেতরে l এই কমপ্লেক্সের ভেতর মূলত 9টা হিন্দু মন্দির ও একটা জৈন মন্দির আছে l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">লিস্ট করে দিচ্ছি আপনাদের :</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">1. কাদসিদ্ধেশ্বর </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">2. জাম্বুলিঙ্গেশ্বর </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">3. গলগনাথ </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">4. চন্দ্রশেখর </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">5. সঙ্গমেশ্বর </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">6. কাশী বিশ্বনাথ </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">7. মল্লিকার্জুন </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">8. বিরূপাক্ষ </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">9. পাপনাথ এবং</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> জৈন নারায়ণ মন্দির l</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">সব মন্দিরগুলো ঘুরতে এক ঘন্টার মতো সময় লাগে l এর মধ্যে একমাত্র বিরূপাক্ষ মন্দিরে পুজো হয় l বাকিগুলো হেরিটেজ সাইট l প্রসঙ্গত বলে রাখা ভালো পট্টডাকালের এই সব মন্দির ইউনেস্কো ওয়ার্ল্ড হেরিটেজ সাইটের অন্তর্গত এবং বাদামির গুহা মন্দির, আইহোলের দূর্গা মন্দির এই পট্টডাকাল সাইটের এক্সটেনশন হিসেবে ইউনেস্কোতে লিস্টেড l আর এগুলো সবই চালুক্য সাম্রাজ্যের অবদান l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red;">আইহোলে </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">পট্টডাকাল ঘুরে যখন আমি আইহোলের দিকে এগোচ্ছি অটোওয়ালা মঞ্জুনাথ এক নদী দেখিয়ে বললো এর নাম মালপ্রভা l কৃষ্ণার এই শাখা নদী একদম পট্টডাকালের মন্দির সাইটের পাশ দিয়ে বয়ে যাচ্ছে l হ্যাঁ, এই সেই মালপ্রভা নদী যেখানে পরশুরাম ক্ষত্রিয় নিধন সেরে নিজের কুঠার ধুচ্ছিলেন আর নদীর জল সাথে সাথে রক্তে লাল হয়ে যায় l তাই দেখে ভয়ে এক নারী আর্তনাদ করে বলে উঠেছিলেন, "আইইও হোলে" (রক্ত ) ! ব্যাস সেই থেকে আইহোলে.... (কথিত )</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">প্রায় কুড়ি পঁচিশ মিনিট যাওয়ার পর এসে যাই আইহোলে l প্রথমেই আইহোলের একটু বাইরে দেখে নিলাম এক প্রাচীন জৈন মন্দির l তারপর আইহোলের মূল দ্রষ্টব্য স্থানের দিকে এগোলাম l সব সাইট দেখলাম বেশ কাছাকাছি l এখানে যদি এক রাত থেকে যান তাহলে নিজেরাই পায়ে হেঁটে সারাদিন ধরে ঘুরতে পারেন l সত্যি বলতে আমার আরো একবার আইহোলে আসার ইচ্ছে আছে, এবং পায়ে হেঁটে পুরো স্বণেষন করবো l আইহোলেকে বলা হয় মন্দির ভাস্কর্যের সবচেয়ে প্রাচীন বিদ্যালয় l সব মিলিয়ে এই ছোট্ট জায়গায় প্রায় 125 টা মন্দির আছে l সব তো একসাথে ঘোরা সম্ভব না, তাই উল্লেখযোগ্য মন্দিরগুলো ঘুরে নিন লিস্ট অনুযায়ী :</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">1.</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">দুর্গা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </span><span style="color: #050505;">( বিখ্যাত, সুখ্যাত, প্রখ্যাত এই সেই অর্ধ গোলক মন্দির যার আদলটাই শিবলিঙ্গের মতো ) সাথে আইহোলে মিউজিয়াম </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">2. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">রাবণ ফাড়ি গুহা মন্দির</span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">3. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">জ্যোতির্লিঙ্গ মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">4. মল্লিকার্জুন মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">5.হুচ্চিমাল্লি মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">6. হুচ্চাপা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">7.ত্রম্বকেশ্বর মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">8. কুন্তী মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">9. অম্বিগেরা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">10.রামালিঙ্গা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">11.ভেনিয়ার মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">12.গলগনাথ মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">13. </span><span style="color: #800180;">মেগুটি পাহাড়ে </span><span style="color: #050505;">জৈন </span><span style="color: #800180;">মন্দির সাথে আইহোলে ফোর্ট </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">14.বীর ভদ্রেশ্বর মন্দির </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">তবে এক্সপ্লোর করতে চাইলে করতে পারেন সব মন্দির l এক একটা কমপ্লেক্সে অনেক গুলো করে মন্দির আছে l দুর্গা মন্দির প্রাঙ্গনে সব মিলিয়ে <b>বারোখানা মন্দির আছে যার মধ্যে সাতখানা উল্লেখযোগ্য মন্দির</b> l </span><span style="color: #800180;">এই কমপ্লেক্সটা সময় নিয়ে ভালো করে ঘুরুন, সকাল ছটা থেকে সন্ধ্যে ছটা অব্দি খোলা থাকে l </span><span style="color: #050505;">এর ভেতরের মিউজিয়াম খোলা থাকে সকাল নটা থেকে সন্ধ্যে ছটা অব্দি l </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">প্রধান মন্দির হলো দুর্গা মন্দির যা দেখে হলফ করে বলতে পারি আপনারা অভিভূত হবেন l </span></b><span style="color: #050505;">আমার </span><span style="color: #800180;">রাবণ ফাঁড়ি গুহা মন্দিরও দারুণ ভালো লেগেছিলো</span><span style="color: #050505;"> l </span><span style="color: #800180;">জ্যোতির্লিঙ্গ মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স তো একদম ফটোগ্রাফির আদর্শ জায়গা </span><span style="color: #050505;">l প্রিয়জনের কয়েকটা কভার পিক আপনার এখানেই হয়ে যাবে l মেগুটি পাহাড়র জৈন মন্দির সাথে আইহোলে ফোর্ট ও দারুণ লাগবে l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">আমার সব ঘুরে শেষ করতে প্রায় পাঁচটা বেজে যায় l </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">রসনা তৃপ্তি :</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">দক্ষিণ ভারতের খাবার শুনলেই আমরা সবাই মুখ ভেটকে ইডলি দোসা সাম্বারের কথা বলি l এটুকু বলবো ওখানে সারাদিন কেউ ইডলি দোসা খায় না l যেমন আমরা বাঙালিরা সারাক্ষন মাছ ভাত আর রসগোল্লা খাইনা l সব্জিও খাই, আলু পোস্তও খাই l তেমনি বাদামিতেও আপনি আমিষ খাবার পাবেন l হ্যাঁ মেনে নিচ্ছি ওদের তরকারিগুলো রান্নার পর বোঝা যায়না কি সব্জি ব্যবহার করেছে, কিন্তু স্বাদতো আলাদা?! ওটাই রিলিফ বলতে পারেন l আমিষ নিয়ে হাম্পি গ্রামের মতো গোঁড়া নয় এখানের রীতি l ব্রেকফাস্টে ব্রেড বাটার পাবেন, সাথে ইডলিরও অপসন আছে l </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">আমি দুপুরে খেয়েছিলাম <b>আইহোলের KSTDC হোটেল মৌর্য যাত্রী নিবাসের রেস্তোরাঁয় l</b> এখানে কন্নড নিরামিষ থালি 130 টাকা পড়েছিল l ভাত, দুটো বজরার রুটি, মিষ্টি, সিমুইয়ের পায়েস, সাম্বার, রসম, তিন রকম তরকারি, চাটনি পাউডার গুঁড়ো দিয়ে পেট ভরা থালি l বিজাপুর থেকে থালির দাম বেশি কারণ এটায় একটু ব্রান্ডের ছোঁয়া আছে l </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">আগেরদিন রাতে বাদামিতে আমি KSTDC হোটেলের বাইরে লোকাল হোটেলে ডিনার করেছিলাম l রুটি আর ডাল ফ্রাই l 100 টাকার মতো পড়েছিল l প্রসঙ্গত বলে রাখি, আমার মতো সাত ঘাটের মাংস খাওয়া ছেলে কিন্তু পুরো ট্রিপে নিরামিষ খেয়েছে l বেশ এনজয় করেছি কিন্তু ব্যাপারটা l </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>আপনারা চাইলে KSTDC হোটেলে আগে থেকে ফোন করে order দিয়ে রাখতে পারেন ডিনারের( KSTDC বাদামি হোটেল contact no 8970650024)</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b>অল্টারনেট প্ল্যান </b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">যারা আমার মতো হুড়োহুড়ি করে ঘুরতে অপছন্দ করেন তাদের বলবো আরো সময় নিয়ে বাদামি ঘুরুন l দুপুরে হোটেলে ফিরে ফ্রেশ হয়ে লাঞ্চ করুন তারপর চেক আউট করে </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">মহাকুট, বনসংকরী</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> দেখে সোজা আইহোলে চলে যান l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">ও</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">খানে KSTDC হোটেল মৌর্য যাত্রী নিবাসে গিয়ে উঠুন l রাত্রিবাস করে পরের দিন সকালে আইহোলে আর পট্টডাকাল ঘুরে চেক আউট করে বাগালকোট স্টেশন থেকে বেঙ্গালুরুর ট্রেন ধরুন l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">অথবা বিজাপুর থেকে বাগালকোট নেমে আইহোলেতে রাত্রিবাস করে পরের দিন ভালো করে আইহোলে, পট্টডাকাল ঘুরে বাদামিতে চলে গিয়ে রাত্রিবাস করুন l তারপর দিন ভালো করে </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">বাদামি, মহাকুট আর বনসংকরী</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> দেখে বিকেলে চেক আউট করে বাদামি স্টেশন থেকে বেঙ্গালুরুর ট্রেন ধরুন l যেটা আপনার ইচ্ছে l তবে ঘুরে এসে ফ্রেশ হওয়া নিয়ে খুঁতখুঁত না থাকলে বলবো সকালে উঠেই চেক আউট করে লাগেজ রিসেপশনে রেখে ঘুরে চলে আসুন l তারপর ফিরে এসে লাগেজ নিয়ে স্টেশন চলে যান l চেক আউট সকালে করলে আপনার সেদিনের ভাড়া লাগবে না, সারাদিন ঘুরে ফিরতে ফিরতে আপনার বাদামি বা আইহোলেতে বিকেল 4টে হবেই, তাই এটা সাশ্রয়কারী সাজেসশন l আমি যেমন সকালেই সেদিন চেক আউট করে লাগেজ হোটেলের রিসেপশনের জিম্মায় রেখে নিশ্চিন্তে ঘুরতে চলে গেছিলাম l সরকারি ব্যাংকে টাকা রাখা আর সরকারি হোটেলে লাগেজ রাখা প্রায় একই ফীল দেয় !</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">কী পয়েন্টস :</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #050505;">1. বাদামির হোটেল "KSTDC হোটেল মৌর্য চালুক্য বাদামি" বিষয়ে আগে বলবো l শুনে ঘাবড়াবেন না l হোটেল কিন্তু খুব ভালো l দারুণ রুম l শুধু চেষ্টা করবেন মেন বিল্ডিংয়ের রুম গুলো নেওয়ার l মানে যে রুমগুলো রেস্তোরাঁর ভেতর দিয়ে লোহার সিঁড়ি দিয়ে উঠে গেলে দেখা যায় l যেমন 307, 308 প্রভৃতি l আমার ছিলো 307 l এগুলো সব ডাবল বেড সেমি ডিলাক্স এ সি রুম l এ সি ও যথেষ্ট ভালো কাজ করেছে আর রুম খুব বড়ো, পরিষ্কার পরিচ্ছন্ন l স্যুইট নেবেন না কারণ সেখানে ভীষণ বাঁদরের উপদ্রব l আসলে প্রচুর গাছপালা, বাগান আছে হোটেলের ভেতর l দ্বিতীয় অভিজ্ঞতাটা একটু অন্যরকম l এদের মনে হয় রাতের বেলা বাথরুমে জল শেষ হয়ে গেলে পাম্প চালাবার কেউ থাকেনা l ভোর ছটায় উঠে দেখি কলে জল নেই l নিচে গিয়ে দেখি রিসেপশনে কোনো লোক নেই l </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">সাতটার আগে কেউ আসেনা l </span></b><span style="color: #050505;">নেহাত আমার বালতি ভরে রাখার বদভ্যাস আছে তাই বেঁচে গেছিলাম l বাথরুমে ড্রামের সাইজে পেল্লায় বালতি আমি আগেরদিন রাতেই ভরে রেখেছিলাম তাই আমার প্রাতঃকর্ম, স্নানে কোনো অসুবিধা হয়নি l জানিনা কারোর যদি পেটে গোলমাল হয়ে মাঝরাতে প্রকৃতির ডাক পড়ে তাহলে কি করবে ! এরকম ঘটনার সম্মুখীন আগে কখনো হইনি বলে এখানে উল্লেখ করলাম l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">2. KSTDC মৌর্য চালুক্য বাদামি হোটেলের সেমি ডিলাক্স এ সি রুমের ভাড়া ছিলো 1097 টাকা জিএসটি সমেত ( প্রাতঃরাশহীন ) l সেমি ডিলাক্স নন এ সি রুম আছে 837 টাকায় জিএসটি সমেত l আমি গোআইবিবো দিয়ে বুক করেছিলাম l বুক করে অবশ্যই হোটেলে একটা ফোন করে কন্ফার্ম হয়ে নেবেন l যাওয়ার দুদিন আগেও ফোন করে রিমাইন্ডার দিয়ে দেবেন l আর বাদামি পাহাড়ের ভিউ নিতে চাইলে নিন ক্লার্কস ইন হোটেল l এখানে এ সি ডিলাক্স রুম আন্দাজ ট্যাক্স নিয়ে 1500 টাকার মতো পড়বে, কিন্তু জানলা দিয়ে বাদামি গুহা পাহাড় দেখতে পাবেন l ক্লার্কস ইন হোটেলের বেশ সুনাম আছে l হাম্পিতেও এদের হোটেল আছে l আর আশা করি রাতে জলের ব্যবস্থা বাথরুমে থাকে l আইহোলেতে KSTDC মৌর্য যাত্রী নিবাস হোটেল আছে l বেশ ভালো l এগুলোর ফোন নম্বর গুগলে আছে l </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #050505;">3. দেখুন আমার প্ল্যান যেহেতু বেঙ্গালুরু থেকে বেঙ্গালুরু পর্যন্ত ছিলো তাই এভাবে করেছি l হতেই পারে আপনারা শুধু এগুলো দেখতে আসতে পারেন l সেক্ষেত্রে প্লেনে ব্যাঙ্গালুরু হয়ে হুবলি বিমানবন্দরে এসে গাড়ি / বাস / ট্রেন করে বাদামি আসতে পারেন l কলকাতা থেকে অমরাবতী এক্সপ্রেস (18047) ধরে হসপেট (HPT)নেমে হাম্পি, বাদামি, আইহোলে, পট্টডাকাল, বিজাপুর ঘুরে নিতে পারেন l অথবা গাদাগ (GDG ) নেমে বাদামি আসতে পারেন বাসে, ঘন্টা দুয়েক লাগবে (83km) l </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #800180;">প্রসঙ্গত বলে রাখা ভালো, যে গাদাগেও 5 টা ভালো মন্দির, বার্ড স্যাংচুয়ারি, আর ফোর্ট আছে দেখবার মতো l ভেবে দেখতে পারেন l</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">4. ডাউন গোল গুমবাজ এক্সপ্রেস ( 16536 ) বিজাপুর (BJP ) থেকে বিকেল 4.55 ছেড়ে বাদামিতে (BDM) আসার সময় সন্ধ্যে 7.15 কিন্তু আসবে ওই 7.40-45 এ, ওদিকে রাতে তেড়ে মেক আপ করে আপনাকে বেঙ্গালুরু (ইপির /SBC) পৌঁছে দেবে সিডিউল সময়ে সকাল 8 টায় আর একদম থামে গিয়ে সকাল 11টায় মাইসোরে l এই ট্রেনে কিন্তু পান্ট্রি নেই, তাই রাতের খাবার ব্যবস্থা করে নিয়ে উঠবেন l আমি বাদামির দুটো স্টেশন পর গাদাগ স্টেশনে নেমে কুড়ি টাকায় চারটে গরম ইডলি পেয়ে গেছিলাম l সেটাই আমার ডিনার ছিলো l বাদামি থেকে বেঙ্গালুরু স্লিপারের ভাড়া 330 টাকা l থ্রি এ সি হলো 905 টাকা l বিজাপুর থেকে বাদামি ডাউন গোল গুমবাজ এক্সপ্রেসে স্লিপারে ভাড়া লাগে 140 টাকা l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">5. বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল, আইহোলে সারাদিন অটোয় ঘুরতে আপনার পড়বে 800 টাকা l ওরা বলবে 1000 কিন্তু আপনি দেবেন 800 l সিজেনের দোহাই দিলে মাত্র 100 বেশি ছোঁয়াবেন l আমি তো অফ সিজেনে গেছি l </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">আমার অটোওয়ালা মঞ্জুনাথের নম্বর হলো +916360666219, মহাশয় হোয়াটস্যাপেও আছেন l </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">আরেক অটোওয়ালা চিদানন্দ নম্বর +919380114970.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">6. বাদামির সব সাইট খোলে সকাল 8টার সময়, গুহা মন্দির, মিউজিয়াম সকাল 9 টায়, সব বন্ধ হয় বিকেল 5.30 টায় তাই খুব সকালে বেরোবার দরকার নেই l পট্টডাকালে সকাল 8 টা - সন্ধ্যে 6টা l আইহোলেতে সকাল 6 টা থেকে সন্ধ্যে 6 টা l ঘোরার ভালো সময় হলো শীতকালে কিন্তু অক্টোবর থেকে মার্চ অব্দি অনায়াসে যাওয়া যায় l তবে বর্ষার এক আলাদা রূপ আছে l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">7. পার হেড এন্ট্রি ফী আপনাকে দিতে হবে বাদামি মিউজিয়ামের জন্য 15 টাকা, মোবাইল ব্যতীত যেকোনো ক্যামেরার জন্য অতিরিক্ত 25 টাকা l বাদামি গুহা মন্দির ও পট্টডাকালের মন্দির কমপ্লেক্সে ঢুকতে লাগে 25 টাকা l DSLR ক্যামেরার জন্য টাকা লাগেনা l ভিডিও ক্যামেরায় 25 টাকা লাগবে l <b>আইহোলেতে শুধু দুর্গা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্সে ঢুকতে লাগে 25 টাকা </b>আর যেকোনো ক্যামেরা থাকলে আরো 25 টাকা l দুর্গা মন্দিরের ভেতর মিউজিয়ামে ঢুকতে অতিরিক্ত 10 টাকা লাগে l আর কোথাও ঢুকতে টাকা লাগে না l তবে টিকিট ফেলবেন না l অনেকসময় অন্য মন্দিরে দেখতে চায় l</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">8. বাদামি, পট্টডাকাল আর আইহোলে ঘুরতে আপনার খরচা হবে আন্দাজ 3000 প্রতি জন ( বিজাপুর থেকে বাদামি, বাদামি থেকে বেঙ্গালুরু ফেরার নন-এ সি ট্রেন ভাড়া , অটোয় সাইটসিইং, নিরামিষ ব্রেকফাস্ট +লাঞ্চ + ডিনার + পানীয় জল ) l যদি দুজন হন হোটেল আর অটোভাড়া একটাই ধরুন l শুধু খাওয়া, ট্রেন ভাড়া দুগুণ করে নেবেন l (খরচ জুলাই 2019 অনুযায়ী )</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">City of Ruins - Hampi - </span></b><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">হাম্পি</b><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Bangalore এর কাছে ছোট্ট গ্রাম হলো Hampi. যা ছিলো Vijaynagar সাম্রাজ্যের রাজধানী. Bangalore এ গেলেই সবাই সাধারণত nandi hills, ooty চলে যায় , hampi তে অনেক কম লোক যায় যত তা জানি . তাই তাদের জন্য এই post. যারা historical জায়গা ভালোবাসেন তাদের অবসই ভালো লাগবে .</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>HAMPI যাবেন কি ভাবে :</b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Bangalore city station (bangalore sbc) বা Yeshwanthpur থেকে রাতের train Hampi express ধরুন . নামবেন hospet station (ওরা বলে hosapete ) রাত 10.05 e bangalore city তে train আসে . Yeshwanthpur এ আর একটু পরেই . আমি bangalore city station থেকেই ধরেছিলাম . Sleeper e 240 টাকা train ভাড়া . Ac te 640 এর মতো . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Majestic থেকে bus আছে hospet এর . ভাড়া আন্দাজ INR. 600-700 মতো . শুনেছি একটা ডাইরেক্ট bus আছে majestic থেকে hampi bazar এর . সেটা দিনে একটা চলে . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> ভোর 7 tay hampi তে পৌঁছে যাবেন . Train late করলে সকাল 8 ta maximum. আমার train 1 hour late করে 8 tay পৌঁছেছিল . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Hospet e নেবে একটা auto নেবেন for hampi. 200 টাকা নেয় . Fixed rate. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Hotel এর লোকদের বলে রাখলে ওরাও পাঠিয়ে দেবে . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">থাকবেন কোথায় :</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">সব হোটেল গুলো famous Virupaksha temple er পাশেই . </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">আমি ছিলাম Hampi village e. ছোট্ট গ্রাম . পাকা বাড়ি .. Ac আছে . লোকে নিজেদের বাড়ি গুলো কেই hotel guest house বানিয়ে নিয়েছে . <span style="font-family: inherit;">কিন্তু Hampi village এ থাকলে রাত 8 tar পরেই নিস্তব্ধ হয়ে যাই . খাবার হোটেল রাত 9 ta অব্দি maximum খোলা থাকে . </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hampi te tungavadra নদীর উল্টো দিকে একটা island আছে , নাম হলো Virupura gadde সেখানেও অনেকে থাকে . অনেক বিদেশী ওখানে বেশি prefer করে থাকা কারণ ওখানে তাও একটু bar restaurant পাওয়া যায় . </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">অথবা hospet এ থাকুন .. ভালো ভালো hotel আছে . Clarks inn বেশ ভালো hotel hospet এ </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">আর hampi তে থাকলে Rocky guest house এ থাকতে পারেন . Mr. Rakesh সেটার মালিক . ব্যবহার বেশ ভালো . Ac room পাবেন . সকালে গরম জল পেয়ে যাবেন shower থেকে . গ্রামের মধ্যে এগুলো পাওয়া একটু হয়তো বেশি ব্যাপার .</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>দেখবেন কি :</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">রুক্ষতার মধ্যেও একটা সৌন্দর্য আছে জানেন তো ? এর প্রকৃত উদাহরণ হলো Hampi . চারদিকে ছোট ছোট পাথুরে পাহাড় বা টিলা . Weathering এ বিদ্ধস্থ পাথর গুলো .. একটার ওপর একটা এমন ভাবে রাখা আছে যেন কেউ নিজের মন মতো করে অগোছালো ভাবে রেখে দিয়েছে আর সেটার একটা নিজস্ব সৌন্দর্য তৈরী হয়ে গেছে . চারদিকের ছোট ছোট টিলার মাঝখানে হলো Hampi. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">চোল সাম্রাজ্যের এটাই ছিল রাজধানী Vijaynagar.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">অনেক সিনেমার দৃশ্যায়ন হয়েছে এখানে ... এমনকি Jackie Chan এর সিনেমা The Myth ও নাকি এখানে shoot হয়েছে . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">আমার ঘুরতে ঘুরতে মনে হচ্ছিলো আমি Siem Reap এর Angkor Wat e চলে এসেছি (last year এই গেছিলাম ) .. আবার কখনো মনে হচ্ছে বই এর পাতার প্রাচীন গ্রিক বা রোমান civilization এ চলে এসেছি . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Relax ভাবে দেখতে হলে hampi তে 2 days যথেষ্ট . </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Orientation</u></b>
একদিন <b>South hampi (মানে hampi village area</b>), আর পরের দিন </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">North hampi, মানে নদীর ওই পার , যেখানে কয়েকটা spot আছে </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">আর </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tungavadra নদী ভ্রমণ</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">Auto ভাড়া করে নিন . South hampi bargain করলে INR. 800 তে হয়ে যাবে . </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">North hampi o INR. 800 - 1000 করা যাই দরাদরি করলে . </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">South hampi তে সব ruins গুলো আছে . প্রাচীন মন্দির , পুরোনো বাজার , প্যালেস , রানীর স্নানের পুষ্করিণী সব south hampi তেই </span></b><span style="color: #050505;">. আসলে বলতে গেলে পুরো hampi তে এতো পুরোনো ভাঙা মন্দির , historic নিদর্শন আছে যে আপনি যাই দেখবেন মনে হবে এটাও একটা spot. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b>ওখানের hotel এই আপনাকে map ধরিয়ে দেবে , spot গুলো বলে দেবে সেই হিসেবে দেখে ফেলুন . </b></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">just south hampi তে </span><span style="color: #800180;">Virupaksha মন্দিরের পাশে </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">ferry ghat থেকে একটা boat এ উঠে উল্টো দিকে চলে যাবে</span><span style="color: #050505;">ন সেখান থেকে auto নিয়ে kishkinda ঘুরে চলে আসুন . Auto ভাড়া INR. 400 - 600 e রফা করা যেতে পারে .</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">North Hampi তে আসল দেখার জায়গা হলো </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">Kishkinda পর্বত</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> যেখানে Hanuman এর জন্ম হয়েছিল . পাহাড় এর উপর থেকে পুরো hampir ভালো view পাওয়া যায় <b>আর সাথে hanuman মন্দির ও দর্শন করে নেয়া যায়</b> . 574 তা সিঁড়ি ভেঙে উঠতে হবে . সিঁড়ির অবস্থা ভালো ... কিছুটা পুরো ঢাকা জাল দিয়ে বাদর এর বাঁদরামোর জন্য . But Ayodhyar মতো ত্যাদড় বাদর নয় . </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">আর বাকি North hampi তে একটা </span><b style="color: #050505;">দূর্গা মন্দির , </b><span style="color: #050505;"><b>পম্পাদেবী (পার্বতী দেবী)</b></span><b style="color: #050505;"> আছে</b><span style="color: #050505;"> . </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">এই দুটো বাদ ও দেয়া যায়</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> . </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Tungavadra নদী ভ্রমণ :</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">ছোট ছোট গোল গোল দাঁড় বাওয়া নৌকো ... এটা আগে কোথাও দেখিনি আমি . অবশ্যই এতে উঠুন আর নদীর দুই পার জুড়ে যা যা spot আছে দেখে নিন . মাথা পিছু INR. 700-800 নেবে . Bargain অবশ্যৈ করবেন কারণ এরাও bangalore এর অটোওয়ালার মতো প্রথমে অবাঞ্চিত ভাড়া বলবে শুনলে হাসিও পেয়ে যায় . </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">নদীর পারে মন্দির বা spot গুলো আপনি land দিয়ে যেতে পারবেন না কারণ মারাত্মক খারাপ পাথরের ওপর দিয়ে যেতে হয় আর ডাঙ্গা দিয়ে গিয়ে আপনি নদীর পারে কাছে আসতেই পারবেন না . এমন কি নদী দিয়ে গেলেও আপনাকে মাঝির হাত ধরতে হবে কয়েকটা spot এ যেতে হলে . Specially Koti Linga তে যেতে হলে . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>২৩ জানুয়ারি ২০২৩ & ২৪ শে জানুয়ারী ২০২৩: </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">
আমরা ছিলাম বিরূপাক্ষমন্দির থেকে ৫০০ মিটার দূরত্বে </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">APPU হোমস্টে তে,বুকিং.কম থেকে আগে থেকে বুক করেছিলাম, স্পট পেমেন্ট করেছিলাম,পার নাইট ১৩০০ টাকা(INCL GST)</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span>পৌঁছে গেলাম আধঘন্টার মধ্যে,ওখানে ফ্রেশ হয়ে গরম গরম পাড্ডু আর টক ঝাল মিষ্টি চাটনি দিয়ে সারলাম ব্রেকফাস্ট, ৫০ টাকা পার প্লেট. হোমস্টের নিজস্ব অটোকেই বুক করে নিলাম ২ দিনের জন্য,৩৫০০ টাকা ২ দিনের জন্য- সাউথ হাম্পি নর্থ হাম্পি সাইটসিইং.বেরোলাম</span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="color: #800180;"> ৯ তা নাগাদ. </span></b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><b><i>প্রথম দিন কি ঘুরবেন ?</i></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #050505;">পর্ব ১ - </span><span style="color: #050505;">তুঙ্গভদ্রা নদী কেন্দ্রীক বিজয়নগর সাম্রাজ্য ফিরে দেখা </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i>প্রথমেই গেলাম তুঙ্গভদ্রা Coracle রাইড,<b>৮০০ টাকা পার হেড ১ ঘন্টা ঘোরা,</b>সে অভিজ্ঞতা এক্কেবারে অন্যধরণের,সেখানে দেখলাম কোটিলিঙ্গেশ্বর, সূর্য মন্দির, লক্ষ্মী নারায়ণ মূর্তি, সব ই ভগ্নপ্রায়,স্থাপত্য কলা দেখে মুগ্ধ হতে হয়, আর এখানকার সবচেয়ে আকর্ষণীয় বিষয় হচ্ছে সাঁতরানো বাঁদর,তারা নদীর অন্য পাড় থেকে প্রণাম করতে আসছে বাবা কোটিলিঙ্গেশ্বরকে অর্থাৎ বাবা মহাদেব কে. যিনি আমাদের রাইড করাচ্ছিলেন উনি বললেন এখানে সমস্ত মন্দির ভগ্ন. বন্যা হওয়ার কারণে মন্দিরের বিভিন্ন অংশ ক্ষতবিক্ষত হয়ে পড়ে আছে, শিবরাত্রির দিন এখন বহু শরণার্থী এসে পুজো দেন এবং ধুমধাম করে পুজো হয়.
</i></span><div dir="auto"><i style="color: #050505;">পর্ব ২ হাম্পির চোখ ধাঁধানো ঐতিহাসিক মন্দির বিন্যাস - </i><b><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">South </span>হাম্পি<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (মানে </span></i></span></b><b><span style="color: #800180;"><i>হাম্পি</i></span></b><b><span style="color: #800180;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> village area)</span></i></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i>এক রাশ অবাক করা তথ্য নিয়ে এগিয়ে চললাম হাম্পির সবচেয়ে বিখ্যাত জায়গার মধ্যে অন্যতম বিরূপাক্ষ মন্দির.যে মন্দির ১৯৮৬ সালে UNESCO WORLD Heritage site হিসাবে চিহ্নিত করা হয়. এই মন্দিরটি হেমকুন্ঠ হিল টেম্পল কমপ্লেক্স এর মধ্যে থাকা একটি মন্দির.বিজয়নগর সাম্রাজ্যের দেবরায় ২ রাজার আমলে তৈরি এই মন্দিরটি ইতিহাসের পাতায় স্বর্ণাক্ষরে লেখা আছে, যার নিখুঁত স্থাপত্য কার্য্য কিছুক্ষনের জন্য সবকিছুকে ম্লান করে দেয়. থেকে বেরিয়ে দেখলাম রাজা কৃষ্ণদেবরায় আমলে তৈরি স্থাপত্যকলা, কাদালেকালু গনেশ মূর্তি, সেসিভকালু গনেশ, কৃষ্ণ মন্দির, লক্ষ্মী নরসিংহ মন্দির, বাদাভিলিঙ্গা মন্দির. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i>সেগুলি দু চোখ ভরে উপভোগকরার পর পেটপুজো করার ইচ্ছাটা প্রবল হয়,চলে আসি হাম্পি মার্কেটে,সেখানে লাঞ্চ সারলাম লাগলো ৫০০ টাকা, </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i>দেখতে দেখতে প্রায় দুপুর শেষের মুখে আসে, এরপর রওনা হই হাম্পির অন্যতম প্রধান আকর্ষণ ভিত্তালা মন্দিরের উদ্দেশ্যে,৫০ টাকার নোটে যে মন্দিরটির ছবি আপনারা দেখতে পাবেন, সেই মন্দির চাক্ষুস দেখে মনে রোমাঞ্চ জাগে,ওখানে আপনারা যেতে পারেন শেয়ার গাড়িতে করে, যেহেতু অনেকটা হেটে যেতে হয়, পার হেড পড়বে ২০ টাকা যাওয়া আসা, আমরা হেঁটেই গিয়েছিলাম. সূর্যাস্ত ওখানে উপভোগ করে পৌঁছালাম হোমস্টেতে. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i>রাতে বলেছিলাম চিকেন বানাতে, গরম গরম ভাত চিকেন কারি আর ড্রাই চিকেন কারিপাতা দিয়ে তৈরি, লেগেছিলো ২৫০ টাকা করে প্রতিজন . খাওয়া দাওয়া সেরে ইতিহাসের স্বপ্নে পাড়ি দিতে দিতে ঘুমিয়ে পড়েছিলাম.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><b><i>দ্বিতীয় দিন কি ঘুরবেন ?</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><i>পর্ব ৩ রামায়নের ইতিহাস সাক্ষী পাহাড়ময় হাম্পি - </i></span><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">North </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">হাম্পি </span></span></i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: #050505;">সকালে উঠে ফ্রেশ হয়ে হোটেলে হিসাব মিটিয়ে চেক আউট করে বেরিয়ে গেলাম সকাল ৯ তা নাগাদ, রাস্তায় করলাম ব্রেকফাস্ট, মশলাধোসা, লাগলো </span><b style="color: #050505;">৬০ টাকা করে পার হেড,</b><span style="color: #050505;"> প্রথমেই দেখলাম তুঙ্গভদ্রা নদীর ওপর গড়ে ওঠা বিশাল সেতু, দুধারে নীল জলরাশি স্বাগত জানাচ্ছে. এরপর এগোলাম </span><b style="color: #050505;">দূর্গা ফোর্ট এর উদ্দেশ্যে</b><span style="color: #050505;">, </span><span style="color: #800180;">মোটামুটি লাগলো জায়গাটি,</span><span style="color: #050505;"> সেখান থেকে ফিরে গেলাম </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">কিষ্কিন্ধ্যা পাহাড়ের উদ্দেশ্যে</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> , রামায়ণের হনুমান জির জন্মস্থান, শয়ে শয়ে ভক্তগণ জয় শ্রীরাম বলতে বলতে এগোচ্ছে, বাচ্চা বুড়ো নির্বিশেষে সবাই উঠছে উঁচু পাহাড়ে প্রায় ৫৫০ সিঁড়ি পেরিয়ে, ওপরে উঠে দেখলাম হনুমান মন্দির. </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: #050505;">তারপর পৌছালাম </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">মাতঙ্গ পাহাড়</span><span style="color: #050505;">, বেশ কঠিন রাস্তা ওপরে ওঠার</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">, তবে ওপরে উঠে যা দেখবেন তা আপনার মনের সমস্ত ক্লান্তি ভুলিয়ে দেবে,তারপর লাঞ্চ সারলাম ভেজ থালি দিয়ে, ২০০ টাকায় আনলিমিটেড সাউথ ইন্ডিয়ান খাবার, </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i>এরপরের গন্তব্য <b>তুঙ্গভদ্রা ড্যাম,</b> ঢুকতে লাগল ১০ টাকা করে পার হেড, ড্যাম অবধি পৌঁছানোর জন্য আছে বাস, যাওয়া আসা লাগবে ২০ টাকা করে পার হেড, তবে ড্যামটি খোলা ছিলোনা তাই খুব একটা ভালোভাবে দেখতে পায়নি. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i><b>আপনারা চাইলে দ্বিতীয দিন ভিত্তালা মন্দিরটা দেখতে পারেন, হাতে অনেকটাই সময় থাকবে</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><i><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><i>https://youtu.be/sWoH_qixYPo</i></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;">(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourplannermagazine/posts/2605826399569662/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourplannermagazine/posts/2605826399569662/</a>)</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">পেটপুজো কোথায় করবেন :</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>আগেই বলি hampi হলো holy place এখানে non-veg পাবেন না , কিন্তু ডিম পেতে পারেন . </b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">পুরো </span><span style="color: #800180;">hampi village এ একটাই famous restaurant, নাম হলো Mango tree.</span><span style="color: #050505;"> Mainly এটা হলো বিদেশীদের ঠেক . বেশ একটা laid back culture চলে ... Hippie type. Ambience বেশ লাগবে . ওতো বড়ো menu card এ কিছু না দেখে চোখ বুঝে Mango tree basic থালি order করুন , 150 টাকা নেবে আর বিশ্বাস করুন দুপুর 2pm এ সেটা খেলে সন্ধে 8pm এর আগে খিদে পাবে না . একটা কিছু না ফেলে সবটা খেয়ে নেবেন , তরকারি গুলো দারুন করে . রুটি বেশ বড়ো পাতলা , নরম আর বেশ সুস্বাদু. চালের quality বেশ ভালো . </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">বিকেলে snacks হিসেবে Virupaksha মন্দির এর সামনে <b>আলুর চপ পাবেন , চা পাবেন</b> আর কিছু ভাজাভুজি . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Dinner e থালি খেতে হলে <b>7.30 to 8 pm এর মধ্যে চলে যাবেন নইলে শেষ হয়ে যায় (off season e) </b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Key points:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">1. দিনের বেলা মারাত্মক গরম , নিমেষে আপনি african দের মতো লাগতে পারেন , kolkatay ফিরলে অনেকে নাও চিনতে পড়তে পারে তাই winter এ যান . আমি কয়েকদিন আগে May month এ গেছিলাম . বৃষ্টি হয়েছিল বলে তাও বাঁচোয়া কিন্তু দুপুর 11 am থেকে গরম শুরু হয়ে যায় . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2. বৃষ্টি হলেই load shedding. তাই শীতে যাওয়াই ভালো . Load shedding হলে এখানে শুধু Fan r light চলবে solar এ , AC চলবে না তাই AC room নিয়েও লাভ নেই . কিন্তু রাতের বেলা পাথুরে জায়গা বলে ঠান্ডা হয়ে যায় . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3. অবশ্যই প্রধান মন্দির Virupaksha তে যাবেন . এটা হলো শিবের মন্দির, সাথে আছে পম্পাদেবী (পার্বতী দেবী ), Bhuvaneswari দেবী (laxmi দেবী ). সন্ধে 7 to 7.30 pm এ আরতি হয় . দেখুন বেশ ভালো লাগবে .</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Hampi তে জলের মধ্যে কিছুটা submerged একটা বড়ো শিব লিঙ্গ আছে সেটা দেখবেন , নদীর পারে <b>koti linga</b> দেখবেন (অনেক গুলো ছোট ছোট শিব লিঙ্গ নদীর পারে খোদাই করে তৈরী ), Vittala মন্দির এর পাথরের রথ দেখবেন যেটা হলো Karnataka tourism এর promo icon, আর নতুন 50 টাকার note এর পেছনের ছবি . Vittala মন্দির আর তার আসে পাশের জায়গা দেখতেই আপনার পুরো 2 to 3 ঘন্টা চলে যেতে পারে . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">5. এখানে সন্ধে 7.15 er আগে গরম কালে সন্ধে হয়না . তো ঘোরার সময় অনেকটা পাবেন . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">6. <b>Main Hamp</b>i তে <b>Matunga hill আছে</b> যেটা লোকে ওঠে . রাস্তা বেশ খারাপ . কিছু তা জায়গা বেশ dangerous বলা যেতে পারে . <b>Kishkindar মতো ভালো সিঁড়ি করা নেই</b> . Matunga তে উঠলে ভালো sunset দেখতে পাবেন .আপনি বয়স্ক হলে একদম সাহস দেখিয়ে উঠতে যাবেন না. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">7. এখানে কোনো ATM নেই . Mobile এ শুধু BSNL ছাড়া বাকি কারোর tower প্রায় থাকেনা বলা চলে . Jio মাজে সাজে দেখা দেয় আর airtel তো পুরো বেপাত্তা .... কিন্তু hotel গুলো তে wi fi পাবেন . তো ওটাই ভরসা call করা বা text করার জন্য . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">8. <b>Kishkinda তে ওঠার আগে জলের বোতল সঙ্গে রাখবেন .. 574 তা সিঁড়ি ভাঙতে গেলেই বুঝবেন</b>, না এনে ভুল করেছেন কারণ ওঠার সময় একটাও জলের বোতল এর দোকান পাবেন না .</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">9. যদি <b>Virupura gadde তে থাকেন তবে israeli cafe তে অবশ্যই যাবেন</b> . Hampi তে অনেক বিদেশী আসে তো israel cusine, continental cusine, iraninan cusine, mexican সব পাবেন . Variety খেতে চাইলে নিশ্চয়ই try করুন . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">10. হাতে extra দিন রাখলে এখন থেকেই গাড়ি / অটো rent করে চলে যান বাদামি . বাদামি , আইহোলে আমি যেতে পারিনি সময়ের অভাবে . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">11. </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #2b00fe;">Rocky guest house এর rent per day হলো double bed AC room INR. 1200 (off season e 1000) included tax আর non-ac হলো 800. Ph : 9449763221 (Mr. Rakesh) breakfast free পাবেন . এদের restaurant ও আছে , কিন্তু Mango tree তে খাওয়া ভালো হবে</span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">12. Auto, hotel গুলো থেকেই rent করে নিন ওরাই help করবে . বাইরে থেকে করলেও মোটামুটি একই rate পড়ে . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">13. যদি hospet এ থাকেন তাহলে ওখান থেকেই car/auto rent করে hampi ঘুরে আবার back করে যাবেন . সেটাও করা যায় . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">14. এখানে লোকরা এমনকি অটোওয়ালাও english বলতে পারে . Hindi ও চলে . Communication খুব একটা সমস্যার নয় .</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">15. এখানে Hotel e জলের বোতল 1টা প্রতি দিন দেয় . Free RO water নিতে গেলে নিজের bottle দিন. <span style="font-family: inherit;">বোতল এগিয়ে দিন কারণ এদের কাছে থাকে না . Restaurant ও জল offer করে না , mineral কিনে নিন . cold drink এর দাম 5 - 7 টাকা বেশি নেয় . Kannada বললেও লাভ হবেনা .</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">16. Entry fee : একবারই <b>V</b></span><span style="color: #800180;"><b>ittala mandir এর সামনে থেকে INR. 30 দিয়ে ticket কাটুন আর যত্ন করে রেখে দিন . ওই ticket টি লাগবে আর যে যে জায়গায় entry fee চাইবে ওই ticket tai দেখিয়ে দেবেন</b> .</span><span style="color: #050505;"> Virupaksh temple entry fee নেই , camera নিয়ে ঢুকলে 50 টাকা নেবে আর </span><span style="color: #800180;">জুতো রাখার জন্য মাত্র 2 টাকা . </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> Bangalore : Friday রাতে train ধরে চলে যান . Sunday রাতে train ধরে Monday সকাল 6.05am e নেবে ঘরে গিয়ে fresh হয়ে office চলে যান . </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">আরো কিছু পয়েন্ট : sleeper এ গেলে lower berth ba mid berth নেবেন. কারণ train টা mysore থেকে আসে. লোকে উঠে upper berth এ শুয়ে পড়ে. ওদের টেনে তোলা ও tough. তাই lower berth নিন. ঠান্ডা হাওয়া খেতে খেতে যাবেন. Bus e গেলে seat দখলের ঝামেলা নেই.</div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">প্রথম পর্বের লিংক (Pratik Mukherjee) :</span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourplannermagazine/posts/1405921462893501/?__cft__[0]=AZVWSG17rDiVUsCKtgDUEHkcynCoXwG5aNRLsQGUFJuJUPWo2_P7idWNY_Pbw5rgDtDcNGMuwq5DulhMRlVfOzVbeLx-dB17Ow83iUyh3BGYmOgJZz1vv3ClSUMPrJQZzttapPL0VIRrn5rTBv2IUnVw&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2948798721803205&id=2158153350867750</a></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">এই সব লেখা একসাথে পর পর পেতে হলে আমার ব্যক্তিগত ব্লগ পেজ "ভবঘুরে" র লিংক :</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/211973198955006/user/100057311303990/?__cft__[0]=AZVWSG17rDiVUsCKtgDUEHkcynCoXwG5aNRLsQGUFJuJUPWo2_P7idWNY_Pbw5rgDtDcNGMuwq5DulhMRlVfOzVbeLx-dB17Ow83iUyh3BGYmOgJZz1vv3ClSUMPrJQZzttapPL0VIRrn5rTBv2IUnVw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-56261358809429853872024-01-03T14:54:00.488+05:302024-03-01T17:25:58.493+05:30Bijoy Singha's cousin in Sri Lanka !<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><u><span face="" style="background: yellow;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tour diary of Sri Lanka</span></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: #e69138;">19.1.24 Kolkata (1910 hrs - IST- Indigo) -Chennai (22 20 hrs - IST) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span><br /></span></span><span face="">20.1.24 Chennai (12 45 hrs - IST) - Colombo (02 05 hrs IST/SST) ></span><span>Negombo Airbnb (0400 hrs)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;">20.1.24</span><span style="color: magenta;"> Negombo temple >Pinnawala Elephant sanctuary>Dambulla Cave>Sigiriya Night Halt</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: magenta;">21.1.24 Sigiriya>Anuradhapura>Pindu-rangala> Sigiriya Hotel Night Halt </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">22.1.24 Hotel>Sigiriya > Nalanda Gedige > Hindu Temple >Gems Museum >Cultural Show>Tooth Relic Temple > Dinner> Kandy Hotel Night </span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Halt</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="">23.1.24 </span><span> </span><span>Hotel>Hanuman Temple > Ramboda Falls>Blue Field Tea Garden>Nuwara Eliya>Sita Eliya> Nuwara Eliya </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel Night </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Halt</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="">24.1.24 </span><span> </span><span>Hotel>Ambewela Dairy Farm> Strawberry Farm>Nanu Oya Train Station > Ella>Mini Adams Peak>Ella </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel > Dinner></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Ella </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Night </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Halt</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: magenta;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">25.1.24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel>Nine Arch Bridge > Udawalawe National Park> Hotel at Galle fort > Dinner> </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Galle fort </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Night </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Halt</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">26.1.24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel>Mirissa Whale watching >Coconut Hill beach > Parrot Hill > Lunch and Stilted fishing in Habaraduwa> Forest Beach Unawatuna >Galle Fort sunset > </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Galle fort </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Night </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Halt</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">27.1.24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel > Ambalan-goda Mask Museum > Madu Ganga River safari > Lunch>Ahungalla Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Centre > Spice Garden at Bentota > Dinner>Colombo > </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Colombo </span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">Night </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Halt</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: transparent;">28.1.24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hotel > Colombo National Musuem > Park>Ganga Rama Temple > Mosque>Galle Sea Face >Dinner>Airport</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: magenta;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;">29.1.24</span><span style="color: magenta;">. Colombo Airport (0300 hrs - Indian airlines)> Chennai (0805 hrs) - CCU (1020 hrs)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Prologue</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, "serif"; line-height: 150%;">Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt had planned to write an epic poem
narrating the heroic victory of </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Times, "serif"; line-height: 150%;">Singhal</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, serif;"> (Sri
Lanka) by Bijoy Singha. He had researched on the subject extensively and jotted
down notes in English, but his untimely death put an end to his magnum
opus. Most Bengalis are introduced to the heroic exploits of Bijoy Singha
in childhood from the poems of Dwijendralal Roy and Satyendranath Dutta. Bijoy
Singha is considered the first historical ruler of Singhal Dweep
(Island). According to researchers, </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, "serif";">Bijoy Singha ruled Singala
from 543 BC to 505 BC.</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, serif;"> However, no concrete details of his background,
his birthplace, how he reached the island and his phenomenal rise to power etc
can be traced and all we get to know are fantastic folklores that sing paean of
his heroic deeds and his mythical rise to power. Stories of Bijoy
Singha’s miraculous feats are written in the ancient Buddhist literary
collections, </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, "serif";">Mahavamsa</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, serif;"> and </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, "serif";">Dweepvamsa</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, serif;">. Hiuen
Tsang (also spelt Xuanzang), the Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and
translator who traveled to India in the 7th century during the early Tang
dynasty has mentioned ruler Bijoy Singha’s name in his works. Singhal’s
monarch, Bijoy Singha’s exploits have been delineated in the frescoes of Ajanta
as well. Historians do not brush off everything that is written about the
great ruler in the mythical stories. In fact, some of the incidents described
bear close resemblance to historical facts. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span><a href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/bijoy-singha-the-prince-of-bengal-who-was-once-the-ruler-of-sri-lanka"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.getbengal.com/details/bijoy-singha-the-prince-of-bengal-who-was-once-the-ruler-of-sri-lanka</span></a> - </span></b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: large;">for
details see the last part of the blog)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According to the early chronicles (Mahavamsa,
Pali epic), a Prince named Bijoy Singha or Vijaya and his followers came from
what is now Orissa and West Bengal and landed in Lanka in 6<sup>th</sup> century
BC. Sinhalese people are the descendants of Price Vijaya. Prince Vijaya was the
son of a lion (symbolic) and Princess – that is why the Sinhalese call
themselves by this name – which means lion people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">{No wonder there are amazing similarity in these two languages - though , I understand these are Indo European/Aryan language family.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Four seasons are termed Grishmo – Greeshma, Shorot – Sarath, Sheeth – Sheetha and Bosonto – Wasantha. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; text-align: start;">Bengali names of the days in the week end in ‘bar’. Sound ‘Ba’ must be substituted with ‘Wa’ for Sinhalese equivalent so that ‘bar’ is ‘var’ or ‘waraya’ or the ‘turn’. </span></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; text-align: start;">Day names starting from Monday are – Robibar – Ravigewaraya, Sombar, Mongalbar – Mangalawaraya, Budhbar – Badaada, Brihospathibar – Brahaspathinda, Shukrobar – Sikurada and Shonibar – Senasuradha. Both these list of names refer to certain planets. A.M, P. M. – Shokale,Vikale. Night – Rathri – Rathree, Good night – Shuba Rathri – Suba Rathriyak.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; text-align: left;"> Morich is Mirish (Pepper)</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> , </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001e2d; text-align: left;">Bhaath: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001e2d; text-align: left;">Rice,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001e2d; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001e2d; text-align: left;">Bahon = </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Vahan</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> - <b>This is just tip of the iceberg !</b> </span><i><a href="https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2018/05/24/insight-into-sinhalese-language-through-bengali/">https://www.lankaweb.com</a> }</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When they came the island was occupied by
"yakkhas" ( demons) and "nāgas". A legend relating the
existence of a great civilization before this time, under a king named Rāvana, is
also current, though the early chronicles <b>make no mention of it. </b>The
term "yakkhas and nāgas" may refer to the aborigines who occupied the
island before their arrival. No traces of an advanced civilization, however,
have yet been discovered to support the Ravana legend. Archaeologists have
discovered tools at various sites, believed to have been used by
aborigines of Sri Lanka, and they indicate that these people were a primitive
tribe who lived by hunting. These aborigines have not left traces of a strong
political organization or an advanced culture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several Pali and Sanskrit works show that the
settlement of early aryan settlers is due to the enterprise of the pioneering
merchant mariners who came to this island for pearls and precious stones.
Historians thus do not lay much reliance on the details of the Vijayan legend
but they accept Vijaya as the first ruler of Sinhala. Vijaya died after a rule
of 38 years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vijaya allied himself with an aboriginal
princess named Kuveni and married her and with her influence soon became the
master of the country. The majority of the aboriginal inhabitants were absorbed
into the new community through intermarriages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Later he drove Kuveni away and obtained a
princess from Madurai whom he made his queen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Devānampiya Tissa, succeeded him in 250
BC, that is, 236 years after the accession of Vijaya. These 236 years could be
reckoned as a separate period in the history of Sri Lanka for it formed the
background for the official introduction of Buddhism, which occurred during the
opening years of the next ruler, King Devānampiya Tissa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is evident from the chronicles relating the
early history of Sri Lanka that before the introduction of Buddhism in the
reign of King Devānampiya Tissa (250-210 BC.) there was no single religion
which was widely accepted as the national religion of the country.
Nevertheless, there was a wide range of religious beliefs and practices,
different from one another, and each individual seems to have freely observed
his religion according to his belief.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid black; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid black; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Day 0 : 19.1.24 (Fri) CCU- CMB (20.124) – </span></b><span class="details"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Indigo 6E
1171</span></b></span><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>@0205 hrs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Night Halt at Negombo </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">Airbnb </span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Airport pick
up @6000 LKR/1500 INR from airport </span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">(Driver Samantha’s number </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f;">+94
76 996 8895 )</span></i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; color: #323637;">We went to airport (flight at 710 pm) straight from office and reached Chennai. In Chennai we had Masala Dosa for a ridiculous price of Rs 300. Then we took the flight at 1250 am from Chennai for Colombo.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; color: #323637;">Since the visa was free till April 2024, we <b>did not fill up any form online</b>. After reaching we filled up the ETA form (very small form). We exchanged some currency (100 USD) from Sampath Bank in the airport, who apparently takes lowest commission (as per some blogs : official exchange rate of 1 Dollar = </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large;">320.60</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; color: #323637;">. I bought it at 317.60). But my Italian friends told me in Bank of Ceylon's ATM they were able to withdraw LKR (Lankan Rupee) without any commision. Funnily I got the best rate ever, since my driver Samantha told me to buy 4 Red Label Johnnie walker for 110 Dollar from Duty free shop. So I got 321x110 LKR ! </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; color: #323637;">Then upon arrival at the </span></span>Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) <span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">airport, </span></span></span><b style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Samantha (Driver, arranged by our Airbnb) </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"> dropped us (Arindam and our family) at </span></span></span><b style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Negombo</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: lime; color: red;"> </span></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">Airbnb on 20.1.24 at 3.45 am </span></b><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(8 Km from Airport). The Plane of Debdatta and Italians was late and they came separately. After dropping us, Samantha again went to the airport to pick them up. We are 10 people - 6 Indians and 4 Italians. We did not take any sim card. We learnt through blogs, dialog gives best rate for voice and data. The owner stays at UK. It is managed by the caretaker. It is a very nice airbnb with a huge garden - </span></span></span><span face="Circular, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 1em; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.22px; text-align: left;">"Entire home in Negombo, Sri Lanka" - Eranga for INR 5875/- (</span><a href="https://www.airbnb.co.in/rooms/25502005?adults=10&check_in=2024-04-10&check_out=2024-04-11&source_impression_id=p3_1709034900_wrMzAu6a%2Fv%2BIoe2N&previous_page_section_name=1000&federated_search_id=ac593203-9f91-4de2-9c9d-a27e306735f5" style="font-family: Circular, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.22px; text-align: left;">https://www.airbnb.co.in</a><span face="Circular, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 1em; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.22px; text-align: left;"> )</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeAILXH7FXuu8rSrnOyZNNwz239Vnu4_fPAf1cCtn7poYQNElz66dNRbqy1YZnlJAskQgRb9AnVu6OT55yMVwOn5baNaaoeMJ0P0t-kqqYnRBMsUSTLS4fYuFHm2Qd4fxhP9HIsm-Mf9vW4ay2MWcgo9Y7aN4YUPS8m7mkEvsqpVKgpi09w_btcGwiPHh/s1280/IMG_20240128_102120.1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeAILXH7FXuu8rSrnOyZNNwz239Vnu4_fPAf1cCtn7poYQNElz66dNRbqy1YZnlJAskQgRb9AnVu6OT55yMVwOn5baNaaoeMJ0P0t-kqqYnRBMsUSTLS4fYuFHm2Qd4fxhP9HIsm-Mf9vW4ay2MWcgo9Y7aN4YUPS8m7mkEvsqpVKgpi09w_btcGwiPHh/w640-h480/IMG_20240128_102120.1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Although it is called Colombo airport , it is around 35 km from Colombo and in fact it is near Negombo. That is why most people from India (taking night plane) stay at Negombo, on the date of arrival.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><u>Know Sri Lanka</u></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">In Sri Lanka 75% are Sinhalese and 20 % are Tamil (Hindu + Muslim). The size of population is 22 Million or 2.2 Crore. However density of population of India is only 25% more than Sri Lanka.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">70% are Buddhist, 12.5% Hindu and 9.5% Islam</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Accordingly to our driver Rahamath <i>(who is a Tamil and speaks in Tamil in his home. He said from his accent, people can make out that he is a Tamil and even Sinhalese people , then , start speaking in Tamil with him)</i>, Hindus are invariably Tamil. Hindu temples are invariably Tamil temple. There are schools for Tamils also. Some of the schools have Tamil as 1st language and some of them have Tamil as 2nd language. But current generations are not interested to learn either Tamil or Sinhalese. Generally education level is much more in Sri Lanka. People speaks English much better. Generally people do not dislike Tamil, but not everybody are like that. Some people still do not like Tamils. Their language , Sinhalese, has lot of influence of Tamil language.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">The per capita Income (nominal) is 3,200 USD , which is more than 20% of India, even after the great economic crisis in 2022. Before 2020 it was almost more than 50%.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">The area is 65,00 Sq Km compared to 88,000 </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Sq Km </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">of West Bengal and 130,000 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Sq Km </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">of Taila Nadu.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">The roads in Sri Lanka are quite narrow - mostly 2 lanes (1 up and 1 down). However roads are quite wide in Colombo. I did not see any poor people in Sri Lanka. I did not remember seeing any beggar.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">1 INR=4 LKR. T</span></span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">hat does not mean things are </b><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><b>cheaper</b></span></span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> than India</b><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">. In fact more expensive.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">The time zone of Sri Lanka is same.as India</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Please note that you will not get Dosa and Idly ! What you will get is mostly Bengali style fish curry with vegetable ! You will also get many bakery shops</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thankfully we did not
get rain even for one day. But it is rare, as per different blogs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">I found Sri Lankans very </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;">gentle</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> natured. I have not come across any quarrel, shouting, very few honking of cars and throwing garbage on the street. </span></b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-family: times;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">If truth be told, they are very civilized people, unlike...........We did not understand even for a minute, that there was such a huge economic crisis in Sri Lanka, 1.5 yrs back</span></b></span></p>
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</span></b><span class="details"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Night
Halt </span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at Sigiriya Airbnb </span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">owned by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Sisira
</span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: red; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Driver
accommodation at 1500 LKR)<br /></span></b><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">We left Airbnb</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><i> </i>at 0900 hours<i> </i>(Driver Rahamaths’s number - </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: rgb(240, 244, 249); color: #1f1f1f;">+94 77 754 3463) </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: rgb(240, 244, 249); color: #323637;"><b>. </b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">We booked the car from Flywings Holidays. <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Rahamath is the owner of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: rgb(240, 244, 249); color: #323637;"><b> </b></span></span></span>Flywings Holidays <span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">and driver of our car. He is an exceptionally sober driver. I am yet to see a better driver in so many years of travel. He did not lose his temper even for once - though we were very demanding and were not very disciplined .He has exceptional rating in Tripadvisor.We paid him only after reaching Sri Lanka.We paid 60 USD per day plus tips plus his accomodatio<i>n.</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN">We did a Half day Negombo tour. We went to </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Angulimala Temple in Negombo (entry fee LKR 500 or INR 100). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><span>We did not have time for</span><span> </span></span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: #7030a0;">Negombo Fish Market and St Sebastain Church or Negombo beach</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c96a4; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><b>We had our breakfast at a restaurant. This airbnb does not serve breakfast.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Some of the group members visited privately owned Millennium Elephant foundation and others visited Government owned Pinna-wala Elephant
Orphanage, which has been looking after orphaned or injured elephants. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">In private one, </span><span style="color: #323637;">Millennium Elephant foundation, </span><span style="color: #323637;">elephants are bathed in turns and the entry fee is 15 USD for all (Saarc + Non Saarc countries) and you can wash the elephants and ride the elephants AT ANY TIME. But they have only 6 elephants. There is <b>a canal</b>, where the elephants are bathed.You can even wash the elephants. There is a small but nice museum and souvenir shop.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">In Government run </span><span style="color: #323637;">Pinna-wala Elephant Orphanage (within 2 km from each other) you w</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">atch
the elephant’s bath in the <b>river</b> - </span><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>elephant bathing <b>two times</b> in a day - 10-12
morning, 2-4 afternoon. But you cannot touch the elephants, nor can you ride the elephants. But there are 20 elephants and area is huge. It is 10 USD for </span></span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">Saarc countries. The backdrop in the Govt is better.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3enJpxvJTEqqHGVWHt1-CM74arfb2r53durQkin1pVv6CB2WDau2Wtr9YjY_roVzNoplS617Te8FEruiKn5-mumIq0yOJ5tl659qCc3KaUSqJwKzJwazfnvhJ_N-zx7NF9V6wGpIG2FYvGlfn8hOeOnCBao50ui1QDGjmWy5FqxpxPqnu6Q_BGXbJP0s/s4080/IMG_20240120_141455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3enJpxvJTEqqHGVWHt1-CM74arfb2r53durQkin1pVv6CB2WDau2Wtr9YjY_roVzNoplS617Te8FEruiKn5-mumIq0yOJ5tl659qCc3KaUSqJwKzJwazfnvhJ_N-zx7NF9V6wGpIG2FYvGlfn8hOeOnCBao50ui1QDGjmWy5FqxpxPqnu6Q_BGXbJP0s/w480-h640/IMG_20240120_141455.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="details"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></span><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">Travel distance between Negombo and Pinnawala :</span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;"> 77 Km</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><o:p><span>Then we v</span></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #323637;">isited the </span><b style="color: #323637;">Golden Cave
Temple</b></span></span></span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> at Dambulla. Dambulla cave temple , also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla, is a World Heritage Site situated in the central part of the country.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dambulla is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains. There are more than 80 documented caves in the surrounding area. Major attractions are spread over 5 caves, which contain statues and paintings. There are images of the Lord Buddha as well as various gods and goddesses. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It is different from Ajanta caves.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Prehistoric Sri Lankans would have lived in these cave complexes before the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka as there are burial sites with human skeletons about 2700 years old in this area, at Ibban-katuwa near the Dambulla cave complexes. It has 5 caves under a vast overhanging rock, carved with a drip line to keep the interiors dry. Inside the caves, the ceilings are painted with intricate patterns of religious images following the contours of the rock.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Dambulla cave monastery is still functional and remains the best-preserved ancient edifice in Sri Lanka. This complex dates from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, when it was already established as one of the largest and most important monasteries. Valagamba of Anuradhapura is traditionally thought to have converted the caves into a temple in the first century BC. Many other kings added to it later and by the 11th century, the caves had become a major religious centre and still are.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNk5sNM8iUFdiaDB5RD1dON5Y08DXW232Nelr-dkWe46GDpFIHsOUqdzDJeT72POEgn5A3Rl0FP3dcy1XQzFR5SeEJlpHZWMuzXs5iUTZG6v2WynsYBV4qoZqe2MdTFMqP7_QXxaGPqD7VuBW6ev1PowFWKPe3roRbPwMfwjwIv6Sb14SpPyHBpC5vYgl/s3280/IMG_20240120_170755...%20(3.1)%20(4.1)%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNk5sNM8iUFdiaDB5RD1dON5Y08DXW232Nelr-dkWe46GDpFIHsOUqdzDJeT72POEgn5A3Rl0FP3dcy1XQzFR5SeEJlpHZWMuzXs5iUTZG6v2WynsYBV4qoZqe2MdTFMqP7_QXxaGPqD7VuBW6ev1PowFWKPe3roRbPwMfwjwIv6Sb14SpPyHBpC5vYgl/w640-h480/IMG_20240120_170755...%20(3.1)%20(4.1)%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">After having dinner at a very nice restaurant in Dambulla ,we left for Sigiriya, which is within 20 minutes from Dambulla. Near the </span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">restaurant</span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"> one shop was selling mask - slightly overpriced.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">Travel distance between Pinnawala and Dambulla:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>85 Km</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of
the day</span></u></i></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white;">Negombo city tour</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: #7030a0;"> : Angulimala temple</span></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pinna-wala Elephant
Orphanage and Millennium elephant Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dambulla Golden Cave
Temple<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #92d050;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Day 2 : 21.1.4 </span></b><span class="details"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sigiriya > Anuradhapura >Sigiriya </span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Night
Halt </span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at Sigiriya Airbnb </span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">owned by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Sisira </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0c96a4; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BREAKFAST<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PROVIDED - Pithey puli and Roti</span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8.30 am - Sigiriya to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anuradhapura <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Officially the entry cost to Anuradhapura is $ 30 USD - which will get you admission to all the sites on the day of purchase. Tickets are available from 8:30 am. There are no demarcation points at the entrances to the old city, so it is possible to enter without a ticket. There are however road blocks around the city - where you will be asked to show a ticket. <b>I have learnt from a </b></span></span></span></span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">blogger from </b><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Tourplanner (Fb group) person without ticket were landed in deep problem. He has advised to buy the ticket on your own.</b></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">However, Sri Maha Bodhi (not sure, if it is free), Ruwanwelisaya (Free) and Isumuruniya (200 lkr) are outside and are <b>also the most significant sights in Anuradhapura.</b></span><span style="color: #202122;"> They are not part of 30 USD combined ticket.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;"><b>History</b></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;">Anuradhapura was founded in the 5th century </span><span class="text-smallcaps" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;">BC</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;"> and was the Sinhalese</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;"> capital of Sri Lanka, from the 4th century </span><span class="text-smallcaps" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;">BC</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;"> until the 11th century </span><span class="text-smallcaps" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;">AD</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; text-align: start;">, when invasions from South India forced the shifting of the capital. </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Pandu-kabhaya, King of Upatissa Nuwara and the first monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom and 6th over all of the island of Sri Lanka, since the arrival of the Vijaya, reigned from 437 BC to 367 BC. According to many historians and philosophers, he is the first truly Sri Lankan king since the Vijayan invasion, and also the king, who ended the conflict between the Sinha clan and local community.</span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="details"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;">We hired a guide for this tour and paid 5,000 LKR. We first went to </span></span></span></span></span><span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Isuru-muni Vihara</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">. Since we did not have enough time, we decided not to do the whole Citadel tour and pay super expensive 30 USD (non Saarc) for Anuradhapura tour. </span></span><span style="color: #050505;">Isuru-muni Vihara is cheaper and has a separate entry fee. </span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">The ancient Megha-giri Vihara is presently identified as the Isuru-muni Vihara. (Entry fee is <b>500</b> LKR). </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">It was built by </span><b style="color: #050505;">King Devanam-piya Tissa</b><span style="color: #050505;"> (</span><b style="color: #050505;">250</b><span style="color: #050505;"> BC to 210 BC) , who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura </span><i><span style="color: #800180;"><b>[</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180;"><i><b>Devanam-piya Tissa is a Sinhalese King. </b></i></span></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire sent his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka, who were also instrumental in spreading Buddhism in Sri Lanka. According to traditional accounts, Mahinda converted King Devanampiya Tissa to Buddhism, which led to the religion's rapid spread throughout the island. Sanghamitra </i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(sister of Mahinda)</i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>, who was also a Buddhist monk, is said to have arrived in Sri Lanka later and established the Bhikkhuni Order of Buddhist nuns. </i></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Sangamitra, brought a Bodhi sapling.</i></span></span></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>The events surrounding Mahinda's arrival and meeting with the king form one of the most important legends of Sri Lankan history. Buddhism became a national religion from 250 BC</i></b></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><i> ].</i> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">It is renowned for its stone carvings of which the most famous is one known as the “Isuru-muniya Lovers”. The other carvings are of the Horseman, Elephant, Pond and the Royal Family. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Connected to the Temple is a cave with a cliff above it. A small Stupa/ Dagoba was built on this cliff during a later period. At the picturesque entrance to Isuru-muniya, a rock can be seen on either side of a crevice, and this rock seems to rise out of a pond.</span><i><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Sanghamitra came to </span><b style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Isuru-muni Vihara</b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">.</span></i></span></p><span class="details" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="details" style="color: #323637;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #050505; letter-spacing: normal;">Then we saw </span></span></span></span></span><span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sanda-hiru Seya <i>Stupa</i></span><span style="color: #323637;"><i> or Dagoba</i></span></b><span style="color: #323637;"> (on the way to Sri Maha Bodhi Tree) . </span></span><span style="color: #050505;">The stupa was built in commemoration of the fallen war heroes of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in Sri Lankan Civil War, which was ended in 2009. It is a white washed stupa. <b>There is no entry fee.</b></span></div></span></span><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Our next stop is the famous </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sri Maha Bodhi</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">. It is a historical sacred bo tree (Ficus religiosa) in the Maha-mewuna Garden in historical city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. </span><b style="color: #050505;">There is probably no entry fee. We did not pay. </b><span style="color: #050505;">This is believed to be a tree grown from a cutting of the southern branch from the historical sacred bo tree, Sri Maha Bodhi, which was destroyed during the time of Emperor Ashoka the Great, at Bodh Gaya in India. </span><b style="color: #050505;">It was Ashok's daughter Sanghamitra , who bought this tree and the religion, around 250 BC.</b></span></div></span><p style="background-color: white;"></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">While entering the tree complex, you will see </span><span style="color: #050505;">Moonstone. This is an elaborately carved, half-circled stone adorning the entrances of ancient Buddhist temples and buildings in the early kingdom city ruins of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">Then we saw </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ruwan-weliseya</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> stupa across the wall </span><i style="color: #050505;">from Bodhi Tree complex</i><span style="color: #050505;">. It is one of the largest stupas or dagobas, which is in the heart of the beautiful heritage city of Anuradhapura. This stupa was built by King Dutuga-munu, who was hailed to be the hero of the island. </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Today the Ruwan-weliseya stupa stands tall with a height of 338 feet and a diameter of 951 ft. However it is a whitewashed stupa. It looks new ! </span><b style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">My Italian friends aptly said they do not know the difference between Restoration and Renovation. </b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Till today, there are many renovations which have taken place ; Ruwan-weliseya stupa is one of the most revered and influential areas of worship for the Buddhists in Anuradhapura. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;">From the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree complex, we could see </span><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jeta-vana-rama stupa</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">. </span></span><span style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">Jeta-vana-rama or Jeta-vanaramaya is a stupa or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jeta-vana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura. </span><span style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">At 122 metres (400 ft), it was the world's tallest stupa and the third tallest structure in the ancient world (only behind the two great pyramids: Great Pyramid of Giza and Pyramid of Khafre) when it was built by King Mahasena of Anuradhapura (273–301 AD).</span></div></span><br style="color: #050505;" /><span style="color: #050505;">With the destruction and abandonment of Anuradhapura kingdom in the 11th century, the stupa with others was covered by jungle. </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">King Parakrama-bahu in the 12th century tried to renovate this stupa and it was rebuilt to the current height, a reduction from the original height. Today it stands at 71 metres (233 ft).</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span></span><p style="background-color: white;"></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><b>Anuradhapura does not warrant so much time. It is renovated and not restored. It looks new. The real ruins are basically some scattered bricks. <u>Now I realize, we should have used the time to go to Polonna-ruwa - which is nicer. </u></b></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;">But my sister who went to Sri Lanka, just after me, said </span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left;"><u>Polonna-ruwa </u></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;">should not be missed. <i>(It has a fascinating history and UNESCO heritage site. </i></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505;"><i>The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa is a World Heritage Site and the second capital of Sri Lanka. It was the royal capital of both the Chola and Sinhalese kingdoms for three centuries. </i></span><span><i><span style="color: #050505;">Polonnaruwa was first established as a military post by the Sinhalese kingdom. It became the residence of Sri Lanka's kings in 368 AD </span><span style="color: #800180;">and succeeded Anuradhapura as the capital in the 8th century</span><span style="color: #050505;">)</span></i><span style="color: #050505;">. </span></span><b>Raja Raja Chola I </b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(</span></i></span><span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #212529;">Rajaraja Chola I</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;"> , considered as one of the greatest king of the Chola
Empire, ruled between 985 and 1014 AD. He laid the foundation for the growth of the
Chola kingdom into an empire, by conquering the kingdoms of southern India and
the Chola Empire expanded as far as <a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sri_Lanka" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" title="Sri Lanka"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">Sri Lanka</span></a> in the south, and Kalinga (Orissa) in the
northeast. He fought many battles with the Chalukyas in the north and the
Pandyas in the south. By conquering Vengi, Rajaraja laid the foundations for
the Chalukya Chola dynasty. He invaded Sri Lanka and started a century-long
Chola occupation of the island. </span></i></span><i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">He built the magnificent Brihadisvara Temple in
Thanjavur. </span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #212529;">Rajendra Chola I,</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;"> the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king of
South India, succeeded his father in 1014 AD (till 1044 AD) as
the Chola emperor. </span></span></i><b>Raja Raja Chola's</b><i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> successes enabled the splendid achievements of his son
Rajendra Chola I under whom the empire attained the greatest extent and <b>carried
its conquest beyond the seas. </b></span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #212529; text-align: left;">During his reign, he extended the influences of the already
vast Chola empire. Rajendra’s territories extended to coastal </span><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Burma" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" title="Burma"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">Burma</span></a><span style="text-align: left;">, Lakshadweep, </span><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Maldives" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" title="Maldives"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">Maldives</span></a><span style="text-align: left;">, conquering the kings of </span><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Srivijaya" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" title="Srivijaya"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">Srivijaya</span></a><span style="text-align: left;"> (Sumatra, </span><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Java_(island)" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" title="Java (island)"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">Java</span></a><span style="text-align: left;">, and Malaya in </span><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Southeast_Asia" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" title="Southeast Asia"><span style="color: #212529; text-decoration-line: none;">South East Asia</span></a></i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>) and the Pegu islands with his fleet of ships. He
defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar</i></span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></i><span style="background-color: white;">, built Vanavan Mahadevi-svaram, a Shiva temple at Polonnaruwa named after his queen, which presently is known as Siva Devale.The temple among other contained Ganesha and Parvati statues of bronze. The North and Central parts of Sri Lanka, was under this period ruled under Rajendra Chola I directly as a Chola province (wiki). </span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Do not listen to those, who says if you love history go to Anuradhapura. </b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">In fact if you do not love history then you will not come to Sri Lanka in the first place (unless you want to go to beach and forest only). Plus it is expensive.</span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Then we left for </span><span style="color: #050505;">Pidu-rangala Rock. On the way we had lunch. </span><span style="color: #050505;"> When we reached it is already 4 pm. We decided to go to </span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span><span style="color: #050505;">Pidu-rangala Rock instead of Sigiriya - </span><span style="color: #050505;">because if you’re standing on top of Sigiriya, it means you’re unable to really see how beautiful it is. Moreover it's entry fee is 1/10th of Sigiriya. The two rocks are within 2 Km distance. For Saarc countries tourists, however the rate is 50%. Please carry photocopy of Passport (we were told) to avail this discount. We, however, never shown the passport. They could make out from our profile.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Hiking to the top is possible for both of these rocks, but hiking to the top of </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Pidu-rangala</b></span><span style="color: #050505;"> Rock is a real adventure and difficult. Sigi</span><span style="color: #050505;">riya is easier to climb. </span><span style="color: #050505;">Among my group members I was the only one who climbed. Italians friends of course climbed. We saw a<b> nice sunset from the top.</b> From </span><span style="color: #050505;">Pidu-rangala Rock you have a wonderful view of Sigiriya. There were many people on the top of </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Pidu-rangala</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">. Almost all of them are Europeans. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Pidu-rangala</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> has an incredible 360-degree viewpoint located opposite the world-famous Sigiriya Lion Rock (which is only 1 meter taller). </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Pidu-rangala Rock is an almost 200 m tall rock. It will take around 1 hour to go up.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When I got down,with the help of Giacomo (going down was not easy either), it was dark. My headlamp was of great help, while going down, since it was already dark.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had dinner at a nice place in Sigiriya , before reaching the hotel.</span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></strong><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"> </span></span></p></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">Route : </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver; text-align: justify;">Sigiriya -Anuradhapura - Pidu-rangla-Sigiriya</span></span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of
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<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Itinerary : </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Sigiriya -</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;"> Anuradhapura (</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Isuru-muniya-</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Shri Mahabodhi-</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;"> </span></b><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Jetavanarama Dagoba) -</span></b></span><span style="background-color: silver; color: #7030a0;">Pidu-rangla-</span><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: silver; color: #7030a0;">Sigiriya</span></b></span></span></p>
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Kandy </span></b></span></span></p><p class="js-ao-scout-accordion" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 18pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; mso-highlight: lime;">Night Halt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">Hotel-</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: #1f1f1f;">Travellers
Nest Kandy</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-highlight: lime;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><o:p style="background-color: lime;"></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="js-ao-scout-accordion" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 18pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-highlight: lime;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0c96a4; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BREAKFAST<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PROVIDED</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #0c96a4; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Sigiriya Lion Rock has a lot of interesting history because it used to be King Kashyap’s palace. Its beauty ( </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">incredible murals, gardens, and ruins) </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">and history led it to be awarded UNESCO world heritage status. There’s even a swimming pool on top of the rock! </span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #0c96a4; font-family: times; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323637; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal;">Our Italian friends left the hotel at 5.30 am to Climb </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: normal;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"">Sigiriya Rock. It is around 2.8 Km from our Airbnb. And i</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">t will take around 1 hour to go up. It is difficult for me to keep their pace and derail the days plan - so I skipped the hike. But my sister who went to Sri Lanka just after me, hiked both (Pid-urangala and Sigiriya) and told me Sigiriya is stunning and should not be missed. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">The downside is that, the rock formation itself is the most impressive part, but because you’re standing on top of it, it means you’re unable to really see how beautiful it is. </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Additionally, the entrance fee is on the high side, priced at 30 USD (50% for Saarc countries) vis a vis 3 USD (1,000 LKR for non-Saarc countries) in Pidu-rangala. </span></p><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Cūḷa-vaṃsa, Sigiriya area was a large forest, then after storms and landslides it became a hill. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Sigiriya, site in central Sri Lanka, was inhabited since prehistoric times. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">There is clear evidence that the many rock shelters and caves in the vicinity were occupied by Buddhist monks and ascetics from as early as the 3rd century BC consisting of the ruins of an ancient stronghold. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Sigiriya was built in the late <b>5th century AD, </b>on a remarkable monolithic rock pillar. The rock, rises to an elevation of 1,144 feet (349 metres) above sea level and is some 600 feet (180 metres) above the surrounding plain. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">The Sinhalese King Kashyap I built a palace in the shape of a monumental lion on the several acres of ground at the summit, intending it to be a safeguard against his enemies and made his new capital. On a small plateau about <b>halfway up the side of this rock</b>, he built a gateway in the form of an enormous lion. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">The name of this place is derived from this structure Siṃhagiri the Lion Rock. The spectacular terraced</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span><b style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">summit </b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">of the rock covers 1.6 hectares. </span></span></p><div><br /></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Visitors begin the final ascent to the top through the open paws of the lion, one of the few remaining portions of the palace that are still intact. An open-air spiral stairway leads to a long, sheltered gallery in the sheer rock face with 21 rock paintings/ colourful frescoes of buxom women , popularly believed to represent either apsaras (celestial nymphs/ singers and dancers or King Kashyap’s concubines). Protected from the sun in the sheltered gallery, the frescoes remain in remarkably good condition, their colours still glowing. Modern theory suggests the female forms represent aspects of Tara – a bodhisattva and one of the most important figures in Tantric Buddhism. They are similar in style to the rock paintings at Ajanta in India, but have a specific character in their classical realist style. No one knows the exact dates of the impressive frescoes, though it’s unlikely they date as far back as the 5th century (when King Kasyap reigned).</div></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;">The Cūḷa-vaṃsa describes King Kashyapa as the son of <b>King Dhatusena.</b> Kashyapa murdered his father by walling him up alive and then usurping the throne in 477 AD which rightfully belonged to his half-brother Mogga-llana, Dhatusena's son by the true queen </span></div></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>( Kashyap I, is the king’s son by a non-royal consort).</i> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">This is thought to be the site chosen by King Kashyap for his fortified capital </span><b style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">after he had assassinated his father.</b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> Today only the low foundations of structures exist, and the remains are visually unimpressive. The capital and the royal palace were abandoned after the king's death. It was used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Mogga-llana fled to India to escape being assassinated by Kashyap, but vowed revenge. In India he raised an army with the intention of returning and retaking the throne of Sri Lanka, which he considered to be rightfully his. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Expecting the inevitable return of Mogga-llana, Kashyapa is said to have built his palace on the summit of Sigiriya as a fortress as well as a pleasure palace and moved the capital and his residence from the traditional capital of Anuradhapura to the more secure Sigiriya.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: #050505;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">During King Kashyap’s reign (477 to 495 AD), Sigiriya was developed into a complex city and fortress.Most of the elaborate constructions on the rock summit and around it, including defensive structures, palaces, and gardens, date from this period. </span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: #050505;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Moggall-ana finally arrived, declared war, and defeated Kashyapa in 495 AD. During the battle Kashyapa's armies abandoned him and he committed suicide by falling on his sword.</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"> </span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After breakfast we called our Italian friends and met them near the entrance. <b>We decided to do a short tour outside the Sigiriya by auto rickshaw or Tuk Tuk. </b>We took some nice pictures of Sigiriya.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbszYj4amdOLJoK5I9o9ZZyDKpHuYEKbI29Plz3GU2QQDpYzyLm0ciPAP656Lz7t7X8sX5AdTULZDcrdFBLPRSivt20EGz8WpLztH1SWnOxIvG1LDZbwdu4n3Wt4VlNywez1gIuP8n2v2eX1YRvtthK89BLL_l7a56iR7BUdDBvnyMnAbHfFkaPRS9Mt-/s4080/SIGIRIYA%20(28).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">Travel distance:</span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>63 Km</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #0c96a4; font-family: times; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #323637; letter-spacing: normal;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif""></span></strong></span></b></p><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="details"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p></div>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">Then we left for Kandy via Dambulla. </span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span>On the way to Kandy, we visited<strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif""> Nalanda
Gedige. </span></strong></span></span><span style="color: #050505;">Nalanda Gedige is an ancient stone temple near Matale, Sri Lanka and its original site is considered the <b>geographical centre of Sri Lanka. </b></span><span style="color: #050505;">The building was constructed between the 8th and 10th centuries with dravidian architecture in (Pallava style) and is believed to have been used by Buddhists.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A pillar inscription of the 9-10th century A.D. that was unearthed from the site revealed Nalanda Gedige was a Buddhist monastery. Also some scholars describe this building as a dravidian architecture dedicated to a Mahayana cult with pronounced Tantric learning and known as an ancient monument of Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhist affinities.Nalanda Gedige is a curious hybrid of Buddhist and Hindu architecture.There are erotic but eroded Tantric Buddhist carvings, like the famous ones at Khajuraho in India.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nalanda Gedige is designed on the lines of a Hindu temple with a mandapa, an entrance hall (originally roofed).</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A limited number of the original Hindu deity statuettes exist within the temple, however, a statue of the God Kubera appears on the south side of the tympanum, a feature that can only be seen in Sri Lanka.</div></span></span><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span>After that, we visited a <strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hindu
temple. </span></strong></span></span><span style="color: #050505;">Muthu-mari-amman Temple or Sri Muthu-mari Amman Kovil is a Hindu temple in Matale, Sri Lanka. </span><span style="color: #050505;">The prefix "muthu" literally means pearl. "Mari" means rain and "Amman" means mother in Tamil language. </span><span style="color: #050505;">The temple is dedicated to Mariamman, the goddess of rain and fertility. </span><span style="color: #050505;">The land was originally part of a paddy field and was gifted by the owner in 1852.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The current temple was built in 1874, funded by the Nattu-kkottai Chettiar. This temple is used by both Hindus and Buddhists. The temple was originally a small statue under a tree prayed to by the Hindu people, but has been developed by the people in Matale. We did not go inside the temple,since they charge 500 LKR to go inside.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had our lunch on the way.</div></span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #E3E5E6 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span>Since we had some time, we visited a </span></span><span style="color: #323637;"><strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"">Gems Museum and Workshop</span></strong></span><span style="color: #323637;">. It was nothing great. There is a 10 minute video show here.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">T</span><span style="color: #323637;">he </span><b style="color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">evening </b><strong style="color: #323637;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"">Kandyan cultural dance</span></strong><span style="color: #323637;"> performance started at 5 pm and continued till 6 pm. It was interesting. We paid around 2000 LKR. Rahamat arranged the ticket over phone and secured good seat for us.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">Then we went to see the </span><strong style="color: #323637;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"">Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (house of King really) nearby</span></strong><span style="color: #323637;">. </span><span style="color: #323637;">It was the time of evening worship (at 6.30 pm. Morning worship takes place at 5.30 am and one more in the day time) and it was very crowded. You can see the Kandy lake from the temple. The bringing of the tooth surreptitiously (hidden in the hair) from Kalinga to Kandy via Anuradhapura , Polonnaruwa, Colombo is a long history. We paid 1500 LKR for entry fee. We had to keep our shoes outside, like everywhere else. So please do not wear sneakers. </span></span></div><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323637;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then after having dinner, at a nearby restaurant (some of us had Indian food), we checked in our hotel.</span></span></p>
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Gedige</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">o</span><span style="color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;"> Hindu temple</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o <span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;">Gem Museum and Workshop</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">Traditional Kandyan Cultural Dance Performance</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;">Kandy city tour <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">( evening worship at tooth temple)</span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #E3E5E6 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><br /></span></i></span></p></div>
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4 :<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23.1.24<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;">Kandy
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">After breakfast, I roamed around the city for sometime. One can go to
the </span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens </b><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">in Kandy, before
continuing to </span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">Nuwara Eliya</b><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">. We skipped it due to lack of time and also because one of my friends said you can skip it, if you have seen Botanical gardens in India. Today we were supposed to leave at 8.30 am , but we left at 9.30 am. Rumi was late.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="color: #323637;">On the way, falls </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;">Hanuman Temple </span><span>(without any detour, almost)</span><span style="color: #323637;"> - </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">where Hanuman "first came, after reaching Lanka "</span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">. It is located in a very beautiful place. It is absolutely neat and clean - unlike what you see in India. The view from the temple is breathtaking. There is one shop selling tea.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieswFbApAhXYaUWn5Pr7tueLrt6BAdNlaqhyphenhyphengU3dieA2XSzvVV9UNvNQn1cNL6XhNtDVekw58qiFzqMqnUrHL-fO1TWsidV7e78FES-FPCakVsOBiapqMnc7QWeUUTitveDcAdprAOc0lhtYi4icj2qHA87ZvJbqplP2zO5zOI8tDyXr85LPO_qrNGyXJ/s1156/IMG_20240123_111254.1%20(1.1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1156" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieswFbApAhXYaUWn5Pr7tueLrt6BAdNlaqhyphenhyphengU3dieA2XSzvVV9UNvNQn1cNL6XhNtDVekw58qiFzqMqnUrHL-fO1TWsidV7e78FES-FPCakVsOBiapqMnc7QWeUUTitveDcAdprAOc0lhtYi4icj2qHA87ZvJbqplP2zO5zOI8tDyXr85LPO_qrNGyXJ/w640-h296/IMG_20240123_111254.1%20(1.1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">Then we visited </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ramboda Falls.</span></b><b style="color: #323637;"> </b><span style="color: #323637;">There is small entry fee of 100 LKR. You have to hike a little to reach there. It is quite nice. You have to enter through a hotel. It is quite nice.Our Italian friends had some shower in the Falls</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #323637;">Our next destination is </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue Field T</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ea Garden</span><span style="color: #323637;"> - </span></b><b style="color: #323637;">tea factory cum plantation. </b><b>It was a nice experience. It is r</b><span>anked as number 2 things to do in Nuwara Eliya, in tripadvisor.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Upon arrival, guests will be greeted by a uniformed guide who will then begin the tour. The first stage would be, where the tea leaves are plucked and guests will observe the raw leaves, and the buds, being loaded into a machine, in order to <b>trough </b>/ dehydrate it - 40%. The identifiable odour of tea-leaves will be evident once the process is complete.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The withered leaves will then be <b>rolled over</b> and spread on fermenting beds for <b>fermentation process</b>. </span><span>Next the fermented tea leaves will be dried before entering a firing machine and the leaves are ‘fired’ or</span><span> exposed to <b>heat</b> in a process called ‘firing, where remaining <b>60% of the moisture is drained</b>, after which they are sorted into various batches depending on quality. Finally the assorted teas are packaged and organised according to their flavours and qualities.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we went to the plantation with a basket, nearby, to pluck the tea leaves. This is not allowed in India. Sri Lanka is definitely a much more tourist friendly country.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>At the conclusion of the tour, all the guests are greeted to a <b>complimentary cup </b></span><span><b>of tea</b> at the in-house restaurant. W</span><span>e bought few packs of tea. However it is nowhere near our famed Darjeeling tea.</span><span style="color: #6a6c6e;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8aRw65qDQIucyQOaB2bW3g4nz0kkd4H5FqvdYy7ISOOYKT52Hx2uYuw2bwXxvgq3MRvKco6OlseTreoEYX7mdtOg7PvWv6VSuZ-bJ5f-5q-s3Hc6bnB8J9GyyKBG9IvuPwOhtkTMrxu-tyU5cOnqMtCMjxurkBRdFD39L-dEAuZrm67RPN3T2HK27Ait/s3280/TEA%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8aRw65qDQIucyQOaB2bW3g4nz0kkd4H5FqvdYy7ISOOYKT52Hx2uYuw2bwXxvgq3MRvKco6OlseTreoEYX7mdtOg7PvWv6VSuZ-bJ5f-5q-s3Hc6bnB8J9GyyKBG9IvuPwOhtkTMrxu-tyU5cOnqMtCMjxurkBRdFD39L-dEAuZrm67RPN3T2HK27Ait/w640-h480/TEA%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZOnOmikunevDo7PXFhg43XuaVyn6tDkEwKi4yGii81zm6-jGbYKG5LOb_89HdiBIIXTMLwrUEOTucR4kBfa8pbs4fhKALTwFoqu1Rh3v9Q9E6Vrs4wyCq80TobiKOzd_4hUQgx-NtYVzGhRhyphenhyphenlDBlNxxfxFfYzECVoDF_wexbKW1O8XpQ5hYVvEWiohq/s2048/TEA%20(5).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZOnOmikunevDo7PXFhg43XuaVyn6tDkEwKi4yGii81zm6-jGbYKG5LOb_89HdiBIIXTMLwrUEOTucR4kBfa8pbs4fhKALTwFoqu1Rh3v9Q9E6Vrs4wyCq80TobiKOzd_4hUQgx-NtYVzGhRhyphenhyphenlDBlNxxfxFfYzECVoDF_wexbKW1O8XpQ5hYVvEWiohq/w480-h640/TEA%20(5).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Guests can also order various other kinds of tea as well, but for a price. The restaurant also serves a variety of snacks . </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had a very nice buffet lunch (with an extensive spread) at their restaurant (very nice decor) for a reasonable price (2500 LKR). <span>Bluefield Tea Factory is located in Rambado town located 28 kilometers away from Nuwara Eliya City. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span>After reaching Nuwara Eliya, we went to see the famous colonial era Post Office and posted a letter (Post card+ stamp) to India for 110 LKR. </span></span></span><span face=""Trip Sans VF", "Trip Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">This is one of the oldest Post Offices of Sri Lanka. One gets transported to the bygone era. </span>The Tudor-era design of the Nuwara Eliya Post Office building, constructed in 1894, is consistent with the creation of many other colonial structures in the town. The structure, which boasts a <b>red brick exterior</b> and a clock tower , offers a glimpse of old-world Ceylon and is a popular tourist destination in this “Little England.” <span face=""Trip Sans VF", "Trip Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">This place is located in the heart of the city, very close to Victoria Park entrance 2. <b>It is not very cold in Nuwara Eliya. But in the day time, it was not cold at all.</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span>After that we went to see</span><span style="color: #616161;"> </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Seetha</span></b><span style="color: #616161;"> </span><span>or</span><span style="color: #616161;"> </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sita Eliya</span></b><span style="color: #616161;">. </span></span><span>This place is believed to be the site where Sita was held captive by the Ravana, and where she prayed daily for her husband Rama to come and rescue her as per Ramayana. </span><span>There is a stream, by the side of the temple, where that runs from the hill nearby, and said to be formed for the needs of Sita (Devi) during her days at Ashoka Van or Vatika. </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">It is also considered that Sita had taken bathe in this stream. On the rock face across the stream are circular depressions, that are regarded to be the "footprints of Hanuman". <b>This is the place where hanuman found Sita in Ashok Van.</b> </span><span style="font-family: times;">Sita is referred to as Sita Devi by our driver Rahamath.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">If you have time, you can go little further away on this road and reach </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face="Vrinda, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #7030a0;">Hakgala Botanical gardens.</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #323637;">On the way back, we saw </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gregory Lake</span></b><span style="color: #323637;">. Gregory was the governor of Sri Lanka. It has a steep entry fee (600 LKR) and only 30 minutes was left to be closed at 7 pm. We skipped it and went to the hotel to check in and then had dinner in a market place around 10 minutes walk from our hotel. The fish curry is 450 LKR and vegetable curry is 350 LKR. In the curry they serve vegetables and dal (pulses). They always give Sambal along with rice.</span></span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">In the market, we met a remarkable </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">person (grocer), who knows about Mamata Banerjee. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">If that is not enough, he knows about Nano factory which resulted in Didi's coming to power and even knows about Somnath Chatterjee.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">Distance between
Kandy to Nuwara Eliya:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; text-align: left;"> 77 km</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">Travel Time: </span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">3 hr.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of
the day</span></u></i></b></span></p>
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Halt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at </span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f; line-height: 107%;">Ella South Star </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0c96a4; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BREAKFAST<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PROVIDED</span></span></b><b><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><o:p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span>Today we went to see Ambewela</span></o:p></span><span style="color: #323637;"> Dairy Farm and Strawberry farm. It is 35 km from Nuwara Eliya.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> On the way to Ambewela Farm, we saw picturesque rolling hills. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Ambewela is a small town in Nuwara Eliya. It’s also a well-known dairy company. The weather in Ambewela is very suitable for dairy farming. This area is also sometimes called the ‘Little New Zealand’ . </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">You pass through the lovely grasslands with the cows from New Zealand grazing freely in the rolling hills - it’s a beautiful sight.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> I have not seen this in India</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqXvcxvjweP63i7-iudJO8ZccML65_ApuIWA1eI8VFuvlP_DVbSLCU_1s-QKkwmxTCLUJ9nnnawoQFDYKQcc2Z-xdknTMt1XexgSjDAKH0_NVNS0rZxFh3dZOALIi5XX08oYKSwpbqgwFeIbEsBuxfDDjU9UJIh_e1UGRLlS0b1OdNDfql2v4NRrlqymi/s4080/IMG_20240124_092620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqXvcxvjweP63i7-iudJO8ZccML65_ApuIWA1eI8VFuvlP_DVbSLCU_1s-QKkwmxTCLUJ9nnnawoQFDYKQcc2Z-xdknTMt1XexgSjDAKH0_NVNS0rZxFh3dZOALIi5XX08oYKSwpbqgwFeIbEsBuxfDDjU9UJIh_e1UGRLlS0b1OdNDfql2v4NRrlqymi/w640-h480/IMG_20240124_092620.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">The farms have pure bending cattle from New Zealand. </span><span style="color: #222222;">The largest grasslands of Sri Lanka also can be found in Ambewela farms. In addition to the cattle, it has rabbits, pigs and goats.</span></span><p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 23.1px; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);">The entry fees is 650 LKR. You can have a glass of fresh milk in the Ambewela cafe in the middle of the farm. You can also buy different types of cheese. They are usually cheaper than the supermarkets.</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.1px; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>On the way back, we saw a strawberry farm. The strawberry farm opens at 9 45 am. When we reached there at 9.30 am, it was closed. That is why we went to see the dairy farm first.It was a let down. Most part of the farm is not open to public. They sell pricey ice cream, Waffle etc. The prices are super expensive. A 100 gm box of strawberry is being sold at 1200 LKR ie Rs 300 ,which is 3 times the price you get in Kolkata.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.1px; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>We stopped for some time at another tea garden very near to </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Nanu Oya , from where you can take the t</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">rain journey from Nuwara Eliya (station name is Nanu Oya) to Ella. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.1px; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">The 1st class tickets can be booked within 30 days before the date of journey. It is difficult for a foreigner to buy train tickets. So we have given the task of buying the ticket to our driver. </span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span>But he failed to buy it. He told us it was overbooked within 10 minutes, on 25th December 2023. So we bought the tickets, over the counter - 3rd class. I did not find much of a difference between the two. The 3rd class seats were not bad. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.1px; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span>The train was 1 hour late and left at 0210 hours . But I travelled the whole 2.30 hours, standing. Since I was standing just in front of the door, I could enjoy the beautiful scenery, for which it is so famous. We passed by many tea gardens and tunnels to reach Ella. I am not too sure, if it is more stunning than Darjeeling / Shimla / Araku valley/Konkan Toy Train. I have only faint memory of Darjeeling Toy Train.</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span>Some of our group members travelled in the car, instead of crowded train and met us at the station. We immediately left for hiking to the </span></o:p></span></span><b style="color: #323637;">Little
Adam's Peak </b><span style="color: #323637;">for the sunset point. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"><span>On the way to the peak you will see the tea garden, zipline and a giant swing. T</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large;">he Little Adam`s Peak got it`s named, after it`s big brother, the Adam`s Peak, because of the similar shape. Adam`s Peak is further west in Sri Lanka, close to Nuwara Eliya, and is 2243 m high and a much more exhausting and more challenging climb! </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times; font-size: large;">After spending some time at the top, we checked in to our resort. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Ella is a hiking hotspot in Sri Lanka. Some of the views from hikes in Ella are phenomenal. The region is well known for its tea plantations and spectacular mountain ranges. If you want to enjoy some of the best views, without needing to hike for hours, Little Adam’s Peak hike is the perfect trek, especially for an unforgettable sunset. This is much easier compared to Sigiriya or Pidurangala. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Then around 8.25 am we left for dinner. Please remember , </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">everything</span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"> start closing in Sri Lanka after 8 pm. We made this mistake many a time. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times;">We had our dinner at Fish & Chips restaurant at the main touristy road of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times;">Ella. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times;">It is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times;">here </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times;">(2 shops on RHS of this restaurant is the super market ) where you can buy famous Sri Lankan masks for a good price. But the real value for money shop was the one in the basement, behind the billiards table (towards the left of the restaurant) . On an average, we paid around 400-750 INR for the masks. I bought many masks. It is one of the reasons, why I went to Sri Lanka ! After travelling 34 countries, I can say you get one of the best maks in Sri Lanka. Somewhat close competitor is Bali and Masai masks.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we left for our hotel at 10 pm.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">Distance between
Nuwara Eliya to Ella: </span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">55 km</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;">Travel Time:</span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: red;"> 2 hr.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of
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<h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;">Day 6 : 25.1.24. </span><span class="details" style="background-color: #92d050;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;">Ella to Galle<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>via </span></span><span class="details" style="background-color: #92d050;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;">Uda-walawe National Park</span></span></span></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="details" style="background-color: #92d050;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; font-family: times; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">Night Halt at </span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.5pt;">Shoba Traveller's Tree</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">, Galle</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><b style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0c96a4; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BREAKFAST<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PROVIDED</span></span></b><br /><br /></span></span></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><o:p><span>Today our Italian friends left for hiking to </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #323637;"><b>Ella Rock</b> after having their breakfast. After some time, we left by our car at 8.55 am to see the famous </span></span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: times; font-style: italic;">30-meter high Demodara </span><b style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">Nine Arch bridge</b><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">. The train passes through the bridge at 9.30 am. There were many people waiting there. </span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: times; font-style: italic;">With a small 15-minute walk through the jungle, you will reach a piece of beautiful architecture . It is allowed to walk on the bridge and it’s one of the </span><a href="https://saltinourhair.com/sri-lanka/must-do-sri-lanka/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: times; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">things you must do in Sri Lanka</a><span style="color: #353535; font-family: times; font-style: italic;">.</span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;">You can also take an auto to reach near the spot or hike.We reached little late at 9.32 minutes after hiking, but thankfully the train came little late at 9.37 am. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">The stone train bridge, with its nine beautiful arches, built by local P.K. Appuhamy along with support from the British, is located between Ella and Demodara station. The train ride in the highlands with the </span><a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/sri-lanka/kandy-ella-train/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Kandy to Ella train</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"> is named one of the most beautiful train rides in the world. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeFuE_NquZOlrgqeu6mzeH7HLCcG94iXZdFdfiBBOxPYT6pOH4xID_5d9c-3sqBfA3xLaIwQlfULaoRF2uOm3IU9NrF5Ej8Xun2EbJrpOWj26xGgxU5QXiBJMnMvuvQmPkPAoHYkU0XBhE9s4n1Im11n7Ky2VCj4__Mi3tGEOb6O_tH5LQqNAgy-oqdDs/s4080/IMG_20240125_093918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeFuE_NquZOlrgqeu6mzeH7HLCcG94iXZdFdfiBBOxPYT6pOH4xID_5d9c-3sqBfA3xLaIwQlfULaoRF2uOm3IU9NrF5Ej8Xun2EbJrpOWj26xGgxU5QXiBJMnMvuvQmPkPAoHYkU0XBhE9s4n1Im11n7Ky2VCj4__Mi3tGEOb6O_tH5LQqNAgy-oqdDs/w640-h480/IMG_20240125_093918.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><div><br /></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">After that we went to the main road of Ella, <i>where we had our dinner yesterday</i>, to meet our Italian friends. While waiting for them, we bought some more masks !</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">After that we hit the road at 1155 am for a </span><span style="color: #323637;">safari at Udawalawe National Park. On the way falls Ravana Falls. Since were late, so we could not get down. However we saw it from the car. We also could not go to Ravana cave - which is apparently not that interesting, I am told. We also did not have time for another nice temple (</span></span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Buduru-wagala Rock Temple)</span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: large;">, </span><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">which falls on the way.The evening safari starts at 2 pm and end at 5 pm. We had our packed lunch inside the car. Our safari started little late at 2.30 pm, since we were late. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637;">Our driver arranged the safari car, through his contact. The car hing for 6 Person was 12,000 LKR (or 38 USD) and entry fee <b>per person</b> was 8,480 USD (11,000 for non Saarc countries). So it was quite expensive. In a car 6 people can sit.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We did 3 hour
safari (for us it is only 2.5 hours) at Udawalawe National Park. The safari is not very well organized in Sri Lanka. Unlike India, it is controlled by Pvt companies. Doing a safari is super easy in Sri Lanka. We informed our driver only 1 day back. It is difficult to talk to a driver. He sits in a cabin. It is like our Tempo. He has to take his head out of the car to talk to us ! There is not much to see other than elephant. There is no leopard here. There is no tiger or lion in Sri Lanka ! We saw some common birds like Pelican, spotted dove, bee eater, Hawk eagle and Rhesus Macaque. Outside the forest, we saw Spotted deer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">But my sister who went to the most famous one , Yala, said it is good. It is little South West of Sri Lanka. So it is better to go to Yala rather than Udawalawe. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></b><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Distance between
Ella and Udawalawe National Park : </span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">90
km</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: #323637;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Travel Time: 2 hr.</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><span>Finally it was time to leave
for Galle.<b> </b></span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">When we reached Galle Fort it was already 8 pm. </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Galle </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> is the most ancient and important harbour of the country, until the Colombo Harbour was established. Galle is identified as the ‘Tarshis' of the Bible. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">This was captured by the Portuguese in 1587 A.D, Dutch in 1640 A.D, and British in 1796 A.D. Most of the existing buildings dates to Dutch Period. The Bastions are still using Dutch names. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">It is also famous for lace making, Ebony carving, Gem cutting & polishing. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Our hotel looks like a curio shop /art gallery. It is on Peddler's street. A lady was making lace. I think one must stay at Galle Fort, if you can afford it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We (Mohua and I ) had dinner at a restaurant, where they make wood fired Pizza, overlooking the sea on the1st floor.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Distance between Galle <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Udawalawe National Park : </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">128 km. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: #323637;">Travel Time: </span></b><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: aqua; color: #323637;">2 hr 30 minutes</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><b><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of
the day</span></u></i></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ella Rock</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN">Nine Arches Bridge </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;">at 9.30 am</span></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #323637; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Uda-walawe National Park</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #92d050;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow; color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Day 7 : </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: yellow;">26.1.24.Galle<span style="color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-shading: white;"> - </span>Mirissa – Galle</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white;"> </span></b></span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.26px;">Night Halt at </span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f; line-height: 19.26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.5pt;">Shoba Traveller's Tree</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.26px;">, Galle</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.26px;"> </span></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="color: black;">BREAKFAST</span><span style="color: #0c96a4; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0c96a4;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b>PROVIDED</b></span></span></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0c96a4; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b><div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: -0.25in;">We left (10 minutes late) at 5.40 am in the morning to watch </span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Blue</span><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> whales</span></strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: -0.25in;"> at Mirissa. We somehow reached at 6.30 am. </span></span><span color="var(--text-grey)">Mirissa has some of the best marine life in the whole of Sri Lanka. It’s especially famous for its whale population, which can be seen from the end of November until March. This is the period when whales migrate from further south.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We bought the ticket from Kumara and whales , recommended by Lonely Planet. We got a bargain price of 37 USD because were were 5. The standard rate is 50 USD. The boat will take you out into the Indian Ocean to see whales, dolphins, and turtles. If you’re lucky, you may even spot a big blue whale – the largest animal on the planet! We saw dolphin, mating of Olive Ridley Turtle and whale from a distance twice. It is difficult to take a picture. The best time to watch whale is probably February. They tried their level best to show whale. The normal tour starts at 7 am and ends at 10 am. Since we could not see whales from a close distance, they extended the tour till 1145 hrs. They also give breakfast (banana, pineapple, Panini) in the boat.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our Italian friends did not join us, they went to Unawatuna for swimming. After whale watching Debdatta da went to swim in the sea. In the mean time, we saw some two nice beaches - <strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">Coconut Tree Hill and </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">Parrot Hill. </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">We did not have time to go to Turtle beach, in between these two nor did we see</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;"> 'Secret Beach'</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">Then we picked up Debdatta da. </strong><span style="color: #050505;">On the way back we saw Weligama. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Weligama is a small beach town that’s widely known as the capital of surfing. Surfers flock here from all over the world to enjoy the fantastic waves and beautiful white-sand beaches. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Then falls Ahangama beach, followed by </span><span style="color: #050505;">Habaraduwa beach. W</span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-indent: -24px;">e had our lunch at </strong><span style="color: #050505;">Habaraduwa at a very nice , but basic restaurant just beside the sea. From there we were able to witness the </span><b style="color: #050505;">stilt fishing</b><span style="color: #050505;">. It has become somewhat touristy, since they charge from the tourists to do it. In our case, we did not pay anything , since the restaurant is located just beside that fishing area.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolDEIOtXZZ0Ip1NyVCxPZ9Gpnprr0uutNdNR5hEH6QGctUpmk2kjrEDnZVpRx4zQKS3v_5x1uTZ46YyyWfv3Vq8Fn-m7s9MiwHtAGhO7msBmHLdRk06cN9QfoG1XdFfOv3Wk7HcbhpnfbpyXTCmJGCT4sZiXEr5W7_7hgV0JXioXusxvID-IB3xUSmtDG/s4080/IMG_20240126_151140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolDEIOtXZZ0Ip1NyVCxPZ9Gpnprr0uutNdNR5hEH6QGctUpmk2kjrEDnZVpRx4zQKS3v_5x1uTZ46YyyWfv3Vq8Fn-m7s9MiwHtAGhO7msBmHLdRk06cN9QfoG1XdFfOv3Wk7HcbhpnfbpyXTCmJGCT4sZiXEr5W7_7hgV0JXioXusxvID-IB3xUSmtDG/w640-h480/IMG_20240126_151140.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #050505;">Stilt fishing is special to Galle district</b><span style="color: #050505;"> and is mainly confined to Kathaluwa and Ahangama, </span><span style="color: #050505;">two villages in Habaraduwa Secretaries Division which is the eighth largest of the 16 </span><span style="color: #050505;">D.S. Divisions in Galle district. There are about 500 fishing families in the coastal belt of </span><span style="color: #050505;">Habaraduwa D.S.Division. </span></span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="color: var(--text-grey); text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The fishermen sit on a cross bar called ‘petta’ tied to a vertical pole planted in the coral reef</span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: var(--text-grey); text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;">and carry out rod and line fishing. </span><span style="color: #050505;">Sometimes 2 or more stilts are joined together to form a fence </span><span style="color: #050505;">or ‘wata’ so that more than one fisherman can fish at the same time. The fishermen hold the stilt </span><span style="color: #050505;">by one hand while seated and carry out rod and line fishing with the other hand. They usually sit </span><span style="color: #050505;">against the wind. The stilt is made by tying two sticks on to a pole 3 — 4 m long. These two sticks </span><span style="color: #050505;">are tied at a height of about 2m. The free ends of the two sticks are tied to another stick, which in </span><span style="color: #050505;">turn is tied to the main pole to support the cross bar. This forms a triangular structure. One or more </span><span style="color: #050505;">shorter sticks may be tied below the ‘petta’ to serve as steps.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The history of stilt fishing is not clear. According to the information gathered from elderly</div></span><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">fishermen of the area, stilt fishing started about 50 years ago after the Second World War. Earlier, fishermen fished from rocks that protruded above the sea surface. Since not enough such rocks were available for all the fishermen, some fishermen used discarded ‘iron poles’ or G.I. pipes to make stilts, by planting them in the reef. They thought that only iron poles were durable enough to be planted in the reef.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But since iron poles were scarce, a few fishermen started planting pointed timber poles after making a hole in the reef with a crowbar. This was a success and other fishermen</div></span><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="text-align: justify;">followed suit. These timber poles were more durable than the iron poles and could be shifted from one place to another easily, because they were lighter.</div></span></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Then we picked our Italian friends from Unawatuna Beach and <i>went to </i></span><span style="color: #050505;"><i>Jungle Beach in Unawatuna area. </i></span><span style="color: #050505;"><i>To reach Jungle Beach, walk through a dense jungle and up steep cliffs, but the sight of the beach made it all worthwhile. Jungle beach got its name for reason</i>. <i>No matter which way you head, you have to trek through the Jungle to reach it. </i></span><span style="color: #050505;"><i>The stunning scenery were straight out of a postcard.</i></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">When we reached Galle Fort it is 4.30 pm. </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Since we were staying in </span></span><strong style="text-indent: -24px;"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637;">Galle Fort area </span></i></strong><i style="text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637;">(Galle Fort, on the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka), </span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-indent: -24px;">I started walking around Galle Fort. </span><i><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">In the 18th century, the </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/netherlands/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dutch</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"> built their headquarters, Galle Fort, on the </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/sri-lanka/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Sri Lankan</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"> coast, taking over from </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/portugal/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Portuguese</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"> rule (who constructed it) since the 16th century. They fortified Galle, leaving behind beautiful </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/europe/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">European</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">-style buildings still there today. Later, the British took over the town until Sri Lanka became an independent nation once again. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">The ancient fort town is a melting pot of culture, having survived the </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/portugal/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Portuguese</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/netherlands/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dutch</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">, and British invasions. It’s the perfect place to spend the afternoon, shopping at the cute boutique shops and admiring the charming, traditional buildings. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">Because of its extraordinary history, the fort is recognized as a </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/travel-blog/best-unesco-world-heritage-sites/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">UNESCO</a></i><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"><i> Heritage Site .</i> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Nowadays, the beautiful old buildings are transformed into trendy shops, cafes, and restaurants.</span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/travel-blog/best-unesco-world-heritage-sites" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"> </a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: start;"><i>From shopping, exploring the history, or sunset at the fort’s wall, you could spend an entire day exploring the beauty of Galle Fort. </i>But if the truth be told, it is quite expensive to buy souvenirs here. It is better to buy it in Ella , as mentioned before. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"><i>You can only enter Galle Fort from the main gate side, and it takes about</i> 3-3.5 <i>hours to walk around the whole fort.</i></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Since I ran out of money , I exchanged some Sri Lankan at a money exchange office. We (Arindam and I) </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">watched the sunset from the Galle Fort wall, near </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Galle Light House. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;"><i>Enjoying the sunset on the Fort’s wall is one of the top things to do in Galle Fort. Both locals and travelers grab a spot alongside the wall and watch the sun disappear into the sea. </i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">Galle Fort’s wall is where you can enjoy the beautiful view of the city and the sea. Best of all, you can walk along the perimeter of the fort, gaining various perspectives of the </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: left;">town. It is a sort of poor man's chinese wall !</span></span></i></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Then we saw </span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">clock Tower, beautiful </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Meeran Jumma Masjid (</span><span style="color: #202122; text-align: left;">built in the 1750s)</span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">- Aurora Bastion, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323637; text-align: left;">Old Dutch hospital shopping arcade, </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;"> Dutch Reformed Church, </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Amangalla Hotel, Dutch Belfry</span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">. I did not have time to go to </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">National museum or </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Maritime museum.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">After some time, Mohua joined me and Arindam went back to the hotel to pick up Rumi. There was a major problem on the Peddler Street - Transformer caught fire, beside one of the major hotels. There was load shedding for some time. We visited a Galle Literary festival was going on near </span><span style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">Old Dutch hospital shopping arcade.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">In Galle you could easily forget you are in </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/sri-lanka/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">. There’s a uniquely </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/europe/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">European</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"> feel as you wander among </span><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/netherlands/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--darkpink) 0),linear-gradient(transparent calc(100% - 0.45em),var(--lightblue) 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0px 100%, 100% 100%; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: 0 0 var(--text-black),0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),0 0.05em 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7),-0.06em 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.7); transition: background-size 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dutch</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a; text-align: start;"><i>-style buildings . </i>Galle should not be missed at any cost in Sri Lanka and try to stay near the Galle Fort.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; 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font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today we had dinner at the same place. When we reached, we saw Arindam and Rumi are also having their dinner.</span></span></i></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-grey); hyphens: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After dinner we had gelato (quite expensive at 600 LKR),since it is Arindam's marriage anniversary. It was my treat. </span></span></i></p>
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Mirissa and Galle : </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left;">35 km</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: cyan; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Travel Time: 50-55 minutes in the morning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Highlights of
the day</span></u></i></b></p>
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Mirissa as early as 6:30 in the morning.</span></span><span style="color: #323637; text-indent: -0.25in;">·</span><span style="color: #323637; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></p><ul type="disc">
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Halt at Colombo Airbnb</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Today we left for Colombo little late at 9.30 am. We saw tsunami museum from the car (just after Hikkaduwa) <span face=""Trip Sans VF", "Trip Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">This is a must visit for anyone. It's a very small museum which shows how the 2004 tsunami struck and the devastation it left behind. It is 22.3 Km from Galle.</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we stopped at <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Āriapāla Mask Museum</span></b> (and workshop cum shop ) at Ambalangoda. There is no entry fee. There are some other mask shops too like Ariyapala Traditional Masks & Museum. But Āriapāla Mask Museum seems to be biggest one, with workshop and museum. But the prices are quite expensive compared to the one in Ella. <b>It is only 32 Km from Galle. </b></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background: transparent;"><span style="color: #252525;">Then, we went to Balapitiya town’s picturesque </span><strong><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif""><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Madu River</span><span style="color: #252525;">,</span></span></strong><span style="color: #252525;"> to take a boat ride. It is only 6.4 Km from </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Ambalangoda. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">The Madu Ganga (Ganga means river in Sinhalese) is a shallow river with marshlands and islands. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">This boat ride takes you through beautiful mangrove tunnels. Something I should mention it is a boat ride and NOT a cruise, though most operators choose to call it a cruise. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">This is somewhat similar to backwater ride in Kerala. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">But it will be fun. Try and make it in the morning, to avoid the harsh sun and spot some birds. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">The first boat stop is the Cinnamon Island where you can understand the process of cinnamon making and sip on a cup of hot cinnamon tea. They also showed the process of making of coconut rope ! </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span>Then we went to the fish farm in that Island itself - where you can get a fish massage/pedicure and then finally to a buddhist temple. Then they will finally take you to an estuary. It is a 2 hour tour. We saw monitor lizard and some birds too (bee eater, Cormorant). </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #001d35; text-align: left;">The Madu Delta is said to have </span><mark class="QVRyCf" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">64 islands<span style="color: #001d35;">. But not only few of them are inhabited. </span></mark></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><mark class="QVRyCf" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"></mark></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8McnXCyhL3ptkoz1b2SVqM-BIV0zj-JapUdEe-Kdy5gJ6k_04rcB6W7b2-_W0zpeXCW2huZ_yvM6UtQ5c9Q1ZDkKdj5ot5EDmC2p8J1vDUlqgkx78-0e0L3bJ4P2aQrtPtSyt0szdrHfAzK78GO5zDtz2XKHBXf0ivakhQQ-NcJD3Nn0KCFX7bjRSt7c1/s4080/MADU%20(100).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8McnXCyhL3ptkoz1b2SVqM-BIV0zj-JapUdEe-Kdy5gJ6k_04rcB6W7b2-_W0zpeXCW2huZ_yvM6UtQ5c9Q1ZDkKdj5ot5EDmC2p8J1vDUlqgkx78-0e0L3bJ4P2aQrtPtSyt0szdrHfAzK78GO5zDtz2XKHBXf0ivakhQQ-NcJD3Nn0KCFX7bjRSt7c1/w480-h640/MADU%20(100).jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #001d35;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For 10 people they charged 100 USD or 10 USD per person. For 1 person apparently it is 35 USD.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">We had our lunch in a restaurant and then went to </span><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Ahungalla Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Centre.</span> </b></span>It is only 6 Km from </span><span style="color: #252525; text-align: left;">Balapitiya town. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span>There is an aquarium (we saw eel, shark) too. First we saw the aquarium. Then we went to see the Turtle area. The guide comes free with the entry fee of 2000 LKR (quite expensive). Since many of us have exhausted our funds, only 3 went inside. The turtles are often hurt by fishing net. We saw green turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle, hawk turtle, albino turtle. Albino Turtle is very expensive. We were told the difference between tortoise and turtle. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Turtle and tortoise essentially belong to the same family, however, turtles, in general, are adapted to an aquatic or at least semi-aquatic life, </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; text-align: left;">while tortoises are predominantly terrestrial.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Turtles are generally larger than tortoises. The largest turtle is the leatherback turtle. It can weight anywhere 300 to 700 kilos. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">The largest tortoise is the Aldabra giant tortoise, with adult males weighing an average of 250 kilos.</span></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Tortoises are herbivorous and they subsist on grasses and leafy vegetables. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Turtles, on the other hand, are omnivores. They have been observed to eat jellyfish, urchins, molluscs and seaweed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Most turtles have an average lifespan of about 10-150 years. It also depends on the species. The leatherback has a lifespan of about 150 years. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">The lifespan of tortoises are usually longer than that of turtles. However, it strictly depends upon the species. An Aldabra giant tortoise was found to be over 225 years old.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">List a few turtle species we saw are : </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Olive ridley turtle, green turtle, leatherback turtle. There is a rookery too. Normally only 20% survive. Here 50% will survive. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Our Italian friends went for swimming in the beach, just behind the </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Ahungalla Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Centre, instead of going to the museum.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">There is another </span><strong style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637;">Sea Turtle Hatchery & Rescue Center ( 7 Km from here) - </span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">one which is quite famous - Kosgoda Sea Turtle </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Conservation </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">Project <a href=" https://www.kosgodaseaturtle.org/.">www.kosgodaseaturtle.org/.</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;">From Kasgoda famous Bentota beach is 8.2 Km or 72 Km from Galle.</span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span>Then we saw the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Spice and Herbal garden near <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bentota</span></b>. They explained the medicinal </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span>benefits</span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span> of locally found herbs and spices and served us free cinnamon tea. There is a sales counter - where you can buy some products. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">The price seems to be very high. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span>We had some famous king coconut just opposite the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Spice and Herbal garden.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You expect to pay 90-150 LKR for King coconut. We had King coconut number of days. It is a must ! We mostly refilled water at the hotel and bought water at a wholesale rate from a shop which was selling water. The price of water is 20% more than India. <b>Bentota is avery famous beach town.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we stopped at a place to buy some spices. It was expensive by any standard. We stopped at a food Court at Colombo for dinner.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Finally we reached our airbnb in Colombo at around 9.30 pm. It is a very nice house. We booked the whole house for around Rs 11,000 (INR) for 10 people plus driver.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: -24px;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Distance between Colombo and Galle : </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; text-align: left; text-indent: -24px;">129 km</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Highlights of
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</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong style="text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></strong></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Ahungalla Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Centre.</span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Spice and Herbal garden</span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #323637; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN"><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">We c</span></b><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">heck out from airbnb in the morning at 11 am and started our </span></b>Colombo city tour.</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Colombo is the business and commercial center and the new capital is Sri </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Jayawardhanapura</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> Kotte, only a few Km away. Colombo was only a small seaport, which came into </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">prominence</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> in the 16th Century with the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 and the development to fit as a major Harbour took place during the British period. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Colombo became the capital of Sri Lanka in 1815, after Kandyan Kingdom was ceded to the British. </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">The remains of the buildings during the period of the Portuguese, Dutch and British rule are found in every area of the city. </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">None of the Portuguese & Dutch fortifications are found today, but some of their buildings and churches could be seen in the Fort & Pettah areas.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">First we went to see the the Colombo National Museum. This is one of the main museums in the country. This delightful Colombo museum sprawls across a white, neo-Baroque building constructed for the purpose by William Henry Gregory, Governor of Ceylon, in 1877. Rooms take you through each of Sri Lanka's historical kingdoms, with display boards explaining interesting details such as the<span><span><span> <b>significance of the </b></span><em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box;"><b>mudras </b></em></span></span>(gestures and poses) of Sri Lanka's Buddha statues. I learnt that that after Buddha's son Therva Mahinda, the Buddhism practised in Sri Lanka was Therva Buddhism. But later the Buddhism practised in Sri Lanka was Mahayana Buddhism (The Mahāyāna tradition is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today, with 53% of practitioners , compared to 36% for Hinayana/Theravāda and 6% for Vajrayāna in 2010. The Mahayana sect, believed in the divinity of the Buddha. The Hinayana sect, did not believe in the divinity of the Buddha).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It houses exquisite artifacts, acting as the evidence to rich Sri Lankan heritage. The ground floor displays the artifacts belonging to the Pre and Proto-Historic, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kandy and transitional periods and the first floor contains paintings, ancient textiles, pottery and ceramics, coins and currency, art and crafts, arms and armaments, presentations of traditional agricultural methods and traditional rituals .</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The National Museum Of Natural History is the house of endemic species of Sri Lanka. There are vast collections of specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, fish, amphibians of various kinds of plants and geological rocks are on display.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">These 2 museums are in the same complex. The combined entry fee is 1500 LKR or approx Rs 375 (INR). I think you should see these two museums <b>first, before starting the tour of Sri Lanka. </b>These 2 museums will give you give you, great insight of history, art, sculpture, flora and fauna. You will be able to appreciate the history and meaning of different postures - which you will see later. In fact it is true for any museum - like Egyptian museum in Cairo. Just outside the museum, the artists were selling their art.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Not all the members of our group, went to the museum. They went to the </span><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"> Viha-ramaha-devi Park, previously called Victoria Park. It is a large, beautiful space just opposite the Town Hall/Museum and Gangaramaya temple. There is no entry fee, making it a great place for locals and tourists to sit or lie on the well-manicured lawns under large trees and simply unwind. A large golden statue of Buddha are two of the landmarks in the park. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Our next stop was </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Ganga-ramaya Temple</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">.</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Gangaramaya Temple is one of the most important temples in Colombo, being a mix of modern architecture. The temple's architecture demonstrates an eclectic mix of Sri Lankan, Thai, Indian, and Chinese architecture. Located near the Beira Lake, it was completed in the late 19th century.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The temple’s most distinguishing feature is its treasure-trove museum that holds an innumerable number of Buddha statues from all over the world along with statues of Hindu Gods, old watches, Dutch coins and many other antique collectibles.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">Most of the bejeweled and shiny trinkets here are gifts from devotees to the temple…. visitors can marvel at the collection of old Rolls-Royces and Mercedes, including Sri Lanka’s very first Mercedes.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span>The entry fee is 400 LKR. Then we </span></span><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span>visited the other part of the temple on Beira Lake, down the road. You will be able to enter by presenting the same ticket you paid for at </span>Gangaramaya <span>Temple.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we visited Jami Ul Alfar – the Red and white Mosque. One of the most popular places to visit in Colombo is the Jami ul Alfar mosque, more popularly called the Red and White Mosque. This stunning piece of architecture towers over the chaotic market.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Interestingly, it was created by an unqualified architect, commissioned by South Indian traders. It draws elements from Indo-Islamic architecture - that combine Gothic and Neo-classic styles. You can enter the mosque from Gate 3 between 4 PM – 10 PM when there are no prayers going on. Remember to dress conservatively. Most of the members (girls and boys) of our group were required to wear the dress, given by the mosque.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEM7DGq-UyCfNh-HnpqT0T5RYMoSAeYlQHO5wzMLELXOYxE7D4zMjJedBJWGr_5mtxjgDOqavxJgKblblI2-GwuZ5c4mVyAuiSHLc3VvuZ1elsRscSpQUnNd9rU4s4EO9tBKoRsv6Bnuueox5o0jg9tl8dZJPteDGQ_OHuB6Y-xf82bB4oVzfXc_CRLuN/s4080/colombo%20city%20(34).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEM7DGq-UyCfNh-HnpqT0T5RYMoSAeYlQHO5wzMLELXOYxE7D4zMjJedBJWGr_5mtxjgDOqavxJgKblblI2-GwuZ5c4mVyAuiSHLc3VvuZ1elsRscSpQUnNd9rU4s4EO9tBKoRsv6Bnuueox5o0jg9tl8dZJPteDGQ_OHuB6Y-xf82bB4oVzfXc_CRLuN/w640-h480/colombo%20city%20(34).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Then we went to see the Pettah market. Since it was Sunday , most of them were closed. It is opposite to the Fort Railway station (the other station within Colombo is Mardana station, if I am not correct). However some shops were open - where they were selling some masks at reasonable price.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>What I find interesting is there is a road called Bankshall Street. </b></span></span></span></div><div><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span>Finally we went to visit </span></span></span></i><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">Galle Face Green. </span><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">There is not much to do here except sit on the grass and watch the sunset . The street food vendors sell crabs as well as prawn skewers among other things kept in the open . I had some prawn, which was okay. I met a Bengali jewellery worker from Medinipur. He said jewellery is cheap in Sri Lanka. That is why many people buy jewellery here. I also met a local person. He said Indian people are quite aggressive. We also learnt that Rajapaksha had converted the whole country into his private limited company. There is a huge nepotism. That is the reason for the uprising. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Galle Face Green had barely a couple of meters of beach stretch below, which isn’t really accessible. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">If you cross the road you will see </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">massive, upscale mall complex that had stores selling branded apparel, alongside grocery stores, cafes, ice cream vendors, and more.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After spending 1 hour , walking along the promenade, we took the car to go to </span><span style="font-family: times;">Independence square</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> - it was already dark. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">We did not go to the famous Ministry of Crab (owned by Kumar Sangakkara) for dinner - since we ran out of money.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also did not have time to see the architecture of Geoffrey Bawa in Bentota or Colombo. Within a career that spanned 40 years, Sri Lankan architect, Geoffrey Bawa came to be regarded as one of the most respected and inspired architects in the world. Bawa excelled in building in a natural environment. Many people (architect - like my friend) come to Sri Lanka just to see his creation. He seems to be like Oscar Niemeyer of Brazil or Gaudi of Barcelona. He is of German, Scottish descent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/sri-lanka-guide-best-geoffrey-bawa-work/)</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Finally we got down at the airport . We had some issue with the mask. at the airport. Mohua somehow managed it. We exchanged some LKR left, at the airport (for that you have to keep the receipt for exchange of dollar with LKR). Unless your have 2000 LKR , they will not exchange it at the airport.</span></span></div><div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><u><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IN" style="color: #323637;">Highlights of the day</span></u></i></b></div><div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></strong></span></span>Colombo National Museum<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></strong></span><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></strong><strong style="text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Viharama-devi Park</span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ganaga-Ramaya<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temple</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; 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font-size: medium;"><span><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><strong><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></strong></span></span><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pettah Area</span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Galle Sea Face Green Sea Beach</span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-family: times; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Independence Square /Independence Memorial Hall</span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; 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274 - @03 00 am from CMB (29</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> th</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Jan 2024).We took the flight from Chennai at 8.15 am and reached office at in Kolkata at 11 am. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Source:</span> </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">wikitravel</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">wiki<br /><a href="https://yuganthijayasinghe.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-visit-to-farm.html">https://yuganthijayasinghe.blogspot.com/2013/07</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://aravindgundumane.com/2018/02/new-zealand-farm-in-sri-lanka/">https://aravindgundumane.com</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://www.saltinourhair.com/sri-lanka/galle-fort/"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">www.saltinourhair.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/sri-lanka-trip-planning-guide/">www.nomadicmatt.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Rajendra_Chola_I">https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org</a><br /><a href="https://www.adventurouskate.com/colombo-learning-to-love-an-unlovable-city/">www.adventurouskate.com</a><br /><a href="https://the-shooting-star.com/offbeat-sri-lanka/">https://the-shooting-star.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.thatgoangirl.com/10-worthwhile-things-to-do-in-colombo-sri-lanka/#google_vignette">www.thatgoangirl.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-srilanka.pdf">http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-srilanka.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="(https://www.getbengal.com/details/bijoy-singha-the-prince-of-bengal-who-was-once-the-ruler-of-sri-lanka ) " style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">www.getbengal.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tourplanner group in facebook</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>History of Bijoy Singha</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; line-height: 50px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt had planned to write an epic poem narrating the heroic victory of </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;">Singhal</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"> (Sri Lanka) by Bijoy Singha. He had researched on the subject extensively and jotted down notes in English, but his untimely death put an end to his magnum opus. </span><span style="color: #333333;">Most Bengalis are introduced to the heroic exploits of Bijoy Singha in childhood from the poems of Dwijendralal Roy and Satyendranath Dutta. Bijoy Singha is considered the first historical ruler of Singhal Dweep (Island). </span><span style="color: #333333;">According to researchers,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><b style="color: #333333;">Bijoy Singha ruled Singala from 543 BC to 505 BC.</b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">However, no concrete details of his background, his birthplace, how he reached the island and his phenomenal rise to power etc can be traced and all we get to know are fantastic folklores that sing paean of his heroic deeds and his mythical rise to power. </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; line-height: 50px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Stories of Bijoy Singha’s miraculous feats are written in the ancien</span><span style="color: #333333;">t Buddhist literary collections, </span><b style="color: #333333;">Maha-Vansha</b><span style="color: #333333;"> and </span><b style="color: #333333;">Dweep-Vansha</b><span style="color: #333333;">. Hiuen Tsang (also spelt Xuanzang), the Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who traveled to India in the 7th century during the early Tang dynasty has mentioned ruler Bijoy Singha’s name in his works. Singhal’s monarch, Bijoy Singha’s exploits have been delineated in the frescos of Ajanta as well. </span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Historians do not brush off everything that is written about the great ruler in the mythical stories. In fact, some of the incidents described bear close resemblance to historical facts. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Maha-Vansha and Dweep-Vansha</b>, the two books relate a similar tale about the origin and reign of Bijoy Singha. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red;">Sushima</span><span style="color: #333333;"> was a brave and independent princess of </span><span style="color: red;">Vanga or Bengal.</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">She was often ridiculed for her confidence and individuality. Saddened by such unfair criticism, Sushima quietly left the kingdom one day and went in search of a new abode. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #333333;">During her journey, she met a group of merchants who were heading to </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Magadh</span></b><span style="color: #333333;">. She joined the group. The group was attacked by a hungry lion at</span></span> <b><span style="color: #800180;">Rarh Desh</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> (roughly south and south-west part of present-day Bengal). The group disintegrated and all the merchants ran helter-skelter for shelter to save their lives. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">The lion carried </span><b><span style="color: red;">Sushima</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> to his den and they </span><b style="color: #333333;">consummated their marriage. </b><span style="color: #333333;">In time, Sushima gave birth to </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">2 children</span><span style="color: #333333;">. Their son was named </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Singha-bahu</b> </span><span><span style="color: #333333;">and the daughter was named</span> <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-sibli.</span></b><span style="color: #ead1dc;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Dineshchandra Sen infers the ‘Lion’ that attacked the traders’ group was not <b>literally a lion,</b> but a very ruthless and terrifying dacoit titled ‘</span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Singha</span><span style="color: red;">’ </span><span>who had attacked the merchants. </span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">One day Sushima ran away from the lion’s den with her children and headed for her <b>father’s kingdom</b>. Her father, Bangeshwar had died by then and the kingdom was being ruled by Bangeshwar’s </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">nephew</span><span style="color: #333333;">. Sushima married him and became the queen. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Meanwhile, her former husband, </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Singha</span><span style="color: #333333;"> reached the periphery of </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bangladesh</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> looking for her. He unleashed a reign of terror in the area so his son </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-bahu</span><span style="color: #333333;"> was sent to contain him. Singha-bahu killed him in a war. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-bahu</span><span style="color: #333333;"> stayed back at Rarh Desh and became the new ruler there. </span><span style="color: red;">Singhapur became his capital.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> He married his sister </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-sibli </span><span style="color: #333333;">and she became the queen of Rarh Desh. </span><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-sibli</span><span style="color: #333333;"> had 32 sons</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> and the eldest of them was </span><span style="color: red;"><b>Bijoy Singha.</b> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Bijoy was a spoilt brat who had a band of followers and they moved around destroying property, torturing and killing common people. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">The subjects sought the help of their ruler, </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Singha-bahu</span><span style="color: #333333;"> but the king failed miserably to leash his unruly son. A disgusted and frustrated Singha-bahu finally tonsured the heads of Bijoy Singha and his friends and drove them out of the kingdom. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">The exiled prince took 3 ships and ventured into the sea from </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tamralipta</span><span style="color: #333333;"> Port (Tamluk in Medinipur) . Bijoy Singha and his 700 followers boarded the first ship, the second carried their wives and paramours and the third ship carried their children. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Initially, the ships sailed smoothly but a sudden and severe sea storm sent everyone in a tizzy. The 3 ships lost track and each went in separate directions. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The ship carrying children reached Naggagdweep or <b>Naag Dweep</b>, the one carrying the ladies anchored at Mahendradweep or <b>Mahila Dweep</b> and the one carring Bijoy Singha and his comrades reached Supparak or <b>Suparadweep.</b> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The inhabitants of Supparak or <b style="background-color: transparent;">Suparadweep </b>were very good hosts and took utmost care of Bijoy Singha and his men. But as the saying goes – old habits die hard, Bijoy Singha and his goons unleashed a reign of terror on his hosts as soon as they all recovered. But they were outsmarted by the islanders and finally they had to concede defeat and leave the island.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">They set sail again. This time the ship moved southwards. After sailing for days without any fixed destination, they realized their stock of food and water was nearing end and there was no sign of land in the vicinity. They continued for days and then suddenly land was spotted. This was Ravana’s land, </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Lankadweep</b> </span><span style="color: #333333;">or </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Tamraparn</b>i</span><span style="color: #333333;">. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">This land was at that time under the reign of </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Yaksharaj, Mahakalsena.</b> </span><span style="color: #333333;">According to Buddhist literature, the day Bijoy Singha’s ship anchored at Tamraparni, on that very day Gautam Buddha breathed his last at Kushinagar in north India. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, King Mahakalsena was not at all welcoming and did not approve of Bijoy Singha setting foot on his kingdom. However, his daughter, Kubeni, fell head over heels in love with Bijoy and she helped him kill her father and become the king of Tamraparni. Bijoy married her and made her his queen. They had two children. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Bijoy changed the name of the kingdom from Tamraparni and renamed it Singhal, in his family dynasty’s name. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Kubeni’s happiness was short-lived. Bijoy was not content with Kubeni and wanted to marry a true blue-blood princess and proclaim her his queen. He got the opportunity soon and seized it to marry the daughter of the Pandya ruler of </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: justify;">Madurai</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"> and drove away Kubeni. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Kubeni went back to her Yaksha family with her children but they did not forgive her betrayal and killed her. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Bijoy Singha ruled Singhal for 38 years until his death but he died without any successor. Soon anarchy reigned in the kingdom. Before his death, Bijoy wrote a letter to his twin sibling, <b>Sumitto</b> in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Singhapur</span><span style="color: #333333;">, requesting him to take over the reins of ruling the island kingdom from him. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">But by then, Sumitto was already the ruler of Singhapur and advanced in years. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #333333;">So, he sent his youngest son, Pandu-vasudev</b><span style="color: #333333;"> to Singhal. Pandu-vasudev reached Singhal and became the next king. </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Their dynasty ruled the island kingdom for the next 600 years.</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span><a href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/bijoy-singha-the-prince-of-bengal-who-was-once-the-ruler-of-sri-lanka"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.getbengal.com/details/bijoy-singha-the-prince-of-bengal-who-was-once-the-ruler-of-sri-lanka</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> )</span></span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">There is a wonderful group known at Tourplanner in facebook. 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<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসময়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রভাকরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> LTTE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিস্থিতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যতটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাফনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রসঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিলভাষীদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেনা</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশেষত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাফনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাফনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্তিপীঠ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>….. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারথী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্মার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুবক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমাজ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজনীতি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থনীতি</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্নীতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সযত্নে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> ethnic conflict <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্ব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাফনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেও</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলায়</span>? </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">East </span></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">আর<b>
</b></span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">central</span> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>East </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর<b> </b></span><b>central </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্তিপীঠ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
trincomalee. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থিরুকনেশ্বরাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেঁষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাসাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্তিত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্নানাগার</span>..</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগুলো</span>
nuwera eliya </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>.
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span>
central </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">West </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">আর</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> south</span> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>West </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> south </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
sea beach <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়,</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
dutch colony.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উইকেন্ড</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৯</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্বাচন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়গার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিস্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালচারাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসকেপ</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতএব</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটছাঁট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শর্টলিস্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span>
– <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাম্বুলা</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালচারাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেস্টিনেশন</span>), </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়গা</span>),
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টোরি</span>)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">নেগম্বো <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Half day Negombo
tour : Negombo Fish Market- St Sebastain Church, Angurmala temple andNegombo
beach</span></b><span class="details"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #323637; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮ই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০২২</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">….Colombo এয়ারপোর্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেড়িয়েই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রথম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঝটকা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাগলো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রচন্ড</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গরম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাল্লা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর্দ্রতা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…</span></i> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেরদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span>:<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪</span>:<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> Negombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
"<span style="color: #00b050;">Double Mango Villa"</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করালম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>…<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাইহোক</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮</span>:<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রেঞ্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোস্ট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সসেজ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমলেট</span>
r <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহযোগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইদিন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>, <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেগম্ব</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কেট</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবেস্টিয়ান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গির্জা</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঙ্গুর্মালা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেগম্বো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।।।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোছানো</span>
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; mso-highlight: aqua;">Pinna-wala
Elephant Orphanage</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> Pinna-wala Elephant
Orphanage <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারী</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্টারে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবেশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলামূলকভাবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিড়িয়াখানার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেসরকারি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতিকে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলাটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুলোটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়াতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>
..</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিঞ্চিৎ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতিদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলকেলী</span> miss <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
Souvenir shop <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
Pocket <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লম্বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিস্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটছাঁট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানান</span>
memento <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নজরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
product </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেগুলো</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতির</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span></b>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁচো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথাস্থানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিযোগিতায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারথী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নদীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্টরেন্টে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝিরিঝিরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> Sea <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> lunch <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেনু</span>
selection <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> experiment <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেলায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়াটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span> ... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এভাবে</span> lunch <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাটতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লজ্জা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনগুলো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাটিয়ে</span>
breakfast </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুরে</span> KEELLS </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথবা</span>
CARGILL </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> burger, croissant, sandwich</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">Dambulla</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">-দাম্বুলা<br />
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</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমাদের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টার্গেট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">….১৩০</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আধা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শহর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">। </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাবলিক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ট্রান্সপোর্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যেতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাগে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৪</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৫</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘন্টা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মানে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৌঁছতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সন্ধ্যা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তাই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হোটেল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঢুকে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রেস্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্ল্যান</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পরদিন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কেন্দ্র</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিগিরিয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘুরে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ক্যান্ডি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাচ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…</span><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যাওয়ার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উপায়</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বুঝতে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পারলাম</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">১</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এয়ারপোর্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৭</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৮</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নেগম্বো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্ট্যান্ড</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তারপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখান</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাসে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৭০</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কুরুনাগেলা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তারপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখান</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাল্টে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৬০</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">২</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এয়ারপোর্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩৫</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখান</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাইরেক্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কুরুনাগেলা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখান</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাসে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তৃতীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অপশন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সবচেয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সময়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাগবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সবচেয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আরামদায়ক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অবশ্যই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিছুটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেশী</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খরচ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩২০০</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> ( </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সব</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খরচ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হবে </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিনিট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পনেরোর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কান্ট্রি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রোডস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রবেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাস্তার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দু</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">'</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধারে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সবুজ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নারকেল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গাছ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেশী</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টিলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মাঝে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মাঝেই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বুদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মন্দির</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গ্রামের</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সুন্দর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাজানো</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাড়ি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাস্তায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কোনো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খানাখন্দ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গাড়ির</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সংখ্যা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মোটামুটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কেউ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হর্ন</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাজায়</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চোখ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কানের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আরাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিংহলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ড্রাইভার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ততক্ষণে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আলাপ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জমে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গেছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সৌজন্যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলকাতা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ইডেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গার্ডেন্স</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোটবেলার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ত্রাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সনথ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জয়সূর্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ড্রাইভার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভাল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রেস্তোরাঁ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাজেস্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হোক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আয়েস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভোজন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমরা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কুরুনাগেলার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উদ্দেশ্যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এগিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বিকেল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৫টা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নাগাদ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কুরুনাগেলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৌঁছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমরা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখান</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধরলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গুলো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> SBSTC </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মতন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> x </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">২</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিটিং</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গদিওয়ালা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভিতরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টিভি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নিদেনপক্ষে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিউজিক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিস্টেম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আলবাত</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চলছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খুব</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পরিচিত</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হিন্দি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গানের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সুর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ও</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাবেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">! </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাল</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রং</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মানে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সরকারি</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নীল</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রাইভেট</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> ( </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আধটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জোচ্চুরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ও</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নীল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গুলোতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জোচ্চুরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিস্টেম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জেনারেটেড</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টিকিট</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আপনাকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">। )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">….</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘন্টা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">২</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">পরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">বাস</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাম্বুলার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ক্লক</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">টাওয়ার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">এ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">নামিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">দিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">এ<b>ই</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ক্লক</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">টাওয়ার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">৩টি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">সংযোগস্হল</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">দক্ষিণে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ক্যান্ডি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">উত্তরে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">সিগিরিয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">অনুরাধাপুরা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">পশ্চিমে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">কলম্বো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম্বুলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষন</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেভ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোল্ডেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাম্বুলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহামন্দিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারটে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাতটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুশকিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গূঢ়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টারটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">এমনও</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">হতে</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">পারে</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">চালক</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">অমিত</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">না</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">-</span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">জেনে</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">আমাদের</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">ভুল</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">জায়গায়</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">নামিয়েছে</span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাড়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেঙে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশেক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৫</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউণ্টারে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">নিচে</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">টিকিট</span><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> counter </span><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: lime;">আছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> saarc discount <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> 600 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটলাম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>.
<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">পাসপোর্ট</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">এর</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ফটোকপি</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">রাখবেন</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">আগেও</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">বলেছি</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">নইলে</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> discount </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">পাবেন</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">না</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">.</span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অাপনাকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাগত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানাচ্ছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রস্হ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবড়ো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেবড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেঙে</span> Dambulla cave <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠা</span>. Dambulla cave <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> unesco world heritage
site. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁপাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁপাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চত্বরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাম্বুলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেভ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৬০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচুতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রান্তি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিমেষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাম্বুলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারপাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোভা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতুলনীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্ত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রলেপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলাম</span>,
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>,</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আত্মস্থ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোট</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়টি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিটিতেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধমূর্তি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেড়শোটি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোট</span> 5<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> cave <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> heritage site, 520 ft <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আন্দাজ</span> 157 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> 22604 sq. ft <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অজস্র </span>murals <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহাচিত্র</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়াল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিত্রকলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জীবন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিক্ষার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউরাল</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্রিস্টপূর্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৃতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিস্মিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিল্পকলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্রীষ্টপূর্ব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতাব্দী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরাধনা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিল্পকলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিংশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতাব্দী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তিগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলোছায়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অদ্ভুত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৃষ্টি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>…. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> dambulla area <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশ্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসুবিধা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাথরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্টকর</span>.
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপ</span></b>.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যানমাফিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারজনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাইকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আওয়াজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্বস্তিকরই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলনা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেঘের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপরন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাইকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রপাঠ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনেছি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোনালী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধমূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
‘<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোল্ডেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুড্ডা</span>’</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> "<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Pahelwara
Hills" </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসেপশনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮</span>:<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাশরুম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্যুপ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রেঞ্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গার্লিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাইস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পেশল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিশ</span>
- </i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিং</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার্স</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></i></b><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুডল্স</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডলির</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাকতি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাকতি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span>
- </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবারও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাটনি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপূর্ব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটা</span>-</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">….ক্লক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাওয়ার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মাত্র</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৫০০</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিটার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমাদের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রথম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হোটেল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span></i><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পিকক</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রিসর্ট</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেশ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিমছাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সুন্দর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গোছানো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাগান</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দারুন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাইনিং</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খুব</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পরিস্কার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সি</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রুমস</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩৯০০</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকা</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রেন্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্নান</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ফ্রেশ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হোটেল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ম্যানেজর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আড্ডা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জমে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উঠল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বিশয়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আবারও</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ক্রিকেট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">!! <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Kandy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> Dambulla approx. 72 Km <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিল</span> 180 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>. Non ac <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> 70-80 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>.
6am bus <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়লো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
9am. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">অনুরাধাপুরা</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীনতম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপকূলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমান্তরালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্রীস্টানদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংখ্যা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়ই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গির্জা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশস্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসৃন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুধারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধুই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িঘর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশালকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলাশয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রিশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিশুকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলিউডের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একনিষ্ঠ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভক্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডায়ালগ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠোঁটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নায়ক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঞ্জয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দত্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নায়িকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাধুরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিক্ষিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ির</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সনত</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্যেরও</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবধারায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুনিয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোঁজখবরও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপারেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিজ্ঞেস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আত্মবিশ্বাসের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্ভরযোগ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তথা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিং</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোকোনাটের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুখ্যাতি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনেছি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমিতকে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখনই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাবের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিং</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোকোনাট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইজের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কমলা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যুরে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পনের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়েছি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিরভাগ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়ই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিষ্টি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাঁস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুরকম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">)।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাডাম্পে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরুগন</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোভিল</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোভিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাষায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরুগন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার্তিকেয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেগোম্বো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সড়কের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশালকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙবেরঙের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরুগন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীকৃষ্ণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হনুমান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্বতী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিষেধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁপা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এড়াতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাবা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলেননা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…অনুরাধাপুরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্রীষ্টপূর্ব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পঞ্চম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্রীষ্টীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতাব্দী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশাসনিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধ্যাত্মিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণকেন্দ্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্রাট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোকের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাহিন্দা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কন্যা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্ঘমিত্রা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিতার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদেশে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধধর্ম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসংখ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মঠ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদ্যাচর্চার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পীঠস্থান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চৈনিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিব্রাজক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিয়েনও</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুবছর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্রাট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোকের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কন্যা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্ঘমিত্রা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোধগয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোধিবৃক্ষের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তলায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধদেব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্বান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোঁতেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনশ্রুতি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐতিহাসিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃক্ষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দণ্ডায়মান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আক্রমণে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রভূত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষতি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানান্তরিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোলোনা-রুয়াতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকোপে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অরণ্যের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হারিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুনরুদ্ধার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃটিশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উনবিংশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাপা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধবিহার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেগুলোর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্কার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রূপ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হৃত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌরব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খনন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিরভাগ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুরুত্বপূর্ণ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপগুলি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্দিষ্ট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীমাবদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূর্বদিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইকেলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিব্যি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থাপত্য</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…বাকিরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইকেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">..</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্কার</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যান্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিদর্শনগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপগুলোর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেগুলোর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্মিলিতভাবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলার</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকিগুলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিনামূল্যেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span>,<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোভিড</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরবর্তীকালে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আটটার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা-বাতিয়া</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপে</span></b>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধবধবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপটিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিমুখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শান্তভাব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্ঘ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাক্যালাপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁদেরই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেরো</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূর্বাশ্রম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চট্টগ্রামে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাংলাদেশ</span>’<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">- ‘<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালি</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালী</span>’<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বঙ্গসন্তান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অদ্ভূত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তেজনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">- ‘<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনেরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালী</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসিয়েন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসিয়েন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতদিন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলসি</span>’<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইভাবেই</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাপ</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেরোর</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীদের</span> ‘<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span></b>’
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপলাগোয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধীষ্ঠিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্পণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদেরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারপাশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিক্রমণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করালেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধমূর্তির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্বালিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাতালে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলোয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সদ্যস্নাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখরিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবিধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কূজনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরোধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসঙ্গে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রস্তাবও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিমন্ত্রণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশ্নই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শান্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্নিগ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটালাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চত্বরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসস্থান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৈঠকখানায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষাকৃত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরিষ্ঠ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্মও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানালেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজরাত্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আচার্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থাৎ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চ্যান্সেলর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হঠাৎ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নজরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাষ্ট্রপতি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানমন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যান্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ণ্যমান্যদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানালেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানমন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নরেন্দ্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোদির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যক্তিগত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পর্কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভদ্রলোক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিনিয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এঁকে</span> ‘<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানালেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধসমাজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচ্চপদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধীষ্ঠিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়াও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিমধ্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাড়ুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগ্গলা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালগুঁড়ো</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোলমরিচ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহযোগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিষ্টি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যান্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মশলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কফি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এত</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পানীয়</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাইনি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌরভ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পলিব্যাগ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কী</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ন্যাক্স</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্বশুরমশাইয়ের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিঠের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন</span>?
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিজ্ঞেস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্দেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাঞ্চও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুনয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিনয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কর্ণপাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেননা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাঞ্চ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাঞ্চের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্কুলানও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেসব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়ারও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশ্ন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিথিরূপে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভাবনীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আতিথেয়তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মংকস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোয়ার্টারে
</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসীদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আস্তানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নটা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনভান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাইকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেঁধে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিপত্তারিনীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুতোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞানধম্ম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নম্বরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেকোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরকারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরেরবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমর্ষ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুধণ্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশটা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশালকায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলাশয়</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিসা-বেওয়া</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থ</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্রদ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্রদ</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বচ্ছ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> …<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোধিবৃক্ষের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রী</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাবোধি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাখাপ্রশাখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিরাজমান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৃথিবীর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীনতম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনুষ্যরোপিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃক্ষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারিপাশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিপূর্ণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূণ্যার্থী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধূপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দীপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিষ্টান্ন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিক্রমণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃক্ষটিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাতালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধ্যান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্ত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিঙা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোলজাতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিউতি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ন্যাসী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাতালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোটাকয়েক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধদেবের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্মৃতিবিজড়িত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইসুরুমুনিয়া</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোধি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃক্ষ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইসুরুমুনিয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিলার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শায়িত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধমূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হুহু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলল</span><b> </b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেতবন-রামা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাগোবার</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিমুখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাগোবা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলেছি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিরভাগ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনলাইনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটটাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটকদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানাভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঁদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবেননা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটেননা</span>… <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেকিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জরিমানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….বহু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সর্বসান্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তথ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্টারনেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাঁটলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রস্তাব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষুন্নও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিলেন
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেতবন-রামা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টার</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ম</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানাবিধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিদর্শন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিউজিয়ম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাড়ালাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্তূপের</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিকে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খ্রীষ্টীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তৃতীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শতাব্দীতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গম্বুজাকৃতি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্তূপের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উচ্চতা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৭০</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিটার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আদতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নাকি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উচ্চতা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">১২০</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মতো</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এবং</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেক্ষেত্রে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রাচীন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৃথিবীর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তৃতীয়</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উচ্চতম</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্থাপত্য</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এটিই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্রথম</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দুটি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিশরের</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পিরামিড</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্তূপটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্লাস্টার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করা</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ইটের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আস্তরন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাইরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হেঁটে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চারপাশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘুরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ফেললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্তূপের</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চারপাশে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নাকি</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এককালে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিল</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বিস্তীর্ণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বৌদ্ধবিহার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থাকতেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হাজার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তিনেক</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সন্ন্যাসী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এখনও</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধ্বংসাবশেষ</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আপনার</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চোখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পড়বে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্কিওলজিকাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইটের</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারটি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একাংশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছিলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রী</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাবোধী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃক্ষটি</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেতাবনরামা</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়্যাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিটাডেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভয়গিরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেতাবনরামা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সদ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়্যাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিটাডেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসস্থানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধ্বংসস্তূপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভয়গিরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন্দ্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধবিহারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধ্বংসাবশেষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেতাবনরামা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিটাডেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চমৎকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপাশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধবিহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভগ্নাবশেষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূর</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূরী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুউচ্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুককে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থামিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিটাডেলে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাথরখণ্ড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠঠোকরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠোঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভয়গিরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাগোবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পথে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কুট্টাম</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পোকুনা</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পোকুনা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পুকুর</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুন্দর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাঁধানো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাশাপাশি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পুকুর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সন্ন্যাসাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুইমিং</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পুল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হিসাবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নাকি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এগুলো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এককালে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ব্যবহার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">টুকটুক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যখন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভয়গিরি</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পৌঁছল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তখন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সোওয়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দশটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভয়গিরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাগোবাও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জেতবনরামার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুউচ্চ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিশালকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগেরটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এটায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিঞ্চিৎ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পর্যটক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সন্ন্যাসীও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চোখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এখানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মন্ত্রোচ্চারণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হচ্ছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মাইকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিবেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অকটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাকিরা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঝলক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b>‘</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঐ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগেরটারই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মতন</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">’ </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বলে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘুরে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখলনা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সামনের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাছতলায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জিরোনোই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শ্রেয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মনে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পোষায়না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিজের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গতিতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘুরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্তূপের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারপাশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কোনায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চাতালটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আয়তনও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভয়গিরি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাগোবা</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গিয়েই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাথরের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রাচীন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নেমে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাছের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাওয়ার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অমিত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ধর্মপ্রাণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কয়েকবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রণামটনাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তিটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চললাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বর্তমানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পৃথিবীর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অন্যতম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৃহৎ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্তূপ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রুয়ানে-লিসায়া</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাগোবা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অন্যান্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্তূপগুলোয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেরকম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভিড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">না</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থাকলেও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রুয়ানে-লিসায়াতে</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মনুষ্যসমাগম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘটেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রধান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কারণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বোধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সিংহলি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কাছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আধ্যাত্মিক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গুরুত্ব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দর্শনার্থীদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অধিকাংশই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্থানীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সিংহলি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানুষজন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সবার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পোষাক</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাদা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উল্লেখ্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমরাও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সবাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এদিন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাদা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেরিয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জানা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছিল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাদা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৌদ্ধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আধ্যাত্মিকতার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জড়িত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এখানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঢুকতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাঁটতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রায়</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আধ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিলোমিটার</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শেষের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তিনশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মিটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">খালিপায়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিড়ম্বনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নুড়ি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাথরের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">খালি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পায়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাঁটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সহজ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্তূপটির</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাইরেটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্লাস্টার্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাদা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ধবধবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রঙ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিচের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বর্ডার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যেদিকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাকাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শুধুই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাদা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রঙ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বহু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানুষ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পুজোর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অর্ঘ্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এসেছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্তূপের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারপাশে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চক্কর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফিরে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়িতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এখন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রোদটাও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চড়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হোটেলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফিরলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বারোটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নাগাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আজ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চেক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউট</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কথা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছিল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">১১</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">টা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নাগাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">…হোটেলের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাইনিং</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সন্ন্যাসীদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেওয়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাঞ্চ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্যাক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">খুলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অবাক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্যাকেটগুলিতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভাত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সম্বল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চিকেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পর্ক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সব্জী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সহযোগে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কারি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিমানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এতটাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্যাকেটেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারজনের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জন্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যথেষ্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেসব</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাঙ্গ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাত্রা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাম্বুলা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভিমুখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাম্বুলাতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিখ্যাত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গুহামন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অনুরাধাপুরা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাম্বুলা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেড়</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘণ্টা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মতো</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাগে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়িতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশিই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাগবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কারন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘুরপথে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধমূর্তি</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তারপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডাম্বুলার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্ল্যান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুপুর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেড়টার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মধ্যেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মসৃণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সারথী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অমিত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছুটিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তার</span><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিসান</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আরভ্যান</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">’ </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রথ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়িটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারজনের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এসইউভি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চেয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়ির</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এজেন্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কাঞ্চন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাজেস্ট</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভ্যান</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিতে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাভ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়ছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঠিকই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাভ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কাঞ্চনেরই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়ছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সন্দেহ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এসইউভির</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রেট</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিনপ্রতি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">৫০</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">৫৫</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডলার</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেখানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভাড়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">৬০</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডলার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমরা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারজন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়িতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছড়িয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সিটে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তুলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘুরেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধমন্দিরে</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাওয়ার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাঁদিকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পড়বে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কালবেওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বলেছিলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হ্রদ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কালবেওয়া</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আশ্চর্য</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জিনিষ</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুচোখ</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শুধু</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখে</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যেতেই</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মন</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভরেনা</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এ</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিশালায়তন</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হ্রদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এপার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভালো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যায়না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শুধুই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আশ্চর্যের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অবাক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ব্যপার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হ্রদটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানুষের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রাকৃতিক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হ্রদ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">৪৬০</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">খ্রীষ্টাব্দে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাজা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ধাতুসেন</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলাধার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নির্মান</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাজা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দক্ষিণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগ্রাসীদের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিতাড়িত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেচব্যবস্থার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রভূত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উন্নতি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এরকম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বেশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিছু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিশাল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মাপের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলাধার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গুগল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বলছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিধি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সাড়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চৌষট্টি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিলোমিটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আয়তন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আঠারো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বর্গ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিলোমিটার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলাশয়ের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাশে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অমিত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাঁড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্বচ্ছ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কোনো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানুষজনকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্নান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কাপড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কাচতেও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখলামনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">না</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গোরু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মোষকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ধুতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বরাবর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাছ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাদেরই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নীচে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বসলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিছুক্ষণ </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধ</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তির</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঠিক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">১০০</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মিটার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফেয়ার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওয়েদার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ব্রিজ</span></i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বহমান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিপুল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলধারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিছু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্থানীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মানুষজন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেখানে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দাঁড়িয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিভৎস</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রূপ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উপভোগ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যেতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গেলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূহুর্তে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভাসিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিশ্চিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বৃষ্টির</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কোনো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাঁধ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছাড়ার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাহলে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হবেনা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">? </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিশ্রম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্থানীয়</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একজন</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বললেন</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাঁর</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সঙ্গ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিতে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তিনি</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘুর</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পথে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভেঙে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমাদের</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিয়ে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাবেন</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেদিকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাবেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পায়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হেঁটে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যেতে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৃষা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভদ্রলোককে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অনুসরণ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">করে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চললাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রথমে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফুট</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুয়েক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নীচে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নামতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেখানেও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বইছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্রোত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এদিকটায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দশ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পনেরো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মিটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চওড়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জলের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অংশটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গভীরতা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাঁটুর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নীচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগাছা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জংলি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভর্তি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পথ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পেরতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তারপর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উঠলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রেল</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাইনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সঙ্গী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভদ্রলোক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বললেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, ‘</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাইনে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিনে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">চারটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরেরটা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঘণ্টা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিশ্চিন্তে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাঁটুন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">লাইন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এক</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গ্রাম্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এটাই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেটিও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আগাছায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিপূর্ণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নেমে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পেলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ছায়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুনিবিড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শান্তির</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নীড়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুশ্রী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিচ্ছন্ন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গ্রাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এটিই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গ্রাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তি</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটু</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দূরেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাঠকের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মনে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রশ্ন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জাগতেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পারে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আউকানা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জন্য</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এত</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পরিশ্রম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">? </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">খ্রীষ্টীয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পঞ্চম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শতকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্রাচীন</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তিগুলোর</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মধ্যে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উচ্চতম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মাটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">১৪</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মিটার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উঁচু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দণ্ডায়মান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অভয়মুদ্রার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধদেব</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একটিমাত্র</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পাথর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কেটে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গায়ের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বস্ত্রও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সুন্দর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ভাবে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দৃশ্যমান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সামনের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">উঁচু</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">প্ল্যাটফর্ম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থেকে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পুরো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তিটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নীচে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নেমে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পদতলেও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যাওয়া</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তথন</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ওপরের</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দিকে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তাকিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তার</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বিশালত্বে</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মুগ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হতেই</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">১০০০</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">রুপি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">টিকিট</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কেটে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মূর্তিটি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আমরা</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বাদে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">একজনও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দর্শনার্থী</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সামনে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গিয়ে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দেখি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">থুতনি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আর</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ডান</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হাতের</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">কনুইতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">তৈরি</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">দুটো</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">অতিকায়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">মৌচাক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">বুদ্ধতে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যেন</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ঐ</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ক্ষুদ্র</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">জীবও</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আশ্রয়</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">নিয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">যে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পথে</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">এসেছিলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">সেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">পথেই</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">আবার</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ফিরলাম</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">গাড়িতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমশ</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাও</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁয়</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোত্তু</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটি</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহযোগে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোত্তু</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটি</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহযোগে</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রায়েড</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটি</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবটাই</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড্ড</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝাল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মশলাদার</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">- </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারুরই</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগল</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">Itienerary
: </span></u></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">মিরিসা-বাতিয়া</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">স্তূপে-তিসা-বেওয়া-জেতবন-রামা</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">দাগোবার-শ্রী</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">মহাবোধি-ইসুরুমুনিয়া-সিটাডেল-কুট্টাম</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">পোকুনা</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">।–</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">অভয়গিরি-রুয়ানে-লিসায়া</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">দাগোবা</span></b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">-</span><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">কালবেওয়া-আউকানা</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">বুদ্ধমন্দিরে</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua;">সিগিরিয়া , পিদু-রাঙ্গলা & পোলোনা-রুয়া day trip<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…পরদিন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সকাল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সকাল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উঠে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">১৭</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিমি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দূরের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিগিরিয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দর্শনের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্ল্যান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হেঁটে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ক্লক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাওয়ার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কাছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৌঁছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গেলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এখানে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অধিকাংশ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জায়গাতেই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেকারি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আইটেম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ক্যাফে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বান্স</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কেক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খেয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">উঠে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পড়লাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডাম্বুলা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সিগিরিয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাসে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩০</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিনিট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চলে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যেতেও</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাগে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">৩০</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিনিট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">)</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরাণ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতে</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়াই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোনার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লংকা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হনুমান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুড়িয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলেন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেল্টার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনাস্টেরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিক্ষুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাবহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাশ্যপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোগালন্না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুদ্ধে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হারিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজকের</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়ার</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেল্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেল্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়াতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিকিউরিটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজপ্রাসাদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে </span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম্পাউন্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যানাল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুকুর</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> fort <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপাসনালয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহদ্বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>….
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চূড়াটা</span> flat <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> terrace <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>….<b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> fresco….</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> mirror wall, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথিত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেতেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসৃন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়াল</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরের</span> terrace <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা…</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিক্ষুকদের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্হান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেল্টার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিদু-রাঙ্গলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজপ্রাসাদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধংস্বাবশেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারপাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩৬০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিগ্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেজর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাট্র্যাকশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভৎস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফি</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিস্কাউন্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্সন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটাও</span>
Unesco world heritage site <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>.. ….<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫৯০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেঙে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়টির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পক্ষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোরবেলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৬টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়বে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপমাত্রাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যানা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span>
</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিদু-রাঙ্গলা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠব</span> - </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়াই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাডভেঞ্চারাস</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রপার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিঁড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span>
- </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫০০</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যানমাফিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিদু-রাঙ্গলা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়াই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝামাঝি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাপরিনির্ভানার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশালাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টাখানেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়াই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্টকর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিটনেস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্ধর্ষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগিরিয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খুব</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেখে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নামতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নামতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 4.30pm </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেজে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গেছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেখলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তড়িঘড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অটোওয়ালা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাকবিতন্ডা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 280 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ফিরলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Dambulla bus stand. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভাগ্য</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দাঁড়াবার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পেয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গেলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রঙের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Lanka
leyland (</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হ্যা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমাদের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অশোক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> leyland </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছোট</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভাই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> ) manufactured non ac </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সরকারি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> bus. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অনেকটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমাদেরই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মতো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খুব</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লড়ঝড়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. 80 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নিয়েছিল</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যতটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মনে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পড়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাশের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> seat </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলংকা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছেলের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আলাপ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হলো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অনুরাধাপুরা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ফিরছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভারতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শুনে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হিন্দি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শুরু</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করলো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জানতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পারলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কয়েক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বছর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দুবাই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> hotel </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চাকরি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করতো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখানে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভারতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলিগদের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিশে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হিন্দি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শিখে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গেছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ওদের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেশের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> culture </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অনেক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিছু</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জানতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পারলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গল্প</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘুরি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">? </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যেই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেশে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যাই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেশের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মানুষ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">... </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একদমই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লাগে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শুধু</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেই</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেশ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কেন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘুরতে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আসা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অন্য</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেশের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মানুষের</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথেও</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমার</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সখত্যা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যখন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> kandy </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৌছালাম</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তখন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেখি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দোকান</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাঠ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বন্ধ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বাহুল্য</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সরকারি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> bus </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তেড়েফুঁড়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চালিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 2.30 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘন্টায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> kandy </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পৌঁছে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিয়েছিলো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> bus </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঠিক</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যেমন</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলকাতা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শিলিগুড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> bus </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গুলো</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মালদা</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ইসলামপুর</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অব্দি</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টেনে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চালায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাত্রে</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেলায়</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Key points: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1. Dambulla cave <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span> public <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শৌচালয়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেদের</span> urine cost <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>
50 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোঁটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলছিনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানিনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেদেরটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেরাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়না</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমিও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসভ্যতামো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরাসরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসভ্যর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> charge <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরুপায়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবুন</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">ক্যান্ডি<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..<i>১০ই</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০২২</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গতকাল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span>
Ndtv </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিউজগুলিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝামেলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span>..
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উৎকণ্ঠার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ড্রাইভার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্থাটিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পেশাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারমিশন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোগাড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্টদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমস্যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনা</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুলিশও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রটেকশন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিস্টার্ব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">Colombo-
Kandy</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..সময়</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নষ্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
bus </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকজন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিগ্যেস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেকটা</span>
bus stand </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবো</span> Kandy </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গামী</span> bus. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
bus stand </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> city bus stand </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
7 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিটের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্স</span>
motors bus. 15 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
seat. AC </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span>
kandy
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span>
250 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
non ac bus </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>.
….</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাঘাটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোপাল্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতিদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিকল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span>? <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডিতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটান</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরামসে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্কৃতিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেলতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">…..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইটসিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> "spice
garden"…. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মশলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্ববিখ্যাত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারচিনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লবঙ্গ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোলমরিচ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাচ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলুদ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হরেকরকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনৌশোধির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছ</span>....<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাইগ্রেইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আয়ুর্বেদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুরই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমাধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিপূর্ন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Pere-deniya botanical garden <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোভাবে</span> maintained. Entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span>
350 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোবাসেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোটানির</span> student <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. Pinnawala <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> peredeniya <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> 1 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টার</span> journey. 30km <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> 300-400 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> ready <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকুন</span>
auto <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> bus <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসুন</span> kandy. ..Botanical garden <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
bus <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. Kandy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাত্র</span> 5km. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
botanical garden <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেক্ষেত্রে</span>
central bus stand <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
……10 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলে</span>
4 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> kandy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>9 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
bus </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> Kandy </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌছালো</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span>
1 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>.
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..পৌছালাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> "<b><span style="color: #00b050;">senani
palace"</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপত্যকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span>
'</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবধি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলনা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেনানায়েকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <b>'</b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইমগ্রোভ</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>'</b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারাতারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কন্ডাকটর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবকিছুই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচ্ছন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিন্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাট্র্যাকশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডিতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
'</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span>'
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্লাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাফে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভগবান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষজন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহাসনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্তত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যতদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মান্যতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজত্ব</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডিতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিরস্থায়ী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁতটিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিস্থাপিত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i>Fresh </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলাম</span>
tooth temple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>….
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানেই</span> <b><span style="color: red;">Kandy city centre.</span> </b> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওটাই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যমনি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমজমাট</span>….</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্র্যান্ড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অজানাও</span>.
India </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> branding </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রোডাক্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>….</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
vintage </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্কিটেকচার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span>….</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন্দ্র</span>
<b><span style="color: red;">city centre mall</span> </b> . </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্বাভাবিক</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো </span> shopping mall,</i></b><i>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্ত</span>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
mobitel </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানির</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোরুম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
mobile sim </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনলাম</span> 60 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিনিময়ে</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
talktime </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> free internet </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছিলাম</span>. …city
center <o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span>
<b><span style="color: red;">Kandy
municipal city market</span>.</b> </i><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> local </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span><span style="color: #7030a0;">
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনাকাটা</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="color: #7030a0;">. </span></i></b><i>Canned
fish, dry fish, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানারকমের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানারকমের</span> oil (</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনকি</span> banana oil </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছিলাম</span>),
</i><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমের</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসলা</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> (</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসলার</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span><span style="color: #7030a0;">) </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>.
Souvenir </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামে</span>. <o:p></o:p></i></li>
</ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">...</span><span style="color: red;">Lunch.</span> Rice with fish curry. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরকারি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাজা</span>
complimentary. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
ginger ale </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> ginger beer. </i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকায়</span> ginger </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিয়ার</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চল</span>, </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোল্ড</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ড্রিংক</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পপুলার</span>. </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খায়</span>.</i></b><i>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাবড়াবার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> </i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামেই</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিয়ার</span>.</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোল্ড</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ড্রিংক</span>….</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগালাম</span>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> 'Temple of sacred
tooth relic' or 'Sri Dalada Maligawa'. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সজত্নে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুশীনগরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিনির্ভান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলিঙ্গ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজকন্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেমমালী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চুরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুরাধাপুরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেহেতু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততকালীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কর্তব্য</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজপ্রাসাদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্হাপনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুজোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাক্সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভক্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বর্তমানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span>
Unesco World Heritage Site <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তকমা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনস্বীকার্য....</span><b>"</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুথ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেলিক</span>"</b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> / </span><i> <b>tooth temple,</b> Theraveda buddhism </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বাসী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
tooth temple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাগ্রত</span>.
Entry free 350 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span>.
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাসপোর্ট</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> photo copy </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবসময়</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নইলে</span> SAARC </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্তর্ভুক্ত</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবিধা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটার</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>. </i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলেই</span>
350 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নইলে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
750</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> entry fee </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span>. Tooth temple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>.
Tooth temple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেছি</span>, </i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছনের</span>
<span style="color: red;">World
Buddhist Museum</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপহার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধধর্ম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিভাবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্প্রসারণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবরণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেক্ষিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধধর্মের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জড়িত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংগ্রহ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></li>
</ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরুতেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোধগয়া</span>
- The birth place of Buddhism </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এশিয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশগুলি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধধর্ম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছেছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাইল্যান্ড</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাপান</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোরিয়া</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিন</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মালেশিয়া</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম্বোডিয়া</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিয়েতনাম</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশগুলি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাকিস্তানের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তক্ষশিলার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্লেখ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
- </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>….
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
buddhist country </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>...
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদেরই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝেছিলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>. </i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..এক</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> buddhist
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> pagoda, </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>, </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তূপ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> shape, architecture </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতোটা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> museum </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝবেন</span>. ……</i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..একটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১২</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্নরকম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভঙ্গিমায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধদেবের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শায়িত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০০</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছরের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span></b>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষয়িষ্ণু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইটগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুগের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থবহ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়কে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমলিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেম্পল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৌতম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাক্সের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিষেধ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিষেধ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথেষ্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভদ্র</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশ</span>-
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুললে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝগড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেনা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্টিমেন্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঘাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><ol start="5" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> souvenir shop </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>.</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানারকম</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> size </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুযায়ী</span>…..</i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুতো</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span></i></b><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খালি</span>
paaye </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনকি</span>
museum </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>.
<o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>.</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাড়ালাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বয়েচলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নদীটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span>, "<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেক</span></b>" <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলাশয়টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝামাঝি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span> <b><i><span style="color: red;">Kandy
hill</span></i></b><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
view </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> kandy </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<b>kandy lake</b> </i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁস</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পানকৌড়ি</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়াচ্ছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মৃদুমন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়ায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোরম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….<i>এখানে</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
park </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
couple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিজগিজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোবাসে</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতা</span>
lake </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span>. <o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span> "<b><span style="color: red;">Ambuluwawa
Tower</span></b>"<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্দিষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারফিউএর </span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাড়াতাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোটো</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপারটা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্সোনাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারটির</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিলোমিটার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোটো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>,</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাড়াই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভয়ই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাচ্ছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাক্সিলারেটর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আওয়াজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠছিল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হচ্ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাইহোক</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌছালাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আম্বুলওয়ায়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 48 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫৮</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুট</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলোনিয়াল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তম্ভটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০৬</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৎকালীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্মাণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশেষত্ব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চওড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেঁষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠবেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেলিংএর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁধা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেঁপে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুটেরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংকীর্ণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেহারার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনমতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাড়াতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মারাত্মক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেগ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রীতিমত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোবাইলটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাচ্ছিলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একচুল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫৭</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোবাইলটি</span>, r <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোভাবেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাইহোক</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারটির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরলাম</span> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span>
6 ta </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>.
Tooth temple </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্ভগৃহ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরজা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>….
</i><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যেবেলায়</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুন্দুভী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সানাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁতটিকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সর্বসাধারণের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূজার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্ধার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁতটিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঁকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিভাবে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধর্মাবলম্বীদের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভূখণ্ড</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদিকালে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারসিকিউট</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।…..</span>……</i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোনার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তুপের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচন্ড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকদিন</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশিদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>…</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিটের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছিলাম</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধাক্কাধাক্কিতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নড়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবিটা</span>
hazy </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়ের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোটে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হই</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝেছিলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষেত্রে</span>
flashgun </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতো</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জরুরি</span>. Slow shutter </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরার</span>
image stabilzation </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেনি</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরতির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্ভগৃহের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদ্ম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোমবাতি</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রদীপ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরাধনা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>.</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>.
<o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> 8 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানগুলোর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝাঁপ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>.
…</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span> -<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুতুলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানপাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝপাঝপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচন্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেবারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিস্তব্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><i>9.30pm </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাঘাট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঁইসাঁই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
toyota </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> nissan </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অচেনা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মডেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়াচ্ছে</span>.<o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i>….</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেঁটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেঁটে</span>
hotel </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপ</span> choose </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span>, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..</span><o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span>.</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবসময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
refreshing </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>.
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ক্যান্ডি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লেকের</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধারে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিছুক্ষণ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কাটিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাশের</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অগুনতি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রেস্তোরাঁর</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মধ্যে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">একটিতে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ডিনার</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সারলাম</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">।</span></b> …<i>Cargills shopping market </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলাম</span>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটাক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনলাম</span>
<span style="color: red;">dry shark.</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঙ্গরের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুটকি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>.
…. Street food </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলাম</span>
<span style="color: red;">grilled chicken</span>.</i></li>
</ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবারও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্ক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকেদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকিদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রি</span> ! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span> ( <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্কিটেকচার</span> ) …<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকগুলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দুধর্মের</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">Xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীর্থের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালালাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রিনিটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলেজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্টারন্যাশনাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেনু</span>
</i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদতে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলেজের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাল্লাকেলের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরীর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span>, </i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবুও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০১</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌরভ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চতুর্থ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইনিংস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৯৮</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিতিয়েছিলেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোহিন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমরনাথ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাঁর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেঞ্চুরি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলেই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঙ্গাকরা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাপ</span>!
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুগল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাপ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পটানোর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গার্ডেন্স</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবিও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুললাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেম্বার্স</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্যালারী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুমতি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাজাগতিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুভূতি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিখে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝানো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুস্কর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span>
ball room </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> Cultural show</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐ</span>
... </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোছের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
Wood Craft er </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারখানা</span>... </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>?
.... </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যথা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যথা</span>...
(</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝেছি</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারুকাজের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> Kandy </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিজনেবল</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেকলিস্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওভার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….হোটেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span>
'</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span>"
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহযেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেক</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিপ্স</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজনে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুছিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Key points: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1. <b><span style="color: #00b050;">Sevana city hotel</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> ac, non ac <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরণেরই</span> room <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. Non ac <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
kandy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলাতেও</span>.
<b>Hotel location </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span></b>. Website : <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.sevanakandy.com/">www.sevanakandy.com</a></span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
address, phone number, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. room rate <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span>
online form fill up <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাবমিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span> on request <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>…<i> …</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিমছাম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
AC room,
single bed </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাট</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিলো</span>
1400 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>.
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">2. Entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>.
Entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঙাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> 50% discount <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> saarc <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span>
foreigner <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
double.Camerar <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> charge <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেয়না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁচোয়া</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিক্রি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগরিকদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span>
entry fee <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়াটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতবর্ষ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">3. <b>Kandy </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span>
8pm </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খালি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>
. </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নইলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> safe. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকজন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরাও</span> safe feel <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালবেলাতেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটুর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্কার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
office <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকায়না</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুর্তি</span> leggings,
salwar <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> tagged <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span>
western <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> mostly. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাড়িও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেরা</span> jeans shirt tshirt <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> comfortable. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুঙ্গি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঞ্জাবী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span></b>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিগ্যেস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> ) <span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span><span style="color: red;"> half pant, bermuda, sleeveless </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="color: red;">. </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বেন</span><span style="color: red;"> full </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বেন</span><span style="color: red;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">4.<b>Kandy </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোটাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>.
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরুন</span> explore <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;">Summary of Kandy sightseeing : <span style="color: #7030a0;">pinnawala
elephant orphanage- peredeniya botanical garden- tooth temple -kandy
lake-buddhist world museum (</span></span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">সব</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">পাশাপাশি</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">), kandy hill view point, kandy city centre,
, kandy municipal market- Ambuluwawa
Tower – evening ararti at tooth temple</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
</span></i>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">নুয়ারা এলিয়া<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসম্ভব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝখান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…….</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোক</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>.</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিক্টোরিয়ান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমলের</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোস্ট</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফিস</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝটকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোলোনিয়াল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাংওভার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একখানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরকমই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোলোনিয়াল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাংলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেছেছিলাম</span> -<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেডি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হর্টন্স</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাংলো</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিকঠাক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্টার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরিবিলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রান্তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছাকাছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একরাতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪০০০</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীলিগিরি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুন্নার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোবাসেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
nuwera eliya </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়াই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচিৎ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. Nuwera eliya </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
hill station </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শীতকালে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকেই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরুন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
7 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 10 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিগ্রী</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইখানেই</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. Ceylon Tea </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনিও</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> famous…</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
nuwera eliya include </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচাটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাফে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিভাবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেকটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাঁদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরাণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্টারেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাটিকা</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছিল
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাকগালা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানটি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রামায়ণের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোক</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৩০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যিই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোকবন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশ্চর্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতামাতা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>,</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাথরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠাকুরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউরোপিয়ান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিমূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসহ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিষ্ঠ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলফ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোর্স</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাবাগান</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেয়ারী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফার্ম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্যাকেটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিক</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেকের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেক</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="color: red;"> - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রেগরি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারিদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়াতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝর্ণা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্ধর্ষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘিরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিজম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্ডাস্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলস্বরূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝর্ণার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলোও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জম্পেশ</span> - <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভার্স</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিপ</span><span style="color: red;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্ট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লেয়ার্স</span><span style="color: red;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেভন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফল্স</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল্ফ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোর্স</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোর্স</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোছানো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অামরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইদিন</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভার্স</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখব,</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span><span style="color: red;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্ট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লেয়ার্স</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেভন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফল্স</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরব</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইমতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পটগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটাই</span> ( <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টোটাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলাম</span>), <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বদলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অাপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপিরিয়েন্স</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্কুটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিরিক্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পটগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…স্টেশন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানু</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়া</span></b>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৬</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে…</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানু</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়া
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনিতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইলেক্ট্রিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্টিরিয়র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেটার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল্পতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনেছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এজেন্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংক্ষেপে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনপ্রকার</span> - <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপ্রেস</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">1</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনপ্রকার</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসি</span>), <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৃতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোদির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুযায়ী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোদির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমফের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিরিক্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপ্রকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্লিপারেট</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভলভো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্লিপার</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফার্স্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুপ</span>
( <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">2</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবসার্ভেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁচের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টপ</span>)
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">3.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসার্ভ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনরিসার্ভ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনলাইন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসার্ভেশন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথবা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এজেন্সি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরমাস্টা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এজেন্সি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলোম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসার্ভ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিয়েছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">4. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৃতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলোর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসার্ভ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেহেতু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণী</span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনরিসার্ভ</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেট্রোয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাসেঞ্জারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোগাড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবই</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বালি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থামার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধুই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চামড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামলো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততোধিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চামড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্মান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রিয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাইহোক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনওক্রমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৬০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কান্ট্রিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আস্তে</span>
- <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরত্ব</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span>.</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতয়েব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেক</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোচেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গার্ড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকেন</span>
- </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানালেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২টো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেয়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিফারেন্স</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছুক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথারীতি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুললাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁহাতক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>!</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২টো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেঘ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারিদিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসংখ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টানেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপকথার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাপুতালে</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাটন</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানদেরেওয়ালা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪টে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থামল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিলিগুড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দার্জিলিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিলিং</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দার্জিলিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণীর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটবেন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেণীতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>, <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনটিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়েছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্মসূত্রে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চীনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিপাসুদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেললাইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মরিশাসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাহাজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনা</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিমা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশগুলিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবসা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিলমা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিপটন</span>….<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনি</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দার্জিলিংয়ের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদুল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টাখানেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">Tour itinerary : Kandy-Ramboda falls-সীতা</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">এলিয়া</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> / </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">অশোক</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">বাটিকা-হাকগালা</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">উদ্যান</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: silver;"> - </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">সীতামাতা</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">মন্দিরও</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> - </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">গ্রেগরি</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">লেক-গলফ</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">কোর্স</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">-</span></b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">চাবাগান</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">- </span><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">-strawberry farm</span></b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">-ডেয়ারী</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">ফার্ম</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">- </span><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">লাভার্স</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">লিপ</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">, </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">সেন্ট</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">ক্লেয়ার্স</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">, </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">ডেভন</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">ফল্স</span></b><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">এলা<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…আপনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরাসরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝলমলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলার</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদম</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিলোমিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরামসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারণ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগেছিল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কসরত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়নি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span><span style="color: #00b050;">' </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেজি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়তে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একপ্রকার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগানের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিলোমিটার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসপাশের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউরোপিয়ান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রিয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালচার</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইফের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরিবিলি</span>
- </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরপর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span>!
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌভাগ্য</span></b>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোলাহল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুগল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শীঘ্রই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
'<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>'
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামকরণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথার্থই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একরাতের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৬০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝটপট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারপাশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুধাবন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চুটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাকিমা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেঠিমারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেমাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কত্তু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চুটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমন</span>!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাডভেঞ্চার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span>
Little Adam's Peak <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="color: red;">Ella Rock</span></b>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটোরই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুকনোর</span>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মজুদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরেই</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাত</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝর্ণা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদ্যিকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> (<span style="color: red;"> Demodara 9 arches
bridge</span>) <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোমাঞ্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩টে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টার্গেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span> <b><span style="color: red;">Ella Rock </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইমতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাইমিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<b><span style="color: red;">Nine Arches
Bridge</span> </b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রওনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুঃখ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাচ্ছি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বয়সী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুইস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাপল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span><b> <span style="color: red;">Little Adam's Peak</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাপে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুগল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিল</span> Little Adam's Peak <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শর্টকাট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুনরায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটাফট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়াই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোরকদমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> Little Adam's Peak
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইকিং</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেবারে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> Bird eye view <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাচিভমেন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগছিল</span>!
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোটোসেশন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> Nine arch bridge <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম..</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ন</span>’</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়েছি</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ন</span><span style="color: red;">’</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরোনো</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনটাকে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চক্ষু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্থক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিকল্পনামাফিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়েই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচুতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্থায়ী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজটাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইনের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুধারে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রান্তেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইনস্টাগ্রামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌলতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটোগ্রাফির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পটভূমিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুদৃশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিত্রবত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বটেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span>!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাফে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুনরায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুইস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাপল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্টি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরিয়ায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দার্জিলিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span>!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেকেন্ড</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাফ</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাত</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবনের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>) <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রে</span>!
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লাইম্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চায়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইখানেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রওনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইফ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত্রিবেলাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাস্ট্রো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটোগ্রাফিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোরম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবহাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাদর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টীক</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিল</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রিজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাগনেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নরমাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারনত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্টরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ন্যাশনাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিস্সা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩১</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নম্বর</span>)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিস্সামাহারামা</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিস্সা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইখান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কান্হা</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বান্ধবগড়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪টে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুদ্ধু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রিপ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩টে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতয়েব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাইরেক্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপচয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্বের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরুতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এজেন্সি</span>
'<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরমাস্টার</span></b>'
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইমেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানিয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালাচালির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরেছিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিস্টেম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্লিপার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোচেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইমতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্টেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্ভিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিগুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরুপায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৮</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেতাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমূল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাপলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধপধপে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাদর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার্থ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতরেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেসিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়লেট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার্থ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝটকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৯৯০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্তবিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থামলেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতচরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">Tour itinerary : </span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">Ella Rock</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;"> - </span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">Nine Arches Bridge
- Little Adam's Peak</span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;"> - রাবন</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">জলপ্রপাত-রাবনের</span><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: silver;">গুহা – tea garden</span></b><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">উদাওয়ালা</span><span style="background: aqua; color: red; mso-highlight: aqua;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">পার্ক / ইয়ালা</span><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসামহারামা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমতলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরেই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাত</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রপাতে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৫</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তরে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুষ্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীতাকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাতের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুহাতেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দী</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছিলেন</span>
</b>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রপাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকোলাহলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলপ্রপাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাণ্ডি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাম্বোদা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলস</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতক্ষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হঠাৎ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারনটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থানটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেবারে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যান</span>-
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালা</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুনুগমবিহার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোটায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোটায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়াও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐতিহাসিকভাবেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুরুত্বপূর্ণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৃতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুহুনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজত্বের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজধানী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীর্থ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটারাগামাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একরাতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিসাবস্থান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখিরালয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফর</span> ‘<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উইথ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমল</span></b>’
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্থার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বস্তুত</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমল</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনৈক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটোগ্রাফার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনিই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগ্রহ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেননা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আড়াইটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারজনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হুহু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগাধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্ঞান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভদ্রলোকের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনটের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অরণ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরং</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লম্বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাসজাতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্ভিদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলাভূমিই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিকনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span>x<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুরবীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭০</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেলি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেন্স</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুয়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারদর্শিতার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্ভর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানারকমের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখি</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেনাজানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বক</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছরাঙা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিয়া</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকমই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span>-
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেনবো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বি</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইটার</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারলিউ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেন্টেড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টর্ক</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পুনবিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সতর্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্পেন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইগল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝুঁটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হুপো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগুন্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বর্ষাকাল</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রজনন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঋতু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেখম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ুরীদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোমিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোহানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমিরও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেবারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষপ্রান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীব্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাতাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শীতকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্লেমিঙ্গোর</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেবারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছয়নি</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুন্দালাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তথাকথিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষণীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঘ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ানোর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদর্শ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটকদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোলাহল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যান্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চূড়ান্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্রুত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাড়গোড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেঙে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অত্যাচারও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিগন্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্যও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিলেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০</span>,</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেসময়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭</span>,</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫০০</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীমল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছ</span>’<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্তুর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আটটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব্জী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঞ্জীবা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দইপ্রীতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেজি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঁড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুড়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কীভাবেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমাপতন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হত</span>!<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">উদাওয়ালা</span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">পার্ক</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ন্যাশনাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বটেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদাওয়ালা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রানজিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাম্পে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিকারীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাবা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হারিয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিচ্যুত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদেরকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এথিক্যাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিগুলো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থাপনায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্দিষ্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসংখ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করায়</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্থক্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরদাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিদ্ধান্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতক্ষণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ইয়ালা</span><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাডভাইসারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল্যায়ণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> ‘<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span></b>’
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছ</span>’</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগারোটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যন্ত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথাপিছু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩৬</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭৫০০</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লঙ্কা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছ</span>’</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবুও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলামাত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেসব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকে</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আড়ালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছাকাছি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভাবনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়রা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছে</span>
<b>‘</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোল্ডেন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আওয়ার</span>’</b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়োটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়াও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুগল</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্মান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শীত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েনা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাইকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপদেশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পোশাক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকিরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেসব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোনেনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাকামো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিশার্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হুহু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিদ্ধান্তটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খানকতক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টপকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওড়া</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারাসত</span> ‘<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৩৮</span>’ <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্চা</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাচ্চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডালা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হরিণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছাকাছি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিমধ্যেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরঘুটে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্ধকার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠাহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটকও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কঠোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদেশ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেনা</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখনও</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সখনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িগুলোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জটলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্বালিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিব্বি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আড্ডা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মারছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীব্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সার্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এপাশ</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপাশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফর্সা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততক্ষণে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লম্বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্লেখ্য</span>,
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওমিক্রন</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলছে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৃথিবীতে</span></b>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানে</span>!
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হঠাৎ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কর্মচাঞ্চল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুদ্দাড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>! <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়ালো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টারের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেকেণ্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণভাবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুরুত্বপূর্ণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রক্তচাপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝবেনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাববে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অলস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেরায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেননি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাঁকগাঁক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্যানের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোলেনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপেক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভ্যেসমত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়লেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামাটাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরাপদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরকারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝোপের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিন্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্মত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাদেখি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্মানযুগলও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাবা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছ</span>’<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিক</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকালেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিলার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্চাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রইলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আওয়াজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আয়তন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্লকের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটিতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝোপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপেক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাঁকগাঁকিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাড়িভুরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তালগোল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাকিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিন্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাতরাশরত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতির</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেখম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অজস্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ূর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিতল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হরিণের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখিও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমিরও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোষ</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরোয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিলিতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়াটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাফেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চল্লিশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রজাতির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তন্যপায়ী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টপার</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঘ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পতাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলেও</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোদিনই</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলনা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আটটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনবন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়নি</span> -<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাতরাশও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁউরুটি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলা</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্লাস্কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটপুজো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কমছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্বশুরমশাই</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততক্ষণে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারনা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বদ্ধমূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদৌ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইডরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরানো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পয়সা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কীভাবেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রমাণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসবের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেমে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্তিম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়লেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিরতি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়লেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথায়</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিগুলোতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টয়লেটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখছিনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকৃতির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকৃতিতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝোপের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়াল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্তুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আক্রমণে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারিভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৈধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিক</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ালো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্ত</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোয়াক্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হচ্ছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কীভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারচাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাদায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আটকেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্বিঘ্নে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ালাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালাময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতোদ্যম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঙ্খিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণীটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভাবনাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভাবনা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রণথম্বোরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>’<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়্যাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেঙ্গলেরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাইনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলদাপাড়ায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়েই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গণ্ডারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টপার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদেও</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অরণ্যকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রণথম্বোরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলব</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়ালা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৃপ্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসছিলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অত্যধিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিপজ্জনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেসারেসি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়চ্ছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপারটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিরক্তিকর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়ায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাবা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাড়গোড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খবর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রান্তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়বে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশটার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকমই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্দেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজনকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হুড়মুড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিমধ্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিরিশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালকেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বকুনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেহেতু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীব্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চুপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িগুলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়িই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইছেননা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথায়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেঁচিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোনালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোপছোপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিকরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুকিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিশ্রমের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেকেণ্ডের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঙ্খিত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিজয়ীর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাসি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাবী</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝুলি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেপার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরবেই</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকিদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিজয়ীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাসি</span>-
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্বশুরমশাইকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জবাব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খ্যাঁকশিয়াল</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কতক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনিটর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রসন্ন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোগাড়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাউসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারোটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাইনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পলরুটি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দই</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সর্বক্ষণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমিতও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">গল</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">গল</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝটকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৪</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারিখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩৫</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিগ্রি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপমাত্রা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অার্দ্রতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুঁই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়িয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিটের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভয়ানক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছনেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্রষ্টব্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">'</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
: </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
– Mirissa - </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাবারাদুয়া</span></u></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> / Habarduwa
</span></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">(</span></u></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টিল্ট</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিশারম্যান)</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">) –
Unawatuna / </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উনাওয়াটুনা -</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Galle</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্রষ্টব্য</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্চ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মস্জিদ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউস,</span><span style="color: red;"> Galle Clock Tower, </span></b><span style="color: red;">Old
Dutch Hospital</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মজুদ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোটোগ্রাফির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদর্শ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চত্ত্বর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টোনস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌয়ের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গয়নাগাটির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শখ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেঁচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নইলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজেট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেন্টোটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষমেষ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">!
….</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্হিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুলত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন্দ্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপকুল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেন্দ্রিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসম্ভব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বালি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধুয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবজে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপছন্দ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাঁদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাগরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসম্ভব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগেছিল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততক্ষণে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেনটোটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিস্ট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্তুগিজ / </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্যময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> । </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ষোড়শ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শতকে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্তুগিজ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বণিকরা</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রপথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এশিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মশলার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোঁজে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছেন</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোয়া</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দমন</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিউ</span></b>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকমই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণপ্রান্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাণিজ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিরক্ষার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানালেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেরা</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীমানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পঞ্চাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতবদল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওলন্দাজদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইণ্ডিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লাটিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মজবুত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশস্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীর</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়াচটাওয়ারের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুরুজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীমানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরাবর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসালেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসংখ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইওরোপীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নকশায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নগর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিকল্পনায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাঘাট</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িঘর</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানপাট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফিস</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদালত</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গির্জা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৭৯৬</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচদেরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংরেজ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজত্ব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংরেজরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৯৪৮</span> -</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাধীন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবিধ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংস্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনও</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদালত</span><span style="color: red;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফিস</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যেই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারশো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইওরোপীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধাঁচেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপ্রশস্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাঘাট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোছানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িঘর</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুটিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানপাট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পানশালা</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইওরোপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পৃক্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এশিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বজনীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাৎপর্যের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারনে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউনেস্কো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়ার্ল্ড</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেরিটেজ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসাবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোষণা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> dutch fort <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>…. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়ালের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড়ান</span></b>…
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> fort <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
old dutch town <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> dutch colonial <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিল্ডিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়ালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে…</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়ালের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span>
Bay of bengal, arabian sea <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোভাবেই</span>
indian ocean <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেনা</span>..
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যক্তিগত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতামত</span>.
…<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
dutch town <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরুন</span>… <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে…</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝাবো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>… <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐতিহ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বজায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটাকে</span> dutch style <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুসারে</span>.Street photographer <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদর্শ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>…<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসংখ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্টুরেন্ট</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানারকম</span> cuisine, sea food</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০২১</span>
-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৭শে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবথেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষণীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটকে</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠাসা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোবেন</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপমহাদেশীয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="color: red;">, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোমস্টে</span><span style="color: red;">, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরেই</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথেষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>, <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যক্তিগত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতামত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকেন</span>
, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পকেটের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মায়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকুন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চমকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নন</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেছেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউরোপীয়ান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 'Leyn Bann Street', ' Peddler
Street ', ' Lighthouse Street ', ' Church Cross Street ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যাদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনাচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কানাচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতেই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসম্ভব</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনপ্রতি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪০০০</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখুন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝারি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরেই</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিলাম</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২২০০</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিটের</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বয়স্ক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহিলা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌলতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নানা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ন্যাক্স</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেখেছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">!
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীর্থক্ষেত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span> ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিঃসন্দেহে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৃথিবীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়ামগুলির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একপাশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহুবছর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাধ্যমিকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরোনোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখস্থ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরীক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝামেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্কুলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখস্থ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উগরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাপে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিক্ষা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনাচকানাচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুকোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোমস্টে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোনোমাত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘামে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্দ্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোতল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একখানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span>, <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোনলি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যানেট</span><span style="color: red;">-</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইডবুকের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রস্তাবিত</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়াকিং</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুটই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেনে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইভাবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিন</span>-</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাতেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছড়িয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিটিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলোতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথায়</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপরূপ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুটে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
' <b><span style="color: red;">Galle Clock
Tower</span></b> ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টপ</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লক</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ার</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাথরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটারেরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তম্ভের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়েছিলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৮৮৩</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলে</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপরিভাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আন্তর্জাতিক</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়ামের</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্দান্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নজরদারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আক্রমণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠেকাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুরুজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span>
(bastion)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুন</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিমপানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুরুজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রনীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামানগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাগরপথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনাগত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শত্রুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোকাবিলার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্গের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্তুগিজ</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্মাণপ্রণালী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুযায়ী</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোরাল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অকটু</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজলেই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোরাল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরোনোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুরুজ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস্টিওন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভূমিতলের</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্চ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>’<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটতেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপাশে</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ন্যাশনাল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁচতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্বন্ধে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একতলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওলোন্দাজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্লেখ্য</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৬৫৬</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্মিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওলোন্দাজদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবথেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসাবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিঁকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হস্তশিল্প</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্তুগিজদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহৃত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবাবপত্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রদর্শনী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিনের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাণিজ্যের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাসের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্যালারিও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেনেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়া</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিয়েনের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফরের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাহিনী</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রখর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমানগল্লা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গির্জা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিফর্মড</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্চ</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৬৪০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৭৫০</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশকের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারলামনা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোভিডের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গির্জার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্চ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুইনস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংযোগস্থলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলফ্রাই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাঘর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেদীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তম্ভের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিফর্মড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্চটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> 'All Saint Church ' <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতক্ষণে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগারোটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গগণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসহযোগীতা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁচতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরকার</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাবের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলফ্রাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনেই</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেরিটাইম</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুইনস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটাপথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদালতের</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিং</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোকোনাটের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শরীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্তি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেরিটাইম</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামে </span></b> (Entry fee INR. 175 after saarc discount)<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওল্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্তুগিজদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটকই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যোগোযোগ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়ালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইণ্ডিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেরেনিগডে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উস্টইণ্ডিশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোম্পানি</span> (VOC)-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিহ্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংখ্যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৬৬৯</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটকটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মালগুদামের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span>
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেরিটাইম</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেরিটাইম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তথ্যমূলক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০০৪</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রভূত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেদারল্যাণ্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহায়তায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়ামটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুনর্নির্মিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রতীরের</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জীবনযাত্রা</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবিধ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামুদ্রিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্ভিদ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রদর্শিত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারোটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিক্ষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদব্রজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাকাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোমস্টেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: #0070c0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারজনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিউতি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকলাম</span> ‘<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্য</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্চেন্ট</span>’</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধুনিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেনু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খসলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবধ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলনা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চমতকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ককটেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হস্তশিল্পের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুটিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রমরমা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানগুলিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুদৃশ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামাকাপড়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেন্টিং</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোমেদ</span> 700 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরদাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানপাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লকশালা</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হস্তশিল্পের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাণ্ডিতেও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইস্তক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেপায়ার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসানো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁসার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাত্র</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লকশালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিসপত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোমস্টেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোমস্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> ‘<b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিরেন</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span></b>’<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাম্পার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিদূর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলিপথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়েই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাবেকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সদর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্ল্যাকবোর্ডে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশরকম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খানার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমাহার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানটির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাকি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অলিন্দে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছয়েক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাছাবাছির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যপার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসুন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পানীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবারের</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটিই</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span><span style="color: red;">- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশ</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>’<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমড়োর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোচার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনারসের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এঁচোড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়াও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরকারি</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশদে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্লেখযোগ্য</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রেতাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপ্যায়ণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিকঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যত্রিশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভদ্রমহিলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারেবারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থালাবাটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসছেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাসিমুখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনারসের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারিটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
(</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিভে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরকি</span>)
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরেছিল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৃহকর্তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকদিন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাণ্ডি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনেকাটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুযোগ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারজনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়েছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> '<b><span style="color: red;">Galle Light House'</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 1848 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউসটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিঃসন্দেহে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যতম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকর্ষণ </span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রান্তে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউসের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাচীরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেঞ্চও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমাগমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধীরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিমদিগন্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চারজনেরই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপলাগার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারোদিনের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউসের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> 'Galle Fort <b><span style="color: red;">Meeran Jumma Masjid</span></b> '<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> 'Old Dutch Hospital' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বর্তমানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<b><span style="color: red;">old dutch
hospital shopping arcade</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;"> </span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হসপিটাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনিও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাসের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরলাম</span><span style="color: red;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রমাগত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়াল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span> 8.30 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমস</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যা</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span> 8<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাঘাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনশান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগত</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোমতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনারের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
' Cobblestone ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
roadside <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হচ্ছিলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> 3 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> Poland <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> 'Wroclaw' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….প্ল্যান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুযায়ী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতেরই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাঞ্চ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলনায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খসল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাঞ্চ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইফে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
11 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span> 3 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Key points :<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1. Galle <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকুন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> dutch fort area <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> unawatuna... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
unawatuna <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবো</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> hostel <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>.... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানতাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিখবো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখিনি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span> booking.com <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিন</span>. Double Ac room INR.
2000-2500. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">2. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাতা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখুন</span></b>, galle <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> sunscreen <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁচাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span> esbe <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসেনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিন্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">3. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
8.30 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> bentota <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> express <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঘটন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> daily <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span>... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও,</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> bus </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> safe.</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেক্ষত্রে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> auto <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> aluthgama bus stand <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসুন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
15 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
bus <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> galle <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> INR.100 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">4. Galle <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> aluth-gama <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> cricket stadium <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>...
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনাকাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>..
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span>
8 pm <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">5. Dutch fort <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরবেন</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অজানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. Google map use <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশিক্ষন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">6. Sea food, sea fish <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামুদ্রিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্টুরেন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">7.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদিন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচম্যান</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্টুরেন্টে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Itinerary : </p><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0070c0; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Galle Fort -</span><b> Galle Clock Tower-Moon Bastion-Star Bastion-National
museum-AmangallaHotel- Dutch Reformed Church-Dutch Bellfry-Maritime
museum- Galle LightHouse- Meeran Jumma Masjid- old dutch hospital shopping
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</ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">#### </span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মারাদানা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গামী</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোঁজা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাইমমাফিক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকাতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
(</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">),
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টাখানেক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাইম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রেশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বিতীয়</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রেনী</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনরিসার্ভড</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> -</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১২০</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
( </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫০</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">)।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাথমিক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়াতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরামে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেবারে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জার্নি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনের</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডান</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসতে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">মিরিস্যা বীচ<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপকূলবর্তী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূলতঃ</span>
' Whale Watching ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">...</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকে</span>
' Weligama ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামেন</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশনেই</span></i></b><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবতরণ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশনটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
3 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
4</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রামের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
' tuktuk ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
' …<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রাভেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিস্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছরকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপ্যায়ন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিস্যা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারণ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগেছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতনই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্কুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট্রোল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোতলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিক্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশেপাশে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেগম্ব</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাউস</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">17 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
October <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> 5 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথামতো</span> 5.50 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙ্গনা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোজ</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঠিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> '<b><span style="color: red;">Whale Watching Club</span></b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফিসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
'Whale Watching' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
<b>5000 LKR </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিজন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কফি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গভীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> 'Sea Sickness ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওষুধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাহুল</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝুঁকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওষুধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলাম</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তেজনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকল</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোলাচল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টাখানেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিললো</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজার</span>
'Spinner Dolphins' </b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোরম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকক্ষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলফিনরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলফিনদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> ' <b>Fin Whale</b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>,
6 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খানা</span> ' <b>Blue Whale</b> ' , <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীলতিমি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৃথিবীর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃহত্তম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্তন</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যপায়ী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকঘণ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিমিদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙ্গনা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোজ</span>
(</b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">+94 77 591 4835) </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> ' Whale
Watching Club' </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকী</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সদস</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যরা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অত</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যন্ত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত্ন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহকারে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
' Whale Watching ' </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁটিনাটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিষয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবগত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোটের</span> 25-30 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটককে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যক্তিগত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নজর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণভরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্ষেত্রে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> 'Package' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> 'Breakfast' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> 'English Breakfast' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়াও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাবের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোল্ডড্রিঙ্ক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জীবনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গভীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারাজীবন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হৃদয়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবহাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রূপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলো</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঋতব্রতর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথামতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
' Whale Watching club ' </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙ্গনা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনোজের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করি…</span>
</b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span>
Rangana Manoj </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোন</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> pencil
booking </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> 17 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অক্টোবর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span>
' Whale Watching ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…</span>
</i><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতোটাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুশি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভবিষ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনোদিন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসাতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেকবার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্ব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্যই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিমিদর্শন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিরকাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হৃদয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….আমরা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
15 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিলোমিটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণতম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রান্তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সনৎ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
' Matara ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাপকাঠিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> </i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসস্ট্যান্ডের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারার</span>
' Dutch Fort Area ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপকূলবর্তী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংরেজদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশাপাশি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওলন্দাজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রভাব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লক্ষণীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিশন</span>
- </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সনৎ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্যর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেমন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপায়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সনৎ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্যর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গার্ডেন্স</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্যর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ির</span>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাস</span>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলেন</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত্ন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহকারে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্য্যর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরঞ্জাম</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোনো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখালেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুপার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকিটাকি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনাকাটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
' tuktuk ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসাতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর গেলাম</span> ' <b><span style="color: red;">Turtle Bay</span></b>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
' Mirissa Beach ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্নানের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
' Mirissa Beach ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>
' <b><span style="color: red;">Parrot Rock</span></b>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুরবেলা</span>
' Lemon Chicken ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আহার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়তেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
4.30 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাজির</span>
' <b><span style="color: red;">Coconut Tree
Hill Beach</span></b> ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঁচু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিলার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতে</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছ</span></i></b><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝখান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপরূপ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেলবন্ধনের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৃষ্টি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদিন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটাবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিক্রেট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাঁচটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকৃতির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোভা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিক্রেট</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিচে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাজা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেজে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিয়ার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাশিয়ান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
3</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
1</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিরিক্ত</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌহার্দ্যপূর্ণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকাশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরবর্তী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেনেছিলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাশিয়ান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ড্রাগের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেশা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বহুল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচলিত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পন্থা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাগ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাসপোর্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিনিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেহেতু</span>
Mirissa </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোটো</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> , </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্ধকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশেষ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরবর্তী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিসা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span>
1<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">হাবারাদুয়া</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">।</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">হাবারাদুয়া</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">-</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১০</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্তরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টপেজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়ায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচন্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাবারাদুয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোনেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠামো</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরা</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এঁদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাবারাদুয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোগ্গালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">স্টিল্ট</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ফিশারম্যান</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua;">Unawatuna<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…<span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; mso-highlight: yellow;">.<b>Unawatuna</b></span> galle </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুবই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়
(</span><span style="color: #0070c0;">Auto </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span><span style="color: #0070c0;"> INR. 50 </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="color: #0070c0;">)..</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">উনাওয়াটুনার</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">জঙ্গল</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">বীচ</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">দেখতে</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">গেলাম</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">।</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">রুমমসালা</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ওয়াইল্ডলাইফ</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">রিসার্ভের</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">অন্তর্গত</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">এই</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">বীচ</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">না</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">দেখলে</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">মনে</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">হবে</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ভ্রমণ</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">অসম্পূর্ণ</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">।</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটুকরো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাপানিজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাগোডা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইটহাউস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আড়ালিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসোর্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অত্যন্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলিডে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাইপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিরিস্যা্র</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এইটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>,
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুরিস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাক্টিভিটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
Unawatuna <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
yatagala raja maha vihara (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> )... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>.
…. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> jungle beach <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্যশই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হঠাৎ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্দুর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মজাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span>…
galle fort <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> beach <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
beach... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Itinerary
: <span style="color: #0070c0;">Mirissa – Turtle Bay - Parrot Rock- Coconut Tree Hill
Beach- Habarduwa/ </span></span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হাবারাদুয়া</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> - Unawatuna / </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">উনাওয়াটুনা</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- Galle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">হিক্কাডুয়া<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পর্কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়াশোনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
Google <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span> , ' Things To Do ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> search <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যস</span>
, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্লা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইদানিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালে</span> ' Google Trips ' App <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাহায্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> Hikkaduwa Beach ,
Peraliya Turtle Conservation Project , Tsunami Photo Museum , Tsunami Honganji
Viharaya <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়াও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> Bentota <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছেটাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
' <span style="color: #00b050;">Tamara Motel </span>' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> Gunawardane </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেনো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠেছিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
Upali , Tamara </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুত্র</span>
Nipun </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধ্যমতো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাশোনা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবসময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চওড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাসি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> '<span style="color: #00b050;"> Tamara Motel</span>
' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরোলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৈকত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলরাশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুগ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেম</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যমামা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যগগনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাড়ায়নি</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবাল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
' <span style="color: red;"> Glass Boat</span>'
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাহুল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথেষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরদাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধর্মতলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতিবাগান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চত্বরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভ্যস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসুবিধে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাইনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">.</span> <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
beach </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
' <b>Nari-gama Beach</b> ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারিগামা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৈকত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্তের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রিয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এছাড়া</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিপ্পি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারিগামা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগামী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘণ্টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারিগামা</span>
beach </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকৃতির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপূর্ব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিহ্বল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোবাসি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকৃতির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌভাগ্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
' Narigama Beach ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূর্যাস্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাধুর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শব্দের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাধ্যমে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুটিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাক্ষুষ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুভব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ…পরের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্যাগ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোছগাছ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শনীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানগুলি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথচ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> ' <b>Seenigama Muhuda Viharaya ' </b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাস্তিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধর্মের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধর্মীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থলকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> ' Tourist Spot ' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাস</span> , <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্মাণশৈলী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকৃষ্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলো</span>
' <b>Sea Turtle Hatchery and Rescue Centre</b>
' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরালিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রামে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> 500LKR <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> Ticket <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খানিকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরণের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কচ্ছপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> Green Turtle <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটকরা</span> ' Baby Turtle '
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> ' <b>Tsunami Memoria</b>l' <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> '<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আশপাশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলি</span> 2004<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
26<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শে</span> December <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিপর্যস্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্মরণে</span> 2006 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্মিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেমোরিয়াল</span> ' <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> ' <b>Tsunami Photo Museum</b> ' <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভয়াবহতার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হৃদয়কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারাক্রান্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিউজিয়াম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> ' Telwatta ' <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেলওয়াত্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘটেছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
' Queen of the Sea Train Disaster' <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 2004 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালের</span>
26 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুনামির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীভৎস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢেউ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছড়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> 9.30<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
2000 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মৃত্যু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘটেছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিকটজনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোঁজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> Hikkaduwa <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়ালাম</span> ' <b>Honganji Vihara </b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> 60 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৈর্ঘ্যের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশালাকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধমূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘটেছিলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভয়াবহ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুর্ঘটনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়েছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিকটাত্মীয়রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শান্তিতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হারানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রিয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্মরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua;">HIkkadua – <i>Ambalangoda</i>
- Madu Ganga - Aluthgama –</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;">Bentota</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>…</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> - </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গল</span> - </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারা</span> A2 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইওয়েতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতি</span>
5 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্তর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেসরকারী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাড়াতাড়ি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিমুখে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপরের</span>
45 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারিনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যমগ্রামে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবাদে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকবার</span>
L 238 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চড়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলেও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেহাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিশু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোমহর্ষক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
' <b>Ambalangoda ' , ' Balapitiya</b> ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হৃদয়বন্দী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="background: aqua; color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua;">Maduganga River Safari</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মান্ডু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নদীতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসাধারণ
বললে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নদীতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোখরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছে র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিরগিটি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গোসাপ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রীজ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্বাস মূলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">বেণ্টোটা</span> <o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবার</span>
40 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিমি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরোতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগেছিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span>
40 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রত্যেকটি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্দিষ্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ডে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়ানোর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুভব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাতাসের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্দ্রতা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটাই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিরিক্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লান্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলরাশির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাধুর্য্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লান্তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিমেষেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
ORS </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোতলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়মিত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়ের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবধানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
</i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসোর্ট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাউন</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশীরভাগ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্যটক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিমী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথবা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউরোপীয়ান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> aluthgama. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 5 km
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. <b>Bentota </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশনের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> aluth-gama</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিমী</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগরিকদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনপ্রিয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
' Laid Back ' </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চরিত্রের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধীর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্রাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৈকতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাই</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাহুল্য</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলোর</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলনায়</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাপেক্ষ</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিক্কাডুয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিদ্ধান্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেণ্টোটা</span>
beach </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়াও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
Lagoon , Maduganga River Safari </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেদিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> Kandy </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেইদিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> train </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 2nd class </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভবত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 120 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রঙের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আদ্দিকালের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> kandy to matara. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> galle </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> matara </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থামবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. Matara </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
2nd class... 1st class </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> seat
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অদলবদল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গদির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমফের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. 2 plus 2 Seating arrangement... Sleeper </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> seat number </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
5am </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. …</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.... Kandy </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডান</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসলে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়ি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৃশ্য</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> shift </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 9am </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততক্ষনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> shift </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চীনাটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাদেখি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোচ্ছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাঢ়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইনের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দমকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিশিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> freshness </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইফের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেস্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> journey </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 11am </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌছালাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠাটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝলসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেভাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্বলছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফুরফুরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota... … Bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> costly. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> homestay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">homestay
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেজাজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চটকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগোছালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরমে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জরুরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... goibibo </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কায়দা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপলোড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝেড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিভিউ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিখবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাজর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোঁড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাজা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভগবান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ), </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 80 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> rent
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 1200. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
loss </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
bentota </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> famous tourist place</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 2500 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... Comfort zone </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচিৎ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> offer </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 800 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ) </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota, aluthgama </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bike </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">....</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 600 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাইগুই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... Google </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> sort </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
print out </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">Bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> <span style="color: red;">sea beach</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> <b>t<span style="color: red;">urtle </span></b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাচারি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> aluthgama</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... Aluthgama </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota lagoon </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> aluthgama </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... <b>Bridge
</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
view </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota lagoon </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> Water sports complex </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> spot
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রওনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. <b><span style="color: red;">Geoffrey Bawa's </span></b>house…</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">Geoffrey bawa </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> famous srilankan architect </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাজিয়েছিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাগান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হারিয়েও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> private property. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
saarc discount </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কড়কড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 400 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলাঞ্জলি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যক্তিগত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরগি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারাও</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> case </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানসিকতা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> google </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লর্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> clive
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ষড়যন্ত্রকারী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢোকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…আপনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> architect </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্খ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> enriched </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরোইনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bawa house </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগেছিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাহ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> "bawa"!</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতটাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানসিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঘাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়েছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উসুল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> !!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষানো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খিস্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ততক্ষনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> homestay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শয়তানটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিষেধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> !!!) </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> safe side </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> betray </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেননা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">..</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছপালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bike </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছুটলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... Aluthgama </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. Bike </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাইড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগছিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছতেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> <b>Galapatha Raja Buddhist temple.</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসাথেই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচ্চতায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.... Entry fee </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঁধারি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকজন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেস্টিনেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> <b>Kande
Vihara buddhist temple</b>. </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> dutch church </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়ে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছে</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবাক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৈকি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> architecture </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> church </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবতার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দখল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বন্ধে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকান্ড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জুতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্টকর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসিন্দাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিগ্যেস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপারটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">? </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সীমিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরাঘুরির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ) </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এনাদের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিয়ে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিলভাষী</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েকে</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রানী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কষ্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থাপন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">....</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোমান্টিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রণাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাণীর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্হা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> !!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota lagoon </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> sea beach </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেস্টিনেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. <b>Bentota turtle hatchery</b>.... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুপ্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিপন্ন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> turtle </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... marine turtle... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নখের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বদলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> . </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
350 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
loss </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">..</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিমের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্ছা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাচ্ছন্দে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> allow </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঘাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিরীহ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শিশু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলোকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝাপটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চৌবাচ্চায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোঝাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিভাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> turtle conserve </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিলুপ্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> olive ridley </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিংস্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছিমও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">..</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কামড়ালে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আঙ্গুল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একজন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুড়োর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলছিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> olive ridley </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">bentota sea beach </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> beach </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.....
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিস্তৃত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> sea beach....</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢালু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশিরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলকেলী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যস্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">....</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসন্ন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবাহবন্ধনে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুগল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উৎসাহী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফটোগ্রাফার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> pre-wedding shoot </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">........</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...<b>Bentota
river safarir </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">...river </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> boat
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাপের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্চা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমিরের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্ছা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... 3 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> 1600 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> ) </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. But </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্যান্ত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্ছা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিন্দু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সটান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> !!!! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">.. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">... Beach
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
approach </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Key points:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> home stay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আপনাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থাকতেও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলবোনা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. Room </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মোটেও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছিলোনা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এমন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কায়দা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ছবি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তুলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> post </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করেছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> goibibo.com </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বুঝতেও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পারিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. Booking.com </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অনেক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেটাই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> search </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এটুকু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বলবো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> room ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নিতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> INR.2000 - 2500
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাখুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
Ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নেওয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চেষ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গরম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যতই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">...
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কারণ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আপনি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থাকলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বুঝবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
non ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কতোটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তাই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
ac safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অবশ্যই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্যাকেজ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ড্রিঙ্কিং</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ওয়াটার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিনে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এখানের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জল</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লিটারের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">লিটার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খেলেও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তেষ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিটবে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">..
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঢোক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">প্যাকেজ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ড্রিংকিং</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ওয়াটার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খেলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তেষ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">মিটে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অদ্ভুত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ব্যাপারটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">শ্রীলংকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কোথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হয়নি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">জল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পারলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">cargills </span></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থেকে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিনবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ন্যায্য</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দামে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নইলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এখানে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">LKR 70 </span></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকার</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বোতল</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 100 </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টাকায়</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বিক্রি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3.
<b><span style="color: red;">Lobster </span></b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">অবশ্যই</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">খাবেন</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এতো</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বড়ো</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
lobster </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আপনি</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কলকাতায়</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বা</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> India
</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তে</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কোথাও</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
INR.500 -600 e </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">না</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4.
Beach </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কাছে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">থাকলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ঘাট</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দেখে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">চলবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
</span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সন্ধে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">করে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ফিরলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">টর্চ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নেবেন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যখন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">তখন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">গোসাপ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেরোয়</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">হয়তো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাপ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">বেরোয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">স্টেশনে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">পেছনের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">দিকের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">রাস্তায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">যেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> maximum hotel,
bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">র</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">সেখানে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">আলো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">নেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5.
Hotel, home stay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খাবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">চেষ্টা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বাইরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কয়েকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">রেস্টুরেন্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যদিও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সন্ধে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেলা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ফাঁকা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ফাঁকা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">অন্ধকার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">থাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বললাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যদি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> aluthgama </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">থাকেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তাহলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সন্ধেয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেরোতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">..
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ওটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জমজমাট</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তাও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.
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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">Colombo</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Airport </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডানদিকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলেই</span>
colombo </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> bus </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিগ্যেস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span>
Colombo bus stand </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনা</span>. Ac bus,
110 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span>
colombo bus stand. </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপ্রেস</span>
highway </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>. Digital </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোর্ড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোড</span>
diversion </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিগন্যাল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>.
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপাশে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবুজ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছপালা</span>..
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাক্কা</span>
1 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span>
10 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌছালাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
bus stand </i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><i>….<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টুকটুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> '<span style="color: #00b050;">Juliana Hote</span>l' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> Kolupitiya <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অঞ্চলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিসটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নজরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> skyscrappers<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৃথিবীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধুনিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেক্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্ষমতা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলনায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিপাসায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাকৃতিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আধুনিকতার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসছি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাইলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনায়াসে</span>
Negombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটাতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রানজিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পয়েন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….<i>প্রসঙ্গতঃ</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকবো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলাম</span>
I </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
</i><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাউন্ট</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভিনিয়া</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></i></b><i>l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…খরচ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিষ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছি</span>
I <b>airbnb </b></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছি</span> , </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথা</span> </i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভব</span> I </i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিউ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্ল্যাট</span>
airbnb </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাক্সি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলো</span>
</i><i>₹2800 ( </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লঙ্কা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span>
) I </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাইওয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাক্স</span>
</i><i>₹300 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
l <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>airbnb </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এড্রেস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলো</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাক্সি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span>
I 17 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তলা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাম</span>
:- "</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওশান</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রন্ট</span> ", </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তলায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্ল্যাট</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাক্সি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়াতেই</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিল্ডিং</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহৃদয়</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেয়ারটেকার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্ল্যাটের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চাবি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরিয়ে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলেন</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেজ</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সদা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাস্যমুখ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভদ্রলোক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্ল্যাট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পূর্ণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুক্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পেস</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগোয়া</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপেন</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিচেন</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রিজ</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাইক্রোওভেন</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিক্সি</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইলেকট্রিক</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটলি</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরম্ভ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমস্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
I </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপরে</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুইমিং</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুল</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্ল্যাট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেস্ট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেমে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিলাম</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝুপুস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝাপুস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোক</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবস্থা</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বারান্দা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শান্ত</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওনা</span>
l <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছাকাছি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খালি</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শান্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিষ্কার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচ্ছন্ন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহর</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদিন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্টুরেন্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়া</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারলাম</span> l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এত্ত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমান</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছিলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিশ</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়তি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্ডার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বললাম</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসুবিধা</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
l </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রিজ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাইক্রো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওভেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছেই</span>
l <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b> Train option from Galle</b>: <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span> 3.40am, 4.15am <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> 5 am…. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span>
5 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> 8am <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মর্দানা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span>.
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span>.</b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> auto <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> extra <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চায়নি</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> platform <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> already <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাঁড়িয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>...
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝপাঝপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলো</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span>
local </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনগুলোর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>.</b>
Seating arrangment <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানের</span> 2nd seating <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>, intercity express <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘড়ি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> 5am <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়লো</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবারেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসলাম</span>..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানলার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধার</span>, <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিমুখে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিট</span>
</b>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরবো</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ল্যাদ</span>... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানিনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুললাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বনগাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকাল</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীভৎস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span> office dress <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোমবার</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফিস</span> join <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগ্গিশ</span> bentota <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকিনি</span>! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাহলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারতাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভোগায়নি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> 8am <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মর্দানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেশন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলো</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খালি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলো</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোর্টে</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মর্দানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> !</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">…. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটোয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটোয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেছিলাম</span> mostly. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> auto <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারাদিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>., <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিশ্রম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরটাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছি</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
auto </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথবা</span> uber <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span>. 2 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বছর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> uber <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানে</span>
credit card payment option </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>. Cash
option </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলোনা</span>. </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতদিনে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>
cash option </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span>. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">Tour Plan - <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইচ্ছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূরদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসজিদ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলবেলাটা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>
galle face </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বীচের</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখুন</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">1 প্রথমেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলাম</span>
ST. LUCIA CHURCH. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> CHURCH. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতরে</span> BELIGIAN GLASS <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
CHURCH..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতন</span>.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">2. ধীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুস্থে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
AUTO <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> GALLE SEA FACE
GREEN SEA BEACH <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span>
MAIN SEA BEACH. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span>
MARINE DRIVE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
SKYLINE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>…</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">. বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুড়ি</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলনা</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থানীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যুগল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাচ্চারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিছনেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলোকজ্বল</span> 'TAJ SAMUDRA' ,
'HILTON' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যে</span> 6<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span>23<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অক্টোবর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফরকারী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংল্যান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়ানডে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চতুর্থ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাউন্ড</span></b>
'R PREMDASA STADIUM' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাস</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span>
'KHETTARAMA' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমদাসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচিত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কালোবাজারীদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরাদরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
500 LKR <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গার্ডেন্স</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেঞ্চুরিয়ান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুপারস্পোর্টস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিস্টে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নতুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সংযোজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেমদাসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেড়েক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">3. পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্তব্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <b>GANAGA-RAMAYA TEMPLE.</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেকের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঁকো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাসমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> 300 LKR<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">
/ ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>
125 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিতরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চমকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরণের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধমূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরটির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোভা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃদ্ধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> 'GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিটেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরেই</span> <b>'BEIRA
LAKE</b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৌদ্ধ</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরটিও</span> </b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাহুল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেকটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দিরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সৌন্দর্য্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃদ্ধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span>
SKYLINE</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুর্তির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
BAKERY </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span></b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রেকফাস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">4. আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <b>VIHARAMADEVI PARK</b>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এন্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্ক</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাছগাছালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানিনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরমে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেমন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুর্তির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> TOWN HALL... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমেরিকার</span> CAPITOL <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধাঁচের</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেতর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span>... </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">5. কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span> <b>INDEPENDENCE MEMORIAL HALL</b> …. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রিটিশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শাসন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুক্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাধীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবির্ভাবের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুহূর্তকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্মরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনুমেন্টটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 1953 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্থাপত্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পূর্ণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনুমেন্টের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামনেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টিফেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেনানায়কের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যিনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানমন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকেই</span>
<b>INDEPENDENCE SQUARE MALL</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> ARCADE. INDEPENDENCE
SQUARE. 1889 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> ASYLUM <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> 2012-2014 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> RENOVATE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> SHOPPING ARCADE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্র্যান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশছোয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিসের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">6. হাঁটতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তীর্থক্ষেত্রর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্ব</span> '<b>Sinhalese
Sports Club</b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> SSC Colombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাস</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চরিত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবাদপ্রতিম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাটসম্যান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাহেলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়বর্ধনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঙ্গাকারা</span>
624 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পার্টনারশিপের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেকর্ডটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কংক্রিটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জঙ্গলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়াম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বরং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইতিহাসকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়ামগুলিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপমহাদেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্যান্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টেডিয়ামগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আলাদা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b>'Sinhalese
Sports Club' </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনায়াসেই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লর্ডস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">'Sinhalese Sports Club' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশেই</span> '<b>Colombo
Cricket Club</b>'<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢিলেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাখি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাত্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাউন্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span>
'Colombo Cricket Club' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
3 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘরোয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেটের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধ্যুষিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউনিয়ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্লাবের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাউন্ড</span> ' Paikiasothy
Saravanamuttu stadium' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনসাধারণের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছে</span> <b>P. Sara
Oval</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুষ্ঠিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span></b>
1982 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> Bandula Warnapura <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফরকারী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংল্যান্ডের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিরূদ্ধে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধিনায়কত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এশিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্র্যাডম্যান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> 1948 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্র্যাডম্যানের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধিনায়কত্বে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্ট্রেলিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইংল্যান্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবতরণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> P. Sara
Oval <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> CeylonXI <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচেই</span> CeylonXI <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অধিনায়ক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিলেন</span>
'Mahadevan Sathasivam' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যিনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউনিয়নের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলতেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবং</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুথাইয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুরলীধরনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিকেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুপারস্টার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাদেবন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সথাশিবম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিযুক্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ত্রীর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দায়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরবর্তীকালে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেসটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবচেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রহস্যজনক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রিমিনাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেসের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঠেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঙ্গাকারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জীবনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাচ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্ডিয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিরূদ্ধে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">7. এখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
BREAK <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> LUNCH <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাতে</span> GOOGLE MAP... <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগিয়েই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেকটা</span>
MALL <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> FOOD COURT <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> LUNCH <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span>. <b>MALAYSIAN SAUTE VEG, FISH CURRY </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
RICE. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">FOOD COURT <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাপে</span> NON AC <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানেই</span>
NON AC.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেগুলো</span> AC <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেবেছিলাম</span> SOUTH INDIAN <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুঁড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বালি</span>. SOUTH INDIAN <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়না</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভক্তি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগত্যা</span> MALL </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
FOOD COURT. </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> OPTION,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামও</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span></b>…. MALL <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেছনেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রেনলাইন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span>
BUSINESS DISTRICT.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিল্ডিং</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চকচকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমজমাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..কলম্বোতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত্রিযাপন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটটা</span> ( Pettah)
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ময়ুরা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>,
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাধীন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঐ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুঁজলেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘ্যাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমলেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">8. খাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span>...<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span>
FAMOUS <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> H<b>OUSE OF FASHIONS.</b> ….<i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিকানা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাউজ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফ</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্যাশন্স</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">(</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানকার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিগ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">)
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট্টা</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
(</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়বাজার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">)।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সরকারি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুভেনির</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
'</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লকশালা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">' </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
'</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওডেল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">' (</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যান্ডি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলেও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আউটলেট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">)
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">H<b>ouse of fashions</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"> <i>এ </i>দামিদামি</span> branded <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামাকাপড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অরিজিনাল</span>.
Zaara brand <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> shirt <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> INR. 700 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রকমভেদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামবে</span>.
Reebok <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিশার্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেগুলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span> 1700 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেগুলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়লো</span> 900 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
1000 er <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">9. এরপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <b>PETTAH AREA. </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">..</span></b>. MAIN BUST STAND <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> FLOATING MARKET. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span> INR 200 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span>…..PETTAH MARKET <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> PRINCE STREET <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> DUTCH MUSEUM <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>. 1692 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সালে</span> THOMAS VAN RHEE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৎকালীন</span> DUTCH GOVERNOR <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়েছিলেন</span>. OFFICE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাসস্থান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতো</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
INFORMATION <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> RENOVATION <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্ধ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাভের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <b>PETTAH MARKET </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলো</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>..
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়বাজারের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসলা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইলেকট্রনিক্স</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামগ্রী</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামাকাপড়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হার্ডওয়্যার</span>..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এভাবেই</span> PETTAH MARKET <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যোগান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> REASONABLE.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শরীরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> energy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুষে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়েছে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সারাদিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রায়</span> 700 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলেছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটো</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span> ! <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাইরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরিয়েছে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> google map <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> direction check <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অটোয়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেভাবে</span> extra <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘোরেনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসলে</span> costing <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">10. আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজ</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিনার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাজটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্ধেকটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেলেছিলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিখ্যাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরা</span> 'Ministry of Crab' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মালিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাহেলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়বর্ধনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঙ্গাকারা</span>
,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেফ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুনিদাসা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হসপিটাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজকের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেন্টার</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> '<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিস্ট্রি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অফ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্র্যাব</span>'<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পৌঁছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজেদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টেবিলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাঙ্গাকারার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লেখা</span> 'Welcome Note'<span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলো</span> '<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকান</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্র্যাব</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারি</span>'</b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশ্বাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁকড়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভক্ষণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জীবনেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমাণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগলেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবারের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বাদ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করায়না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেফ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দর্শন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুনিদাসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">র</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কৃতিত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাপ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পকেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> 'Ministry of Crab' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">…</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">….</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অত্যন্ত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁকড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাইনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটছাঁট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধ্যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উঠতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুমে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্নান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাটে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছুক্ষন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিরিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধে</span> 6.30 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নাগাদ</span> check out <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্টোদিকে</span>
bus stand <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্টগামী</span>
non ac bus. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span> airport
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টায়</span> traffic <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>. 8pm <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span>…..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হেঁটেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span>
Lanka <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span> exchange <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> US dollar <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলাম</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Key points :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বোতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরোই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুনছেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> GALLE SEA FACE BEACH <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপভোগ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গর্জন</span>. BEACH <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমজমাট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারারকমের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাচা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> SNACKS <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খান</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারলে</span>
NATIONAL MUSUEM, GEM MUSEUM. GOOGLE <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span> SUGGESTION <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলে</span> MINISTRY OF CRAB <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মৎস্যমুখী</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>
THE MANHATTAN FISH MARKET.</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span> WALLET <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span> LKR 3000-4000 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনা</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>2.</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পিং</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জন্য</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">অবশ্যই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> house of fashion. 4 </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">স্টোরেইড</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> mall. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ঠাসা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বিদেশী</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
brand </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দারুন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> discount, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দারুন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জিনিস</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যেন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হরির</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">লুট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> !<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">3.</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মসলা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
must must must ! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দারচিনি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তেজপাতা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">লবঙ্গ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এলাচ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দারুন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গন্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> ! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটাই</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ঠেক</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> pettah </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মার্কেট</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
! just </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">লুটে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কলম্বোতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
HOTEL </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
2000- 2500 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">চলুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. AC </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">অবশ্যই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
<span style="color: #00b050;">SHALIMAR HOTEL</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মর্দানা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">স্টেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মাত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
200</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মিটার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
HEART OF THE CITY </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মাত্র</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2KM. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হোটেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">রেস্তোরাঁ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">অব্দি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গাড়ির</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ব্যবস্থাও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দেবে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
DETAIL </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
! </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আরকি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
! <span style="color: #00b050;">Shalimar hotel</span> , 46, Panchikawatte Road
Maradana, Colombo 00100, Sri Lanka, Phone: +94 112 431 070 booking.com… direct website <a href="http://the-shalimar.hotelsincolombo.net/en/">http://the-shalimar.hotelsincolombo.net/en/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">5.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কলম্বো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ঘুরতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">অটো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
ac </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বুক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
..</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গাড়ি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খরচ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
INR. 3000 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ওই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পথে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হাঁটিনি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কলম্বোতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
bus </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সার্ভিস</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">6.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
recap </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিচ্ছি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, US dollar </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এয়ারপোর্টে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভাঙাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভালোই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
rate </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দেয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b>Sampath bank </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> rate </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেশ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভালো</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
Bill </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিতে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভুলবেননা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হিসেব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">টাকাও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গুনে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হ্যা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
euro </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিয়েও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যেতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">7.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খাওয়ার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
pattern </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সকালে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বিকেলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> bakery,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দুপুরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">রাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভাত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ডাল</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তরকারি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মাছ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
/</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মাংস</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">রাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
fried rice </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সামুদ্রিক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মাছ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
<b>ginger ale </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
ginger beer. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কোনো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
alocholic beer </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ওটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এমনি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ওটা</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ওদের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কোল্ড</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ড্রিংক</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খেলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হজম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খাবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">..
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমাদের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
thumbs up </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আরকি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> ! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">8.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটাই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">প্রশ্ন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খরচ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কতো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">? </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জানিনা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">শুনলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বিশ্বাস</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কিনা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,
2 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বছর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আগে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
450 US dollar </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. 400 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ডলার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> exchange </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ব্যক্তিগত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বাজে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খরচ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">শপিং</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> 300 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ডলার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খরচা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মানে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">প্রায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
21000 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">টাকায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খাওয়া</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,
hotel </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভাড়া</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যাতায়াত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এন্ট্রি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ফী</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হয়েছিল</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সেটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মতন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ঘুরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এখন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দাম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বেড়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
Nuwara eliya </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বাদ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ঘুরতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">চাইলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">একটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
couple INR.30000 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">টাকা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">চলুন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. nuwara eliya </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সেটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ধাক্কায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
INR. 40 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
45 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হাজার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হবেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এটা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ব্যক্তিগত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মতামত</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এবার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কমাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পারলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আপনার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">লাভ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আপনারাও</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হিসেব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পারেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">প্রত্যেক</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">পর্বে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সব</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কিছুর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">খরচা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আমি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">উল্লেখ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করেছি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">9. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">লোকজনদের</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">সাথে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> tamil </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জাতি</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> LTTE </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">নিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কিছু</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গপ্পো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যাবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">স্পর্শকাতর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বিষয়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কোথা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">থেকে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">আসছেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">জিগ্যেস</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করলেই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
North india. Safe side </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হলো</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দিল্লী</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মুম্বাই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কলকাতা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">হ্যা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">কলকাতা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ভালোই</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">চেনে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ইডেন</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">গার্ডেন্স</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দৌলতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">10. "Ayubuwan
Singalize".... </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">যার</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">বাংলা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">তর্জমা</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">করলে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">দাড়ায়</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
"</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">স্বাগতম</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
"</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">।</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: silver; color: #7030a0; mso-highlight: silver;">Itinerary</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">ST. LUCIA CHURCH- GALLE SEA FACE GREEN SEA BEACH-<b> GANAGA-RAMAYA TEMPLE-</b>'BEIRA
LAKE (BUDDHIST TEMPLE)-<b> VIHARAMADEVI
PARK-</b> INDEPENDENCE SQUARE /INDEPENDENCE MEMORIAL HALL-<b> Sinhalese Sports Club-</b>H<b>OUSE
OF FASHIONS- PETTAH AREA-</b> Ministry of Crab</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">##
তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঠের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span>
<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখোশ</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উজ্জ্বল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রং</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখোশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনেছিলাম</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাঙ্গালোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপাতত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিউইয়র্কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শোভা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাচ্ছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাকসালা</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওয়ার্কশপ</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটি</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গভরমেন্ট</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্বারা</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিচালিত</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনতে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোন</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্র</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপকূলবর্তী</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শহরে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫০০</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাছাকাছি</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="color: #00b050;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যত</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রূপ</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তত</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এগুলোর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথেষ্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দরদাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
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আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুপুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রওনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গলের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উদ্দেশ্যে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০১</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাদার্ন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চওড়া</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসৃণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গতিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তাতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৎকালীন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রেসিডেন্ট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানমন্ত্রী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজাপক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাইদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্বপ্নের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রজেক্ট</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাত্তালা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজাপক্ষা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এয়ারপোর্ট</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হামবানতোতা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাহুল্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনহীন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমানবন্দরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামেনা</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঠেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দরও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যস্ততা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধারে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তৈরি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিশাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভিত্তিহীন</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকল্পগুলোও</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্থনৈতিক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পতনের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০২১</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিসেম্বরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখনই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অমিতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেনেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর্থিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরাবস্থা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজাপক্ষা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাইদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাঁদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আস্থাহীনতা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলেবরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃদ্ধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">##
সাদার্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেড়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রকিনারের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনঘণত্ব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফাঁকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছেনা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধুই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাজার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাঝেমাঝে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঁদিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাচ্ছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েছিল</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডোণ্ড্রাহেড</span></b>-
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দক্ষিণতম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিন্দু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাউস</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেভি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাকায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঢুকতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চললাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাতারাতেই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছেলেবেলার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রাস</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জয়সূর্যর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়ি</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বন্দরানায়েক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমানবন্দরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রানওয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকাশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডানা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেললো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীচের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মহাসাগরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নীল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলরাশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রসৈকত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উপর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেরিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলো</span>, 'Stuti Shrilanka' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধন্যবাদ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কবে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>?
<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নভেম্বর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্চ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানুয়ারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেব্রুয়ারী</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেস্ট</span> time <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচা</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওটাই</span> season!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাষাগত</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতিগত</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমস্যা </span><span style="color: red;">? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসময়</span> dutch <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
british colony <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> english <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসুবিধা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেনা</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিশ্চিন্তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবাক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> local bus
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেডিও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> colombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিনেমা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিনেমার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span> dubbing version <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পান</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকদিন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রোদে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেল্টে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারও</span> entry <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> free <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরগর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানে</span> official language <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> under <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসে</span>. Sinhala main language.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিলদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রকাশ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেও</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়েদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> identify <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানুষ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুনলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুশি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাসবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রশ্নের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উত্তর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রধানত</span>
buddhist country <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবতার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরাধনাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহালা</span> buddhist <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেবতা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span>
kandy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাজা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মেয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলেন</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ত্রীর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগোয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মন্দির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অথবা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিন্দু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধিস্টরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিলেমিশে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনুষ্ঠানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অংশগ্রহণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাদ্যাভাস</span><span style="color: red;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিন্তা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছেন</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবছেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওটাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> south indian <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গিয়ে</span> idli dosa sambar <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজে</span>
colombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
south indian <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাইনি</span>… <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span>.
..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তামিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদিন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোসা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উতপ্পম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেলেও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেসব</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামুদ্রিক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
lobster <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
600-700 </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span></b>… <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁকড়া</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোবাসে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছের</span> hotdog </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেয়ে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span></i>.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটেন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> rice with fish, rice with chicken, rice with
beef ( muslim restaurant e). Rice with vegetable. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
dish <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরকারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুটো</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অদ্ভুত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খারাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>.. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাজর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুঁচিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকোল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কুঁড়িয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভেজে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অদ্ভুত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুকনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তরকারি</span>/<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাজা</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাছ</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচ্ছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতেরবেলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবে</span>
fried rice <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাহাড়প্রমাণ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমাণে</span>.</b>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্লেটে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দুজনের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভরে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span></b>
. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">….<i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘন্টাখানেক</span>
Hikkaduwa Beach </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটানোর</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্যাহ্নভোজের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্ডার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span>
2</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্লেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রায়েড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাইস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলো</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুঝলাম</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span>
5 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লোকের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকাতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মাথায়</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখনই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্রায়েড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাইস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুডলস</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অর্ডার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span>
2 </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>
, 1</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্লেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যথেষ্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলীদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমাণ</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড্ড</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশী</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধারণ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>
, </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাবণের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>…</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্লেট</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জনে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটপুরে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়ার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরও</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখি</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষ</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারিনি</span>!
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাত</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডাল</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেঁয়াজকলি</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইঁচড়ের</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবজি</span>,
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চিকেন</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অসম্ভব</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুন্দর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পদ</span>
- </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৫০</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাতের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকালের</span> breakfast <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিকেলের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হালকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> <b>bakery </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভরসা</span></b>. <b>Idli, vara, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কচুরি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span></b>.
…</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাটি</span>, hotdog, burger, fish/
chicken with bun. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্ভত</span>
dutch culture <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span> bakery. <b>Kandy </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দু</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঁটলেই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
bakery.colombo </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেও</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">British <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলকাতাকে</span>
capital <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়েও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সকাল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেলা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাঙালিকে</span>
hotdog <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়াতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেনি</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওই</span> bread butter jam <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অব্দি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছে</span>. <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কচুরিকে</span> replace </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওতো</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> breakfast include <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলে</span> English breakfast <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
brown bread, butter, fruits <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Food culture shock <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্বভত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়ো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span> restaurant
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাইনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাত্র</span> colombo <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> mall <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
food court <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাড়া</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কমদামি</span> restaurant <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
non -ac <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রান্না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেয়</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিভিন্ন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্রেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span> display <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁচের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘেরাটোপে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠান্ডা</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>? <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span> rice with fish <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়েছিলাম</span> <b>INR. 30 </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> (Galle </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
)</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দামি</span>
rice with fish <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেয়েছিলাম</span>
<b>INR. 150 </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> </b>(kandy).
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Burger king <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
burger <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> INR. 200 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
300 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লবস্টার</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁকড়া</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঙ্গর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবেন</span></b>.<b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যাঁ</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাঙ্গর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খেতে</span></b>..
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> chicken <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগে</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> chicken <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> cartilage. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> swordfish, baracuda,
tuna, mackrel <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছেই</span>. <b>Colombo </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মালয়েশিয়ান</span> food </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চল</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওঁর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ত্রী</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আটটায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাতরাশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবেশন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিংহলি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাতরাশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেরলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাতরাশের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলালরা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানিয়েছন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্রাউন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্ব্রিং</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদ্ধ</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেলের</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্বল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিং</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সর্বত্র</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্রিং</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হপার</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চালগুঁড়োকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুডলের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আকার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাকে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডলির</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেদ্ধ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বানানো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাদ্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেরলে</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একেই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইডিয়াপ্পম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্বল</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নারকেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুকনো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লঙ্কা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁচালঙ্কা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একসঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">। </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঝাল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিকই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেকোনো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাবারের</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাইড</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্বল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;">Payment</span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Payment</b> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলি</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিচ্ছি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানেন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেকোনো</span>
online visa payment <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> credit card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> international
credit <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরম</span> bank <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেখানে</span> OTP <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
3D <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাসওয়ার্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারণ</span> OTP <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসাবার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেই</span>
page <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> redirect <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span> OTP system <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ম</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span> website <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
payment <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
fail <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেরকম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবেন</span>
amazon.com <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span>
(amazon.in <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কথা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলছিনা</span> ). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> bank <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> problem <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
face <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
icici bank. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদের</span> debit <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> credit card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সত্যি</span> international <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span>
OTP system <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span> website <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিব্যি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span>
bank <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপারে</span> bolte <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবোনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> sbi <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেসিক</span> debit
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> credit card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> facility <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেননা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্ট্যান্ডার্ড</span> chartered, deutche bank, axis
bank <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেলেও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>.<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খোঁজ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> online visa must. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span> eVisa <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
ETA <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>. Print out <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span> colombo airport <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখালেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span>
passport stamp <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span>. Visa <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> 20 US Dollar. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আজকের</span>
dollar rate <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরলে</span>
INR.1400 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span> credit card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারোর</span> credit card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> allow <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকার</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হিসেব</span><span style="color: red;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলংকার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> srilankan ruppee. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> LKR. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গণ্ডে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়বে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
US Dollar <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওখানে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙ্গানো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবেনা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাংলাদেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নয়</span>.
Colombo airport <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙাবেন</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span>.<b> Sampath bank </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> counter </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙাবেন</span>….
</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…ঘন্টা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেড়েক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফ্লাইট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলম্বো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩০</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩৫</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিলোমিটার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দূরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটুনায়েকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> Bandaranaike
International Airport <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবতরন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…<b>অতি</b></span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারেন্সি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সচেঞ্জের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রিসিট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জমা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরত</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেঁচে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span>
LKR </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কে</span>
USD </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটি</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগবে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span> Arrival hall <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকগুলি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাংক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারেন্সি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্সচেঞ্জ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমান</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলব</span><b>
'Sampath bank</b>' <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাউন্টার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যান</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেরত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> LKR <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙ্গানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসবে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবেন</span>
'<b>Sampath bank' </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কমিশন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিমাম</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশটি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভীষণভাবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাশের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নির্ভরশীল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁতেও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখেছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার্ড</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গৃহীত</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পেটিএম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোনপে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অ্যাপের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিজ্ঞাপন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তায়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখলাম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চোখে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পড়েনি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এদিকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্ট্রেলিয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলেছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্কেবারে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অগোছাল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনাড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">!
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উল্লেখ্য</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারত</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রবেশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেননা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতেও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেননা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথমে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শক্তিশালী</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেমন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কিন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অস্ট্রেলিয়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডলার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইউরো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাউণ্ড</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জাপানি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইয়েনে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এসে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কান</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রুপি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আন্তর্জাতিক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেবিট</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার্ড</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মত</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিএম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তুলে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাঁড়ি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়না</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যদিও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রতিবার</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিএম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যবহারে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চার্জ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাটবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবুও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলব</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রাথমিকভাবে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যাশ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সঙ্গে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেটা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেউই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করিনি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিন</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিএমের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সন্ধানে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…..</span>….</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এটিএমে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আসা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আরেক</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গ্রাহকেরও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তিনিও</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কার্ড</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খুইয়ে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিপাকে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এতক্ষণে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিজের</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওপর</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কনফিডেন্স</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফিরে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
- </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নই</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণের</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূচী</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২০২১</span>
-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সফর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনেকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জানতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেয়েছেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সূচী</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচঃ</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">12</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিনে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিমান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাদে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">4 জনের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছিল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২৩</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিবরণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিচে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিলাম</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরিবর্তন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দ্রষ্টব্যস্থানের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টিকিট</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাফারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহ</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪১</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা i.e Rs 850 per person per day approx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৭৭</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা
i.e Rs 1600 per person per day approx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাতায়াত</span>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গাড়ি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাড়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহ</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪৭</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা i.e Rs 1000 per person per day approx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেস্তোরাঁয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খাওয়াদাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩২</span>,<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">০০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা
i.e Rs 666 per person per day approx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোচ্চুরি</span><span style="color: red;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Business policy <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জোচ্চুরি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ব্যাপারটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনি</span>. 500ml <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জলের</span>
printed price <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> LKR.
50 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মানে</span> INR.25 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আবার</span> 1 litre <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span>
LKR.70 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> 1.5 litre <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> LKR. 80….Bentota <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাস্তার</span> normal <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span>
LKR 100 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> 1.5 litre <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেটা</span> tourist place. <i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেস্ট</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>.</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কেনা</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পুরো</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্রিপে</span> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>.</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লিটার</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বোতল</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ই</span>
</i><i><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনেছি</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span> normal <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দোকানে</span> 500ml 10 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> 1 litre 20 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকা</span>…. 30 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তো</span> 1.5 litre <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span>. ….<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ওদের</span>
famous food mart chain Cargills <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকেই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চেষ্টা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিনতে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখানে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একদম</span> printed <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবে</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুকিং<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এরপর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পালা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুকিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> Booking.com <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দৌলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাড়িতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বসেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাধ্যের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামঞ্জস্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বযায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেখে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করলাম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">Booking.com, goibibo
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> search </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> offer </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রথম</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্রমণে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অভিজ্ঞতার</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> hotel </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনারা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> search </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১২০০</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৫০০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এক্ষেত্রে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাওই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রি</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> Credit card details <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লাগেনি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সব</span> Pay at checkout <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুক</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবিধে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়তো</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">….
</span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিন্তু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলবো</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> hotel </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">খরচা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালোই</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কয়েকটা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গায়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. Colombo </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> AC
room INR. 2000 -2500 </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধরে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">চলুন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">. Kandy </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> INR.1500 - 2000. Bentota </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> home stay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
INR.1400 - 1800. Nuwera eliya </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> INR.2000-3000. Galle </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> unwatuna </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">
home stay </span><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";"> hostel INR. 1000 - 2000. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;">Hotels I have booked <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Mirissa- Liyanage Resort</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Galle- Bastilles </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Ella- Ella Secret Paradise</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Nuwara Eliya- Lady Horton Bungalow</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Kandy- Kandy City Stay</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Colombo- Juliana Hotel </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুটকেসে</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি ?</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শেষে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাকি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রইল</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুটকেসে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অনিবার্য</span>
- <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ক্যামেরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুতির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামাকাপড়</span>
(<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সমুদ্রতীরে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচন্ড</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গরম</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span>
<b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছাতা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রেনকোট</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভুলবেন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span>
</b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বৃষ্টি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নামে</span>…..<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেহেতু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর্বত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাকা</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নুয়ারা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলিয়া</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এল্লা</span>) <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমাদের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তাই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হাল্কা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জ্যাকেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়েছে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রয়েছে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্র্যাভেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করছেন</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাবে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আমরা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বাছাই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করেছিলাম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তার</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্যে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নভেম্বর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফেব্রুয়ারি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পশ্চিম</span>/
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মধ্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নভেম্বর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বর্ষার</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আনাগোনা</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কমতে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তবে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ত্রিংকোমালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পূর্বে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবস্থিত</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থেকে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেপ্টেম্বর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাল</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জায়গাগুলিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অক্টোবরের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনসুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুরু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোবাইল</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিম</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সর্বশেষে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোবাইল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিম</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভাঙ্গানোর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মতো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোবাইল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিম</span>-<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রচুর</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপশন</span> - Dialog, Mobitel,
Airtel , hutch <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইত্যাদি</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্ল্যান</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুলো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখে</span> <b>Dialog </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাই</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পছন্দ</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হল</span></b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১৩০০</span>
LKR - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একমাস</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভ্যালিডিটি</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৪</span> GB <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেটা</span> ( <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অতিরিক্ত</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৫</span> GB <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span>), <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৬০</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্ডিয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কলিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১২০</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মিনিট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কায়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ফোন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাবে</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> …<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কারন</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিম</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্রয়োজন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শুধু</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গুগল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ম্যাপ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এমনিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হোটেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span> Wi-fi <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনি</span> Whatsapp message <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> Mail download <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">…</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"># Sim card <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখবেন</span>
airtel, hutch, mobitel <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span>
dialog <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আছে</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেস্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হলো</span> <b>mobitel…
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভারতীয়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মুদ্রায়</span>
100 </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">টাকায়</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হয়ে</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গেছিলো</span>
talktime </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আর</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডেটা</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">প্যাক</span> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নিয়ে</span></b>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছিল</span> 3g. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এখন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাবেন</span> 4g.<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">পাসপোর্টের</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ফটোকপি</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> must…</span></b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> "<b>Dialog</b>" <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সিমকার্ড</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সবথেকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এই</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মোটামুটি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সম্পূর্ণ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেশটিতেই</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কভারেজ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বেশ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ভালো</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সাথে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ইন্টারনেট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সুবিধাও</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শপিং<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">Colombo
: শপিং</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এর</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জন্য</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবশ্যই</span> house of fashion. 4 <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্টোরেইড</span>
mall. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠাসা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বিদেশী</span> brand <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এ</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> discount,
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জিনিস</span>. <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হরির</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লুট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিয়েছে</span> !</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মসলা</span> must must
must ! </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারচিনি</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তেজপাতা</span>, </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">লবঙ্গ</span>,
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">এলাচ</span>..
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দারুন</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">গন্ধ</span>
! </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">একটাই</span>
</b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঠেক</span>
pettah </b><b><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মার্কেট</span> ! <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সচেতনতা<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শ্রীলঙ্কা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কিছু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সচেতনতা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ঘুরতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যাওয়ার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আগে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মনে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">রাখা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">উচিত</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">১</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">শরীরের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোথাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কোনো</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ধার্মিক</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাটু</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যেন</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">না</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেখতে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পাওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">যায়</span> - <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">স্পেশালি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ট্যাটু</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">থাকলে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কভার</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নেবেন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">নইলে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">আপনাকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হ্যারেসমেন্ট</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সহ্য</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">হতে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পারে</span>, <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মায়</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জেল</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অবধি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বা</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সোজা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ডিপোর্ট</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">২</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">মূর্তির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দিকে</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পিঠ</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">করে</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">তোলা</span> (<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সেলফির</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সময়</span>)
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অপরাধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">সামিল</span> <span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">৩</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">বুদ্ধের</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">ছবি</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">দেওয়া</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">জামা</span>
<span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">কাপড়</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">পরাও</span> <span style="font-family: "Vrinda","sans-serif";">অশোভন</span><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif";">।</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-10242556508878511872023-12-07T11:44:00.039+05:302023-12-08T16:49:17.088+05:30<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c00000; mso-no-proof: yes;">Visit to boat making (cottage Industry) workshop of Sripur </span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(Balagarh </span></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Railway Station</span></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">)</span></span><span style="color: #c00000; mso-no-proof: yes;"> , Terracotta temples and sets of Mrinal Sen's Akaler Sandhane at Sukhuria </span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(Somrabazar Railway Station)</span></span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Source : <a href="https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/sripur-temples-boats/"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/sripur-temples-boats/</span></a>. The italics part are taken from this blog</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">03.12.23</span></b></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;">Understand Balagarh and Sukharia</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Almost
a hundred years after Vasco da Gama landed on the West Coast of India, the
Portuguese & other European powers started making inroads into Bengal.
Using the intricate network of rivers , the
Europeans settled in various parts of Bengal. Their huge barges and ships
sailed up & down the Hooghly carrying merchandise from far off lands. Soon
the country was in need of boats, barges and even ships. Europeans, who had
made Bengal their trade and administrative hub in their colonial pursuits,
realised that they would need an indigenous ship-building industry. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>In the
early 18th century <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rameshwar Mitra </b>of
Ula or Ula Birnagar, worked as the Auditor General in the court of Murshid Kuli
Khan in Murshidabad. In 1704 Rameswar Mitra received official Mustaufi title
from Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi. Rameswar Mitra made a huge fortune and constructed
several mansions and temples in Ula Birnagar.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>In
1708 Rameshwar Mitra’s eldest son <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Raghu-nandan</b>
also left Ula Birnagar and settled in Sripur. Taking advantage of the
increasing river trade by the European traders, a man called Raghu-nandan
established a full-fledged boat-making industry in Sripur in the early 18th
century. Taking advantage of the river trade he soon made a fortune and
established a fort complex complete with several temples and other religious
structures decorated with elaborate and intricate wood curving. The fort has
long crumbled into dust but a few of the temples have survived the test of time
and can still be seen to this day.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Rameswar
Mitra’s another son <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anantaram Mitra</b> left Ula Birnagar and settled in Sukharia in 1712. Anatram also built a huge
mansion in Sukharia along with several temples. The mansion is in ruins and
many of the temples have been converted into modern structures and in the
process loosing their beauty and grace. </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This
will be discussed later.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The century old temples adorned with boat-making workshops</b><b>, which are just as old<span style="font-style: normal;">, make Sripur + Sukharia ,</span> a wonderful destination for a day trip.</b> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-size: medium;">Balagarh</span></span></b></span></i></span></p><div><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How to reach</span></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nearest railway station to go to Sripur is Balagarh in the Hooghly district. It is a two-hour journey (65 km) from Sealdah station. We took Sealdah-Katwa local at 8.06 am from Sealdah. From Howrah the options are more. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Refer to the local train map, to know more : </span></span></span><a href="http://www.bomadg.in/search/label/Local%20Train" style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: times; font-size: large;">www.bomadg.in</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rickshaws are available from the station to the Sripur temple complex, but it is better to walk, since you will see numerous boat making workshop on the way. It is a pleasant 25 minutes walk. It is quaint village - not a crowded place at all. It is not yet inundated with Rickshaws, Autos ! We had a nice luchi and ghugni, on the way to the temple complex for a princely sum of Rs 5 each !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/aP99KgHefEosfZ6K6">https://maps.app.goo.gl/aP99KgHefEosfZ6K6</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">On the way to the temple (from the station) we saw <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">numerous</span></b> </span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">boat-making workshops</b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">. It seems like a cottage industry here ! Only small boats (upto, say, 100 people can seat) are now made in the workshops. <i>But the thrill of watching a vessel take shape before your eyes remains undiminished.The elderly boat makers have interesting anecdotes to narrate about shipbuilding in Bengal. </i>The Boats are mostly made of Babla wood (since it can withstand water, better) and the upper part of the boat (not submerged in water , but is more prone to wear and tear, due to human intervention) is made of sal wood - since it is sturdier. Most of the boats are going to Jharkhand . The cost varies between Rs 12,000/- to Rs 250,000/-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiQdfKkYAR3_5zbGBfgfdcS8tFOHT6usrgPljo6XLP3ZfgymhHzcqvx31EBn-Pru3RF0lW2xEUWz8zDfkDhAdIaOdAyU-vNJ7CQipdJ4VikNm29EN_wpUCa6YIn8eMFDGVvZYtRA1gPgKVxBTyDv5XaRc9PyTPTrsnO33JVVjMpNEgN76JuUu-CbwK3on/s3984/IMG_20231203_133310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiQdfKkYAR3_5zbGBfgfdcS8tFOHT6usrgPljo6XLP3ZfgymhHzcqvx31EBn-Pru3RF0lW2xEUWz8zDfkDhAdIaOdAyU-vNJ7CQipdJ4VikNm29EN_wpUCa6YIn8eMFDGVvZYtRA1gPgKVxBTyDv5XaRc9PyTPTrsnO33JVVjMpNEgN76JuUu-CbwK3on/w640-h296/IMG_20231203_133310.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0et6-0TFV_1DJTfj-LyBLStIruy3Wb5ThlqmUGjq4ypW94pYTwtUTMyw-Dq1xpas7PY4I0eEPb9utXID9ovAkNucnr26LexaGL_TnPnY3tnbQDwG1JXvB7S-FvuGNJSINnOIO9vYNfoLQNxcgMdKw80VWhUGVqC4NGsRGsxzEjjYdiUMLvyJ1y8-Oxe/s3984/IMG_20231203_133514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0et6-0TFV_1DJTfj-LyBLStIruy3Wb5ThlqmUGjq4ypW94pYTwtUTMyw-Dq1xpas7PY4I0eEPb9utXID9ovAkNucnr26LexaGL_TnPnY3tnbQDwG1JXvB7S-FvuGNJSINnOIO9vYNfoLQNxcgMdKw80VWhUGVqC4NGsRGsxzEjjYdiUMLvyJ1y8-Oxe/w640-h296/IMG_20231203_133514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The basic frame is bent with heat treatment. After that it is tied with ropes, lest it will be straightened when cold.</span><p></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Mitra
also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">built a fort</b> complete with
several temples and other religious structures decorated with elaborate and
intricate wood carvings. The fort has long crumbled but a few of the temples,
along with the intricate wood work, can still be seen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1.<i>Our temple tour of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sripur started at the Dolmancha.</b>
It comprises a single-storeyed temple housing a Shivling alongside a
two-storeyed structure where Holi or Dol Purnima used is celebrated. With
its pillars and arches, the complex provides a glimpse of the glorious days of
Sripur.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>2.Next take right to go to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jora Shibmandir</b> next.
Terracotta works once adorned the walls of the twin temples but have sadly been
plastered over in the recent past.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>3.A
few minutes’ walk will lead you to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">main
cluster of temples</b> in the town. It houses temples of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Radha Gobinda</b> and other deities, a rasmancha and a natmandir. </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The
main attraction is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chandimandap</b>.
The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chandimandap</b>, constructed in
1707 by the Mitra Mustafi family, has recently been declared a protected
monument. Unfortunately, its hay-thatched roof has been replaced with
corrugated tin sheets thus robbing the structure of its beauty and grace. The
inside walls of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chandimandap</b> are decorated with intricately carved wooden panels. The pillars and roof beams
also have floral and geometric designs carved on wood.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The temple complex houses
an octagonal <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rasmancha</b> with nine
pinnacles (one each at the eight corners and a larger central one) and a
natmandir.</i> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">During Ras Mela, the deity is taken from Radha Gobinda temple and is kept there. When we went there, Ras Mela just got over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>From there we went to the Balagrah Sahebdanga Ferry ghat. On the way saw more boat making workshops. At </span></span><span>Balagrah Sahebdanga Ferry ghat</span><span>, we had our lunch. We did not take any boat ride though. The boat ride will take you to Nadia on the other side of the Hooghly river.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Staying
- </span></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is no hotel or lodge in Sripur. There is a nice eatery near <b>Balagarh Sahebdanga ferry ghat - called Jibhe Jol. We had our lunch there</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>From </span></span><b>Balagarh Sahebdanga ferry ghat </b><span>we (5 people) reserved an auto for Rs 250 to go to Sukharia to see other group of temples and Mrinal Sen's Shooting site. The Auto fare is Rs 20 per head to go to </span><span>Sukharia from </span><span>Balagarh Sahebdanga ferry ghat. <i>If you have time , you can walk also.</i></span><b><i> </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-size: x-large;">Somrabazar</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nearest
railway station to go to Sukharia is Somra Bazar (Sukharia, a quaint village <b>between Balagarh and Somra Bazar railway
stations</b> ) in the Hooghly district. It is a 2 hour journey (68 km) from
Sealdah station. <b>From Balagarh to Somra Bazar it is only 3 Km (one station away).</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>We took an auto to reach Sukharia. If you are coming from the Train station, you will see the temples in reverse order. </b><span> </span><b>The
temples are located close to each other and have to be covered on foot. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Understand Sukharia</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span>Sukharia,
a quaint village, has the distinction of being the site of some of the <b>finest temple architecture of Bengal</b>.
Sadly most haven’t withstood the vagaries of time. A few have been rebuilt but
the modern structures lack the grace or beauty of their historic counterparts.
Even then, a trip to Sukharia gives one a rare insight into the diversity and
richness of Bengal’s temple architecture.</span></i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/AdDVPq13Jr3KaWqG9" style="background-color: #45818e;">https://maps.app.goo.gl/AdDVPq13Jr3KaWqG9</a><br /></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><b>On the way to Radha Kunj (</b></span><span>Sukharia) falls </span></span><span>Sukharia</span><span> Sabuj Dweep Ferry ghat Jetty , from where one go to </span><span>Sabuj Dweep and </span><span>halt for the night at Sabuj Dweep , owned by West Bengal Tourism Company. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />1. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: times;">First we reached </b><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 15.3333px;"><i>the <b>Ananda Bhairavi temple</b>, the star attraction of Sukharia. Soon you will be greeted by the reflection of the towering temple on the adjacent lake, along with those of a number of smaller temples in the complex. Built in 1813 by Bireshwar Mustafi, the 3-storeyed <b>Ananda Bhairavi temple</b> is crowned with 25 pinnacles. </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.3333px;"><i>The 4 corners of the first level are crowned with 3 pinnacles each (3 x 4 = 12), the 4 corners of the second level are crowned with 2 pinnacles each (2 x 4 = 8), the third level comes with a pinnacle at each corner and also a central pinnacle (4 + 1 = 5). </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This is an extremely rare form of temple architecture and according to some, there are only 5 such temples in West Bengal.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1a. The approach to the Ananda Bhairavi temple, housing the idol of <b>Anandamoyee Kali</b>, is flanked by 2 parallel rows containing 6 temples each. 5 of the temples on each row are aatchalas (eight-sloped roof). One temple on each flank has a pancharatna (five-pinnacle) roof. </span></i><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the pancharatna temples is dedicated to Ganesha, while the other nine house shivalingas. The temple has undergone repeated renovation and reconstruction and in the process, lost much of its old-world charm.</span></i></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinv-Kk6lZgNpOLuWz8aOqPfwpdxSQfZxngtpuqJx44iGdu0idYdWZT_Int_xy5WEeM-flbKoqG4vbGUyKDWjJCVuT_epPmrnbOqDDdUQkv9l-myUOHR_olmCfrrPaETr2AvHmvPzkWpQyMaNLBTMAXkGuKYJwpb5Sm5zB-Yqu5mvXfkNcVisMnFDsPk564/s3264/IMG_20231203_150620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinv-Kk6lZgNpOLuWz8aOqPfwpdxSQfZxngtpuqJx44iGdu0idYdWZT_Int_xy5WEeM-flbKoqG4vbGUyKDWjJCVuT_epPmrnbOqDDdUQkv9l-myUOHR_olmCfrrPaETr2AvHmvPzkWpQyMaNLBTMAXkGuKYJwpb5Sm5zB-Yqu5mvXfkNcVisMnFDsPk564/w640-h294/IMG_20231203_150620.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span></span></span></i></i></p>2. </span><i><span><b>Radha Kunja lies next (40 Metres) to </b></span></i></span><i><span>Ananda Bhairavi temple</span></i><i><span>, the ancestral palace of the Mustafi family or </span></i></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Sukharia zamindar palace</b></span><i><span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Although in ruins, the family Durga Puja is still held there.</span></span><span style="color: #110e0e; font-size: large;"> Residents said Radha Kunja was originally built by the Mitra Mustafi family of Sukharia. Eventually, the estate was inherited by Bhujendranath Biswas, the son of a female member of the family, in the absence of male successors. Bhujendranath Biswas Biswas was an admirer of arts and culture.</span></i></i></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">The Hooghly district administration on Sunday installed a plaque at the Sukharia zamindar palace in Somra Bazar in memory of filmmaker Mrinal Sen on his birth centenary. Sen is regarded as part of the triumvirate of Indian greats, along with Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, who ushered in New Wave cinema. From September 1980, Sen visited the impoverished Hooghly village and stayed at the palace, Radha Kunja, for two months to shoot his film Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The district administration, with the support of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya and the Biswas family (successors of the erstwhile zamindar), put up a large plaque with the detailed history of the building and the film to enhance interest in the spot and the younger generations’ awareness. Akaler Sandhane depicted a film crew arriving at a village to make a film on the ghastly manmade Bengal famine of 1943 — caused by the British imperial government’s policies during World War II under Prime Minister Winston Churchill — that resulted in the death of at least 38 lakh people from starvation, diseases aggravated by malnutrition, displacement and lack of healthcare. Some of Indian cinema’s arthouse icons, such as Smita Patil, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar De, and Rajen Tarafdar were in the film. The film won the National Film Awards in 1981 for best feature film, best direction, best screenplay and best editing. At the 31st Berlinale, it won the Silver Bear (Special Jury Prize). </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The initiative to put up the plaque was taken by the National Service Scheme unit of the college last year .Partha Chattopadhyay, a teacher who is in charge of the NSS unit, said:“Radha Kunja itself has great historical significance. The visit of Mrinal Sen enhanced it.” A book, titled Hooghly Zilla O Mrinal Sen (The Hooghly District and Mrinal Sen) and authored by Chattopadhyay, was released. Unveiling the plaque, Balagarh block development officer Niladri Sarkar said it was a tribute to the great filmmaker. “We have other plans for this spot. We would talk to the owners of the building for the promotion of tourism,” he said. Bhaskar Biswas, a member of the erstwhile zamindar family, said they were honoured to have the plaque unveiled there.</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/mrinal-sen-film-location-revisited-plaque-unveiled-at-sukharia-zamindar-palace/cid/1936875" style="background-color: #fcff01;">www.telegraphindia.com</a></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Next stands the <b>Nistarini temple</b>. Built in 1847 by the Mustafi family, this nabaratna edifice has dome-shaped pinnacles. </span></i></span><i style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The temple was once flanked by a <b>natmandir</b> <b>but it has long collapsed. </b>Four pillars are all that remains of it. It’s the same story for the Mustafi family’s thakur dalan. A few pillars and arches bear testimony to a glorious past.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4. Just beside is <b>Hara Sundari temple</b>. Built in 1813, this nabaratna (nine-pinnacle) structure is similar to the Ananda Bhairavi temple. Only in this case each row consists of <b>7 temples</b>, comprising 2 pancharatna and 5 aatchala temples. Reconstruction has taken its toll on this temple too.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">5. </span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Next is <span>the </span><b>Siddeshwari Kali temple</b><span>. A walk for about 20 minutes along the village road will take you to the temple. The flat-roofed </span><b>Siddeshwari temple</b><span>, built in 1785, is considered to be the oldest in Sukharia. The temple has been reconstructed and local residents speak enthusiastically about it. But the reconstructed temple with a single-pinnacle concrete roof and cement-plastered walls and pillars have wiped out centuries of history.</span></span></i></p><div><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><i>Standing under an ancient banyan tree, the temple overlooks the Hooghly, offering a grand view stretching to Sabuj Dwip (the green island), a popular picnic spot approachable from Chinsurah.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><i>Ask for directions to go to Somra Bazar Train Station.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Staying </b>- Sukharia is ideal for a day trip from the city. However near the station there is Sabuj Dweep Ferry ghat Jetty , from where one can halt for the night at Sabuj Dweep owned by West Bengal Tourism Company. You can book it online.</p></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-no-proof: yes;">We
took the train at 1712 hours from Somra Bazar to go back to Sealdah.</span></b></p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></b></span></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-24901942073490439612023-08-23T17:12:00.013+05:302023-08-25T15:01:40.269+05:30<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Metiabruz heritage walk held on 16.07.2023.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>I participated in a walking tour in Matiabruz, commemorating 200th birth anniversary of Wajid Ali Shah. </b><span style="text-align: left;">Shaikh Sohail of Break Free Trails and Soumyadeep of Heritage and Art Walks Kolkata </span>started the heritage walk on July 16,2023 from the Garden Reach clock tower, covering remaining structures from the era of Wajid Ali Shah, including the Shahi Astabal Masjid, Qasrul buka Imambara, Bait-un-Nijat Imambara and Sibtainabad Imambara. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The life (1822-1887) of the Nawab is almost symmetrically divided into two halves — the first of which he spent in Lucknow and the second in Kolkata’s Metiabruz. These two halves are divided into two sides of the installation, in the form of a story told by two fish (the emblem of Awadh). The first fish narrates the story of the Nawab’s life in Lucknow. The second section of the tale is told by the fish from Bengal. The Nawabs of Awadh are Shia, unlike most (87%) people in India, who are Sunnis. </span><span style="font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #040c28;">About 90 percent of Iranians practice Shiaism, the official religion of Iran. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">The first Nawab of Awadh, Sadaat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk, was a Persian noble from </span><b style="font-size: large;">Khorasan, Iran (Uzbekistan was part of Khorasan, apart from Afghanistan and N East Iran).</b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Route: <a href=" https://goo.gl/maps/2GE1BoRcRbgN7HU16"> https://goo.gl/maps/2GE1BoRcRbgN7HU16</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Wajid Ali Shah</b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> brought/introduced the following to Kolkata :</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Awadhi art and literature, </b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Poetry (Urdu)</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>3. </b></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kathak Dance </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">4. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></b><b style="color: #2b00fe;">Sports - Kabutar bazi (Pigeon flying) </b><b>and</b><b style="color: #2b00fe;"> Kite flying,</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">5. Fashion (Tailoring)</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">6.</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Food</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">7.</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></b><b style="color: #2b00fe;">Zoo</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><span>The Legacy Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in Calcutta</span></u></b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The first Nawab of Awadh, Sadaat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk, was a Persian noble from <b>Khorasan, Iran</b>, who came to India in 1708 . The last was Wajid Ali Shah, who spent the last 31 years of his life in Calcutta. After Awadh was annexed in 1856 by the English East India Company on a false charge of maladministration, its last king Wajid Ali Shah decided to come to Kolkata with his mother Malikah Kishwar. Shah decided to live in Kolkata and chose Metiaburj as the burbling Hooghly river reminded him of the Gomti in Lucknow and gave some solace to his broken heart.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1&2. <span>Urdu flourished</span> and grew exponentially when thousands of citizens of Awadh flocked to Metiabruz. The settlers spoke chaste Urdu and its sweetness spread quickly. Shah passionately promoted and patronised this language by encouraging writers and poets. Events like<span> mushairas (poetic symposiums), ghazals and qawalis</span> became very popular. The patronage gave rise to a new generation of talented poets, writers, singers, and narrators elevating Kolkata as an important centre of Urdu.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Talented local artists like Raja Sourindra Mohan Tagore and Pandit Jadu Bhatta benefitted from this musical atmosphere</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3. The king in the true regal style held regular <b><span>Kathak dance programmes</span></b> in his parikhana .</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The babus of Bengal, impressed by this, built their jalsaghar (<b><span>dancing halls</span></b>) where such programmes were regularly held. As the rich Bengalis started extending their patronage to artists, the spin-off was the popularity of classical dance.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4.The pastime of<b> <span>kite flying</span></b> was introduced by Shah in Kolkata, where it caught the imagination of the rajas, maharajas and zamindars of 19th-century Bengal and became their favourite hobby. Although this sport has few takers now, still there are many units active in Metiabruz <b>producing thousands of kites which are supplied all over India</b>. A large number of women operating from their houses are involved in this trade.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Other pastimes like <span><b>flying pigeon</b></span> (kabootar bazi) also became extremely popular. A lot of time, money and energy was spent on rearing and training pigeons. Some indulged in cross-breeding pigeons to produce champions. Even now, in many homes, men take an active interest in this sport. <span style="text-align: left;">Like kite flying, the sport of flying pigeons is fading but there is still a band of enthusiasts who indulge in this fascinating hobby. I actually witnessed a programme in New Town where prizes were distributed among the winners. I got to know from them that it is a very popular Sport.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If you do not believe it,see this :</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1392059130832707">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1392059130832707</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/132746862286842/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/132746862286842/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2425643911067543/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2425643911067543/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/196674911265959/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/196674911265959/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/4271216642952592/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/4271216642952592/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/173709179476098/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/173709179476098/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/437681524309998/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/437681524309998/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">5. The rulers and nobilities of Awadh were </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>fashion-conscious</b></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> and Shah brought with him the fine art of Lucknawi tailoring. To cater to their demand, many tailors from Awadh settled close to Metiabruz.They excelled in stitching sherwani, churidar, kurta-pyjama and shalwar-kameez. One generation handed over the skills to the next and gradually a huge army of tailors emerged. There are hundreds of shops selling clothing materials and other accessories <b>making it one of the biggest manufacturing centres for unbranded garments in Asia generating revenue of Rs 15,000 crore annually.</b> The dresses manufactured here are sold in leading boutiques of the country besides being exported. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6. If there is one thing the people of this state remember and love Shah the most for is the introduction of delectable Awadhi cuisine in general and <b><span>biryani</span></b> in particular. Some of the talented chefs who accompanied him prepared dishes like pulao, korma, kebabs, biryani, sheermal and shahi tukra. His chefs introduced the traditional Awadhi style of cooking, known as Dum Pukht, in Kolkata. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7. Alipore <b><span>Zoo</span></b> : He had his private zoo, first of its kind in Kolkata (there are stories how a tiger escaped and swam across the Hooghly to Botanical garden), which were later transferred to Alipore Zoo.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Source : <a href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/the-legend-of-wajid-ali-shah-and-how-kolkata-benefitted/cid/1877598"><span>https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/the-legend-of-wajid-ali-shah-and-how-kolkata-benefitted/cid/1877598</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Interesting Shah died in Kolkata. His wife ('nikah wife') died in Kathmandu and his mother died in Paris.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">To know more read : </span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1. https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/metiabruz-heritage-walk-and-exhibition-pay-tribute-to-nawab-wajid-ali-shah-on-his-bicentenary/cid/1953581?fbclid=IwAR3xCR3_z5q-oKaMjwR6ZoxpGHMMF4VT92J7yevSXHMwh5EZ7w1h7D_ZNU8</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/artsy-tribute-to-nawab-of-awadh/articleshow/101982959.cms?fbclid=IwAR3pN6GVQUvqEPdQOLXIogNTt0rrNuVEaU0Lu3qGtbYZgA7NJOWw4tDpYWA</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3. https://www.anandabazar.com/rabibashoriyo/the-time-when-lat-nawab-of-awadh-wajid-ali-shah-lived-in-kolkata-1.761756</span></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-19491129231719200562023-08-07T12:33:00.054+05:302024-02-15T14:21:58.812+05:30<p><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Vrinda","sans-serif"" style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">মুন্ডপাত</span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Mandu</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mandu –-Maheswar (40 Km) -Indore (1730 hrs) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Indore city tour - Rajwada Palace and a temple</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-shading-themecolor: accent3; mso-shading-themetint: 102;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-shading-themecolor: accent3; mso-shading-themetint: 102;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-shading-themecolor: accent3; mso-shading-themetint: 102;">Kept luggage at cloak room of Indore Rail Station @ Rs 15 for 24 hours</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: rgb(214, 227, 188); font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-shading-themecolor: accent3; mso-shading-themetint: 102;">Night Train</span><span style="background: rgb(219, 229, 241); font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-shading-themecolor: accent1; mso-shading-themetint: 51;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Night </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> BPL</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Indore - Bhopal </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14/8 (Mon)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bhopal - Bhimbekta -Bhojpur - Bhopal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">40,000 yrs old cave painting</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 108.75pt;" valign="top" width="145"><br />Auto @1200/-<br /><br /><br /><br />47+10+10+47<br />=114 Km<br /><br /><br /><br /></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Bhopal - </b></span><b><span style="color: red;">Fab Hotel HTC</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Address: 38, Jumerati Rd, Jumerati, Peer Gate Area, Bhopal, 462001, Phone: +91 70424 24242 GPS coordinates: N 023° 15.690, E 77° 24.149</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/dtsXDBMkxvnoy68U8">https://goo.gl/maps/dtsXDBMkxvnoy68U8</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Museums are closed on Monday</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15/8 (Tue)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Sightseeing at Bhopal - </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Moti Masjid - Jama Masjid-Taj ul Masjid-Upper Lake-Lower Lake-Bharat Bhaban -Jumerati Gate</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Walking + Auto</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Around 10 Km</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16/8 (Wed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bhopal - <b>Sanchi - UNESCO HERITAGE </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Vidisha - </span>Udaygiri caves - Heliodorus pillar - Boopal<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">Auto @1500/</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">47+10+4+2+2+10+47</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">=122 Km</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: red;">Fab Hotel HTC</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bhopal - Manab Sanghralay Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whole day</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Night </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">train</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> to</b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GWL</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>12192/JBP NZM SF EXP</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Night Train <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Train late by 2 hours</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">18/8 (Fri)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Shani Chura Temple - <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">Bateswar</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;"> group of temples at Morena -</span>Garhi Padhavali-Mitaoli </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://www.tripoto.com/trip/a-weekend-trip-to-gwalior-bateswar-padavali-and-mitawali-61af3c18eb982" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">bateswar-padavali-and-mitawali</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">WL </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After lunch at hotel, left for MP tourism office at Gandhi Road (Tansen Hotel) - Jaivilas Palace - Tansen tomb</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Car<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Went straight to Bateswar from station (at 8 am) and came back to hotel at 1230 hours</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">82 Km in total</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Share Auto (locally known at tempo, which is bigger than normal Auto) @10/- each</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Hotel at Loco (4 no. Platform) to Paraoh (10/-)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Paraoh to MP Tourim office (10/-) at Gandhi Road (Office at Rail station closed)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Tourim office to Jaivilas Palace - 10/-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Jaivilas Palace to Tansen Tomb - 10/-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Tansen Tomb <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to Ajira - 10/-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ajira - Hotel - 10/-</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GWL </span> <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gwalior" style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">wikivoyage.org</a></p><br />FabExpress Royal Villas <br />@ Rs 1200 <br /><br />(Fab Express Ambika, Gwalior, said they will not accept my booking, since I have made full payment to Agoda ! So Fab Group booked the above hotel for us at the last moment)<br /><br />Address: Plot no 9, Maa pitambara vihar colony, behind loco railway colony, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 474002. <br /><br />(within 120 metres from 4 no platform bridge)<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><u style="color: #0000ee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Google Maps directions 👉 https://goo.gl/maps/MEVkVFoV9S1Z3M5b7</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><u><br /></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19/8 (Sat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">GWL – Fort </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">East Gate</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> - Alamgiri Gate/Gwalior Gate</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> - Chaturbhuj temple-Man Singh Palace-Karan Palace-Shaj Jahan Palace-Archaeological museum-Sas Bahu Temple-Teli Temple-Gurudwara-Jain Rock art-West Gate</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hotel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> at Loco (4 no. Platform) toAjira (10/-)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Ajira <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to Fort (<b>East Gate</b> - Alamgiri Gate/Gwalior Gate (10/-)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">From Gate to Fort (by walk) - there is a barrier - car/auto not allowed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Fort (Teli Mandir) - West Gate - by walk (auto or car also possible) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GWL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">FabExpress Royal Villas</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20/8 (Sun)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GWL - MUM-CCU <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1630 1830 1300</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Flight diverted and delayed by <b>Spice Jet</b>) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-34164352765893696712023-08-05T23:25:00.345+05:302024-03-08T21:36:52.345+05:30Twende Tanzania -November 2023 Hakuna Matata <p></p><p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="ms"><o:p><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="ms"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViFmq15Rei8t6ZCADY9zT4DRdb-1WEu1meq0MDx2FjJXNanlc-TQYXbcqqvVRR8Bnyicuf-nQbE-QXJKCcs54dclhfKNfSx3vgP6YCUELs_IcqE_w40xOGn7UAl3t-IiBsrAp8ssmgumIQApPdy7XEVNPPRrxZzFwyEuesBG_DEBnt-7-J30_TAR5ruHo/s4608/IMG_1249.1%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViFmq15Rei8t6ZCADY9zT4DRdb-1WEu1meq0MDx2FjJXNanlc-TQYXbcqqvVRR8Bnyicuf-nQbE-QXJKCcs54dclhfKNfSx3vgP6YCUELs_IcqE_w40xOGn7UAl3t-IiBsrAp8ssmgumIQApPdy7XEVNPPRrxZzFwyEuesBG_DEBnt-7-J30_TAR5ruHo/w640-h480/IMG_1249.1%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="ms"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /> </span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div><div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: -14.45pt; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr style="height: 28.9pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28.9pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -35.45pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28.9pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <b> <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"> <span>Twende Tanzania - Hakuna Matata </span></span></b></span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Day
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Date</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Itinerary</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mode
of Travel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Night
Halt</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: yellow; border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">0</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">10.11.23</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>CCU ‐ Mumbai (Mum)</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2115
1210 (T2)</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></b></p></span></o:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Plane<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Airport</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: rgb(255, 229, 153); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">1</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">11.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="MS" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mum<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>‐<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Dar Es Salaam</b> (DAR) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">0550
hrs 0920 hrs</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>DAR – Arusha via ZnZ </b></span><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b> </b> <br />
1530 hrs-1630 hrs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Arusha – Tarangire</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></o:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plane <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Car<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="MS" style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tarangire - </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Burunge
Tented Lodge</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #c00000; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://twctanzania.com/"><span style="background: rgb(217, 234, 211); color: #c00000;">https://twctanzania.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. If you get picked up from
ARK, instead of JRO (Airport Kilimanjaro), total car hire costs will go down
by around $70-80 ($12-15) per person. Went down to US$ 2040 from 2055.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2. If you are willing to go for
Camping, then the rates will be less by around US$ 700<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3. In Tarangire we have a whole day
on 12.11. 23. If we do 2 safaris, since we are staying <b>outside the
park</b>, we have to unnecessarily pay again (extra $65) for evening safari ,
since we enter the park twice. So we decided to do whole day safari ,
else we had to pay 65 USD twice, since we are staying just outside.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></span></o:p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tarangire - </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <a href="https://www.tarangirenationalparks.com" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.tarangirenationalparks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. I found out that there
is a night safari available in Tarangire, but you can do it only if you stay
inside the park. Quite expensive. We decided to omit night safari<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2. </span><b><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The baobab tree is
easily recognized by its enormous trunk and scrawny stems and twigs. It is
one of the most distinctive symbols of Africa. In Tanzania, visitors can
admire baobab trees within all national parks, but particularly in Tarangire
National Park, which is unofficially known as the “Baobab Capital of the
World.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background-color: #ffa400; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://www.nomadicexperience.com/baobab">www.nomadicexperience.com</a></span> </span></b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 43.45pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 43.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">12.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 43.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tarangire </span></b></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></span></o:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 43.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Safari Car</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 43.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Marera
View</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> near Karatu (South Serengeti)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/3416435276589369671"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffd966; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(255, 217, 102); line-height: 115%;"><b>https://mareraviewlodge.com/</b></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: rgb(197, 224, 179); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">3</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. Leave Hotel (Karatu) after an early breakfast ASAP and stay
at a camp in Central Serengeti for the night Game drive starts as we cross
the gate.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 2 Essentially, we have to move to a new camp every
day and spend the 3 nights in Central-North-Central Serengeti. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3. Serengeti is HUGE and even the central part is 100 Kms from
the gate. Everyday will be a full day safari for best game viewing. We
cannot afford to waste time coming back to the tent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4. All wild life lovers do full day safaris.
Thankfully, Serengeti has fabulous infrastructure. Very good and clean
bathrooms with flush toilets. So we will take packed lunch and enjoy each
day.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">13.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Serengeti</b> - Central Serengeti</span><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Safari Car</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Serengeti</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Tanzania Pure Tented
Camp (Central Serengeti)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://tanzaniapuretentedcamps.co.tz/"><span style="background: rgb(217, 234, 211);">https://tanzaniapuretentedcamps.co.tz/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">4</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">14.11.23</span><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Serengeti</b> - North </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p> Serengeti<o:p></o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Safari Car</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Serengeti</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kimbilio
Tanzania FB (North Serengeti)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.kimbiliotanzania.com/"><span style="background: rgb(217, 234, 211);">http://www.kimbiliotanzania.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: rgb(174, 170, 170); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: background2; mso-background-themeshade: 191; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">5</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">15.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><b>Serengeti</b> - Central Serengeti<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Safari Car</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.4px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Serengeti</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Tanzania Pure Tented Camp </span></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Central)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: rgb(226, 239, 217); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">6</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">16.11.23</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Ngorongoro</b><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Safari Car</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Marera View</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> near Karatu (South Serengeti)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/3416435276589369671"><span style="background: rgb(217, 234, 211); color: #2b00fe;">https://mareraviewlodge.com/</span></a></span><b><span style="color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. The morning we leave for Ngorongoro on
16/11/23, we must aim to leave as early, as we can since Ngorongoro is
criminally expensive and we want to maximize our time there. That is also a
whole day tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.The Ngorongoro area is very
pretty. If we feel energetic enough, there is an option to walk around
some other craters there or go for a village walk. The guide will tell us the
details.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: rgb(172, 185, 202); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">7</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="MS" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">17.11.23</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c00000; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ARK – Zanzibar (ZnZ</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1600 1700<o:p></o:p></span></p></span></o:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Plane</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.15pt; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">ZNZ-Airbnb </span><span style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Address : Zanzibar,
</span><b><span>Mkunazini
Rd</span></b><span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.15pt; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Airport transfers are $15
each way (7.5 Km) for upto 6 guests to Stone Town and island transfers from
the South / North or East Coasts are approx. $45 each way, for up to 6
guests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">Extra charges apply for pick-ups before 6am
and after 10pm and delays exceeding 30 min.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.15pt; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The hosts assistant,
Eddie will meet guests at <b>Lukmaan Restaurant</b> located at the
Mkunazini Baobab tree on <b>New Mkunazini Rd</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 387.25pt;" valign="top" width="516"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note :</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. Karatu<span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>ARK<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>(2<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Hr<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>30<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Min<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> by car</span>). </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To reach ARK on time for 4 pm
flight, must leave Karatu latest by 12 noon or earlier if we plan to do the
Canopy Walk <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2. Optional costs: Olduvai
Gorge - visit- US$ 40 PP. Olduvai excavation site is on the way to
Serengeti (from Ngorongoro). Very exciting for history lovers, but will take
2 hrs to explore as there's a museum as well. We need to think,
if we want to reduce our time at Serengeti. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="background-color: #ffa400; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/olduvai-gorge/#:~:text=The%20Olduvai%20Gorge%20or%20Oldupai,beings%20to%20walk%20on%20Earth">https://www.blackpast.org</a> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3. Manyara can be done en route
Arusha on the last day at an additional park fee of around $65, but it's not
worth it as sighting is poor. But can do canopy walk at Manyara
also. <b>People say </b></span><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that the walk is too short. They do not see many
animals. The canopy walk is at the gate. Not inside</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></o:p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: rgb(172, 185, 202); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="4" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 387.25pt;" valign="top" width="516"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><span lang="MS" style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Inclusion
of the tour cost - </span></u></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">$2040 package tour
+$50 visa </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fees (Visa on Arrival)</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></u></b><b><u><span lang="MS" style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Meals & Accommodation as stated in the Itinerary
above</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Exclusive
Use of our Non AC - 6 seater 4 x 4 Safari Land Cruisers with a professional
English speaking guide on the Safari</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Arusha
Airport Transfers as per the Itinerary.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Mineral
water (1 Ltr) on Safari Game drives.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Park
Entrance/ Concession Fees as per itinerary.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">1
Ngorongoro Crater Tour.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Game
viewing drives as per itinerary</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">All
Government Taxes & service charge in Hotel accommodation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="MS" style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exclusion
:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">International /National
airfare inclusive of related taxes.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Visa entry
fees.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">All
Optional Activities extras not stated.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Olduvai
Gorge Visit- Per Adult US$40.00 / Per Child US$15.00</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Masaai
Village Visit- Per Vehicle US$50.00</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Balloon
Safari US$550.00 Per Adult</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Guide
tips <i>– around $200 for the whole trip approx i.e. about $33 pp</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Expenses
of personal nature such as telecommunications, tips</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Travel, baggage and medical insurance
(Highly recommended) </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c;">Reverse Migration is possible : </span><a href="https://youtu.be/aGNn9vOz-Vo"><span style="background-color: #ffa400; color: #2b00fe;">https://youtu.be/aGNn9vOz-Vo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #ffa400; color: #2b00fe; line-height: 15.3333px;"> </span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><br /></span></span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ZNZ</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><u1:p><o:p>
<p class="tableparagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is it Worth Visiting Jozani Forest in Zanzibar?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">The unique nature of Jozani Park and Chwaka Bay have
been protected by UNESCO since 1997. The territory of the reserve itself
is uninhabited, but almost 16 thousand people live in the surrounding
villages – the Bantu, Khadimu and Shirazi peoples. Some of them work in
the Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park Biosphere Reserve.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS" style="line-height: 115%;">Jozani
Chwaka Bay Park is open from 07:30 to17:00, the ticket costs $10 for an adult
and $5 for a child. This amount includes the services of a guide who
conducts a tour in English.</span><span lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><u1:p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s open to
visitors <b>daily</b> from<b> 7:30 am to 5:00 pm</b>.
Fortunately, Jozani is easily accessible from most parts of Zanzibar. It’s
roughly a 6<a href="https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Stone-Town/Jozani" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d83028;">0-minute drive</span></a> from the capital city, <a href="https://africafreak.com/stone-town"><span style="color: #d83028;">Stone Town</span></a>. The distance from Stone
Town to Jozani Park is about 38 km. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #800180; line-height: 115%;">In
case you want to experience the local buses, dala-dala, bus no. 309, 310 and
3240 go towards Jozani from the Darajani terminal in Stone Town. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Taxi fare to
Jozani will be around 80 USD by Mini Van for a group of 6 people.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An hour and a half is
enough for the forest, so a trip here can be combined with a <a href="https://www.joysoftraveling.com/tanzania/tourists-guide-to-stone-town-the-historic-trade-center-in-zanzibar/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d83028;">tour of Stone Town</span></a>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href=" https://www.joysoftraveling.com/tanzania/is-it-worth-visiting-jozani-forest-in-zanzibar/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.joysoftraveling.com</a><br /></p><o:p><span style="background-color: #ffa400;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://africafreak.com/jozani-forest-zanzibar" style="background-color: #ffa400;">https://africafreak.com/jozani-forest-zanzibar</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></u1:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></u1:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></span></o:p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">8</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">18.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">Stone Town – Jozani-Paje-Rock-Stone
Town<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Van<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.15pt; margin-left: 5.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="MS" style="color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">ZNZ-Airbnb </span><span style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Address : Zanzibar,
</span><b><span>Mkunazini
Rd</span></b><span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background: yellow; border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">9</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">19.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 12.2pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>ZnZ DAR</b>
</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ferry</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span>Ferry</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 11.2pt; margin-left: 0.85pt;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>DAR Mum </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 11.2pt; margin-left: 0.85pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‐ </span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #c00000; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">DIRECT</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="tableparagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: 11.2pt; margin-left: 0.85pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1950<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>HRS 0420<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>Hrs</span><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></o:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 202.95pt;" valign="top" width="271"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">10</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 47.8pt;" valign="top" width="64"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">20.11.23<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.35pt;" valign="top" width="138"><p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>MUM (T2)‐CCU</b></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><u1:p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="tableparagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1015 1245</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p>
<p class="tableparagraph" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt;"><o:p><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></o:p></p></o:p></span></o:p></u1:p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.95pt;" valign="top" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 32.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plane<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 189.7pt;" valign="top" width="253"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Plane</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.25pt;" valign="top" width="18"></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="tableparagraph"><b><u><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dos and Donts</span></u></b></p><p class="tableparagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><u1:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
<p class="tableparagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/economy-of-tanzania/tourism-in-tanzania/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-the-best-insect-repellent-for-tanzania-safari/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com</a><br /></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u1:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span><a href="https://www.serengetiparktanzania.com/information/what-should-you-not-wear-in-tanzania-tanzania-tours/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.serengetiparktanzania.com</a></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.grotal.com/Kolkata/Yellow-Fever-Vaccination-C46/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.grotal.com/Kolkata</a><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> - </span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pls read this very very carefully.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Camouflage dresses only reserved for the army. </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In Indian safaris, camouflage clothing is widely popular. <b>There
it's not allowed</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wear
any colour except dark blue. <b>It attracts tsetse flies</b>. Wear short
sleeve tee and on top full sleeve / wear windcheater with hoodie</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Temp 11-30 degree Celsius - so take warm clothes</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Carry wipes and sanitizing spray. Buy some Dettol wipes (original green
ones) as it's also supposed to be a <b>tsetse repellant.</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p></u1:p></o:p></u1:p></o:p></o:p></span></u1:p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.2pt;" valign="top" width="40"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 5.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 435.05pt;" valign="top" width="580"><p class="tableparagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; mso-ansi-language: MS; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vax - </span></b><a href="https://www.grotal.com/Kolkata/Yellow-Fever-Vaccination-C46/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.grotal.com/Kolkata</a></span></p><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.chaloafrica.com/diary/yellow-fever-vaccination-requirements-from-india/" style="background-color: #ffa400;">www.chaloafrica.com</a></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p>
<p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Polio vaccine or drops not needed for Tanzania. </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="tableparagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yellow fever is also not needed to be
honest, as Tz has got out of the WHO list, but the immigration people may
create problems to get bride. They did ask about Yellow fever at the airport
to some people.</span></p></o:p></o:p></span></o:p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportMisalignedColumns]--><o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Prologue</b></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sourabh (Boma) had initially planned Oman during his Diwali break. After touring Tunisia during Durga Pujo, he wasn't so keen on visiting yet another arid landscape so soon. Impulsively I said, Chalo/Twende Tanzania, if diversity is what he wanted. November was the beginning of their off-season but is a lovely time to visit. Good weather, less tourists and chance of witnessing reverse migration. Various jobordosti/inexplicable expenses make the Tanzanian safari way more expensive than a Kenyan one. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For example, to go to Serengeti, you have to pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area and have to pay $75 pp "each" way, whether or not you visit the crater! That's a very uncool $150 additional cost per person. The safari cost inside the caldera is an additional $300 per vehicle, which when shared, comes to $50 per head for a group of 6. They also charge a Concession Fee of $50 each to stay inside Ngorongoro and Serengeti, over and above the accommodation costs. Then there is a Camping fee, if you stay in a tented camp. We did visit the crater on our way back, which I will share in a separate post. Quite an interesting topography, visually stunning and has flamingos galore. </span></div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><img alt="😄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td2/1/16/1f604.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill; text-align: justify;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tz isn't a yellow fever zone, so although the vaccine isn't required, it's advisable to take it. Polio drops aren't needed but many still take it due to various misinformation floating on the net. Dumdum airport authorities told one of our group members - 'Dorkar nei newar.' Due to inexplicable reasons, all acceptable USD note series should be 2013 or newer. In Kenya it is 2009 onwards. Again, if they are in a good mood, they may not check at all. Some of us took the $30 Amref (Flying Doctors) coverage. We opted for VOA, which was a breeze. They didn't want to see ANY document (not even our itinerary or our flight tickets) but just asked us where all we plan to visit. Since they love "process" we had to go to 3 counters - PP inspection & questioning, $50 visa fee payment and finally the stamping. All over in 5 mins flat. Dar airport was very empty they said while Zanzibar had some tourist traffic.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Towards the end of our planning stage, we were told that the hotels may not give us any drinking water and we had an attack of jolatonko. Dying out of thirst in the vast plains of Serengeti seemed to loom large over our heads. Moreover, eto khoroch, tar upor abar jol kinte hobe? The safari van provides 1L pp/day but surely that can't be enough? Seeing our zeal in 'arming' our car with 20L of water from Arusha, our trip organiser literally begged us with: "PLEASE don't buy so much water. Buy as and when you need to, on your way. No one has ever complained of water shortage so far." However, most hotels gave us water, even for dinner and our first camp Burunge even had a water dispenser in the room!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our motley group of six included a dentist Surajit, a businessman Susanta, a school teacher Abira and a retired septuagenarian paediatrician Rumadi, apart from the bhoboghure Dattagupta siblings. Everyone knew at least one other person before the trip. Thank you <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/soumya.ray.7545?__cft__[0]=AZVzZLZfWybTmU4CiBzhwOWancDqwdUo65n7nnjFZMjOcbnqjlVgm-0mHI6sMkJsmMA2Z_L7HMOKYhWCPr3VTs0hFR1V-Jrg2UexKVBb9UFdolPDivkwlvVg6jmyVLCuQxBwJaIHggeBrC_HaewwAPQx7xCWzIqofHBaK8FixBptZg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Soumya Ray</span></a> for helping us reach that number. It is said that travel reveals a lot about people; indeed it did and how! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> I will quote a friend <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/paromita.bublu?__cft__[0]=AZVzZLZfWybTmU4CiBzhwOWancDqwdUo65n7nnjFZMjOcbnqjlVgm-0mHI6sMkJsmMA2Z_L7HMOKYhWCPr3VTs0hFR1V-Jrg2UexKVBb9UFdolPDivkwlvVg6jmyVLCuQxBwJaIHggeBrC_HaewwAPQx7xCWzIqofHBaK8FixBptZg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Paromita</span></a> who wrote about the after effects of travel a few days back: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"বলাই বাহুল্য আমি XYZ ঘুরে গত xy তারিখ দেশে ফিরে এসেছি। ফিরে তাকিয়ে লিখছি বেড়ানো-বৃত্তান্ত। ফিরে দেখলে সব সময়, সব স্মৃতিতেই থাকে এক আলগা মায়া, পাখির ডাক, গানের সুর। অনেক হেঁজিপেঁজি জিনিস নিজে থেকেই লুকিয়ে পড়ে। প্রকট হয় ভালো লাগার মুহূর্তরা। বেসুরো কোন কিছু মনেই পড়তে চায় না।" Indeed so. We had some hiccups which can be expected in so diverse a group but all I can feel now is an incredible lightness of being. A blob of pure joy which is getting bigger by the moment. And a motion picture that keeps playing in an unending loop. Ei sob jaigay ekbar ele amader "ami" bhaab ta khub sohoje tyag kora jai. Prokritir kachhe amra je kotota nogonyo sheyta khub prokot hoye otthe.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Day 0</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (10.11.23) </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">CC>Mumbai>Dar Es Salaam</span></b><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">(11.11.23)</span></span></b><b style="text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">>Zanzibar</span></b><b style="text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">>Arusha</span></b><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">(11.11.23)</span></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We were a bit worried about the fact that we'd be spending each night at a different place, and would have to pack and move out every morning. The first day would be especially tiring for the Calcutta passengers who would start their journey around 6 pm IST on 10/11 and reach Arusha the next day at 6 pm IST. After that, it was a 3-hr drive to our camp. To make things worse, the flight from Dar was 2hrs 40mins late! It was announced that the pilot was having his lunch and that's it! Welcome to/Karibu Tanzania. I had warned my fellow saathis beforehand that Africa will teach them patience!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Day 1</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (11.11.23) </span></span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Arusha>Tarangire <b>: </b></span><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Night </span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Halt (NH) </b>at Burunge Tented Camp (near Tarangire)</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Our Tanzania plan started in June but it wasn't easy to get the 6 we needed to make the trip more economical. Finally we formed a very 'diverse' group of men and women and we were all set to go. </span><span style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Our motley group of six had a dentist, a businessman, a school teacher and a retired septuagenarian paediatrician apart from the bhoboghure Dattagupta siblings. Everyone knew at least one other person.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I was the only one not flying out from Calcutta. The other 5 Bengalis had to really fly a long way to realise their Serengeti dream: Kol-Mum-Dar- Zanzibar-Arusha and then a 3 hr drive to our first camp. Mine was a relatively easy flight path: Dubai-Zanzibar- Arusha. The weather forecast looked ominous but we decided to surrender ourselves to the universe and see what plans it had for us.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I had a long stopover at Zanzibar and decided to lunch outside and roam around a bit to get a hang of the place. It was raining heavily when I landed in Znz. The flight from Dar was delayed by over 2 hrs (the pilot was having lunch, it was announced - Karibu Tanzania!) and finally I joined the other 5 inside the aircraft. When we reached our camp, it was quite late and raining as well. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>When we reached our camp, it was quite late and raining as well. </span><span><b>Burunge Tented Camp</b> had a lovely wild setting <b>(near Burunge lake)</b> but unfortunately we didn't have time to enjoy its ambience.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="text-align: left;">Since moving out of Calcutta many moons ago, I've not had a chance to spend our birthdays together, not that we've ever celebrated it in a grand way. Last year, was the first time in decades that I got to spend Boma's birthday with him. This year, our Tanzania trip offered an even better chance - spend his birthday and bhai phnota together! </span><span style="text-align: left;">My anti-ritualistic bhai doesn't let me do anything, </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">but I conspired to spring a birthday surprise on him at Burunge Tented Lodge at </span><span style="text-align: left;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="text-align: left;">Tarangire, and symbolically gave him phnota sans ghee & chondon and sprinkled some grass on his head as ashirbad in Serengeti. There is no evidence of the phnota except a bemused witness in</span><span style="text-align: left;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ruma.gupta.90?__cft__[0]=AZVyUNUWvlECFlRCVrgLtnscr5AxvTVhmpnvdq87DR_FMxBvIi3E5A45qfWtMMaiwrtTfMwDQy0D3k7QLdDOlR3UdxRxZmMbui7UBvUGT4QaaLkYlwfUPtsLOW1lB9JlK574zmXpwhkYAfwhy7Z0LlXzak0r6yl_TI5fo2h1CO-VBw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"> Rum</span></a></span><span style="text-align: left;">adi, I think.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/soma.dattagupta/videos/213094625152427" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://www.facebook.com</a> - click it for the video.<br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">We had a quick dinner and went off to sleep to the roar of lions.</span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #050505;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 2</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (12.11.23) </span></span></b><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="color: #050505;"><b>Tarangire National Park (NP) </b>(<b>NH</b> -</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marera Mountain View Lodge - Karatu)</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">We woke up to the happy chirping of wet birds. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">To our surprise, we didn't feel tired at all the next morning. After dinner we went to sleep early (although the lion's roars kept us excitedly awake for a while) and were all charged up for the all-day safari -- memories of the previous day's 'dhokol' all erased. The pure air and the unpolluted atmosphere acted like super stimulants as Tarangire bared its natural abundance in front of us. Rains, clouds and the azure sky played hide and seek in turns. Weaver birds' nests swung in the breeze, whistling acacias didn't whistle but swayed as we passed by, and the baobabs looked indulgently at us from above, as if to enquire - Pothik tumi ki poth haraiyachho?</span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Burunge Tented Camp had a lovely wild setting but unfortunately we didn't have time to enjoy its ambience. We had a quick dinner and went off to sleep to the roar of lions and woke up to the happy chirping of wet birds. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After breakfast, we started off for Tarangire Natl Park - known for its baobab trees, huge elephant population, tree climbing lions and rich bird life.</span></span></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It was a mixture of wet and sometimes sunny in our first safari in Tanzania. Good place for birdwatching but didn't find too many quadrupeds here - the soggy grounds may have driven them inside. Couldn't click many of my feathered friends and the ones I managed to, were drenched. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>But the park was beautiful with so many baobab trees. There is an</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> iconic baobab tree at Tarangire - where poachers used to hide long long ago, in a hole inside the Tree.</span>More of a forest than open plains. The elephants looked stunning against the straw coloured background. </span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The delightful elephants at Tarangire National Park: please watch till the end with the volume on and in the landscape mode. The calves are irresistible!</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/soma.dattagupta/videos/1096616741506029" style="background-color: #01ffff;">https://www.facebook.com</a> - - click it for the video.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">From Tarangire NP we set off for Karatu <b>at 1500 hours</b>, a town with an easy access to Ngorongoro crater. Our overnight stop was at <b>Marera Mountain View Lodge</b> which had a resort-like feeling. One could make out that there was considerable rainfall in that area. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">That whole night it rained heavily making us dread if our Serengeti trip was going to be a washout. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 3</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (13.11.23) </span></span></b><b style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">South Serengeti NP</span></b> (<b>NH</b> @ Pure Tented Lodge at <b>Central Serengeti NP</b>)</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">When we woke up, the morning air was filled with bird calls. Saw some beautiful birds flitting around from <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>branch to branch, most of which I could not click. Armed with our packed lunch boxes, we set off for Serengeti after a hearty breakfast.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">To go to Serengeti, one has to pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, for which we have to pay a park fee of approx $75/pp with VAT. The guide stopped at the crater <b>gate</b> at<b> 0930 hours</b> to get our paper work done. <i>On the way we stopped for few minutes to see the </i></span><i><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ngorongoro Crater. But we will go to Ngorongoro on the last day (there is a road which goes to the </span></span></i><span style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ngorongoro)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">We crossed the <b>unmanned</b> Serengeti gate, which segregates Ngorongoro Conservation Area from<b> Serengeti at 1130 hours. </b>This is a good place for photo op and the Masais sells their stuff here. However we did not get down.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then we had to stop again at the Serengeti gate at <b>1330 hours</b> for some more paper work. We decided to have lunch at that spot to save time. Because Serengeti is so huge, most people do whole day safaris to cover maximum ground. There are designated lunch areas with extremely clean washrooms with toilet paper and flush toilets in working condition. Never once did we feel inconvenienced with regard to using public toilets. In some places, the staff member even goes to check/clean the toilet the moment someone comes out! Quite remarkable. Our first camp in the central part of the park - Tanzania Pure Tented Camp - was about 100 kms from the gate. That tells you about the vastness of Serengeti. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">As we entered Serengeti at around 1430 pm, we all got super charged up. Finally, finally, finally... The brilliant blue sky with its silvery cotton clouds made us recall our geography lessons about stratus, cirrus and cumulous clouds. It was obvious that it would not rain that afternoon and I silently thanked the universe. As we entered, we found the plains and the horizon dotted with countless wildebeests. Our van had to make numerous stops to let the serpentile line of gnus prance across the road. We were lucky to witness this reverse migration -- our driver-guide Muridy told us that even in the previous week, the animals were very far away from the road. Then we came across hordes of zebras, giraffes and impalas in different areas of the park. It was as if there were designated places for them. Suddenly, there was news of lion sighting on the radio chatter and we raced there to see a grand male lion and 2 lionesses in the middle of an elaborate mating ritual.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">"Lions mating is a noisy affair with lots of growling, meowing and snarling sounds. Afterwards the female usually rolls onto her back to lie like that for at least a minute or so. In between they practically ignore each other but at the same time, the male ensures he stays very close to the female. He wants to make certain she doesn’t “get away” and that his genes are passed on successfully." </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Since we knew that the lions won't move from that spot during this time, for the next few days, we set off for the hippo pool to see the animals that Rumadi was keen on. I had heard that because of its vastness, animal sighting isn't as frequent as in Mara but when you do see them, they are present in HUGE numbers. Judging by the number of wildebeests, zebras, giraffes and hippos we had seen so far, it surely seemed that way. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Suddenly there was news of a good <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>leopard sighting. In the savannah, when you hear of a leopard or cheetah sighting, you leave everything and run as they are the rare ones. Light was beginning to fade now and by the time we reached the spot, the leopard had climbed down the tree and gone deep inside the tall-ish grass, totally invisible from our sight. We waited for some time and then one vehicle off-roaded (while the others kept a lookout for the rangers) and indicated to us that the cat was snoozing below. Our guide followed, telling us that he can only stop for a couple of minutes for us to see the leopard. I saw some discipline here. First, all jeeps didn't make a dash and converge on the sleeping cat. Second, no one stayed very long. After a few minutes, they gave way to the next vehicle. Unlike Mara, there weren't scores of vehicles either. That's a BIG plus of Serengeti. The lack of crowd gives you a feeling of a private safari, very much like the conservancy experience in Masai Mara.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After this unexpected sighting within hours of getting into Serengeti, we returned to the lion spot and were rewarded with a frontal view of the lions mating. Since it lasts for only about 15 secs, we were lucky to arrive at the right time. By then it was past the Cinderella park-time of 6 pm. Our guide knew the area but not the exact location of our camp, Tanzania Pure Tented Lodge, as he had never taken any guests there before. As we were speeding towards our camp to avoid a fine, one vehicle on the road asked us to stop, pointing at something. Inquisitively we looked towards the tall grasses and saw another leopard walking purposefully! We slowed down and kept him company till he disappeared into the fast descending darkness. Our Serengeti experience had started with a bang! Brilliant weather and being blessed with one sighting better than the other. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">By now the sun had set and our headlights were on. It had now turned into an unplanned night safari. We were stopped once by the rangers but our driver managed to convince them that we were looking for our camp. We found a lone hyena ambling on the road, some owls presumably flew across the headlights lit-up path before us; then we spotted a jackal scurrying away and also the nocturnal hare springing ahead of us. Saw hundreds of fluorescent green herbivore eyes peering from within the bush and then as we were almost at the camp entrance, we were stopped by hundreds of wildebeests prancing away ahead of us - migrating back to the plains of Serengeti, chasing the rains. The grass will be again abundant here and soon they will mate and be ready to calve in February. The circle of life in full glory. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">When we finally reached our camp, it was pitch dark. The staff brought us warm wet towels and escorted us to our tents, each named after an animal. Ours was Kiboko (hippo) and the way to remember it was by the picture they kept inside. It was an eco-camp where everything was solar powered and very dimly lit. Despite being a basic, we found all our camps keep tourist convenience in mind. There was ample space to keep our luggage, hang our clothes and lots of storage. The spaces were open but that didn't matter. We had the best dinner so far in this camp - the hot soup was to die for. We were accompanied to our tents by a guard as it was an unfenced camp in total wilderness, with hyena calls reverberating all around us. As we hit our beds, we heard a lion roar for some time. Then very late at night, the roars came from somewhere much closer from behind our tents. This time, they were louder and sounded different. Intermittent grunting but consistently through the rest of the night. My guess was confirmed by the staff the next morning - they were mating calls. Our tents faced east but there were hills in front and so it was a different kind of sunrise. Weaver birds and babblers were busy on our porch - as if competing to be the earliest bird to catch the worm. After breakfast, we set off for our first full-day safari of Serengeti.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 4</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (14.11.23) - </span></span></b><b style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">Central Serengeti NP</span></b> (<b>NH</b> at Kimbilio Tanzania @ <b>North</b><b style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;"> Serengeti NP</span></b>)</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">সিংহের ডাকে রাতের ঘুমের ব্যাঘাত হলেও, পাখীর কূজনে ভোরবেলায় ঘুম ভেঙ্গে গেলো। বারান্দায় গিয়ে দেখি সূয্যিমামা উঠবো উঠবো করছে, আর চারিদিকে পাখীরা ভীষণভাবে ব্যস্ত হয়ে পড়েছে। অন্ধকারে তো গতকাল ক্যাম্পের চেহারাটাই বিশেষ ঠাহর করতে পারিনি। তাই আজ একটু এদিক ওদিক ঘুরে, টুকটাক্ কিছু ছবি আর ভিডিও তুলে ফেললাম। আমার চা বা কফির কোন বাতিক নেই। তাই স্যুটকেস ও ব্যাগপ্যাক গুছিয়ে main tent-এ চলে গেলাম breakfast খেতে। কাল রাতের কথা জিজ্ঞেস করাতে ওরা বললো যে আমার আন্দাজই <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>ঠিক। সারা রাত আমরা সবাই সিংহের গর্জনই শুনেছি!</div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: justify;">আজ আমাদের প্রথম whole day সাফারি। সেরেঙ্গেটির সুবিশাল প্রান্তরে সারাদিন আমরা চষে বেড়াবো, এই উত্তেজনায় সবাই কম বেশী সংক্রমিত। আগের দিনের মতই পেট পুরে খেয়ে, packed lunch নিয়ে আমরা হৈহৈ করে বেড়িয়ে পড়লাম। গতকালের এমন সব সাংঘাতিক sightings-এর পর আজ আমরা Law of averages- এর শিকার হতে পারি এই কথাটা দায়িত্ব নিয়ে বোমা বারবার সকলকে মনে করিয়ে দিচ্ছিলো। </div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill; text-align: justify;" width="16" /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">আমার দর্শন অবশ্য বলে, প্রকৃতির কাছে বিনা শর্তে নিজেকে সমর্পণ করো, দেখো কি কি ভাবে চমৎকৃত হও। </div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">আজ এক্কেবারে ঝলমলে আকাশ। কে বলবে দুদিন আগে কিভাবে এখানে মুষলধারে বৃষ্টি হয়েছিল। ক্যাম্পের একজন staff বললো যে এত বেশী বৃষ্টি পড়েছে যে মেঘ ভারী হতে বোধহয় আরো ২-৩ দিন সময় লাগবে। তা বাছা তোমার মুখে ফুল চন্দন পড়ুক। প্রাণভরে জলের পিপাসা মিটিয়ে যেন তানজানিয়ার এই সমভূমি নিজেকে মখমলে সবুজ কার্পেটে মুড়ে ফেলেছে। এই কচি ঘাসের রং যে কি মনোরম, যে জানে সে জানে। সকাল ৮টা নাগাদ আমাদের Land Cruiser রওনা দিল উত্তর সেরেঙ্গেটির উদ্দেশ্যে, উত্তেজনায় ডগমগ ছয়জন সওয়ারিকে নিয়ে -- চাকার তলায় চিকচিকে তৃণভূমি, মাথার ওপরে উজ্জ্বল নীল আকাশ, আর সামনে অজানার হাতছানি। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">এইখানে বলে রাখা উচিত যে নভেম্বরের এই সময়টাতে উত্তর সেরেঙ্গেটি অঞ্চলে বিস্তর জন্তুজানোয়ারের থাকার প্রবল সম্ভাবনা ছিল। কারণ এই সময়েই ওরা মাসাইমারা থেকে সেরেঙ্গেটিতে rain chase করে ফেরে। কিন্তু El Nino-র প্রকোপে অনেক হিসেবই এখন গণ্ডগোল হয়ে গেছে। কোন কিছুই ঠিক আর প্ল্যানমতো হয়না। আমাদের গাইড আগেরদিনই বলে রেখেছিল: "The action is now in southern Serengeti. You will know what I mean when you visit the north tomorrow."</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">তবে north-এ যেতে গেলে অনেকটাই south-central অঞ্চল পেরোতে হয়। তাই কিছু না কিছু দেখতে পাবই এটা জানতাম। তবে বৃষ্টিস্নাত সমভূমির অসামান্য রূপই আমার মন ভুলিয়ে দিচ্ছিল। মনে হচ্ছিল গাড়ীর ছাদে উঠে দুই হাত ছড়িয়ে ঊর্ধগগনে মুখ তুলে বসে থাকি কিন্তু তা তো আর হওয়ার নয়। আমরা রাস্তায় বেশ পাখী দেখতে দেখতে যাচ্ছি, এমন সময় ডান দিকে দেখি ৩টে সিংহ দিব্যি রোদ পোয়াচ্ছে। তার মধ্যে দুইজন পুরুষ। বুঝলাম এরা নিশ্চয় দুই ভাই যদিও শীঘ্রই একজনকে বিদায় নিতে হবে। একটা pride-এ কেবলমাত্র একজন পুরুষই থাকতে পারে। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">কাছে গিয়ে দেখি বেচারীদের মাছির জ্বালায় অবস্থা রীতিমত কাহিল। এই সেই ভয়াবহ tsetse মাছি যাদের কামড়ে sleeping sickness হয়। রক্ত খাওয়ার সময়েও হূল ফোটাবার মতন লাগে। আমাদের গাড়ীতে একজন already 'injected' হয়েছিল। আমাকেও নানান পোকামাকড় কামড়েছে তবে tsetse-র হাত থেকে রেহাই পেয়েছি। আমাদের আগে থেকেই বলে রাখা হয়েছিল, "Tsetse flies get attracted to blue, so please avoid wearing that colour!" Lion king-দের চারিদিকে একবার round মেরে গাড়ী আবার এগোতে থাকলো উত্তর দিকে। এক জোড়া secretary bird দেখে গাড়ীর ভেতর সাময়িকভাবে একটু উত্তেজনার সৃষ্টি হলো। তারপর রাস্তার ধারে একটা অজগর সাপ দারুণ spot করলো সুশান্ত। সাপ বাবাজী প্রায় গাড়ী চাপা পড়ছিল। তাড়াহুড়ো করে গর্তে ঢুকে কোনমতে সে নিস্তার পেল। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">এমন সময় খবর এলো, চিতা দেখা গেছে। মুরিদি বললো যে জায়গাটা একটু দূরে, তাই ওকে একটু স্পীড দিতে হবে। আমরা পড়িমরি করে সেখানে পৌঁছে দেখি বিরাট লাইন। এই মাত্র একবার আমরা একসাথে এতগুলো গাড়ী দেখলাম। ঠিক যখন ভাবছি চিতার দর্শন পাব কি না, তখন দেখি তিনি হেঁটে আসছেন ঠিক আমাদেরই গাড়ীর দিকে। কি যে সুতনু এর গঠন এবং চলনভঙ্গি তা বলে বোঝানো যাবে না। আমাদের পাশ কাটিয়ে, গাড়ীর পিছন দিয়ে হেঁটে রাস্তা cross করে ও খুব purposefully stride করে অন্য পারে চলে গেলো। আমরা দেরী করে এসেও শুধুমাত্র ভাগ্যদেবীর কৃপায় দুর্ধর্ষ position পেয়ে গেলাম। খানিক দূরে দেখি এক পাল Thompson's gazelle চরে বেড়াচ্ছে। এইবারে বুঝলাম যে চিতা শিকার করার ধান্দায় আছে। Adrenalin rush তখন তুঙ্গে। চিতার দৌড় দেখব? এও কি কপালে আছে? সবাইকে বলা হলো যেন টুঁ শব্দটাও না করা হয়। হাওয়ার গতিও হরিণগুলোর দিক থেকে এদিকে আসছে। Advantage চিতা। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">খুব সতর্কভাবে চিতাটা দফে দফে কিছুটা এগোচ্ছে, তারপর খানিকটা বসছে। বেশ খানিকক্ষণ এইভাবেই চললো। আর আমরা সবাই রুদ্ধশ্বাস অপেক্ষায়। Kill দেখতে গেলে ধৈর্য্য ধরে এইখানেই চুপটি করে বসে থাকতে হবে। হঠাৎ মনে হলো, হরিণগুলো যেন কিছু আঁচ করতে পেরেছে। সক্কলে সতর্ক হয়ে চিতার পানে তাকাচ্ছে, যদিও তখন অবদি ওরা কিছু “দেখতে” পায় নি। তার কিছুক্ষণ বাদেই খেল খতম। ওরা চিতাকে দেখে ফেলেছে। চিতাও ওৎ পাতা বন্ধ করে ঘাসে গড়াগড়ি খেতে লাগলো। তবে ওর খালি পেট দেখে বোঝা গেল যে সে খুবই ক্ষুধার্ত এবং আজ না হয় কাল ও শিকার করবেই। </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"> </div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">বিফল মনোরথ হয়ে আমরা আবার এগোতে থাকলাম। এই জিনিস দেখার পর আর কি কিছু মনে ধরে? খানিক পরে Muridy একটা বড় গাছের সামনে গাড়ী দাঁড় করিয়ে আমাকে জিগোয়, "Can you see the lions?" </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">আমি উল্টে বলি, “Lions? Where?” </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">ও হেসে বলে, “Then you need to get your eyes checked!” </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">আমি <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>একটু বিরক্ত হয়েই হঠাৎ দেখি গাছের উপর দুটো সিংহী! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">মুরিদি বলে, "These are the tree climbing lions of Serengeti. They are there in Tarangire as well but we missed them." আমরা একবার এদিক একবার ওদিক করে দুইজনেরই মুখদর্শন করে lunch করতে চলে যাই picnic area-তে। সেইখানে গিয়ে দেখি দেয়ালের উপর একটা ভারী সুন্দর migration theme-এর metal cutout - নিখুঁত হাতের কাজ। পাশেই একটা agama lizard হেব্বি পোজ্ দিচ্ছে। সঙ্গে সঙ্গে ক্যামেরাবন্দী হয়ে গেলো সে। Lunch সেরে আমরা এবার finally উত্তরে ঢুকে পড়লাম। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">এখানে topography-টা একটু ভিন্ন রকম মনে হলো। বেশ rocky and mountainous - density of wild life সত্যিই কেমন যেন কমে গেল, কিন্তু বেশ লাগছিল এই অন্যরকম সৌন্দর্য্য দেখতে। আজকে আমাদের quota complete -- এবার যা-ই দেখব তা-ই উপরি। হঠাৎ বাঁদিকের ঘাসে একটি হরিণ দেখিয়ে মুরিদি বলে, "Look, there goes a klipspringer!" আমি কোনদিন হরিণের এই প্রজাতি দেখিনি - ভারী মিষ্টি মায়াভরা চোখ এদের। পাহাড়িয়া পাথুরে এলাকা এদের বিতরণ ভূমি। কিছুক্ষণ পরেই ও ঝোপের আড়ালে লুকিয়ে পড়লো। গাড়ী চালু হতে না হতেই আবার সিংহ। রাস্তার ধারে ঘুমে কাদা। কাছে আসাতে অবশ্য সিংহিমামা বেশ বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করলো, কিন্তু মামীর ঘুম ভাঙলো না। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">আজ আমাদের গন্তব্য Kimbilio Tanzania - এই ক্যাম্পেও মুরিদি কোনদিন আসেনি তবে ওকে বলা হয়েছে যে, ঠিক যেখানে দুটো মোষের মাথার স্মারকচিহ্ণ দেখতে পাবে, ঠিক সেইখানে বাঁদিকে turn নিতে হবে। এইবারেও ও অঞ্চলটা চেনে, কিন্তু ক্যাম্পের অবস্থান সম্বন্ধে অবগত নয়। আমরা যথাসময়ে দুটো মোষের মাথা দেখে একটা মাঠের মধ্যে বাঁদিকে ঘুরলাম - কোথাও কোন signage নেই। অদ্ভুত সব কাণ্ডকারখানা এদের। আমরা চলেছি মেঠো রাস্তা দিয়ে; কোন ক্যাম্প, গাড়ী বা মানুষের টিকিরও দেখা নেই। দুইদিকে ঘন acacia-র ঝাড়। সূর্য্যদেবের চোখ ধাঁধাঁনো আলোতে চতুর্দিক দীপ্তিমান। এমন সময় চোখ পড়লো সাংঘাতিক রকম উজ্জ্বল বর্ণের দুটো পাখীর ওপর। "গাড়ী ঘোড়াও, গাড়ী ঘোড়াও।" </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">দেখি Whitethorn acacia-র ডালে বসে আছে এক জোড়া lilac breasted roller - এই ঝলমলে আলোতে ওদের রূপ যেন ঠিকরে পড়ছে। সে যে কি এক স্বর্গীয় দৃশ্য তা লিখে বোঝাতে পারব না। এমনিতেই এদের নৈসর্গিক রং দেখলে চোখ ফেরানো শক্ত, কিন্তু পড়ন্ত বেলার ঐ মোহন আলোতে মনে হচ্ছিল যেন স্বর্গ থেকে উড়ে এসেছে এরা। এক নিমেষে সিংহ-চিতার সব ছবি মুছে দিয়ে আজকের সেরা স্মৃতির শিরোপা জিতে নিল এই roller দম্পতি। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">এর কিছু পরেই আমরা পৌঁছে গেলাম Kimbilio Tanzania-তে। এটাও environmentally friendly eco-camp -- সব কিছু solar powered এবং চান করতে হয় bucket shower দিয়ে। ব্যাটারী চার্জিং হয় reception area-তে। আমাদের ঘরটা খুবই basic - কিন্তু বেশ spacious এবং প্রচুর storage space আছে। মুশকিল হলো, আমরা মুখে বলি এক কথা কিন্তু walk the talk করতে গেলেই যত ঝামেলা। বড় বড় বুলি আওড়াই কিন্তু পৃথিবীর সুরক্ষায় একটুও আরাম ত্যাগ করতে গররাজী। আমরা যতগলো জায়গায় ছিলাম, তার মধ্যে Kimbilio সবচেয়ে environment friendly কিন্তু কিছু বিলাসিতা বিসর্জন করতে হয়েছিল বলে কিছু লোকের সামান্য কিছু বক্তব্য ছিল। তা সে হতেই পারে। </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">আমার কিন্তু বেশ লেগেছিল এই ক্যাম্পটা। এখানকার মানুষগুলোকে সবচেয়ে বেশী আন্তরিক ও আপন লেগেছিল। খাবার বেশ ভালো - দারুণ barbequed meat platter serve করেছিল dinner-এ। কিন্তু পাখী বা অন্য কোন wildlife পাইনি এখানে। কেন, ঠিক বুঝলাম না। পুরো রাতটা একেবারে নিঃশব্দ। আর ঘরের ভেতরটা এক্কেবারে ঘুটঘুটে অন্ধকার। চোখে অল্প আলো পড়লেও আমার ঘুমের অসুবিধা হয়। তাই বোধহয় দারুণ ঘুম হয়েছিল ঐ রাতে। পরের দিন সেই একই রুটিন - breakfast খেয়ে, packed lunch নিয়ে বেরিয়ে পড়া। </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">আগামীকাল আমাদের শেষ সাফারি south-central Serengeti-তে। সব action তো এখন দক্ষিণে। রাতটা কাটাবো আমাদের পরিচিত Tanzania Pure Tented Camp-এ। দেখি কাল কপালে কি আছে।</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 5</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (15.11.23) - </span></span></b><b style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">North Serengeti NP</span></b> (<b>NH</b> @ Pure Tented Lodge at <b>Central Serengeti NP)</b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></div><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After a very peaceful sleep, we all got ready to set off for the south central plains again. The weather god continued to favour us. Almost as soon as we hit the road, we had to stop to inspect a pair of yellow eyes staring at us from the bush. Lions again, although only one was visible. Without stopping long, we went ahead to a rocky area to look for leopards. Instead, we found a hyena and rock hyrax. We also spotted a pair of the very <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>shy reed bucks by the road and a few raptors. It was the quietest morning by far and it looked like the law of averages was finally catching up with us. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We drove for at least 1.5 hours without much action although I was very excited to see a pygmy falcon up close. Then as we were almost about to doze off, we spotted a young pride of lions. By now we had seen enough lions and were about to move on. Suddenly we saw a lone wart hog walking towards the lion area. With their short term memory, wart hogs tend to forget where they are going and often walk straight up to the lion's mouth. But the lions didn't notice him at all despite it being within hunting distance. We then moved on to a klipspringer area where we also wanted to use the facilities of Serena Mbuzi Mawe (Kiswahili name of the antelope). The setting of the property was dreamy and I also got to see these "rock goats" to my heart's content. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Then as we were speeding ahead, I spotted two busy looking lions. We kept a distance when we realised that they were stalking an impala. Ours was the only van around! Unfortunately, their presence got detected and the defiance of the impala herd had to be seen to be believed. What was also interesting to note was the body language of the skilled hunter vs the sub-adult. The lions then skulked away to look for some other food.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">While the lion(s) were trying to hunt, some rollers were flying around. Couldn't help but shoot them. Later, we saw some elephants at a distance and were wishing we saw some closer to the road. Minutes later, we were at a place where there were elephants galore. The most exciting part was to see the herd cross the road right behind us! The best elephant sighting ever - pachyderms of all shapes and sizes on either side of us.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Then we heard of a leopard sighting on the radio chatter and rushed there. This time, he was up on a tree and dozing. For a few seconds, it half opened its eyes and then went off to sleep. Soon came news of lion sighting with loads of cubs. Off we went. When we reached the spot, we found more lions than cars. A pride of around 12 scattered all over the ground and above and just 3-4 safari cars. They were literally all over the place - ahead of us, behind us, to our right as well as left with some curious cubs under the wheels. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">A couple of adults were sitting on a tree while the mother of the youngest cubs stayed on the ground to keep an eye. Then came the endearing sight of the younger cubs trying to climb the tree while the older one tried to playfully push them down. The seniors finally came down with so much commotion everywhere and also with sunset time drawing close.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We didn't feel like leaving the place. It was too magical with so much fun and frolic happening around us. But we had to reach our camp on time. On our way, we saw the leopard still sleeping on the same branch -- unlikely it will come down before dark. Its tummy was also quite full. We arrived at our first camp in Serengeti for the second time in 3 days. We unpacked, showered and finished our dinner. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">আজ সবারই একটু মন খারাপ করছিল। আগামীকাল Serengeti ছেড়ে ফিরে যাওয়ার দিন। এই ক'দিনেই কি ভীষণ প্রেমে পড়ে গিয়েছি যে। আরেকবার না এলেই নয়। </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Sentiments aside, tomorrow, we had an early start at 7am. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Destination: Ngorongoro Crater</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 6</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (16.11.23) - </span></span></b><b style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">Ngorongoro Crater</span></b> <span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;">(<b>NH</b> -</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Marera Mountain View Lodge - Karatu, near South Serengeti)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The light of dawn on our last day at Serengeti was magical. Our hearts were heavy at the thought of leaving this beautiful place but we were also quite curious to visit the 3-million-year old ancient caldera that was host to one of the most beautiful wildlife sanctuaries as well as an astonishing array of landscapes encompassing forests, peaks, valleys, lakes, rivers and plains. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Our camp was about 100 kms from Serengeti gate. It would take <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>us about 2 more hours to reach the crater rim from the gate. And then about 25 minutes to descend to the caldera. <b>Our plan was to leave at 7 am and stop at nothing unless it was something truly unique. </b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera of 2 km of depth. It covers an area of 260 sq kms and is roughly 20 km in diameter. Some 25,000 "large" animals make this crater their home. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">All of the Big Five ( lion, leopard, elephant, cape buffalo and black rhino) inhabit the Ngorongoro crater plains. For birders, there are over 500 bird species recorded inside the crater – more bird species than the Serengeti. These species range from common birds to migratory birds. The conservation area has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its biodiversity and the density of its wildlife.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">One animal species that you will not see here is the giraffe, as they avoid the steep trails that they would need to navigate from the crater rim to the crater floor. Some of the animals live year round in the crater, while others migrate in and out of the crater with the seasons. For instance, about half of the crater's zebras and a small portion of the wildebeest population leave the crater during the rainy season. For the most part though, animals have no reason to leave this natural wonderland where they are protected and where food is abundant. The crater is the best place in Tanzania to see critically endangered black rhino, which have all been fitted with a tracking device in their horns to monitor their movements and to discourage poachers. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna woodlands and forests, from Serengeti National Park to the Great Rift Valley, with wildlife coexisting alongside semi-nomadic Masai pastoralists who practice traditional livestock grazing. They are the only people who are permitted to inhabit this place, due to their peaceful way of life which involves herding cattle as opposed to hunting. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Also here is the world-famous Olduvai Gorge, where some of man’s earliest ancestors once lived. Unfortunately, we did not have time to visit the gorge and museum.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We left from our Serengeti camp at 7 am. Since the gate was 100 kms away, the journey was itself a game drive but without much stopping as we wanted to reach the crater as early as possible. <span style="background-color: transparent;">The sight of a bunch of Fischer's lovebirds colour-spraying the branches of an acacia tree qualified for that stop ! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">In our entire trip, it was the area near the volcano that was the wettest and where we got the most rains. We didn't get much rain but the soil was wet and the sky overcast. Once in a while, the sun peeped out. The result was a </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">mysterious misty look and interesting shades of greens, yellows, blues, grays and browns!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Ngorongoro Crater in northern Tanzania, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it could have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous crater/caldera as its focal point. Over 2.5 million years old, this caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth with an abundant supply of food. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We completed our Big Five sighting here by finally seeing the elusive Black Rhino here, which was sleeping at a distance. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">It is actually the best place to spot this endangered animal. The sky remained overcast with a light drizzle now and then but sometimes, the sun came out gloriously albeit for a very short time.</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;">(</span>most of the info from NATURAL WORLD KENYA SAFARIS , from andBeyond website )</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; text-align: justify;">Our night halt for that day was at Marera Mt View Lodge, our only resort-type stay in this trip. We had also stopped here after our whole day safari at Tarangire. We had kept aside 2 hours for local shopping on our way to Arusha airport (flight was at 4 pm) and set off early. It had been raining very heavily here and a part of the road was extremely difficult to maneuver. We somehow managed to reach our lodge <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> but after a night of torrential rains, we were wondering how we would get out the next morning.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 7</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (17.11.23) - </span></span></b><b><span style="text-align: justify;">Marera Mountain View Lodge, Karatu</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> >Arusha>Zanzibar Stone Town</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">My apprehensions came true when our car got royally stuck in the slushy red soil. <span style="background-color: transparent;">After 1.5 hours of hard work, when there wasn't much headway, a tractor had to be called to rescue us. The whole operation took about 2 hours and we had to dash straight to the airport. On reaching Arusha, we were told that our flight was delayed by 2 hours. As we waited in a semi open "lounge" we saw this unbelievable sight of a plane being pushed and pulled across the runway by humans. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">We were also told that this airport closes at 6 and so, if our aircraft didn't land by 6 pm, we'd be taken to Kilimanjaro airport by a bus to catch our next flight. So when we finally saw Air Tanzania land (from Zanzibar), it was a huge relief.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">All our camps in Tanzania were unfenced and in the middle of wilderness, adding excitement to our trip. How often does one go to sleep listening to the calls of lions and hyenas and wake up to the chirping of birds? Our unanimous favourite was Burunge Tented Camp where we sadly spent the least number of hours due to the 2 hr 40 min flight delay from Dar es Salaam that made us reach the camp at dinner time. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After our wildlife safaris, we wanted to spend 2 N at Zanzibar to have a different kind of experience. Our flight was flying via Zanzibar anyways and so we decided to make the best use of that opportunity. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We had booked a house inside Stone Town that was unbelievably cheap @$23/day. Airport transfer was $15 one way. Stone Town reminded me of north Calcutta with its history, old houses, narrow lanes and bylanes. When we arrived in the evening, it was raining heavily. Our pick up van stopped near our Airbnb as the roads were too narrow for a car to pass through. We had to lug our suitcases in the rain through the flooded streets for a short distance up to our house. The water was surprisingly clean - probably because the roads were kind of cobbled and there was no trace of mud or slush anywhere. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">This primitive way of reaching our destination majorly upset a few but none of us knew it would be like this. And no one anticipated the rains. I had a slight inkling of this 'walk' when our host had informed us that we would be "met" at a designated spot by the her caretaker and "guided" to our Airbnb. </div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">"This island’s spice heritage harks back more than 4 centuries ago when Portuguese traders established a base on Zanzibar as part of their plan to control East Africa. But, although it was the Portuguese who imported various plants from their colonies in South America and India, it was the Omani Arabs, who cultivated the plantations and turned Zanzibar into a spice-producing mecca.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Sultan Seyyid Said, the first Omani sultan to govern Zanzibar island, <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>issued a decree to other landowners that for each coconut tree on their farms, 2 clove trees must be planted. Soon Zanzibar had become a major producer of spices. And with the demise of the slave trade in the late 19th century, spices became Zanzibar’s main source of income.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">As a gateway to the region, these barely-touched shores (of Zanzibar) brought together migrants, traders, conquerors and also victims of slave trades. Africans, Arabs, Indians, Persians, Portuguese, Dutch, and English met and mingled here and left behind a hybrid civilization, with Islam at its core and Kiswahili as its tongue." </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">(African Overland Tours website)</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Stone Town was thought to be established by the Arab slave and spice traders in the early 19th century. The word "Zanzibar" is believed to have come from the first Arab traders who mentioned the coast of the black people – from Arabic zanjibār, which in turn is from Persian zangbâr, a compound of Zang (black) + bâr (coast). Even the name has such a zing!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">"Stone Town is a melting pot of cultures and one of the last remaining ancient towns in Africa. It offers a rare cultural and historical insight into a former era of trade and exploration. It is the historic centre of Zanzibar City, the capital of the Zanzibar archipelago. As a primary trading post on the spice, silk and slave trade routes for over a millennium, Stone Town has been a unique meeting place, blending African, Indian, Arabian and European cultures.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">It’s beauty, and historical value has earned it a well-deserved place on the UNESCO world heritage list in 2000. Not only is this city visually beautiful, with old colonial buildings and exquisitely carved Zanzibari <b>doorways</b>, but your senses will be overwhelmed with the scent of the sea and spice and the calls to prayer echoing from the minarets." (Brilliant Africa website)</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Stone Town is the name given to the old part of the city and <b>is not really a town</b>. In Kiswahili, it is called Mji Mkongwe or Old Town. The newer portion of the city is known as Ng'ambo, Swahili for 'the other side'. <b>The name Stone Town comes from the ubiquitous use of red coral stone as the main construction material - giving the town its characteristic, warm colour. </b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, coralline stone is quite brittle, and the walls started eroding soon and needed regular maintenance. Despite the establishment of a Conservation Authority, about 80% of the buildings are in a deteriorating condition. Some major restoration projects, especially on the seafront, have been done in recent times by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Old Dispensary building is a perfect example of restoration work to understand how magnificent some of these buildings once were.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Stone Town started out as a fishing village in the 11th century and was a much smaller town then. The Portugese who came in the 16th century were so unpopular that the locals invited the Sultanate of Oman to help get rid of them. The Sultan decided to move his seat to Zanzibar in the early 19th century and Stone Town entered a period of rapid development. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar split in 1861 due to a succession war, but that didn’t deter <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>the city’s economic growth from spice and slave trade. It attracted many Omanis, other Arabs, and Indian traders to settle here. It became a British Protectorate in 1890, but the Sultante still had some power over the island. In 1964, the Zanzibar Revolution removed the government and combined with mainland Tanganyika to form Tanzania. (from laughtraveleat site)</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Tidbit: The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between UK and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27th August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38-45 mins, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history. The reason the exact duration is not known is because the Clock Tower was a casualty in the bombing. The House of Wonders is the only surviving witness to this war.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">(<a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Shortest-War-in-History/?fbclid=IwAR1DaDH42_0ul6Z_1qDNZvSW5VQMFwr9CnRVKO5HpN2Ed4aDW-4vD7RCq7U" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.historic-uk.com/.../The-Shortest-War-in-History/</a>)</div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 7</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (17.11.23) - </span></span></b><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Marera Mountain View Lodge, Karatu</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> >Arusha>Zanzibar Stone Town</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We had only one full day in Zanzibar and so we restricted our explorations to the historic Stone Town and the peaceful Paje Beach. We also made a quick stop, between the walking tour of the old city and the beach, at Jozani Forest, to see the red colobus monkeys which are only found here. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Stone Town in Zanzibar looks like a place that time forgot. As you walk through the labyrinthine streets, many of which are too narrow for even one car to pass, what you cannot miss are the eye-catching teak and mahogany doors. Most of these doors can be found in Stone Town and some date back to the late 17th century. They also identify the house owner's origin, social status, and religious belief.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">These doors are historical artefacts which document the turbulent past of the <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>tiny port town of Zanzibar - a key player in the old world trade route. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to gain control of Zanzibar in 1498. In 1698, Zanzibar fell under the control of the Sultanate of Oman. Stone Town was also the main trading port for the East African slave trade, dealing with around 50,000 slaves a year.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Indian merchant immigration to Zanzibar began via Oman in the 17th century. By the early 19th century, Kutchi-speaking Indian merchants, from both Hindu (Bhatia, Lohana) and Muslim communities (Khoja, Bohra, Memon) were privileged collaborators of the Omani sultans. They lived in Stone Town, today a UNESCO World Heritage site. The intricately carved heavy wooden doors of most Stone Town homes were built in Kutch.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Imported teak or ebony was often used for the older doors, as these are strong as well as fine enough to enable fine carving. Recent ones use jackfruit or mango tree wood. The oldest and simplest of these giant wooden doors have Swahili designs, which can be identified by their carvings of twisting vines, flowers or other emblems.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Indian-style of door is called a Gujarati door. These can be recognised by their small, square shutters embedded in the door. Brass studs indicate a throwback Indian design - used to stop war elephants from battering down the fort/palace doors.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Arabic doors have the most details. They can easily be identified by the intricate carvings along the door frame, often with Arabic script in the lintel. A detailed sequence of carvings depicting fruits, flowers, vines and animals is often seen above the door frame. However what is most interesting is, most of these doors were manufactured in Kutch! The grills too.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">There are theories about the symbolic meanings behind the common carvings on the door frames. Common motifs are: fish (fertility), lotus and the rosette (reproductive power), water (life), palm tree (plenty), and frankincense (wealth).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">(All info from Sticky Mango Rice, African Horizons, Orange Wayfarer and <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Foapen.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3CG510aF4jh8C8ULdeWjLQorVvGAyRTv9zPIlrTHFOVaVIB1QLcqCmzoM&h=AT2UsdwCudLAmaqgOJ50gZfcDY2hsHuaS1U_PM906H7RS1NQ5xzOwOy3O0ysKEF8OWK8_EwXt-NGKo4WcKCNnNDrmN2Rqw0vRcB-p76JKzVs8z8i3wcQ9tlaSp9Q-pGOKg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2wrqtKkhh-_mGqZA_IZVfvXw0pXwYcXneWgQVBYh2R3yM0SiRPIgjyLB6AG9ZTLiAYLm653Nvmpvy2-dErs44rSt6O4tQ7jS1P5ccr97OQX7HyMuY4lD6Ag--AunT8amckuQAmtiuh7Ljjg3IXCDDi2TvvLRe-BJclwMkQbf_HtYRxjYx9eg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">oapen.org</a> websites)</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After a walking tour of Stone Town, we went to Jozani Forest, the only national biosphere reserve in Zanzibar. It is located near Chwaka Bay towards the southern part of Zanzibar.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">This small park (about 50 sq km) is made up of mangrove forest, tropical forest, coral rug forest, salt marshes and evergreen bushland. This is the only place in the world where you can see the endangered Kirk's Red Colobus Monkeys.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>Initially, Jozani Forest was founded as a forest reserve in the early 1960s where most travelers came to hunt for Zanzibar leopards. In 1984 this was turned into a national park to protect its precious wildlife. The Zanzibar leopard, for example, is already believed to be extinct because it was last spotted in 2003. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="text-align: justify;">However, this mangrove forest was somewhat underwhelming and a disappointment for people like us who have been to the Sundarbans. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After that, it was a quick trip to the very calm Paje Beach in the south. We couldn't possibly leave Zanzibar without experiencing its beaches, albeit for a very short time. It was low tide time when we reached there and the lagoon had literally emptied itself, and the sea was far far away. But by the time we finished lunch, the water had come quite close. Some of us went to paddle in the warm waters. Some also bought some stuff from the "Maasai" beach boys. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The high tide time was hours away and we didn't have time to stay on. We also had gift shopping to do as our 2-hour "stuck-in-the-mud experience" on our way to Arusha airport didn't allow us to. Most shops in Stone Town close around 7pm. However, we did visit the iconic "Rock" for photo ops. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The USP of this restaurant apart from its very interesting location is - you need to take a boat to enter it during high tide! Booking ahead is advised. When we went there, you could walk up to it because it was still low tide. The most interesting sight for me was the sight of some young boys playing football on the beach in their tribal attires.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Came across this lovely poem on this magical island. Thought of sharing a part of it.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">"...Have you inhaled the scent of Africa</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">And allowed it to allow?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Colobus monkeys in the treetops</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Narrow lanes in the bazaar</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Dull white walls adorn stone buildings</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">And the rupee is by far</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The favorite tenure of the Island</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Since the days when slaves were sold</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">By Arab camel caravaners</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Who traded coin for young black gold.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">East and west collide in concert</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Africa and Asia blend</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">The Sultan's mix of race and spice</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">In Zanzibar, beyond lands end."</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Marshal Gebbie</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">3rd June 2008</div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">We finished our shopping at the local shops in the quaint alleys of Zanzibar. I was delighted with my purchases of an antique mask and bright wall hanging. Remember we flew here with only hand luggage and didn't have space for too many extras.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;"><span><span style="color: #050505;">Day 8</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> (18.11.23) - </span></span></b><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Zanzibar Stone Town>Ferry>Dar Es Salaam>Mumbai>CCU</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">I left next morning at 5.30am as I had a direct flight connection home <b>but the rest </b>had to take the 12.30pm ferry to reach Dar es Salaam in order to hop on to their afternoon Mumbai flight. And then fly back home to Calcutta. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tanzania tidbits</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Tarangire was a good first stop to start our Tanzanian adventure. It gave us an introduction to a different kind of landscape before we descended on the endless plains of Serengeti. Kimkim webite says: "Tarangire National Park is one of the lesser-known game reserves in Tanzania, rivaling the Serengeti in its diversity of wildlife. The park is also known as an exceptional birding destination. Your chances of seeing more wildlife is increased in the dry <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>season, when the Tarangire River is the only source of water in the area. The landscape is of particular interest too, due to the high number of scenic baobab trees." We visited in November, the beginning of the wet season (small rains).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Our second stop was Serengeti National Park. Its name is supposedly derived from the word 'seringit' in the Maasai language Maa (meaning endless plains) and stretches over 14,763 km². Compare this to Masai Mara whose area is 1,510 km². The park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981. We had an exceptional run of luck here, both with respect to weather and sightings. To make the most of our short stay and cover the maximum area, we moved from the south to north and back again to the south - moving from one camp to the other. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">After 3 nights in Serengeti, we went for a game drive in the wildlife haven inside the 2.5 million+ old caldera of Ngorongoro (believed to be termed by the Maasai people to describe the 'ngor ngor' sound of the bell that hangs around the neck of the lead cow in a herd). Visually, this crater area is one of the most spectacular places I have seen. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">There were a few hiccups in the tour as our group of 6 was an "assembled" one and not entirely made up of friends or acquaintances. However, the interesting thing is, once the trip is over, your memory has an amazing mechanism of erasing all the unpleasant parts and retaining only the pleasant ones. It will actually be quite a difficult task for me to even recall the potholes when my mind is overflowing with the abundance of African splendour. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Like in the popular Bollywood song, I am likely to respond with "What Locha??"</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #800180; line-height: 15.3333px;">Few Swahili words</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><o:p style="color: black; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Karibu Tanzania! </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">This means welcome to Tanzania and is one of the very first Swahili phrases you will hear upon arrival in Tanzania.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">But how do you reply? Habari / Jumbo – </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Hello</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Asante – </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Thank You</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Asante Sana - </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Thank you (very much)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Twende – </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">ok. this will be very useful term during safari. When u are done with the photo, tell the driver Twende. Then he will start the car for next destination.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">In Kenya they say Sawa. Sawa Sawa ok ok …</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Lala salama – </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 15.3333px;">Good sleep. They are very courteous. So try to tell them Lala Salama</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 15.3333px;"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Gari is car !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Let’s go ! </span><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;"> Twende! We used to say this after we are done with the pix during safari.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Lion </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Simba</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span><o:p></o:p></p><o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Wart Hog </span></b><span lang="MS" style="background: rgb(243, 243, 243); color: #5c5c5c;">Pumba<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">Giraffe Twige </span></p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></span></o:p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-2401168903003975892023-05-19T13:49:00.306+05:302023-12-01T14:46:07.037+05:30Tantalizing Tunisia in October 2023<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b> Tantalizing Tunisia</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">18.10.2023 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> -19.10.2023</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><br /></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CCU > Delhi (2000 hrs) >Jeddah (2300) - flight time 5.30 hrs</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> 19.10.2023</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jeddah (0730) >Tunis (1030) > Testour > Dougga
> Bulla Regia > El Kef -</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- flight time 5 hrs</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">overnight
in El Kef</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">20.10.2023</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">El Kef > Maktaris> Kairouan </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in Kairouan</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">21.10.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kairouan<span style="text-align: start;"> > Sbeitla or Sufetula > Tozeur</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> 22.10.2023</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tozeur > Nefta></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Chott El Gharsa > </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mos Espa> Ong Jmal > </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Chebika Oasis > </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mides</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> > </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tamerza </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">> Chott Djerid > Sabria </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></p>
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Mustapha </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of Djerba</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Day 7</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">25.10.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Djerba > El Jem > El Jem Museum>Mahdia> Sousse </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(208, 224, 227); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">overnight
in Sousse</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Day 8</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">26.10.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sousse > Sousse Medina>Ribat fortress >
Monastir > Sidi Bou Said </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(208, 224, 227); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">overnigh</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">t </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(208, 224, 227); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">in </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #cfe2f3; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Sidi Bou Said</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; text-align: start;"><b>BEL APPART A SIDI BOU SAID</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/4hGAT3Ba4LhSPvXQA" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://goo.gl/maps/4hGAT3Ba4LhSPvXQA</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: rgba(105, 145, 214, 0.08); text-align: start;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Day 9</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">27.10.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sidi Bou Said > Carthage >
Sidi Bou Said</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(208, 224, 227); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">overnight
in </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sidi Bou Said</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Day 10</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> 28.10.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tunis hotel > Avenue Habib Bourguiba> Medina of
Tunis > </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Tunis hotel</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">overnight
in Tunis </span></b></p><a aria-label="Address: 32 Avenue de La Gare, 1000 Tunis, Tunisia
TN" class="W7Nbnf" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32%20Avenue%20de%20La%20Gare%2C%201000%20Tunis%2C%20Tunisia%2C%20TN&hl=en_GB&authuser=0" jslog="24352; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: rgba(105, 145, 214, 0.08); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none;" target="_blank">32 Avenue de La Gare, 1000 Tunis, Tunisia<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/MQAHUYhUbztZygGk6"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: x-small;">https://goo.gl/maps/MQAHUYhUbztZygGk6</span></a><br /></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 11</span></b><b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tunis (11 40) > Jeddah (18 00) : Jeddah (0105) > Delhi (08 45) <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Delhi</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (515)></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CCU (730) </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Airport/Plane</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(207, 226, 243); color: #984806; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Spice jet flight was deferred 4 times !</span></b></p>
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</tbody></table><div class="Section1"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDuDU4hAMj2Sy-ZRbSlvRf1XlpeBdtkYuR-GEkI0Eddf2s9AAlABL3a-jowBWxD-Aey13QaE-t5ayqY7wVDAylZrFsIB3fnx-FsYtNWgNXYPfP3bg1IONpo6h4MltdH0WzWzqyFqBdl7AKTNiAnxhRrOMwsRgKX-sW584UfRh05ivD1VkMBEwVBn3rA/s400/Tunisia.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="277" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDuDU4hAMj2Sy-ZRbSlvRf1XlpeBdtkYuR-GEkI0Eddf2s9AAlABL3a-jowBWxD-Aey13QaE-t5ayqY7wVDAylZrFsIB3fnx-FsYtNWgNXYPfP3bg1IONpo6h4MltdH0WzWzqyFqBdl7AKTNiAnxhRrOMwsRgKX-sW584UfRh05ivD1VkMBEwVBn3rA/w444-h640/Tunisia.JPG" width="444" /></a></div> (<b><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-small;">source : http://postcardofnations.blogspot.com/2010/10/tunisia-map.html</span>)</b><br /><b style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #04ff00; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span>-1</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(17.10.20 - Tuesday) CCU>Delhi (T-1)</span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">I went to the airport directly from office. The traffic was minimal. It is the 3rd day (<b>Tritiya</b>) of Durga Puja. Thanks to Massart, I have been able to see all the famous Pujas of Kolkata from 13.10-15.10.23. We have taken car from our trusted person Dipankar (@</span></span></span></span></span>Ertiga 3500, Scorpio 3500, Dezire 2500 , <span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Winger 4800). We hired Tata Winger.</span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">We (Mohua came directly from her office) took Indigo at 1935 hrs from CCU and reached Delhi at 2155 hrs. The fare is quite high @ Rs 7750 per head. The price has significantly gone up after covid. Just outside Terminal 1, is Airport Express metro. We paid Rs 60 to reach Hauz Khas and then took same metro (we did not get down) which took us to Greater Kailash (we paid the extra fare at the exit counter of GK Metro for Hauz Khas to GK) - this is the purple line which goes upto Botanical garden, because at the airport we could not buy ticket upto GK.</span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">From GK metro, we paid around Rs 30 to reach K block of CR Park, where Jaideep stays. Before reaching his house, I managed to see the Co-operative ground Durga Puja of CR Park. We slept at his house.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #04ff00; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">0</span><span style="font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(18.10.20 - Wednesday) : Delhi (T-1) : 20 00 hrs > Jeddah : 2300 (flight time 5.30 hrs)</span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span>In the morning, I went to Kalibari of CR Park and after lunch we left for T-3 of Delhi airport by Uber. The uber in Delhi seems to be cheaper. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">We paid Rs 265 only. In the airport we met our other friends.</span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">We took Saudi Arabian Air. It is full of pilgrims to Mecca for Umrah. Umrah is a pilgrimage to Mecca that can be undertaken at any time of the year, unlike Hajj. The toilet was really stretched. Most of the small TVs behind the seats were not working. It seemed to me, many of them are travelling by air for the first time. The food is good.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Please note Tunisia is no longer visa on arrival for Indians </span></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">(or e-visa not possible)</span><o:p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">. You need to apply to the Tunisian embassy in (in A9/A6 Vasant Vihar,Delhi). Since part of the tour is organized by Tunisian Travel agent [ Depart Travel Services (</span></o:p><a aria-describedby="ttid-c256" aria-label="Phone: (+216) 25 09 95 89" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+21625099589" jsaction="pointerenter:EX0mI; pointerleave:vpvbp; focus:h06R8; blur:zjh6rb; mlnRJb:fLiPzd;" jscontroller="LxQ0Q" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #f0f4f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Google Sans Text"; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">+216 25 09 95 89</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">) - owned by Aymen - first 8 days] and last 3 days were organized by me, they were confused and asking for the Hotel vouchers booked by Depart Travel services. Even if the itinerary was stamped by Tunisian Tourism Commissioner, they would not accept it. Later after communicating with them for 15 days, with some sleepless nights, finally email receipt from all the hotels in Tunisia solved the problem and we finally got the visa. It is not a sticker ! But a rubber stamped visa ! The visa fees were Rs 6300 and Travel agent charged Rs 3500 per head for the service ! I had never so much problem for visa (that too after visiting 31 countries). We had already paid 30% of our non refundable Tour cost.</span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">In Delhi airport they asked for stamped (by Tourism Authority and Depart Travel Services) itinerary of Depart Travel Services !</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Section1"><br /></div><div class="Section1"><br /></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span>1</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(19.10.20 - Thursday) : Jeddah : 0730 hrs > Tunis : 1030 (flight time 5 hrs)</b></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="background-color: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">In the Jeddah airport we met a Bangladeshi. He keeps the airport clean. He gets a salary of Rs 40,000 per month. He graciously gave a bottle of water. There is no free water in Jeddah airport. There were some Sri Lankans too who were working in the airport. The plane left little late at 730 hrs, which partly derailed the plan for the day - which was tight in any case.</span></b></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="Section1"><br /></div><div class="Section1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>1.1<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(19.10.20) Tunis & proceed to Dougga,<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Bulla<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>Regia,El<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>Kef
-</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-highlight: yellow;">overnight in El Kef</span></span></b></div><div class="Section1">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>We (8 people) a</i></b>rrived<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Tunis
airport at 10.30 am (1 hour behind schedule) and met the guide Houssem and left with the car to Dougga. </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But if you travelling solo, then you refer to note by a blogger :</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><i>How to get from Tunis Airport to the City Centre ?</i></span></p><div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Downtown Tunis is approximately 7 kilometres from Tunis-Carthage International Airport and is connected to the city centre by public transport. Usually, when arriving in a new country we will do everything possible to avoid the airport taxi bandits, but metered taxis in Tunisia are so cheap you can opt one for It.</i></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">The main reason is Petrol price is only 2.2 Dinar or Rs 57/- , which is 50% of India. We paid 10 Dinars (on the date of leaving tunis on 29.10.23) each. We took 2 Taxis. So we paid 20 Dinar in total. The metre showed 7.1 Dinar or Rs 180 approx . The rest we paid as tips for our luggage. (Our Travel agent was charging 35 Euro (or 110 Dinar for one Van accommodating 8 people. We did not opt for it)</span></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>To avoid being ripped off too much we did what we do at most airports and headed to the departures drop off area to grab a taxi returning to the city. Everyone else had the same idea and the few taxis that did come by were swiftly nabbed by locals so we decided to walk to the main road outside the airport and try and get one there. </i></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The fare was 7 dinar (1 Dinar = INR 26.5) including luggage which was more expensive than the bus which costs around 1 dinar, but was worth it. Please n</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ote that if you take a taxi after 9 pm there is a 50% surcharge.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>If you opt for public transport, bus #35 leaves the airport every 30-40 minutes and terminates at Tunis Marine train station on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the city centre. If you are staying in the Medina, your accommodation will be between 1½ and 2½ kilometres from there (another reason we chose to take a taxi from the airport).</i></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>There are public transportation options - bus, tram, metro all around Tunis and the metro runs overground connecting most of the city. The fare is about 0.6 dinars a ride, but with taxis being as cheap as they are, I hardly bothered with the tram service. </i></span></span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><i>In case you are wondering, unfortunately, Uber is not available in Tunisia, but you can use OTO app.</i></b></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Getting around in Tunisia is relatively easy. You can either take the bus or a <b>louage</b>, or the train. I wouldn’t advise on taking the train as it’s unreliable and doesn’t go faster than the bus. There are several bus companies you can choose from, it’s usually around the same price, and they don’t often offer the same routes, so it’s not hard to pick one. They all leave from the city bus station. <br /><br />Louages are minivans, it costs a bit more than buses, but they go faster. In each city, you’ll find a louage station, they leave when full. For remote destinations, go there early, later you will wait forever for it to be full. Drivers usually don’t scam you, and often, you buy the ticket directly at the station.<br /><br />Be careful, in more remote destinations, transportation usually stops around 5 pm. Always check beforehand, and don’t listen to people saying that there’s always louages running, it’s only true for the main axis. Roads are usually in a good state.</i></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="Section1"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Understand Tunisia</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Carthage was a settlement in what is now known as modern
Tunisia, that later became a city-state and then an empire. It was founded by the
Phoenicians in the 9th century BC.</i> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Phoenicians
were a people from the eastern Mediterranean who were mainly traders from the
cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos</i> (all 3 part of Lebanon). They established
many trading ports or trading colonies around the Mediterranean Sea, including colonies in
Spain. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>In the year 814 BC, they founded the city of Carthage on the North
African coast in what is now Tunisia. After the <b>fall of Phoenicia to</b> the
<b>Babylonians. </b>Babylonia was an ancient
Akkadian-speaking state based in the city of Babylon in central-southern
Mesopotamia ( where world’s earliest civilization developed ) – <b>which is in
Iraq</b>. During the reign of Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia was called
"the country of Akkad. Carthage became the most
powerful Phoenician city in the Mediterranean and the Carthaginians annexed
many of the other Phoenician colonies around the coasts of the western
Mediterranean, such as Hadrumetum and Thapsus (both in Tunisia). </i><i>They also
annexed territory in Sicily, Africa, Sardinia. </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Hannibal is considered one the greatest generals ever, alongside Alexander, Julius Caesar. Carthage was a serious threat to Rome and defeated them in the 1st Punic war. Hannibal was in Italy for 14 years. He was almost undefeated. Only in the later part of his life he was defeated by Romans</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-indent: 1.66667px;"><i><b>Carthage reached its height in the 4th century BC as one of the largest metropolises in the world and the centre of the Carthaginian Empire, a major power in the ancient world that dominated the western Mediterranean.</b> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Spanish city of Cartagena (near Alicante) was founded around 227 BC by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair (<span style="color: #202122;">Hasdrubal was brother-in-law of Hannibal Barca) after the death of Hamilcar (father of Hannibal).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-indent: 1.25pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Following the Punic (Phoenicians were called Punics) wars, Carthage was destroyed by the
Romans in 146 BC, who later under Julius Caesar built the city lavishly.</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Religion : 98% Arabs,1% Berbers, 1% Jews</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Area Total - 163,610 km2 , </i>which is somewhat <b>double the size of West Bengal</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Population - 11.7 million <b>or 1.17 crore</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">GDP (nominal) $49.815 billion and nominal GDP <b>per capita $4,071, </b></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">GDP PPP per capita $12,300</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(vis a vis India : GDP (</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">nominal) </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of India $3.737 trillion, </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Indian nominal GDP per capita is $2,601 , </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">GDP PPP Per capita $9,073.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tunisians are not Arabs, they are a mix of Berber peoples, <b>that should probably be more classified as Mediterranean than Arab.</b> Second, Tunisia is the only standing democracy in the entire region, and <b>were responsible for the Arab Spring, a huge movement in 2011 that spurred pro-democratic movements throughout the Middle East,</b> which is likely the reason ISIS attacked Tunis in the first place.It’s extremely sad to see these attacks in the headlines, because it will undoubtedly decimate Tunisia’s already struggling tourism industry that’s been hit hard by the Arab Spring. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>With ISIS looming large in Syria/Iraq, and the conflicts ongoing in Libya, most people wouldn’t even think about visiting this region. Not at any point did I feel threatened or out of place. For what it’s worth, similar terrorist attacks happened in Paris at the Charlie Hebdo museum a few months back. Does that change your views about visiting Paris? Probably not right?</i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tunis was a pleasant surprise. It was much nicer than I anticipated. It’s also the most European of all the Middle Eastern capitals I’ve visited. Having been a French colony, the architectural influences are clear as most buildings outside of the small medina (old city) have buildings that look more akin to Paris, than somewhere like Marrakech.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span>Avenue Habib Bourguiba, probably Tunis’ most impressive street, was modeled after the Champs Elysses of Paris. Tunis reminded me more of Istanbul</span><span>, and is perhaps even more European in its architecture. There isn’t much to do in Tunis itself. A day is probably enough to see most of the sights in Tunis city center.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I met a Libyan soccer player staying at my hotel who was in Tunis to get his visas sorted out as the country of Libya had descended into chaos. He gave me a completely new perspective on things....</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He said Libya used to be the wealthiest nation in Africa (fact) and that his country enjoyed liberties only matched by those of the Scandinavian countries including free healthcare, free schooling, a $ 5000 cash payment for having a child, free land and resources for those that wanted to start farming, etc.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Now he didn’t call Gaddafi a saint but he said many more people liked him than the media would have you believe...Rebels that fought Gaddafi were largely led by former Al Qaeda members and the young people that fought were brainwashed into thinking democracy would be a quick implementation. Queue all the conspiracy theories about the West’s intervention, oil, gold currencies, Iraq etc. and I’m sure I could write thousands of words about this.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>After the war, a lot of people fled Libya and came to Tunisia where their wealth has driven up costs of living for the local Tunisians. He stressed that no one wanted to leave Libya. Their lives were good and people were happy. The left out of necessity and most people that stayed did because they could not afford to leave</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Language</b></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tunisians generally speak Tunisian-Arabic as their first language, French as their second language, and English is their third language. French and Arabic are the official languages of Tunisia. Most people in the cities speak French.A little French will go a long way and I found my basic language skills very useful. Tunisians will expect you to speak to them in French rather than Arabic.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><b>English is scarcely spoken and while the younger generation have a better grasp of the language, </b>I would advise picking up a few French phrases or at least downloading Google Translate! Although these days English is increasingly popular, especially with younger generations. There is also a local Tunisian dialect, and the Berber population have their own language (Berber).</i></span></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #415161; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--content-spacing); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: 0px; max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: justify; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><b style="color: #ff00fe; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Cost of living</span></b></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tunisia is a pretty cheap country. </i>A meal costs between 3 to 5 dollars, <i>you won’t pay more than 15 dollars for a long-distance bus ride</i>, and you can find a bed in a guest house for as low as 15 dollars per person depending on where you are. Sights and activities are also usually cheap. <i>Tunisia is probably the only country in the world where you can visit UNESCO world heritage sites for 3 USD </i>for foreigners<i>.</i> In El Jem we paid 12 Dinar (ie 4 Euro) and generally it is 8 Dinar (or Rs 200 approx or little less than 3 USD) for other places like Dougga.</span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><br /></span><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2d594116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="2d594116" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-bottom: 20px; order: var(--order); position: relative; text-align: justify; width: 782.938px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background 0.3s,border 0.3s,border-radius 0.3s,box-shadow 0.3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,0.4s);"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">SIM Cards</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <i>are super easy and cheap. The two cell phone providers I recommend in Tunisia are Ooredoo and Orange </i>(our travel agent gave us </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ooredoo</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">)</span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">. Sim cards are a pay as you go in Tunisia. I would recommend going for the 5GB for around 15 dinars if you are staying for a week. All their data options are valid for 30 days.</i></p></div></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5de53e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="5de53e8a" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-bottom: 20px; order: var(--order); position: relative; text-align: justify; width: 782.938px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background 0.3s,border 0.3s,border-radius 0.3s,box-shadow 0.3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,0.4s);"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Plugs:</span><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"> </span><i>In Tunisia, the power plugs are type C and E, the standard voltage is 230 V, and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.</i> </span><b style="font-style: inherit;">I recommend taking with you a <a href="https://amzn.to/41xdXbT" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;">universal adapter</a>.</b></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 2.85pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><b>Currency, Money exchanges and ATMs</b></span></span></span></p><h4 class="has-text-align-left wp-block-heading" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tunisia’s currency is the Tunisian dinar. You are unable to exchange the dinar outside of Tunisia. You will need to exchange your cash when you arrive at an airport in Tunisia or with your hotel. Most places do not accept credit cards. Make sure you have enough cash at hand at all times. The currency is the Tunisian dinar which is divided into 1000 millimes. It illegal to bring dinar into the country. The exchange booths at the airport didn’t offer rip-off rates like they do in many countries.</i> I’d recommend having most of your cash <b>in Euros</b>. US dollars are not the default currency, we found out. Rather it is Euro. Please take Euro preferably and not Dollar. <b>When you change currency take the receipt. Without receipt they wont allow you to change Dinar to Euro on the date of leaving Tunisia at airport. Thankfully my wife had the receipt.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>How much should I tip in Tunisia?</b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tipping does not work the same way in Tunisia as the U.S. When you tip someone it is not based on a percentage of the final bill. A waiter at coffee shop 1-2 dinars. For taxi drivers, I would tip between one to two dinars if they help me with any luggage.</i></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This tour from Tunis to Dougga, Bulla Regia, and Le Kef is the perfect way to experience the wonders of Tunisia's ancient past.</span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="background-color: #01ffff;">Dougga</u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="Section1" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">First, we headed to Dougga (111 Km from Tunis), a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the best-preserved Roman cities in North Africa. Dougga is an ancient Punic/ Roman /Berber settlement that sits atop a hill overlooking a valley of olive groves. </span><b style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">We opted for guided tour</b><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">, by our Tour Company Depart Travel services, but a solo traveller can go by Louage option and riding it out with the locals!</span></span></div><div class="Section1"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>There are only 3 ways to get here : Private Taxi, Guided Tour and Public Mini van (Louage). The private options are pricey as Dougga is almost 2 hours outside of Tunis. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">There are a few Louage stations in Tunis, located on different sides of the city depending on which direction your destination is. Dougga is to the west, so my louage left from Bab Saadoun. The louage stations can be a bit overwhelming at first as you’ll be bombarded with people yelling “Hammamet”, “Bizerte”, “Sousse! Sousse!”, all trying to figure out where you want to go. You have to tell someone “je veux aller au Dougga” or “I want to go to Dougga”, and they will immediately directed you to a van where like public taxis everywhere else in the world, wouldn’t leave until it was full. It can even take 50 minutes when it is full and ready to go. The louage is not the most comfortable of vans, but they are in much better shape than similar vans in other countries. You can have some interesting conversations with some of the locals on the ride and the Tunisian countryside is so beautiful.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The louage takes 2 hours to reach Dougga but does not take you to the ruins themselves. So you have to hire a Taxi. Entrance fees are 8 dinars.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">To save time we had Pizza in our car from Papa Johns in a Petrol pump. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Enroute we had a quick stop in </span><b style="font-family: times;">Testour</b><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Andalusian city</b><span style="font-family: times;"> par excellence to admire its architecture and visit the unique mosque, as it is on our way to Dougga; but we spent only 10 minutes (because our plane was late) - ideally it should have been 30 minutes. There was no time to taste the famous cheese of Testour. Moreover we did not have dinar. <b>Fr</b></span><b style="font-family: times;">om all parts of the country, Tunisians, visit the city of Testour, to buy the distinctive cheese of the Testour.</b></span></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="Section1"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our next destination is Dougga. <i>Visiting Dougga should be high on your list as it is some of the</i> most<i> stunning Roman ruins I’ve seen in my travels and best of all, there are VERY FEW visitors unlike the mass hordes of tourists in Italy.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">You'll have the opportunity to explore its stunning ruins, including the well-preserved</span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">Capitol and Theater, the Temple of Saturn, and the Punic-Libyan Mausoleum, Baths (including Termas de Caracalla). </span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;">However due to lack of knowledge of our guide, we could not find/see </span></b></span><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Punic-Libyan Mausoleum, Baths (including Termas de Caracalla).</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div class="Section1" style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="Section1" style="color: black; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best thing about it? The only people you will probably see is a group of Tunisian tourists and few foreign tourists . You will probably have the entire place to yourself. But nevertheless, these ruins were </span>more or less<span style="font-weight: 400;"> on par with the ruins, I saw at </span><a href="https://johnnyafrica.com/2014/04/30/turkey-trip-2014-part-3-ephesus-pammukale/" style="font-weight: 400;">Ephesus in Turkey</a></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><i>.</i> I would rate Ephesus slightly higher. </span></span><b style="font-weight: 400; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Dougga</span></b> is an UNESCO heritage site, unlike Bulla Regia. Bulla Regia is not on UNESCO heritage list as on date.</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="Section1" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;">We had to rush in order to be able to visit all those sites. </span><b>Since we started the day late, it is the only option left, if we were to cover all the places !</b></div></span></b></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">Bulla Regia</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After that, we had to backtrack to go to Bulla Regia, an ancient Roman city renowned for its <b>unique underground villas. When we reached Bulla Regia it was 1635 hours. </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Bulla Regia is not an UNESCO heritage site, unlike Dougga - I don't know why. </span></b>Here, you'll discover the secrets of these extraordinary villas, which were constructed underground to protect their inhabitants from the intense heat of the region, House of Fishing, House of Amphitrite. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;">However due to lack of knowledge of our guide, we could not locate mosaic of nude venus at the house of Amphitrite, dolphins and underground villa. Later when I saw that in the youtube, it made me very upset. From the youtube I could see you have to walk around 200 metres from the entrance to see it.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Le Kef or Le Kef</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">When we reached El Kef or Le Kef, it is already dark. We went straight to the hotel - Hotel Les Pins . It was 6.30 pm when we reached our hotel. We went to a restaurant at 730 pm little up the hills. It is a hilly region. That is all we can make out.</span></span></div><div class="Section1"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> 2 </span>(20.10.2023):<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>Maktaris<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>Kairouan<span style="color: red;"> - </span></span></u></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">overnight in<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Kairouan</span></b></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We visited Le Kef or Elf Kef in the morning, a city with a rich history and impressive architecture. El Kef (or Le Kef, Arabic ) is a small city in northwest Tunisia. The city is built onto the southern face of the Jebel Dyr Mountain, which is part of the Teboursouk Mountains, the eastern end of the High Atlas Mountains. </span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="Section1"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Once in El Kef, you have two options to get around -- walking and by taxi. However, given the city's small size, walking should be the best option and the most convenient one.</i><br /><i>El Kef is a small but picturesque city, built up the mountain and absent of all tourists . You probably won’t need to be too long here, but it’s a good stop to stretch your legs as you wander the city’s kasbah (an ottoman-era fortress built in the 1600s) and medina for a great view of the surrounding valley.</i></span><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.8pt; margin-right: 64.4pt; margin-top: .05pt; margin: 0.05pt 64.4pt 0in 5.8pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>After breakfast at our hotel at 8 am, we h</span>eaded towards the <b>Kasbah or Fort</b>. <b>When we reached the small museum it was yet to to open. We then visited the Byzantine Kasbah</b>, a fortress that offers breathtaking panoramic views of the city and the surrounding landscape. </span><span style="font-family: times;"><b><u>We could not <span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>visit the Dar Hassine Allani
Palace, the Great Mosque. </u>Our guide does not know the location of </b></span><b style="font-family: times;">Dar Hassine Allani Palace. </b><span style="font-family: times;">This is a disturbed area - North West of Tunisia - very near Algeria. We were </span><span style="font-family: times;">apparently escorted by Police. The guide did not allow us to sit in the front, because it was not allowed as per rules.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="Section2"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;">We then left for <b>Maktaris</b> or Maktar archeological site. We reached there at 1040 hrs and spent almost 40-50 minutes there. The guide told us we can spend only 10 minutes there ! It is also an interesting Roman ruins with a huge gate. There is a small museum there which we also visited. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then our next destination is <b>Kairouan</b>. We had lunch at a restaurant in medina of Kairouan. <span style="text-align: left;">After lunch, we visited the old medina of Kairouan (UNESCO World Heritage and place for local pastry called “Les Makroudhs” in Medina).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then we visited the Grand Mosque. But it was closed since it was prayer time. This mosque was erected in 670, which corresponds to the year 50 AH, the Muslim calendar. It was built by the Arab conqueror Oqba Ibn Nafi. In <span style="text-align: left;">Kairouan’s Grand Mosque, only muslims can go inside, but non-muslims can enter the courtyard. It is the holiest mosque of North Africa and visiting here 7 times is equivalent to visiting Mecca once.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">In one of the cafes or rug/souvenir stores near the Great Mosque - they have a rooftop which you can visit . We went up, to have the wonderful panoramic view.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited the mausoleum of the barbarian <b>Zaouina Sidi Sahbi</b>. It reminded me of Andalusian architecture of Morocco and South Spain. It is really very nice. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The guide does not know the mausoleum of </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Bir Barrouta - where we were suppose to go.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited the Aghlabid basins. <span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>Basins of Aghlabids</b> (a network of pools that have provided locals drinking water since the medieval ages) . However it was closed when we reached there.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span>Then we were supposed to visit its unique carpet weaving workshops. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">This is the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Rug Capital</b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; text-align: justify;">(<b>Tapis Sabra</b>)</span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c00000; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> . But we ended up visiting a carpet shop. I bought a small carpet for 70 Dinar.</span></b></span></div></span></span></div><div class="Section2"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had Dinner in the hotel Continental Kairouan. It is a very good hotel with a very good spread.</div></span><p></p>
<h3 style="margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> 3 </span>(21.10.2023) :<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span> Sufetula<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> or </span></span></u></b><b><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Sbeitla or</span></u></b><b><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Tozeur
- </span></u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-highlight: yellow;">overnight in
Tozeur</span></b></span></h3></div><div class="Section3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.3pt; margin-left: 1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 5.85pt;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>After breakfast at your hotel at 7 am, we h</span>eaded towards <b>Sufetula or </b><b>Sbeitla </b> archeological site. This is another Roman City. I found it most impressive of all. I did not have much of prior knowledge of this place. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>One of North Africa's
best-preserved ancient Roman cities, Sufetula is awash with temples, monumental
arches and bath complexes that speak of an ancient civilisation that knew how
to live. Much is still unknown about this evocative site. Some of its Byzantine-era
basilicas have beautifully mosaic-covered baptistries still in situ. </i><i>Roman Sufetula, established at
the beginning of the 1st century AD on the site of a Numidian settlement, seems
to have followed an evolutionary path similar to that of other Roman towns in
the region, such as Dougga and Mactaris (Makthar).</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The surrounding countryside
proved ideal for olive growing (it still is), and Sufetula quickly waxed
wealthy, building its finest temples in the 2nd century, when the town – like
all of Roman Tunisia – was at the height of its prosperity. Fortuitously, its
olive groves ensured that Sufetula continued to prosper long after other Roman
towns slipped into decline, helping it to become an important Christian centre
in the 4th century. The Byzantines made Sufetula their regional capital,
transforming it into a military stronghold from where they could tackle the
area’s rebellious local tribes.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i> </i></o:p><i>The celebrated temples –
Sufetula’s standout highlight – tower over the surrounding ruins. The wall
around them was built by the Byzantines in the 6th century AD. The entrance to
the forum is through the magnificent triple-arched Antonine Gate, built in AD
139 and dedicated to the emperor Antoninus Pius and his adopted sons Marcus
Aurelius and Lucius Verus.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>It opens onto a large paved forum
surrounded by two rows of chopped-off columns that lead up to the three
2nd-century temples, each dedicated to one of the main gods of the Roman
pantheon. </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Temple of Jupiter, in the
centre, is flanked by slightly smaller temples, to Minerva, Jupiter's daughter
and the goddess of wisdom, on the left, and to Juno, wife of Jupiter, on the
right. Jupiter's temple could only be reached by bridges crossing over from the
other two, not from a flight of stairs in the front. The ensemble gives a
palpable sense of what the centre of a Roman city looked and felt like.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Until it was sacked by the Arabs,
Sufetula was a centre of Christianity in North Africa. The path running
northwest from the churches crosses a neat grid of unexcavated streets before
arriving at the scant remains of the Arch of Septimius Severus. To the west,
before you reach the arch, are the remains of the House of the Seasons, named
for a mosaic now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis. Vines are finely carved into its
colonnade, and it has a few large rooms surrounded by columns.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The ruins of the main baths, east
of the forum, are remarkable mainly for their complex under-floor heating
system in the hot rooms, easily discernible now that the floors have partially collapsed.
Geometric mosaic floors are still in place here, as well as in the connected
palaestra (gymnasium) – some are modern replacements but are easily
distinguished.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The impressive reconstructed
3rd-century theatre, just east of the Great Baths, has a prime position
overlooking Oued Sbeitla and is particularly picturesque in spring when
wildflowers are in bloom.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(from Lonley Planet)</i></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We skipped our lunch today. Our next destination is the desert city of <b>Tozeur.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The city of Tozeur itself is perhaps less interesting than its surroundings. Tozeur is about as 180 degree as it gets from Tunis. While Tunis is a hectic European/Middle Eastern hybrid of a city, Tozeur is tranquil and sparsely populated. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>As far as towns in the desert go, I’d have to say that Tozeur is actually quite nice. This is the type of town you envision when you think of some lost city in the middle of the Sahara. The stuff that movies like Aladdin are made of. It’s a city that’s still retained most of its classic architecture and is home to one of the largest palm forests in the world.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After reaching Tozeur w<span>e v</span><span style="text-align: left;">isited<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>old<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>medina<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><b>Tozeur - Ouled El Hadef - u</b></span><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">nique by its architecture and its narrow lane, this medina hides a history and a beauty that are worth at least an hour’s walk. It has </span><i style="background-color: white; text-indent: -25.7333px;"><span lang="EN" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">typical<b> brickyards of the region. </b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>As it is surrounded by mountains and desert, the climate is actually quite mild year round. When I visited in October, day time was a pleasant 30 degrees and night time dropped to 15 degrees or so.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">Then we did the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><b>horse </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -19.3pt;">carriage tour</b><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> for 5 Euro</span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;"> in</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">the</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">oldest</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">palm</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">groove</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -19.3pt;">the region.</span><span class="tlid-translation" style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><b> You can a</b></span><span class="tlid-translation" style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><i><span lang="EN" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">dmire the <b>multi-storey farming, </b>stroll between the<b> date palms and pomegranates </b>and visit the typical<b> brickyards of the region.</b></span></i></span><span style="background: transparent; color: #222222; text-indent: -19.3pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; text-indent: -19.3pt;">T</span><span style="color: #4c1130; text-indent: -19.3pt;">he carriage can carry 5 people maximum. </span><i><span style="background: transparent; color: #222222; text-indent: -19.3pt;">Since it is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-indent: -19.3pt;">located right in the city so you can either walk or take a horse carriage ride through it. </span></i></div></span></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Tozeur is characterized by its seemingly endless display of giant palm trees in the middle of the city and is also one of the <b>highest date producing regions in the world</b>. People actually live in this palm tree forest . Tozeur is located in the Sahara desert, and more specifically, at one of the largest Oasis in the world. It’s home to over 400,000 palm trees, most of them being date palm trees. The town is famous for its date production, <b>and some of the world’s best dates come from Tunisia.</b></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>After the horse carriage we had a free time of 30 minutes and bought some souvenirs.</b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><i>There’s no shortage of good food in Tozeur. All the street food : shawarmas, rotisserie chicken, and couscous are available here. Don’t expect much seafood here, as it is in the middle of the desert. One thing you can easily try here is camel meat. There’s an abundance of camels in this part of the country and turns out people do eat them.</i></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: -19.3pt;"><span class="tlid-translation"><i><span lang="EN" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">We had our dinner in one of the restaurants near the medina. Then we left for our Hotel El Arich nearby.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="--fontfamily: Rowdies, Sans-Serif; --fontsize: 40px; --fontweight: 400; --lineheight: 1.5; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--heading-color,var(--heading-2-color,var(--headings-color))); font-family: var(--fontFamily); font-size: var(--fontSize); font-weight: var(--fontWeight); line-height: var(--lineHeight); margin-bottom: calc(var(--has-content-spacing,1)*(0.3em + 10px)); margin-left: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-right: var(--default-editor,auto); margin-top: var(--content-spacing); max-width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-max-width)); padding: 0px; text-align: start; width: var(--default-editor,var(--block-width));"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Day 4 (22.10.2023)</span><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 3.05pt;"> </span><span>:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">mountain</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">oasis,<span style="letter-spacing: -0.0666667px;"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">night</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">tent
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in Sabria</span></b></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After breakfast at your hotel at 7 am with two 4x4 WD vehicle , first we went to see the famous <b>basket of Nefta</b> and admire the landscape. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">Then we crossed the famous salt lake of</span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"> Chott El Gharsa</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">, </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">th</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">e </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">bi</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">g </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">san</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">d </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">dune</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">s </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">an</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">d </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">rock</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">y </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">obstacles to go to the largest and most famous Star Wars site in Tunisia </span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;">(Mos Esp<span style="letter-spacing: -2.35pt;">a</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -2.35pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"> <b>v</b></span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><b>illage</b>). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">From Mos Espa we s<span style="background: white;">topped at the site of<a href="https://tunisia-travel-guide.com/ong-jemel/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> Ong Jmal</span></a><b> (</b></span></span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">“Camel’s Neck)</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"><b>, </b>to admire its landscapes<span style="color: #c00000;"> .</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #c00000;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10.3pt;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="color: #415161; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0px;"><i>Interestingly most people in Tozeur have never even seen Star Wars sites !</i></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Then we h</span>eaded towards <b>Chebika Oasis</b>, the destination of many filmmakers. Hike for around 40 minutes with an English speaking local guide to visit the ancient village and the source of water that springs from the side of the mountain. <span style="background-color: white; color: #415161; text-align: left;">The first stop on the trip is in Chebika, a small town with a huge date production facility.</span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we went t</span>o <b>Mides</b> to d<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">iscover its large canyons <b>and</b> then we headed to <b>Tamerza</b> to admire its waterfall. We spent around 20 minutes there.</span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Then we are head towards <b>Sabria sandy village</b>, after crossing the salt lake of <b>Chott Djerid.</b> It is the Largest salt lake in the North of Africa with more than 5000 sq km - and then we went through a petrified sand site and discovered a method of cooling hot water in southern Tunisia - which is used to irrigate the palm grove.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we were dropped (from 4 WD car ) at a place where our van was waiting and had our <b>lunch</b> in a nice bikers cafe. There we met a famous Tunisian biker. This place is renowned for bike rally - possibly because roads are empty. <b>Moreover the roads in Tunisia is very good.</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we arrived <b>at Sabria</b> <b>camp site</b>. and settled in our tent. We had to get there before sunset . </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We took camel ride for around 13 Euro (we bargained with the camel owner - they were asking 20 Euro) for 1 hour ride, to see the sun hiding shyly at the horizon and the sand extends as far as the eye can see.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we settled in our desert camp/tent and around 1900 hours enjoyed a demonstration of sand bread making (bread prepared under the embers). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During dinner under open sky, we heard Berber music with Drums and admired the stars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.55pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> 5</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(23.10.2023):<u>B</u><u>erber</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>villages</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-decoration-line: underline;">
</span><u>(Ksar</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>Ghilane, </u><u>Tataouine): </u></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-highlight: yellow;">overnight in </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Ksar<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>Jouamaa</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.3pt; margin-left: 1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.55pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">After breakfast at at 9.15 am , <span>we </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">visited the local market of <b>Douz. After spending around 15 minutes in the market, we exchanged our dollar for Dinar here . </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Douz is considered Tunisia’s “gateway” to the Sahara.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.55pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then we </span><span style="font-family: times;">h</span><span style="font-family: times;">eaded towards</span><span style="font-family: times;"> <b>Ksar Ghilane </b></span><span style="font-family: times;">- the oasis famous for its natural hot water spring. <b>It is possible to swim here.</b> It took a quite bath in the hot water spring. The other members of the group did not do it. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;"> We did not do </span><span style="font-family: times;">quad tour or camel ride in the sand dunes of Ksar Ghilane - more so, since we left from our camp at 9.15 am instead of 7 30 am. We skipped our lunch today. </span><span style="font-family: times;">We did not have the luck to see the Bedouins with their </span><a href="https://tunisia-travel-guide.com/camel-ride-in-ksar-ghilane/" style="font-family: times;">herds of dromedaries</a><span style="font-family: times;"> <b>or</b> a Fennec.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We continued our travel to <b>Tataouine</b> and stop in the middle of nowhere, every time a landscape catches our eye as far as <a href="https://tunisia-travel-guide.com/guermassa-berber-village/"><b>Guermessa</b></a>, magnificent Berber village which dominates the mountain. We visited Magnificent Berber village of <a href="https://tunisia-travel-guide.com/guermassa-berber-village/"><b>Guermessa</b></a> (not inhabited to a large extent) and skipped visiting the other berber village of <b>Chenini,</b> still inhabited. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We then stopped at the<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"><b>mosque</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;">7 dormants. </b></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Then we visited</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><b>Ksar Ouled Soltane</b> against the wish of our guide. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After that we visited Ghomraseen /<b>Ksar Hadada</b> (Star Wars shooting location). But it was already dark. It has been converted into a hotel. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[ Note: this was a little hard to find as Ksar Hadada is also the name of the village. Your best bet is probably to put “Mosque Blacksmith Palace” into your <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1SsnzexcyrSUQ8CV1_FyRAJz5QHwFmJM&usp=sharing" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Google Maps</a>. The stop you’re looking for will then be just across the road (look for the wall and the info sign </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">about Star Wars film sets .]</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enroute Tataouine falls <b>Ksar Jouamaa</b> and we settled in your Ghorfas (berber cave rooms from 18th century). Ksar Jouamaa is an 18th century attic, at the top of the mountain of Béni Khédache. The location is amazing and is a wonderful place to see the sunrise or sunset. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">As with Tozeur, Tataouine's the surroundings, rather than the town itself, that make it worth a stay. </span>We had our dinner and stayed overnight at Ksar Jouamaa </span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/6ypm1t4gCBkoVtaRA">https://goo.gl/maps/6ypm1t4gCBkoVtaRA</a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Ksar Beni Barka (abandoned cave dwelling and fortress – and the coolest stop on our entire trip!) . </i>We did not see </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Ksar Beni Barka.</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> </span><a href="https://www.outofyourcomfortzone.net/the-ultimate-5-7-10-day-tunisia-itinerary-by-car/#:~:text=2.2%20How%20long%20to%20stay%20in%20Tunisia&text=However%2C%20we'd%20really%20recommend,which%20is%20why%20it's%207">https://www.outofyourcomfortzone.net</a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div></span></div><div class="Section6"><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.45pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> 6 </span>(24.10.2023)<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span>:<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><u>Djerba</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>Island</u></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> - overnight at Djerba</span><span> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">I saw a nice sunrise from the panoramic view point in the </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">Ksar Jouamaa. </span><span style="font-family: times;">After breakfast at 7 am , </span><span style="font-family: times;">we h</span><span style="font-family: times;">eaded towards <b>Matmata the troglodyte village</b>. On the way we saw </span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Ksar Halouef</b>. Part of it has been converted into hotel. </span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then we got down at </span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Toujane berber village</b> to buy some honey and souvenirs and panoramic view of Berber village. </span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our driver had a small coffee break at a small coffee shop, where you can have a wonderful panoramic view. There are some books on sale. This region is also an important trekking zone. Some books were on sale (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #244973; font-family: Oswald; text-align: left;">Hiking in the mountains of Dahar) </span><span style="font-family: times;">on trekking route of this area.</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then we visited <b>Sidi Idriss hotel</b> which is also a shooting location of<b> Star Wars</b>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then we visited </span><span style="font-family: times;">a <b>troglodyte house (</b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>troglodyte meaning cave-dwellers, were made famous in Star Wars, when George Lucas used one as Luke Skywalker’s childhood home)</b></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><b> of Taufique (?)</b> and met the local berber family - where they shown us their house and way of living. They offered freshly mud oven baked Nan with honey and Olive oil. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/02/the-last-families-living-in-tunisias-underground-houses/554426/">https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/02/the-last-families-living-in-tunisias-underground-houses/554426/</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then we had lunch at wonderful </span><span style="font-family: times;">at a Berber themed hotel. Its location is something to die for. </span><span style="font-family: times;">We had Couscous with chicken barbecue.</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then our van stopped at a </span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>panoramic view point</b>. For the first time we saw 3 tourist buses - full of French Tourists.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we continued towards <b>Djerba island</b>. We entered the island through the famous <b>Roman road</b> (the only road that connects the island to the main land). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First we visited <b>Guellela pottery village</b>. Though we were supposed to assist them in pottery, but actually our guide took us to a local big pottery shop. There were some small pottery shops nearby too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">After that we visited the <b>tradition museum of Djerba</b>. We got to know many things of Djerba or Jerba. e.g. Olive Oil is endemic to this region.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited the famous “<b>Ghariba</b>” : oldest <b>Jewish synagogue</b> in northern Africa. Our guide told us Jews are living happily with the Muslims. In fact there is inter faith marriage too. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we left for Fort or <b>Borj Ghazi Mustapha</b>. But it was already closed. It is just beside the sea. We had a nice view of the Fort from outside. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then on our insistence and with the help of a local lady , who gave direction to our guide, we went to see the famous alleys of Djerba hood and admired the fascinating graffiti of the place. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since it was already quite late, we had no option but to skip the famous <b>Houmt Souk,</b> famous for shopping. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we had our dinner at the wonderful hotel Touring Djerba. It is a very special hotel. There was a snake show inside our hotel premises.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p></div>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0.45pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> 7</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(25.10.2023)<span style="letter-spacing: 6.15pt;"> </span>:<span style="letter-spacing: 3pt;"> </span><u>El</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>Jem</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>Coliseum</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-decoration-line: underline;">
</span><u>and</u><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; text-decoration-line: underline;"> </span><u>Mahdia </u></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> - <b>overnight at Sousse</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.3pt; margin-left: 1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After breakfast <span>we left</span> our hotel at 7.30 am and left the island through the Barge (the bus/van/car boarded the barge like Goalondo Ghat of Bangladesh) and headed towards El Jem through the highway. There was a large queue of buses/car at the ferry/ pier. We spent around 1 hour at the place. Only certain number of buses can board the barge at at time. So there are 2 options to exit the island.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Then we reached <b>El Jem</b>. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">This <b>Amphitheatre</b> is the largest in Africa and once held over 35,000 spectators. Gladiators regularly fought here, along with chariot races and other Roman entertainment. It was built in around 200 AD, 150 years after Roman Colosseum. In addition, it was also used for Drumroll, the Gladiator movie. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">El Jem is considered to be the <b>third-largest ever amphitheater</b> ever built, after the Colosseum in Rome and an amphitheater that was destroyed in Capua, Italy. It has employed techniques better than Roman Colosseum, since it was constructed around 150 years after Roman Colosseum.</span></div><div><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">The best part of this place? </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">But the best part is that you explore this one with a fraction of the tourists you’ll find anywhere in Italy. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">No one else is here. You get the whole place to yourself and you can take some amazing pictures. You can also wander pretty much anywhere in and around the Amphitheatre. Forget about the Colosseum in Rome, this place is a far superior sight . It’s in much better condition and though it is smaller than the Amphitheatre in Rome, it gives you a better feel of what it would have been like thousands of years ago to do battle.</span></i></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">El Jem is an easy train ride from the Tunis train station near the place de Barcelone in the center of the Tunis town. If you try booking tickets online from their </span><a href="http://sncft.com.tn/index.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--textdecoration: underline; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-decoration: var(--has-link-decoration,var(--textDecoration,none)); transition: var(--transition);" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">website, it</span> </a><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">is a bit of a joke with no English option, and a barely functioning French option. The train fare is 10 dinars and leaves in the morning from Tunis at 8 or 9:30, and returns from El Jem in the afternoon. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">When the train arrives to El Jem, the Amphitheatre is easily visible from the train and it’s just a short 10 minute walk. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited the archeological <b>museum of El Jem</b> nearby. It has a very good collection of mosaic. One of the best I have ever seen. Most of them dates back to 200 to 300 AD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We bought some mosaics from El Jem. We late got to know this is the mosaic city and place to buy the mosaic and the price of mosaic is cheapest here. Even cheaper than Tunis.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we had our lunch. After lunch we continued to <b>Mahdia</b> and visited its famous Skifa Kahla, Borj el Kebir, Grand Mosque, Mustapha Hamza Mosque.<b> </b>We went to see the <b>Fatimid Mosque </b>of Shia community. It has since been converted to a Sunni mosque.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The architecture of Mahida is very different from what we have seen till date and was a pleasant surprise for us.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After visiting these monuments, we left for our hotel : Hotel<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> Sinbad </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>Sousse. 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<div class="Section8"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.3pt; margin-left: 1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> 8</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>(26.10.2023):</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: 2.95pt; mso-highlight: yellow; text-decoration-line: underline;">Sousse-</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: 2.95pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Monastir-</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Sidi Bou Said </span></u></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">overnight at Sidi Bou Said</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.3pt; margin-left: 1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">After breakfast , the first stop was coastal city of Sousse, where we went to explore the <b>Medina of Sousse,</b> a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We were given around 1 hour free time to see the fish and vegetable market and Gold market of the Medina. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Then we explored the area around iconic <b>Ribat fortress</b>. But we did not enter inside the Ribat Fortress.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;">Next, we visited <b>Monastir,</b> the birthplace of Tunisia's first president, Habib Bourguiba. He was a lawyer , trained in Paris. <span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Right next door, is the imposing <b>Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, </b>Tunisia’s first President and a champion of their independence from France. <b>He is Kamal Ataturk of Tunisia or Nehru of </b><b>Tunisia</b><b>. </b>The fact that Tunisia is one of the most liberal Muslim countries in the world, is because of him. He banned polygamy and introduced many modern practices. He made Education compulsory and made health facility free. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">The people of Tunis are quite civilized - they do not honk their car like us in India. They do not throw garbage on the street and the pedestrians have right of way unlike India ! Tunisians are very fond of India, especially India. Everybody seems to know Shahrukh Khan. But they are not that overwhelmed by Bollywood like Morocco or Uzbekistan or Egypt.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">In our car we heard the music of singer <b>Balti</b> number of times. He is a super star here. The one which we liked are :</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff2cc; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1. </span><a href="https://youtu.be/DDhQ4_eNB4I?si=EzlDPnJeuPsDiuJT" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">https://youtu.be/DDhQ4_eNB4I?si=EzlDPnJeuPsDiuJT</a><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> - Allo</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">2. <a href="https://youtu.be/IJHPpTYtIqk?si=EzYcm-PVq0FEB6kX">https://youtu.be/IJHPpTYtIqk?si=EzYcm-PVq0FEB6kX</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDm6-eLClFU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDm6-eLClFU</a> - same as <b>Sat Tala bari of Mohiner Ghoraguli !</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22lBZpuyZxA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22lBZpuyZxA</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">5. <span><a href="https://youtu.be/KLJA-srM_yM?si=x481zWNm9uojt-_3">https://youtu.be/KLJA-srM_yM?si=x481zWNm9uojt-_3</a>- not a song of Balti , but an Egyptian singer (<b>Rajyashree song of Nachiketa </b>!)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, one can visit the historic <b>Ribat of Monastir</b>, a fortress built in the 8th century. We saw it from outside. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Monastir’s highlight is its beautiful Ribat overlooking the sea. </span><b style="text-align: left;">Make sure to climb up its towers for a great view! </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here we met my local friend <b>Bechir Celmi</b>. Here Ch is used instead of Sh. e.g. Hashish is Hachich here ! He is a government officer and Director of Sports Department. He knows Ons Jauber. He took us the <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba and we had wonderful mint tea at a place where he conducts Masterpeace programme. He is actively involved with masterpeace. We were told they work till 65 years of age in Tunisia ( in Government) and get Pension after retirement. Petrol is quite cheap (at Rs 60 approx).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited <b>Monastir Marina and harbour</b>. We saw it from far and sat beside the sea promenade for some time for a photo op.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we left for Sidi Bou Said. We had short stop over at the enchanting beach town<b> of Hammamet. </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: start;">Hammamet is approx. an hour from Tunis. Most tourists travel to Hammamet for a relaxing beach getaway.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.73; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One can go to<b> Nabeul </b></em></span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;">and visit the Medina in Nabeul. Nabeul is also known for pottery and you can see many pottery shops and workers molding and painting the ceramics. </span><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hammamet is</em></strong><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;"> a beautiful place to watch the sunset. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.73; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;">We got down at Sidi Bou Said at around 7 pm. We checked in our Hotel/Homestay. We stayed in two different hotels. The hotels are within 2 minute walking distance from each other. Initially Arindam and Soumya were dropped at the village of Sidi Bou Said. Then we took our van to pick them up, along with the owner of our Guest house, which we booked through Booking.com. Since our owner gave the good direction, so our driver had no problem locating the guest house - </span><span style="color: #191919;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.32px;">BEL APPART A SIDI BOUSAID, </span></span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;">Impasse Chedly Khaznadar étage 1, 2026 Sidi Bou Saïd, </span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;">Tunisia, </span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.32px;">Phone: +216 55 587 474 . We paid 88 Euro for 2 days. It is a studio apartment. There is Orange juice, egg, bread, olive oil, jam, yoghurt - kept in the Fridge - free of cost. It is a very charming homestay. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 1.73; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.32px;">Our guest house owner bought 4 Chapatis for us from the "Centre" for the dinner- which is around 500-600 metres from our hotel. The 4 Chapatis were enough for 8 of us. It is nothing but a type of Shawarma. We paid 7.5 Euro each.</span></p></div></span></span><h3 style="margin-top: 2.15pt; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> 9</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>(27.10.2023):<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span><u>Carthage and Sidi Bou Said </u></span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-highlight: yellow;">- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">overnight at Sidi Bou Sid</b></span></span></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">After breakfast (we made the breakfast in our homestay), we left for <b>Carthage</b> from nearby Carthage Hamilcar (Hamilcar is father of Hannibal) Train Station (called TGM - it is a </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">light rail - 7</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"> minutes walk from our homestay)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;">. The fare is only 0.50 Dinar or Rs 13. We got down at Carthage Hannibal </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">station. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">It is only 2 stations away or 5 minutes away.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">The entrance fee to the ruins are 12 dinar, <i>which will give you access to all the sights in and around Carthage. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;"><i>Carthage is an ancient Phoenician city that was once one of the world’s most affluent cities and important trading centers. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><i>There was a time in their history, when Rome was attacked by their General Hannibal from North Africa - who used elephants and nearly conquered Rome. </i>In fact in the first Punic war Romans were defeated and won subsequent 2 Punic wars.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><i>Hannibal hailed from Tunisia in ancient times. After Hannibal’s armies were defeated by the Romans, the Romans settled in modern day Tunisia and many ruins were left behind. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><i>In fact, Tunisia has some of the most well kept Roman ruins I’ve ever seen.</i> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif">There are a few different Carthage metro stops you can get off at, so choose the one that’s closest to whatever site you want to start at. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">You can buy one single ticket at any of the sites to get access to all the sites. </span></i><i><span style="text-align: left;">You can reach Carthage </span><span style="text-align: left;">from Central/downtown Tunis</span><span style="text-align: left;"> by TGM light rail. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The train costs about 1 dinar (~50 cents). </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sidi Bou Said is a few stops further from Carthage on the TGM light rail. </span></i></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">After visiting the <b>Amphitheatre</b> , <b>Cistern</b> we went to see the Church at </span></span><b>Byrsa hill</b>, <span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">beside the Museum of Carthage. It is somewhat like <b>Acropolis of Greece</b>. It is slightly elevated from the other place, beside the sea. </span></span><span><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We also went to </span>see the nearby famous </span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Antonine baths</b> beside the Mediterranean sea. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">We </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;">did everything walking and then f</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;">inally we left for Sidi Bou Said. We had our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">lunch at the centre of Sidi Bou Said and we exchanged Dinar here at the exchagne centre at the "Centre" of Sidi Bou Said. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;">There isn’t a whole lot to do in Sidi Bou Said, except enjoy the views of the Mediterranean, take some pictures of the unique architecture. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">With its white walls and blue accented windows and roof tops, this place appear oddly <b>similar to Santorini and Chefchaouen of Morocco</b>. It’s hard not to fall in love with this quaint sea-side town outside of Tunis. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">We h</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">ad free time to stroll in the alley of Sidi Bou Said. The blue and white village overviews the bay of Tunis.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Cafe de Delices</span><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">, a restaurant in Sidi Bou Said serving average food is a great place to have a drink and <b>soak in the views.</b> I wouldn’t recommend it for much more than that however. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">The bambaloni, a fried donut of sorts sprinkled with sugar is a </span><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">MUST</span><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> have for any visitors. This delicious piece of dough is only 1 dinar a piece, I had five. Apparently it is only served in Sidi Bou Said. Not sure why they wouldn’t bring this to Tunis as it would sell big time but I could not find it anywhere in Tunis.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 5.85pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 5.85pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> 10</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>(28.10.2023):<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span><u>Tunis </u></span></span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-highlight: yellow;">- overnight at Tunis</span></span></p></div><div class="Section9"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">After breakfast we left for Tunis. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">We ended up catching a taxi from </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Sidi Bou Said</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"> to <b>Tunis </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;">and paid about 10 dinars. We reached Tunis quite late at around 1130 hours.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>In Tunis, we all stayed at the </span><a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/tn/dar-ya.en.html?aid=808315&no_rooms=1&group_adults=2&room1=A%2CA">Dar Ali hotel. It is very near to Gare de Tunis. </a><span>(Dar is the Tunisian equivalent of a Moroccan riad). The nightly rate averaged 27 Euro.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After check in, we left for <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Avenue Habib Bourguiba </b>at 1200 hrs, walking - which is like </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Champs-Élysées of Paris</b>. This part is very modern and seems as if you are in Paris. We walked along </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Avenue Habib Bourguiba. We saw some peaceful demonstration for <b>Palestine</b> on this avenue. It seems to be like our Metro channel. Then we v</span>isited the old medina of Tunis and stroll in its narrow streets. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Old Medina of Tunis -</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.32px; text-align: start;"> <i>My favourite part of Tunis. Also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. One of my favorite things to do is to visit old Medina’s and souks in Africa and the Middle East. There is so much culture- the medina is filled with vendors selling local goods and coffee/tea shops, as well as historical and religious monuments such as Mosques, palaces and mausoleums. I bought some awesome souvenirs and tried some yummy treats like Makroudh, (a sweet pastry filled with dates, nut paste and sesame)</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.32px; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Located in the center of town, the medina is the old city, with traditional North African/Islamic architecture. There are large mosques here, and an old school souk, although nothing compared to that of </span><a href="https://johnnyafrica.com/72-hours-in-marrakech-morocco/" style="--textdecoration: underline; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: var(--has-link-decoration,var(--textDecoration,none)); transition: var(--transition);" title="72 Hours in Marrakech, Morocco"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Marrakech</span></a><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> or the </span><a href="https://johnnyafrica.com/turkey-trip-2014-72-hours-in-istanbul/" style="--textdecoration: underline; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: var(--has-link-decoration,var(--textDecoration,none)); transition: var(--transition);" title="Turkey Trip 2014: 72 Hours in Istanbul"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Grand Bazaar in Istanbul</span></a><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">. It is similar, however, as hundreds of shops selling similar items are bunched close together. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Located in the Medina is a good rooftop view of Tunis. Venture the store named El Ali. We were endlessly heckled and he said “at least check out the rooftop, it has the best views”. I said what the hell and checked it out. Totally worth it. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Not obligated to buy anything either!</span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Unfortunately we had no time left for Bardo museum. Bardo museum is o<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.32px; text-align: left;">ne of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region and 2nd on the African continent (after Egyptian museum of Cairo). Largest collections of Roman mosaics in the world, and a wide variety of archeological artifacts thousands of years old and over several civilizations. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of the few tourist attractions on TripAdvisor of Tunis, this was #1. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">I’ve seen mosaics in Turkey and other European destinations, but my goodness the amount of mosaics in this museum were incredible. I’m talking some gymnasium sized mosaics and many many of them. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">There is a lot of history within the mosaics but I didn’t have the patience nor the time to read up on it. A guide probably would have been helpful for this museum. It’s a crazy thought that I was here, 3 months before the ISIS attacks.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Merriweather Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.guruwalk.com/walks/30507-tunis-medina-an-open-air-museum" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can also highly recommend doing a free walking tour of Tunis with Saber</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">! We really enjoyed our tour with him, and it gave us a fascinating look into some of the city’s hidden corners. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="baskerville-urw, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.32px; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>If you have time, go to Ichkeul Lake or Cap Bon (both around 100 km). <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">The Cap Bon, off of Tunisia’s East coast is a popular beach destination among locals. Even during wintertime, the coast is worth visiting, with impressive views, white-sanded beaches, and interesting local culture. Driving along the Cap Bon is the perfect road trip, you can explore everything in one day. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">You can also go by public transportation.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-underline: thick;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #04ff00; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-highlight: yellow;">Day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>11<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>:<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>(29.10.2023) : </span></span></span></span></b></div></span>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #01ffff;">FOOD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Be sure to have this list of Tunisian food handy when you visit, so that you can try one or more of these popular and traditional foods. I think one of my favourite parts of traveling through the Middle East was the abundance of delicious and flavourful food. Tunisia was the start of it all.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>It’s a blend between Mediterranean and desert-dweller cuisines. Couscous with various meats, vegetables, and spices are the main fare here. Add some spicy harissa sauce to it, which the Tunisians are known for and I was set for my entire time in Tunisia.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Street food culture is big throughout Tunisia, with shawarma shops EVERYWHERE. Thin slices of beef or chicken in a wrap with veggies, spices and harissa would make up most of my diet for the next week.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The Tunisians are also obsessed with eating Tuna. They will either eat it straight up with cheese in a wrap or add it to their shawarma sandwiches which is something I’ve never even considered before. Nevertheless, Tunisia is right on the sea and I was already there so I decided to chow copious amounts of tuna as well. Tuna, eggs and cheese feature heavily in Tunisian cuisine.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Couscous is a popular Tunisian dish, but we didn’t come across it much in local restaurants. You won’t meet a woman over forty whose first question won’t be “Have you tried couscous yet?”. Couscous is a big deal in Tunisia; it’s also the main dish. Each region has a particular way to make it, so you’ll have to try it everywhere you go.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Shakshuka is a fairly common dish and although is found all over the Middle East, it was apparently exported by Tunisian Jews who migrated from Tunisia to Israel. A tomato-based vegetable stew with onions and peppers, onto which an egg is usually added so that it poaches on top, this dish is typically served in a skillet pan and served with bread. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>During summer you should also try the mechouïa salad, it’s grilled, and then ground veggies. It’s typically eaten with bread.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Brick à l’oeuf is a common street food snack – it’s a bit like a samosa with a runny egg yolk centre and tastes better than it sounds. Sometimes there are other fillings and tuna is a popular addition. You can find Bricks almost everywhere. This dish is made of eggs and usually, tuna, covered in a thin dough and fried. If you’re on the go and just want a sandwich, try the <b>Libanais</b>, it’s super good.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Another must-try is the pastries, of course. My favorites are the Makroud (you’ll find the best one in Kairouan) and the Kaakwarka made of almonds and rose water.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>It is completely possible to eat in Tunisia on a low budget; just don’t expect gourmet cuisine. Having said that, we averaged TND 15 a day on food (keep in mind breakfast was included in many hotel rates), so that should leave a bit of wiggle room for splashing out on a better meal now and again !</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 18.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 18.8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Paste of Ground Roasted Cereals and
Spices</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tabouna Bread<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 18.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 18.8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Traditional Tunisian Bread.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-indent: -3.73333px;">We had it number of times.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Makroudh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 1.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 1pt; text-indent: -0.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>This fried dessert is made of semolina flour and olive oil and filled
with date paste before being doused in sugar
syrup. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 1.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 1pt; text-indent: -0.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The original Kairouanian sweet pastry, whose
popularity goes
far beyond the borders
of the city of Kairouan, is the number one Tunisian sweet pastry.
Customer travel here from Libya, Algeria, and all the governorates
of Tunisia</i><b><i> just to purchase Makroudh.</i> We bought it and found it somewhat similar to Baklava.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Osban<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Meat & Spices Sausage</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lablabi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.8pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cooked Chickpeas. While lablabi
is one of the most popular Tunisian breakfast dishes,
the recipe is Ottoman in origin. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">Among the most popular soups of Tunisian cuisine.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sohlob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 18.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 18.8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i> Sorghum Bowl</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tunisian Masfouf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sweet Couscous with Raisins and Dates</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Fricassee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.8pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwiches. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The most popular
Tunisian snack food par excellence is fricasse. This is 100% Tunisian
and is basically fried dough.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">14. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Zrir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i> Seed Dessert</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tunisian Kaftaji<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The words kofta and
kaftaji entered the Tunisian dialect through Ottoman
Turkish, which in turn derived it from the Persian
language. In the Turkish language (and in the Arab East) , köfte is
ground meat served in the shape of a sausage or a burger and either fired or
roasted on skewers over a fire.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-indent: 0.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Hlalem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Tunisian Soup</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">17. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Shakshuka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>This typical
Tunisian dish is also popular in the Middle East, where it was introduced
by Tunisian Jews who migrated to Israel. Hearty and
delicious, this stew-like dish is prepared
with tomatoes, onions, garlic and green peppers, along
with a variety of optional ingredients such as potatoes, courgettes or even
broad beans when they're in season in early spring. Eggs are often added
during the cooking process so that they
slowly poach in the liquidy soup. This simple lunch or dinner is eaten
with bread: break off chunks to dip into the sauce.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tunisian Bread , Khobz Mbassas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Throughout the year, Tunisians consume different types of
bread, excessively – whether for breakfast,
lunch, dinner, or for sandwiches, you will find bread everywhere
in Tunisia.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 18.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 18.8pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rouz Jerbi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.8pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Rouz jerbi is an authentic Tunisian dish that is usually prepared from
rice, meat, liver, chickpeas, and vegetables such as chard, peas
and carrots, and parsley.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Zlabia and Mukhareq<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It is our favourite Jalebi !</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The city of Beja, in
the northwest of Tunisia, is renowned for its zalabia and
mukhareq, and people will make arduous journeys to get some of
these delicious honey dumplings. The origin of these sweets
is Turkey.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-indent: -3.73333px;">We had it in Djerba and tastes like our Jilipi or Jalebi.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>This is a popular Tunisian bread for
making sandwiches and to prepare it you need flour,
semolina, yeast, warm water, salt and oil. It is prepared in a round shape,
and patted out so it is very thin. For the filling various ingredients
are used, including harissa, eggs, cheese, and more. It is pure Tunisian
bread that is difficult to find in other countries.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Jouajem Drink<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.8pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The “Jouajem” drink is a mixture of fruits and ice cream that comes
from the city of Sfax in southern Tunisia. It is very
popular outside the city, too, and so it has become part of the
city’s identity. No one who lives in the city of Sfax, or, as Tunisians
call it, the capital of the South or who has passed through has
not had the honor of tasting the juice of “Jouajem”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chorba or Shorba<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;">Maghrebi Mint Tea</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Chorba or Shorba is a staple of Tunisian Ramadan meals, though you
can find this delicious soup available year-round. </i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><i>Chorba is the most common soup.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 0.05in; text-indent: -2.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px; text-indent: -3.73333px;">We had it number of times. It is similar to the one Morocco.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">YoYos</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: -.9pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt -0.9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.7pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>But Tunisian doughnuts, YoYos, are a
unique delight. The delicacy combines the
sweet flavors of honey with a
subtle hint of orange.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ojja</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Often considered
fast-food by Tunisian standards, Ojja highlights the heavy influence of Berber flavors on Tunisian cuisine.
Traditional ojja combines eggs and merguez, a spicy lamb sausage, in a savory
tomato sauce for a hearty, filling meal. Ojja is best enjoyed with
a side of grilled bread in place of a spoon or fork.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-indent: -3.73333px;">We had it in Sousse.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.25pt; margin-left: 18.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt 18.8pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Source : The one in italics are taken from various websites mentioned below</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://nomadparadise.com/tunisian-food/">https://nomadparadise.com/tunisian-food/</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-tunisia">https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-tunisia</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.chefspencil.com/top-25-most-popular-foods-in-tunisia/">https://www.chefspencil.com/top-25-most-popular-foods-in-tunisia/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://thetunisianway.com/the-15-best-restaurants-in-tunis/">https://thetunisianway.com/the-15-best-restaurants-in-tunis/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://theculturetrip.com/africa/tunisia/articles/where-to-eat-well-in-tunis-10-restaurants/">https://theculturetrip.com/africa/tunisia/articles/where-to-eat-well-in-tunis-10-restaurants/</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://juliearoundtheglobe.com/africa/tunisia/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=1127298130_55136090_490302">https://juliearoundtheglobe.com/africa/</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.nicoleisaacs.com/8-days-in-tunisia/">https://www.nicoleisaacs.com/8-days-in-tunisia/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://narcisarusu.com/the-ultimate-tunisia-travel-guide/">https://narcisarusu.com/the-ultimate-tunisia-travel-guide/</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://tunisiaguru.com/travel-tunisia/travel-tips-for-tunisia/">https://tunisiaguru.com/travel-tunisia/travel-tips-for-tunisia/</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/backpacking-in-tunisia/" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">https://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/backpacking-in-tunisia/</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://johnnyafrica.com/visit-star-wars-tozeur-tunisia/" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://johnnyafrica.com/visit-star-wars-tozeur-tunisia/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.discovertunisia.com/en/">https://www.discovertunisia.com/en/</a><br /></div>
</span><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: red thick;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PRICE<span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span>DETAILS of TRAVEL AGENT:</span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 12.85pt; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>a group<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>8<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>people:<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> we paid </span>725<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>euros<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>per<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span>person from 19.10-27.10.23.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 12.85pt; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 12.85pt; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What's included</span></u></b></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">· Accommodation in the hotels mentioned in full board (dinner and lunch is provided, except day 8, when there is no dinner</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· The provision of a private A/C vehicle during 8 days</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· The services of a driver approved by the Tunisian Tourism Office during 8 days</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· The services of an English-speaking licensed tour guide during 8 days</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Mid day Lunches during the whole tour (excluding drinks)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Fuel, parking and highway fees</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· 2 4WD vehicles for the Ong Jmal and Mos Espa afternoon</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Our assistance 24/24</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· 3 Sim cards that you will receive on arrival</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Packed lunch in order not to waste time the first day.</div></span><h2 style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: 41.8pt 41.85pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">What's</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">excluded</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- Flights</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Drinks and personal expenses</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Entrance fees to all archeological sites and museums mentioned in the program</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Entry fees </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Optional activities booked onsite (dromedary - carriage - quad ... etc)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-indent: -5.9pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-indent: -5.9pt;">The airport transfer
the last day - 35 Euros </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Last 2 days (9th and 10th day) we were on our own. Carthage (25 min) , Sid Bou Said (30 min – is only 25/30 minutes by Metro from Tunis . </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We flew back on 11th day from Tunis.</div></span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-53454333559585110202023-05-03T17:07:00.103+05:302023-12-26T11:41:20.565+05:30<p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Pench - Land of Rudyard Kipling - 2023</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> (Diary in brief )</span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2561409941708636862" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 760px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>28.4.23 CCU (21 40 hrs >Nagpur (23 30 hours) [Airbnb ]</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">29.4.23 </span><span style="font-family: times;">Nagpur</span><span style="font-family: times;"> > Pench (Seoni District)>Banyan Tree </span></b></span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Camp</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">30.4.23 </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Banyan Tree Camp</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">01.05.23 </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Banyan Tree Camp</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">02.05.23 </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Banyan Tree </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Camp</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"> (02 15 hrs)>Nagpur (07 40 hrs)>CCU (0915 hrs) >Office</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">28.4.23 </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Sovon, Indranil, Mohua and I took the flight from CCU at 2140 hours. Since Subir da and Amit da are retired , they took the afternoon train.We reached Nagpur at around 2330 hours and left for our Airbnb at Koradi Road,</span><a aria-label="Address: 204, Panchgiri Apartments, beside Panchminar
Koradi Road, Byramji Town
Nagpur, Maharashtra 440001
IN" class="W7Nbnf" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=204%2C%20Panchgiri%20Apartments%2C%20beside%20Panchminar%2C%20Koradi%20Road%2C%20Byramji%20Town%2C%20Nagpur%2C%20Maharashtra%20440001%2C%20IN&hl=en_GB&authuser=0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #174ea6; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Byramji Town</a>,<span> near Train Station - for which we paid Rs 2774 for 4 persons. The owner, Mr Nikhil George, is a musician and sings in Bollywood. Almost 6 people can stay in the apartment for the same price.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">29.4.23 </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Get In</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">By air:</strong><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif">Nagpur Airport, at a distance of 93 km, is the closest airport to Pench National Park. Private vehicles are available to form the airport to the national park area.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">By rail: </strong><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif">Seoni Railway Station, at a distance of 30 km, is the nearest railhead to Pench. Seoni is well connected with cities like Pune and Nagpur in Maharashtra.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #495762; text-align: start;">By Road:</strong><span style="color: #495762; text-align: start;"> Pench Tiger Reserve is located on the Nagpur-Jabalpur Highway. You can go by road from Jabalpur or Nagpur and reach Pench . Nearest bus stand to Pench is <b>Khawasa or Seoni</b> and hourly buses are available from <b>Nagpur.</b> Khawasa is 12 km from Pench and you can avail the pick and drop service organized by the resorts. Khawasa gives access to Turia gate side of Pench. For Karmh-jiri side, its best to get dropped at Suktara.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c;">Subirda's train reached Nagpur quite late at 1200 hours (instead of 0730 hours). We hired an SUV - Ertiga for Rs 4,000 (Driver - Montu aka Nadeem : </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b style="background-color: #f1c232;">70005 33626</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c;">. He stays at Khawasa, Pench)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c;">, arranged by our Resort owner Suman Manna - </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">73894 67311</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a73e8;"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c;"><b>,</b> to reach our Resort - <b>Banyan Tree Camp (<a href="https://www.resortinpench.com/">https://www.resortinpench.com/</a></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;"><b>)</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;"><b>.</b> The car (SUV) hiring charge, is bit expensive considering the fact that it is only 90 Km. If you are only 3, you can contact Swapnil who has a car hiring agency </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;">at Nagpur at </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1c232; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: underline;">80550 70168</span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #174ea6; font-family: times; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;">He charged Rs 3,000 for a couple (who also came from Nagpur), who staying at our resort. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"> The resort</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-family: times;"> is owned by a Bengali from Medinipur. He is a butterfly expert and his wife is a spider expert. He is in MP for last 25 years. He used to run a caravan service. He can arrange tours in any forest in India and has good contacts. Banyan Tree is aptly named since there is a huge Banyan Tree here. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #626262; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">You can enjoy swings under the banyan tree as well.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #626262; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #626262; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4MYXbOtlrS77JFDMmxoEwZTrnpbpT0u01WM81NltNE8oopXgE2OiNm9IOAyFtciq1MqawgmdlyOnKH2_DziRbtW1oSMnKF-Lq7dLKjDcyAbWgGpQDXQ07evwIwD0VfxjeO6Ycuj9bcBdrw_HXkD_pv1MJaq8WGaC96w6pXwesBbFILzw2nw2EOnvwg/s3264/IMG_20230501_095934...%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4MYXbOtlrS77JFDMmxoEwZTrnpbpT0u01WM81NltNE8oopXgE2OiNm9IOAyFtciq1MqawgmdlyOnKH2_DziRbtW1oSMnKF-Lq7dLKjDcyAbWgGpQDXQ07evwIwD0VfxjeO6Ycuj9bcBdrw_HXkD_pv1MJaq8WGaC96w6pXwesBbFILzw2nw2EOnvwg/w640-h294/IMG_20230501_095934...%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #626262; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">You can take their bicycles for a spin around the village and enjoy the village life. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">The tariffs of theresort are reasonable @ Rs 2500 for 2 person with breakfast. There is a wonderful lake just beside the cottage. You will find some resident birds there. You should stay at either Room no. </span></span><b style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;">102</b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;"> or 101 - there is a very nice balcony in these rooms, from where you enjoy the Lake and birds. We quickly had our lunch and left for Safari.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSMFprqXxmKei94TRsBjpbLLS43Hk9_YRaSIym3hqgVeT8SOp3Iis4P3uDnpyCT1OFtn1IyNXhQ519t38u2lWvjxi9QSfUWF80UwxvklBcVtqrHNIagmeEuBQCd0zBcZXkQBlsHy2JGbcoQ6ixMwE0bG8Niq5TEZo_PSDXE-FJ7Hz7uW-UyxepogE8g/s3984/IMG_20230502_042458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSMFprqXxmKei94TRsBjpbLLS43Hk9_YRaSIym3hqgVeT8SOp3Iis4P3uDnpyCT1OFtn1IyNXhQ519t38u2lWvjxi9QSfUWF80UwxvklBcVtqrHNIagmeEuBQCd0zBcZXkQBlsHy2JGbcoQ6ixMwE0bG8Niq5TEZo_PSDXE-FJ7Hz7uW-UyxepogE8g/w640-h296/IMG_20230502_042458.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: left;">Pench Tiger Reserve</strong><span style="text-align: left;"> is spread over Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur district of Maharashtra. </span>The Pench Tiger Reserve is spread across 758 square km, out of which 299 sq km is considered a core area in the park. Hugely dominated by the Teak and Mahua wood forest, it becomes an extremely dry forest during the summer season.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.pugdundeesafaris.com/pench-national-park" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><b>Pench National Park</b></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">like all the other parks of Madhya Pradesh, remains open for visitors from 1st October till the 30th June. But in winter it is very cold and sightings were not at all good - at least that is what my sister experienced.<b style="color: #666666;"> </b></span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Turia Gate is the most popular. Turia gate has got congested due to innumerable resorts and hotels. Karmajhiri and Jamtara gate are Core Zones, but are quiet, closer to nature but have limited jeep entry.</span></b></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><b>Night Drive & Night Safari (</b> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">6 pm to 9 pm). </strong><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif"> Deers, hyenas, wild dogs, a few exotic birds can be seen at the day end in the national park premises. Make sure that you have a proper plan in advance, since evening tour ends at 6.45 pm.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Jungle Walk And Treks In The Park</b> - </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jungle trek is another prominent attraction of the Pench. Explore the jungles of Satpura while walking through the dense forests in the able guidance of the guides. The jungle treks can be organized after seeking special permission from the forest officials. </span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The couple we met in our resort , went to a walking tour at Teliya gate.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">Unlike others, this park seems to be easier to book. You can actually see how many seats are avalialbe in which area. Unlike Corbett, it seems to be scam free. However, I did the booking through my friend Avijit </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white;">-</span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> </span></span></span></span><a aria-describedby="tt-c55" aria-label="Phone: 89101 11675" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+918910111675" jsaction="mouseenter:tfO1Yc; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchend:yfqBxc;mlnRJb:fLiPzd;" jscontroller="e2jnoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: times; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #2b00fe;">89101 11675</span></a><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">,</span> who is doing it semi - professionally. He is very reliable and stays near my house. He has always the latest knowledge of all the Parks in India.</span></span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif">You can book from this website (part of the Park falls in MP, part of it falls in Maharashtra):</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, arial, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">For MP part - </span><a href="https://forest.mponline.gov.in/Search.aspx?park=4" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://forest.mponline.gov.in/Search.aspx?park=4</a></span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">For Maharashtra part - </span><a href="https://nationalpark.mahaonline.gov.in/User/PlanTravel.aspx?str=HVd8KhsQLKVSa6h1j0VDsPjvmol_plusJuvnuVeWcVDQbkumol_plusmReG2vc%2fyZohV7K2XGSo7xFNOZ0WmoakzeHBbcmHKmol_pluslngfOAB6hmol_plus3z0" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">https://nationalpark.mahaonline.gov.in</a></span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Like all the other parks of M.P., Pench too allows a total number of 8 people in a jeep, out of which 6 are tourists and the other 2 are the guide and the driver.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is also Canter service available - we saw one during our safari. So it is possible to book even one seat for few zones.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The forest is apparently closed on Tuesday, we were told. I did not verify it independently. </span></b></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">The vast jungles of Satpura are so enchanting that it enabled the literary legends like </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times;">Rudyard Kipling</strong><span style="font-family: times;"> to pen down the classic </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times;">Jungle Book</strong><span style="font-family: times;"> . </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">This reserve is famously known as </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: times; text-align: left;">‘Mowgli’s Land’</strong><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"> as it is the original setting of <b>Rudyard Kipling’s</b> most acclaimed work.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">The leafless trees miles after miles give you a mysterious feeling when you are amidst the jungle. The park flaunts a wide variety of flora and fauna and is especially <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">famous for wild dogs and leopards</span>. The latest count of the leopards in Pench Tiger Reserve is about 80-100, though the exact number of wild dogs is not known. </span><span style="font-family: times;">The national park area majorly comprises of the canopy, mixed forest and wide stretch of grassy patches. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Pench is also known as a birders paradise with over 285 bird species of residents and migratory birds found in the park. These birds are one of the major attractions of the national park. </span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Jungle Attractions</span></b></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The commonly found </span><span>birds are Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, White-eyed Buzzard, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Osprey, Black-Hooded Oriole, Sirkeer Malkoha, Grey Nightjar, Indian Scimitar Babbler, Jungle Owlet, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Brown Fish Owl, Short Toed Snake Eagle, Yellow Footed Green Pigeon, Racket Tailed Drongo, Jungle Babbler, varieties of Parakeet.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>A variety of other migratory birds such as Brahminy duck, Pochard, Bar headed Geese, Common Coot etc visit the lake, filling the atmosphere with their flights and chittering. </span><span>In addition to these other migratory forest birds are Indian Pitta, Red Throated Fly Catcher, Orange Headed Ground Thrush, Jacobin Cuckoo, Grey Headed Canary Fly Catcher.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Animals such as the Tiger, Leopards, Common Giant Flying Squirrel, Dhole, Gaur, Barking Deer, Monitor Lizard, Rusty-spotted Cat, Jungle Cat, Small Indian Civet, Asian Palm Civet, Porcupine, Bengal Fox, Indian Jackal, Sambhar Deer, Striped Hyena, Sloth Bear are the treasure of Pench National Park.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pench is also enriched with vibrant butterflies such as Blue Pansy, Common Leopard, Common Pierrot, Common Jezebel, Striped Tiger, Common Evening Brown and many more.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #495762;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Other Attractions:</span></b></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pachdhar Potter’s Village is 18 km from Turia Gate and a small village famous for its pots. You can visit there and even try your hand at making pots besides buying.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><u>SAFARI</u></b></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The First (evening) safari was at <b>Khawasa gate</b> - It starts at 1600 hours and ends at 1915 hours.</span><span>You have to carry the hardcopy of the online booking.</span><span> It is a a buffer Zone. </span><b>It is in MP. </b><span>It started raining after some time. So we could not see much, except Thick Knee and Brahminy Starling. After Safari we went to have some snacks and tea near the Khawasa gate. The guide is also new, with only 1.5 years experience. He cannot recognize bird calls.</span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="background: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had our dinner and went to sleep early, since we have to get up early.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">30.4.23 </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The morning safari was at <b>Khursapar gate</b>.It starts at 600 hours (and not 0530 hours as was mentioned in the ticket) and ends at 1100 hours. <b>It is in Maharashtra.</b> They are less tourist friendly. They charge Rs 200/400 for camera (point and shoot or DSLR !). You have to carry the hardcopy of the online booking. It again started raining after some time. But it was for a shorter duration, unlike the one on 29.4.23. There is a breakfast break for the morning safari. Our resort arranged for that. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The sighting was good. We saw <span style="background-color: transparent;">Oriental Honey Buzzard and Sambar</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;">.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HdL0YQvNI77lOouVrvTtvhjgTbxJq76DgRuX0FiK1R1bU0Iv3wC2ejHU1iRa1WpTRb8TRX8fUbY2Os71EbM4jU6by1eobfTP-MVxtMm979WJvLjTwtVUu-e2qJ7mxpWQXbdkDS2VRaDmlokQxcDwobhYVOx7ZaHi0eXsaBpMSYXla4KRB0EDD746kA/s4608/IMG_0533.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HdL0YQvNI77lOouVrvTtvhjgTbxJq76DgRuX0FiK1R1bU0Iv3wC2ejHU1iRa1WpTRb8TRX8fUbY2Os71EbM4jU6by1eobfTP-MVxtMm979WJvLjTwtVUu-e2qJ7mxpWQXbdkDS2VRaDmlokQxcDwobhYVOx7ZaHi0eXsaBpMSYXla4KRB0EDD746kA/w640-h480/IMG_0533.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQYHZ1LhLCp2cevxf9AAn1TVk6CulTTvDqI0MUwzG7-WR67hh5CltdQR2uN-ecL1isPXB74PyRtQcrrc-5Dwh-iGGhE3higrSS-vaIWwZt4OCCJi_KjxYLrOBaVVna-xuHGgAyEDVMTbrZofkGiGqhak4wDHdy7AOPRRj2_RDijI6W5ce_9JiKUF9gA/s4608/IMG_0514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQYHZ1LhLCp2cevxf9AAn1TVk6CulTTvDqI0MUwzG7-WR67hh5CltdQR2uN-ecL1isPXB74PyRtQcrrc-5Dwh-iGGhE3higrSS-vaIWwZt4OCCJi_KjxYLrOBaVVna-xuHGgAyEDVMTbrZofkGiGqhak4wDHdy7AOPRRj2_RDijI6W5ce_9JiKUF9gA/w640-h480/IMG_0514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAzbdekkZgykstVZm-okATrLSOOcbBgLeNb2Lx4WyTdGG-qiAvJJ5nDbw4lrqYMDIT5UI_Nyu9ds4Z7vxD9y24JnkuVW4NxjdUEewhK6XF6GGMMXWdLFx0UuIOGyh6_oWqrpK9srKxsmiiNgKGk96HurZYtk4Q5Qob4ROtLCOUN63RwDneY3xXR9ZKw/s4608/IMG_0648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAzbdekkZgykstVZm-okATrLSOOcbBgLeNb2Lx4WyTdGG-qiAvJJ5nDbw4lrqYMDIT5UI_Nyu9ds4Z7vxD9y24JnkuVW4NxjdUEewhK6XF6GGMMXWdLFx0UuIOGyh6_oWqrpK9srKxsmiiNgKGk96HurZYtk4Q5Qob4ROtLCOUN63RwDneY3xXR9ZKw/w640-h480/IMG_0648.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After returning from safari we had an chit chat session.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The evening safari was at famous </span><b style="background-color: white;">Turia gate</b><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><b style="background-color: transparent;">It is in MP. </b><span style="background-color: white;">It starts at 1600 hours and ends at 1845 hours. It is a a core Zone and number of cars were much more. I must add that our experience was better immeasurably due to presence of famous guide Subhas Barve (he is available only for Turia ) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><b style="background-color: #ffe599;">70009 74062.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> He is a good spotter too , apart from being a knowledgeable guide. He is a very nice and jovial person and has experience of 20 years.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">There is another famous guide Monu Dubey </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">+91 94070 53555 / </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">+91 96857 70170. But he was busy during our visit. He also owns a resort.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The sighting was good. We saw Indian Pitta , </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Greater Racket Tailed Drongo.</span></p></div><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX0QvK98x_HlpZk5qMziAH3gtr45cAOnIiPbkL5VwJqlRAHTR7upOadm8VNG2XuixSQD8Smc-rV3qmzTCDeOcXIbxuoYnGgztwmYnuKAYUJk0MAyYbGQ2m_9QVc3zMyMU-D2qnN0n088_kjWGYp8MyqHXU-akh_9zCZ8J6gLebDSMmmYZgvxqFNgNMw/s4608/IMG_9937...%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX0QvK98x_HlpZk5qMziAH3gtr45cAOnIiPbkL5VwJqlRAHTR7upOadm8VNG2XuixSQD8Smc-rV3qmzTCDeOcXIbxuoYnGgztwmYnuKAYUJk0MAyYbGQ2m_9QVc3zMyMU-D2qnN0n088_kjWGYp8MyqHXU-akh_9zCZ8J6gLebDSMmmYZgvxqFNgNMw/w640-h480/IMG_9937...%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcGkCleXuD2La2QqnEiNjsNC4ZMM7XJxlafcNnpBdRiqkyaq9nUeEVI_McnJijvOvc6UcUVXO7fKaivl_afkL3c-x7S5hFDml9TPnp0BqDAw2kjDhP4K5HEncGXPfiz9SwYqmKU3cHjBFsAVjCoNf2bWQmjvBziofnO4X3zKEMwLnoZXj7HRyQLm9-w/s4608/IMG_0696.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcGkCleXuD2La2QqnEiNjsNC4ZMM7XJxlafcNnpBdRiqkyaq9nUeEVI_McnJijvOvc6UcUVXO7fKaivl_afkL3c-x7S5hFDml9TPnp0BqDAw2kjDhP4K5HEncGXPfiz9SwYqmKU3cHjBFsAVjCoNf2bWQmjvBziofnO4X3zKEMwLnoZXj7HRyQLm9-w/w640-h480/IMG_0696.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had our dinner and went to sleep early since we have to get up early.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">01.05.23 </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The morning safari was again at <b>Khursapar gate. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The sighting was good. We saw Dhole and Malabar Hornbill.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuBkBCtB94ZHd-xO0MRCQQJnLdRv1qUkjkEdD7B_qFIw9C4cul_fS4KyQlViMqKAAP52XAPJhQkEJJGr1-qaF6MQV2d_2BbgQbY0-JYtpfuX0zBOI3nKZK7gGu9aUdEKHeR0khXc9w0Ld0vt6ku9DqJLc-y99ZswSyRq1draNnFpQ9OM-_VKyTXpHXA/s4608/IMG_0314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuBkBCtB94ZHd-xO0MRCQQJnLdRv1qUkjkEdD7B_qFIw9C4cul_fS4KyQlViMqKAAP52XAPJhQkEJJGr1-qaF6MQV2d_2BbgQbY0-JYtpfuX0zBOI3nKZK7gGu9aUdEKHeR0khXc9w0Ld0vt6ku9DqJLc-y99ZswSyRq1draNnFpQ9OM-_VKyTXpHXA/w640-h480/IMG_0314.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNc8jHRr5J8MEHl7u4fKCLKX_P_OpHq2cW-sYkQYiwU0t1-6uTnIJActb66xCBE4wYfInL41DgWMUQ8wFL9-Z5WwlsR91CF1p2bLIgXZO2-1p9o_PQEl5IoRME6_0VaaEgY5g5UjkfFX_yiY--zEno3ei9V-CsxQ9O0s_6cWVWBJtAKHLUP5Q1djs3g/s4608/IMG_0430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNc8jHRr5J8MEHl7u4fKCLKX_P_OpHq2cW-sYkQYiwU0t1-6uTnIJActb66xCBE4wYfInL41DgWMUQ8wFL9-Z5WwlsR91CF1p2bLIgXZO2-1p9o_PQEl5IoRME6_0VaaEgY5g5UjkfFX_yiY--zEno3ei9V-CsxQ9O0s_6cWVWBJtAKHLUP5Q1djs3g/w640-h480/IMG_0430.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After returning from safari, I went to explore the area. I saw people angling in the lake beside our resort.I saw Ducks, Coots, Pied Kingfisher.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The evening safari was again at the famous <b>Turia gate. </b>The sighting was good. We saw Leopard.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHVttey7m_K3bFd7sKQUgGXAhwRx1kErMYIx4oX1s4VtJdpxETDVNPFyrRqU1zd6mDa6oFTjYB_3EYfvlygWXHeuekZWHYSw_HtFcL_GeqVeDA6yBf77CHT7a9qDlly7fiMjIWoPhDq4zDaFHFOkAxd6eYnJCqnrOl4Zn3lcf72TEnIQgsS5pHcTy2g/s4608/IMG_0598.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHVttey7m_K3bFd7sKQUgGXAhwRx1kErMYIx4oX1s4VtJdpxETDVNPFyrRqU1zd6mDa6oFTjYB_3EYfvlygWXHeuekZWHYSw_HtFcL_GeqVeDA6yBf77CHT7a9qDlly7fiMjIWoPhDq4zDaFHFOkAxd6eYnJCqnrOl4Zn3lcf72TEnIQgsS5pHcTy2g/w640-h480/IMG_0598.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4WIfTLq3dJj9nkywrXx7bATCNwXLSDPxHQGrsCirvAGV_oDKsPz-eSx5dCcqKCQpJXEMYEj7ugnUSbTX9Qm20AU16MD0FLER0wRt8k9kdpio18AjAIn-VfAA3NgVZxUY7ZDthckDuf61TklK8-uNUFQaqrzBzUHp1FbLAB5WwZvWW2vum7YSphfODg/s4608/IMG_0607..%20(3.1)%20(1.1)%20(2.1)%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4WIfTLq3dJj9nkywrXx7bATCNwXLSDPxHQGrsCirvAGV_oDKsPz-eSx5dCcqKCQpJXEMYEj7ugnUSbTX9Qm20AU16MD0FLER0wRt8k9kdpio18AjAIn-VfAA3NgVZxUY7ZDthckDuf61TklK8-uNUFQaqrzBzUHp1FbLAB5WwZvWW2vum7YSphfODg/w640-h480/IMG_0607..%20(3.1)%20(1.1)%20(2.1)%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh05GuZOwmVqTpPA9Fo0WBJ7jwwhKsPBFY96JwUtWW8PIbO_URl5Gcw1hL6RxRkPQB6yWvf84clNcfvNvpwo78f3St3O2wys2x5nRGTrttdwYrtP6rwz5x64KOybXDLSJpky8z4WtElBUdGIUhkSXpSgSZBlT-SFD5D2LcTUjSRCuVaFSHnUwmvO2gA/s4608/IMG_0609.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh05GuZOwmVqTpPA9Fo0WBJ7jwwhKsPBFY96JwUtWW8PIbO_URl5Gcw1hL6RxRkPQB6yWvf84clNcfvNvpwo78f3St3O2wys2x5nRGTrttdwYrtP6rwz5x64KOybXDLSJpky8z4WtElBUdGIUhkSXpSgSZBlT-SFD5D2LcTUjSRCuVaFSHnUwmvO2gA/w640-h480/IMG_0609.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />We purchased some souvenirs from the Forest Deptt counter <i>inside the gate, beside the Urinal</i>. The caps were sold for Rs 130 and key rings for Rs 25, the same cap outside is sold for Rs 150 !</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had our dinner and went to sleep early since we have to leave for the airport.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">02.05.23 </span></b></p><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our car (Montu) came at 02 00 hours and left at 02 15 hours for Nagpur. We reached Nagpur airport within 2 hours. Our morning flight was at 0740 hours and we reached Kolkata at 0915 hours. However Subirda's train which was supposed to come at 0130 hours finally came at 1200 hours.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>SOURCE :</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>wikipedia</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://www.traveldiaryparnashree.com/2018/06/pench-national-park.html</b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>https://traveltriangle.com/blog/pench-national-park/</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>https://www.pugdundeesafaris.com/blog/travel-guide-to-pench-national-park/</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-25614099417086368622023-04-27T17:43:00.046+05:302023-05-02T18:34:55.942+05:30Neora Valley National Park - Kolakham - Lava - 2023<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Neora Valley NP - Kolakham (Diary in brief )</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><span>20.4.23 -21.4.23 </span></b>Sealdah>NMZ (New Mal Junction) >Kolakham [Kanchankanya > Car ]</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span>21.4.23 </span></b></span><span style="font-family: times;">Kolakham</span><span style="font-family: times;"> > Changey Falls>Lava></span><span style="font-family: times;">Kolakham</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span>22.</span></b><b><span>4.23 </span></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Kolakham</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> > NMZ </span></span>[Car >Kanchankanya ]</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><span>23.</span></b><b><span>4.23 </span></b>Sealdah</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;">20.4.23 - 21.4.23</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After a long time, Mohua and I (without any group) left for Kolakham alone. We took Kanchankanya at 8.30 am from Sealdah and reached New Mal Junction at 9.30 am next day. The Route from Siliguri Junction (not NJP) to New Mal Junction (NMZ) is the most picturesque route you will ever find in India - it is a marriage between River, dense Forest and Hills. It is probably the only long distance train, which stops at NMZ (Railway code).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Get In</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">From NMZ there is no direct bus to Lava (actually Kolakham is a very small village in Neora Valley NP, so no shared jeep goes there). First you have to come to Dam-dim (from NMZ , a toto will charge around Rs 100-150 to reach Damdim) and from Damdim you can take a share jeep to reach Lava. From Lava there is <b>no</b> shared jeep route to Kolakham. You have to reserve a car for Rs 1000 (fixed rate as per Chart) for a 6-7 Km bumpy ride to Kolakham. If you are lucky, you can hitchhike from Lava. Lava falls on the route to Kolakham. A small road at the entry point of Lava, takes you to Kolakham (entry fee to enter Neora Valley NP/Kolakham is Rs 120 per jeep since you are entering Neora Valley Forest).</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>After considering all this we decided to book a Wagon R for Rs 2200/- from NMZ. The name of the driver is Rajesh Kundu (+91 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span>81580 49888 ). We bought very good Pizza at Pizza Palace (</span></span><a aria-describedby="tt-c1144" aria-label="Phone: +91 77973 11666" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+917797311666" jsaction="mouseenter:tfO1Yc; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchend:yfqBxc;mlnRJb:fLiPzd;JZCswc:.CLIENT" jscontroller="e2jnoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">91 77973 11666</a> ) <span style="text-align: left;"> just beside the bus station of NMZ. Alternately you talk to owner/Manager of the resort Neora Valley Junge Camp.</span></span></p><div class="wqOuQ" jsaction="click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchmove:FwuNnf; touchend:yfqBxc; touchcancel:JMtRjd; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef" jscontroller="nKuFpb" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span data-is-tooltip-wrapper="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="EY8ABd-OWXEXe-TAWMXe" id="tt-c1144" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: auto; user-select: none; width: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Call phone (+917797311666)</span></div></span></div><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span>On the way falls 5 tea gardens (some owned by Goodricke) - it is a good for photo op session ! On the way falls Gorubathan, the only major town, before Lava. We reached Neora Valley Jungle Camp (it is actually very near to Kolakham village) at 1230 hrs , after 2.30 hours journey. The road is very good and wide. I found the route very charming . </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span>Neora Valley Jungle Camp is owned by Help Tourism Pvt Ltd. It is surely one of the best resorts in India, at this price (Rs 7000 for two people - with breakfast and dinner), I have ever stayed. The location is amazing. The rooms are unique. There are two balconies in the room. </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; text-align: left;">The rooms are huge and having an attached balcony and one of them is covered by Glass in 3 sides , giving you a wonderful chance to enjoy the mighty Himalaya , from your room. All rooms are fitted with a room heater & geyser . Rooms were clean and bathrooms were well maintained. There is no TV in the room. </span><span style="text-align: left;">I stayed at Shikra. I think one should stay at Shikra. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sitting in the balcony, sipping smoking hot tea , you can see snowy peaks of the Kanchenjunga, if the the weather is good. contact person is Mr Pal, </span></span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">96478 24646 .</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAFwzPxR_awpkTqDQ6m2myOu0mGhjs39VLhaaPpid0ICsQF-cZ8LiVNVrPMgPUgPQ7gA4kND8sOyP9VYqaqLItgl0GJhhEVUc4VHB3mZbA914JDoXG8tIyZk97TbxLZgl46DBErXyRHB5k2gqIuNHXqZYE5N5deZ8Mvg2MPRTJz8AKiHnQT0NKJAHDw/s3984/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(11).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAFwzPxR_awpkTqDQ6m2myOu0mGhjs39VLhaaPpid0ICsQF-cZ8LiVNVrPMgPUgPQ7gA4kND8sOyP9VYqaqLItgl0GJhhEVUc4VHB3mZbA914JDoXG8tIyZk97TbxLZgl46DBErXyRHB5k2gqIuNHXqZYE5N5deZ8Mvg2MPRTJz8AKiHnQT0NKJAHDw/w640-h296/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(11).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDKAohVlCfn0ddIgP20SnPsqkn5hX1O4I8TEO8NKeDU7i50C7P1rJMS_nBcvGnhlyQ9Acj9uQv0Wnts-BuuuMAeX2n5CtIVzq1xqJoIFX2owiUZHB_JtX0_ZGAOKK4QZbcaeWMFiRhjwnnal190-YHxru-vhZ9ZT1siWOVfKBkfIe9CwX7x6mlmPClA/s3984/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(116).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDKAohVlCfn0ddIgP20SnPsqkn5hX1O4I8TEO8NKeDU7i50C7P1rJMS_nBcvGnhlyQ9Acj9uQv0Wnts-BuuuMAeX2n5CtIVzq1xqJoIFX2owiUZHB_JtX0_ZGAOKK4QZbcaeWMFiRhjwnnal190-YHxru-vhZ9ZT1siWOVfKBkfIe9CwX7x6mlmPClA/w640-h296/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(116).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span>Kolakham is located in the buffer zone of the Neora Valley National Park. </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fafafa; text-align: left;">Neora Valley National Park is in Kalimpong subdivision of Darjeeling District (West Bengal). It was established in 1986 and covers around of 88 km² . It is one of the richest biological zones . It is a paradise for Bird Lovers. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fafafa; text-align: left;">The lush green pine forest has such luxurious growth that even sunlight do not reach the soil. </span></span></p><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The highest point of the park is Rachela Danda which is around 10,600 ft from Sea level. Much of the park is still inaccessible and for nature lovers & trekkers, this is one of the most adventurous places, as it promises to explore the still-unknown. </span><span><span>This village is a retreat from all the bustles of city life.</span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I quickly had my lunch (Pizza) and left for Kolakham village. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">The road towards the village induced an inexplicable charm. </span><span style="background-color: white;">On the way falls Kalbong Check Post of Forest Deptt. From that Check post you have to take the help of Birding guide </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span>Yogen (</span><a aria-describedby="tt-c1158" aria-label="Phone: +91 73849 91850" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+917384991850" jsaction="mouseenter:tfO1Yc; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchend:yfqBxc;mlnRJb:fLiPzd;" jscontroller="e2jnoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">+91 73849 91850</a> )</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to go to Kalbong village (hair pin bend from the check post) for taking pictures of Bird. But if you are a serious birder then you can take the help of </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Mani (from Lava) - +91 95472 80019. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> I am told he charges Rs 2000 for the whole day. Then there is Joseph who is even more famous. He works in forest deptt. You can talk to Yogen to get his numbered.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="wqOuQ" jsaction="click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchmove:FwuNnf; touchend:yfqBxc; touchcancel:JMtRjd; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef" jscontroller="nKuFpb" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span data-is-tooltip-wrapper="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="EY8ABd-OWXEXe-TAWMXe" id="tt-c287" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; user-select: none; width: 1px;">Call phone (+919547280019)</div></span></div><span class="YvDwpb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"></span></span><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I went further upto the Kolakham village and saw many popular home stays like Red Panda Homestay (first home stay of the village), Kolkham Casero etc. Then I came back to the resort. We had early dinner at 8.30 pm. There I met a Professor of Environment Science and learnt that <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Cryptomaria japonica was planted for paper industry in India by Britishers, which never materialized. But the trees which were planted for economic benefit , like Sagoon, Teak etc killed the bio diversity of forest. In fact </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Cryptomaria japonica is somewhat like Eucalyptus. I also learnt that the damage to the nature, is not only because of global warming, but it is also man made.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;">22.4.23</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>After breakfast Mohua and I walked upto the Kolakham village. After reaching Kolakham, we saw a tourist car going to Changey Falls. They charged us @ Rs 200 x 2 for the journey. </span><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">One of the major attractions of Kolakham, is the 100 feet waterfall located about 6 kilometres from the village . However, the trail isn’t smooth, some may find it difficult to keep balance while moving downwards to the waterfall. It took around 15 minutes to go down and around 30 minutes go up. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv9rjMxc0YugSzufacds5_LL0iiWu0J_jUda6YNHQtFCskbDW_-KIi33l2C9N9qguvMqeNsHYufzaPKm-yw-OWxSc-eZeL26QiW_lbVFP4BHH2ryDDzaksYrLaiZmsZ9CEuTpabzKFU-1SCxe7QO8W-5Ke1LK6NwuAZCFVWzRk2nSXacdMAFT4a2qvg/s3264/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(50).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv9rjMxc0YugSzufacds5_LL0iiWu0J_jUda6YNHQtFCskbDW_-KIi33l2C9N9qguvMqeNsHYufzaPKm-yw-OWxSc-eZeL26QiW_lbVFP4BHH2ryDDzaksYrLaiZmsZ9CEuTpabzKFU-1SCxe7QO8W-5Ke1LK6NwuAZCFVWzRk2nSXacdMAFT4a2qvg/w640-h294/new%20mal%20kolakham%20lava%20(50).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After returning to base, we were told the car is going to Lava and we can go there by paying Rs 300 each. So we decided to go to Lava and see the famous Lava monastery. The Lava we saw in 2004 is not recognizable any more. The Lava Monastery is really interesting and very big. Do not forget to go around the monastery. After having lunch in the monastery , we came to back to Kolakham by paying Rs 1000. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">Cardamom plantations are common here and can be seen in the farms of the local people. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">Various species of birds can be seen in the resort itself : Verditer Flycatcher, Rufous Sibia, Scarlet minivet, Green-tailed Sunbird, Fantail to name a few. Later I realized that probably there is no need to go elsewhere for birding. Sitting in the balcony, you can see all the birds.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">The rustic life, simple and warm local people, local market and the beautiful village are worth exploring. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">I had my dinner early at 8.30 am ,so that I can go for birding tour next day. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">There are 2 options here - a) Kalbong route b) Pipeline route. We were told Pipe-line is too dense and is not good for bird sighting.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;">22.4.23-23.4.23</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;">I got up at 5.15 am and reached Forest Deptt check post at 6.10 am and went to Kalbong village with Yogen for birding. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">I saw </span><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Rufous Sibia, Scarlet minivet, Great Barbet, </span><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">Verditer Flycatcher</span><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">. </span><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">I finally returned my resort at 10.30 am and had my breakfast. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJh5be8kXmBshJgqKmV3oYMPuCK3lJ0IGjcoWqeh96eq3xsXRBEG-8AagHkqDwiTBfARgNDqyuBJjR6I8WYZzRU6sN09aKJFISjJCvgHnJEAIcHx7o3NGVHCHSJfTGnOzkeDzMat4latoAYMbrp0V7oMpLIzpqBbtSfCK6SQ8JA90nPVjkm4GVhycug/s2048/343950855_620253526322367_642465842488835069_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJh5be8kXmBshJgqKmV3oYMPuCK3lJ0IGjcoWqeh96eq3xsXRBEG-8AagHkqDwiTBfARgNDqyuBJjR6I8WYZzRU6sN09aKJFISjJCvgHnJEAIcHx7o3NGVHCHSJfTGnOzkeDzMat4latoAYMbrp0V7oMpLIzpqBbtSfCK6SQ8JA90nPVjkm4GVhycug/w640-h480/343950855_620253526322367_642465842488835069_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span face=""Titillium Web", Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4fKcS0EPcBDAMKF__Bp2pI6i1Pg4mZdNhIo8p2BbgajePvyQrve7h0_f_LINP8fFgcpV7Cy26c76ws0kYn3OqCdkL7J3mUlTXOv4SmlRKZBzVy7yjN5uKa_pVvzY2iclMUH2Gj6IJ4WYMu3Uym_kXsMuQY6ermW-4ZJw3YAp4TcYkG9A6f7QGe9LQA/s4608/IMG_9769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4fKcS0EPcBDAMKF__Bp2pI6i1Pg4mZdNhIo8p2BbgajePvyQrve7h0_f_LINP8fFgcpV7Cy26c76ws0kYn3OqCdkL7J3mUlTXOv4SmlRKZBzVy7yjN5uKa_pVvzY2iclMUH2Gj6IJ4WYMu3Uym_kXsMuQY6ermW-4ZJw3YAp4TcYkG9A6f7QGe9LQA/w640-h480/IMG_9769.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The check out time is 1100 am. So we checked out of the resort and kept the luggage at the library. Then I again left for birding in the resort and its adjoining area and finally left for NMZ at 2 am. This time the car was arranged by the resort and they charged Rs 3000 (for Innova). On the way to NMZ, we had our lunch and reached the train station in time and the train left at 5.35 pm and reached home right at time, at 8.10 am.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Booking : </b> Online booking is available in the below link. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.helptourism.net/neora-valley-jungle-camp.php" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">http://www.helptourism.net/neora-valley-jungle-camp.php</span></span></a></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You can contact Help tourism office to get your bookings. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Help Tourism Pvt. Ltd.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kolkata Office:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">67-A, Kali Temple Road, 1st Floor,Sadananda Kuthi, Kalighat</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kolkata - 700026</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Tel : +91-33-24550917 / 24549719,Fax : +91-33-24854584</span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">email : siliguri@helptourism.com</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Pocket Pinch : </b> It is Rs. 6000-7000/- for 2 persons with breakfast and dinner. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Get away</b></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">From Kolakham it’s easy to visit several beautiful places as a day tour. Lava, Loleygaon, Rishyap, Charkhole, Rikisum, Pedong etc are the places which are full of natural beauties along with mighty Kanchenjunga and its neighbouring peaks.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Source :</b></span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">http://mangoladydiaries.com/kolakham-rustic-respite-and-steep-trail/</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">http://bestplacesofstay.blogspot.com/2014/05/neora-valley-jungle-camp-kolakham-help.html</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="wqOuQ" jsaction="click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchmove:FwuNnf; touchend:yfqBxc; touchcancel:JMtRjd; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef" jscontroller="nKuFpb" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span data-is-tooltip-wrapper="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="EY8ABd-OWXEXe-TAWMXe" id="tt-c1158" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: auto; user-select: none; width: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Call phone (+917384991850)</span></div></span></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-25030603646049567192023-04-26T16:58:00.060+05:302023-05-17T13:14:02.572+05:30 Dooars : Jaldapara, Gorumara, Coochbehar - 2023<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dooars (Diary in brief )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">13.4.23 -14.4.23 </span></b>Sealdah>NJP>Siliguri>Fulbari>Rhino Inn (Jaldapara National Park - Salkumar Gate) [ Uttarbanga Express > Car ]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">15.4.23 </span></b>Jaldapara NP> Safari> Chilapata > Kalchini </span><span style="font-family: times;">Tea Garden > </span><span style="font-family: times;">Raimatang>Hamilton ganj></span><span style="font-family: times;">Hashimara> </span><span style="font-family: times;">Jaldapara NP</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">16.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">4.23 </span></b>Jaldapara > Murti>Cooch Behar Rajbari ></span><span style="font-family: times;"> Cooch Behar Tea Estate> Lataguri (Gorumara)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">17.4.23 </span></b></span><span style="font-family: times;">Lataguri (Gorumara)</span><span style="font-family: times;"> > Jatraprasad Safari>Chalsa>Matelli Tea Estate >Samsing> Mission Hill > Fagu > Ambiok > Gajoldoba</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">18.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">4.23 </span></b>Sealdah</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV3I8nOCeYEi-jFTJ3s9wkOChawfHXWgAqNonrZ08tFJr53qoua0GX-YGNgU3u14WrlgTbyHhWCY4zYBLq8A1LToLf_iPYz66N3z1uqczF4419fhWcATzEaN-WOQKlGL-ohOin_XqPuUR0Zb7dHDr8aJRMH2jlJETH1k97ujuWg-1PugSFT5RXM-iXA/s640/dooars%20341558749_536845285267723_150756006047148060_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV3I8nOCeYEi-jFTJ3s9wkOChawfHXWgAqNonrZ08tFJr53qoua0GX-YGNgU3u14WrlgTbyHhWCY4zYBLq8A1LToLf_iPYz66N3z1uqczF4419fhWcATzEaN-WOQKlGL-ohOin_XqPuUR0Zb7dHDr8aJRMH2jlJETH1k97ujuWg-1PugSFT5RXM-iXA/w640-h640/dooars%20341558749_536845285267723_150756006047148060_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">14.4.23</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>We (Barun and I) took Uttarbanga Express and reached NJP/ Siliguri at 7.30 am and reached Anindya's house . Our train ticket was confirmed thanks to Mohua. Since Tutuda's ticket was not confirmed, he reached Siliguri by bus and went to Anindya's home at 9.30 am. The bus journey took 14 hours.The roads are much better now, Tutu da informed us. We left for Jaldapara at 10.30 am. We took Fulbari (Jalpaiguri) route by Anindya's car to reach <b>Rhino Inn (owned by Kalu Chhetri) , </b> <b>which is just beside</b> <b>Salkumar Gate of Jaldapara National Park</b>. Not many people book safari at this gate. Madarihat is the popular gate. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Now it is possible to book safari online at <a href="https://www.wbsfda.org/Safari/CarService/OXwxfFNhbGt1bWFyIEdhdGUgQ2FyIFNhZmFyaQ==">https://www.wbsfda.org</a> </span>. We reached the resort at 2 pm. We were told our Elephant safari has been cancelled due to strike called by the Mahout. One of them was killed (by the elephant) </span><span>on duty</span><span> and was denied the compensation of Rs 15 lakh ! They earn only 8500 per month. For the first time in my life, I supported the strike !</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After having our lunch, I opted for 4-5.30 pm slot for safari. Since there was one vacant slot in one car , I managed to do the safari. While rest of our group could not manage it. I paid Rs 600 for the Safari. Actually the rates are like this : Rs 350 for the guide charge. Rs 187 per head as entry fee/permit and car hiring charges are Rs 1500. The area is around 216 sq Km, but only 6 Km is allowed to the tourists. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You will have to get down at 3 watch towers : Hollong (which is not a watch tower actually), Harin-danga (non operational) and Jaldapara watch tower. So out of 3 watch towers, 1 is not operational. So unlike other famous National forests you have to get down at certain points ! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>There are 4 safaris in a day @ 1.30 hours each ! There is no zone. There is only a fixed route ! </span><span>This is completely ridiculous.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>We paid Rs 1200 for the room for 2 people in Rhino Inn. The food is extra @ Rs 600 per day. The food is really good. The owner <b>Kalu Chhetri </b>is a Nepali, but speaks perfect Bengali. He booked elephant safari for us. We made the payment by G-pay to him and sent him the PAN Card. He did the Elephant safari booking for us. <b>His number is </b></span><b><a aria-describedby="tt-c554" aria-label="Phone: +91 97331 05135" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+919733105135" jsaction="mouseenter:tfO1Yc; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchend:yfqBxc;mlnRJb:fLiPzd;" jscontroller="e2jnoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.0142857em; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">+91 97331 05135</a> and <a aria-describedby="tt-c555" aria-label="Phone: +91 97334 48204" class="W7Nbnf" href="tel:+919733448204" jsaction="mouseenter:tfO1Yc; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; mouseleave:JywGue; touchstart:p6p2H; touchend:yfqBxc;mlnRJb:fLiPzd;" jscontroller="e2jnoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #1a73e8; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.2px; outline: none; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">+91 97334 48204</a>. </b><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;">Call phone (+919733448204).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;"><span> He is the ideal person to do the booking for Elephant safari from this gate. He is known to all the forest department staffs.</span></span></span></p><div class="urwqv" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.0142857em; line-height: 1.25rem; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="YvDwpb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #5f6368; display: inline-block; font-family: times; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>He said it will take some time to get the refund, since the elephant safari has been cancelled. </span><span>Interestingly Victoria aka Sampa (Ranju Kaku's daughter) is also staying at the same hotel. She is now teaching in a Coochbehar College. She told me she will be soon transferred to Chandan Nagar. They have also come here for a safari.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">15.4.23</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>Today we did the morning Safari at 5.30 am - 7 am. We made the payment yesterday. Kalu da has been great help while booking the jeep safari off line. </span><span>Everybody knows him.</span><span>Since we were very apprehensive about the Jeep Safari (rightly), we did not book any safari online. His resort is jest beside the Safari booking counter. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>We saw Rhino, Gaur, Red breasted Parakeet, <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left;">Green Imperial Pigeon, Yellow footed Green Pigeon,Barking deer,Sambhar</span> and peacock.</span><span> The guide told us, they have been last trained in the year 2016 and he has no knowledge of birds ! He shouted "Sambhar-Sambhar" on sighting a Sambhar in the same vein, when a guide in Ranthambhore would have shouted on sighting a tiger !!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUXeJam8yx-IZJ6w9AIdqhsCdk1Srf0lCUg8zGkYeTlGV2ZQEY2xrlH_qSFVbYU7d2Qaj0suKVpBHOGCHBfsELnKJRzMeBDfgrYyZLkYS3VYJZiFpqH97wl9fAw85XzaWBLRBBAyRw3mtiMFVyHBQ_L6KefU_zru8mvDxsxXH78mbE9hLo1XaQQn9dA/s4608/dooars%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUXeJam8yx-IZJ6w9AIdqhsCdk1Srf0lCUg8zGkYeTlGV2ZQEY2xrlH_qSFVbYU7d2Qaj0suKVpBHOGCHBfsELnKJRzMeBDfgrYyZLkYS3VYJZiFpqH97wl9fAw85XzaWBLRBBAyRw3mtiMFVyHBQ_L6KefU_zru8mvDxsxXH78mbE9hLo1XaQQn9dA/w640-h480/dooars%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times; 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To reach Raimatang we took the route of Chilapata forest. </span><span style="font-family: times;">On the way we saw Kalchini Tea Garden. We had lunch before reaching Raimatang. To reach Raimatang</span><span style="font-family: times;"> you have to travel on the dry river bed for some time. After reaching Raimatang we trekked till the river bed. There is a wonderful homestay there. After spending some time we returned back to our resort. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">On the way back, we saw Hamiltonganj (where Tutu da bought Insect repellant) and </span><span style="font-family: times;">Hashimara </span><span style="font-family: times;">Air Force</span><span style="font-family: times;"> base.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You can write/email to DFO of Jaldapara at <a href="http://jaldaparanationalpark.org/dfo-jaldapara/" style="background-color: #ffe599;">http://jaldaparanationalpark.org/dfo-jaldapara/</a> for any complain.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">16.4.23</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Today we checked out of our hotel and left for Cooch Behar Palace/Rajbari. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Rajbari was constructed in the year 1887. It was really impressive. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Inspired from the Western Renaissance period, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Cooch Behar Palace is a unique blend of European and Indian architecture.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Maharaja Nripendra Narayan created the Cooch Behar Palace in 1887. Inside the Palace is quite impressive too, it is straight out of Vatican ! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It is one of the architectural masterpieces, that displays the regal era of the Koch Dynasty in India. It was part of Ahom kingdom. It is apparently the first planned city. The city centre is Sagardighi Lake. The houses around the lake are quite impressive.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAphR7btdfvkeH0e1bMJbU85yothsBG8JAmJWcpkXtQWG7K8hZS4g8I5SYDT8qWArGDemr6Y_pG1XuaLzDNK8N6JleqefHJxnVt2e9Lm-oOCQavnzvJRNeXPhQv1RTcsyHH7uKnZe2C5boaJJhuSWcwezm5RPIy5VCM5XgqDx_NUL-9FKMKBmoZZGqQ/s3264/IMG_20230416_115058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAphR7btdfvkeH0e1bMJbU85yothsBG8JAmJWcpkXtQWG7K8hZS4g8I5SYDT8qWArGDemr6Y_pG1XuaLzDNK8N6JleqefHJxnVt2e9Lm-oOCQavnzvJRNeXPhQv1RTcsyHH7uKnZe2C5boaJJhuSWcwezm5RPIy5VCM5XgqDx_NUL-9FKMKBmoZZGqQ/w640-h294/IMG_20230416_115058.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; 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On the way to Lataguri we saw Cooch Behar Tea Estate. We saw the plucking by the woman workers. In fact we also saw the tea leaves were weighed and dumped into a pick up truck. We learnt that they get Rs 232/250 per day of work. They also get Ration. They have 1 day leave per week. They are paid after 15 days. Most of them were wearing "gloves" .</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-PnSbpsPso7RRdmymVHaO5K8618Ioejyrz7Ac3fjGz0KTh0Zc4wkQX0ASWFccWr44H-uze8fwJjfZCtJf-Fktx09prj-bzDvI265kPZkE1tFcwT-CTyuEpK74O6jMGgqzraId9f6_yrxpeYr14Se5_DMDw8UwYhBIj8H69cH9YncG2nEe0j-xzrrJg/s3984/IMG_20230416_153415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3984" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-PnSbpsPso7RRdmymVHaO5K8618Ioejyrz7Ac3fjGz0KTh0Zc4wkQX0ASWFccWr44H-uze8fwJjfZCtJf-Fktx09prj-bzDvI265kPZkE1tFcwT-CTyuEpK74O6jMGgqzraId9f6_yrxpeYr14Se5_DMDw8UwYhBIj8H69cH9YncG2nEe0j-xzrrJg/w296-h640/IMG_20230416_153415.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXPG3MNPJHAlyGOlr0h2FT-Cmv52TwrdefH8Sb0ZQXzkVgn_JhdYHlVtNnxgRNeeXiJSXRJv3Vbh4LOql84K6i10YLv1JuOwHL74XAnjOe5fzc3ljOBee8LsUzIHI9piqBolQMSOpgS6yZdY5snxMtNlS8mJHfM3jpBO-cBirwBMsNr_YzCdmXRSoAQ/s3984/IMG_20230416_153612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXPG3MNPJHAlyGOlr0h2FT-Cmv52TwrdefH8Sb0ZQXzkVgn_JhdYHlVtNnxgRNeeXiJSXRJv3Vbh4LOql84K6i10YLv1JuOwHL74XAnjOe5fzc3ljOBee8LsUzIHI9piqBolQMSOpgS6yZdY5snxMtNlS8mJHfM3jpBO-cBirwBMsNr_YzCdmXRSoAQ/w640-h296/IMG_20230416_153612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We reached our resort Camping de Dooars at 5.30 pm. We paid only Rs 1200 + GST per day for 2 person. The food is extra. It is one of the most impressive budget hotels I have seen in India. I booked it online from goibibo. It is owned by a lady from Siliguri.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">17.4.23</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We did our safari in the morning to Jatraprasad watch tower. We were told Chuk chuki watch tower is not functional ! The charges are similar to Jaldapara National Park. Anindya did not join us for the safari.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span>After breakfast we left for Chalsa and took the route of </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Chalsa (we passed by famous Sinclairs Hotel) >Matelli Tea Estate >Samsing> Mission Hill>Fagu>Ambiok Tea Estate </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">via Gorubathan and finally came back to Siliguri via Gajoldoba. We had some photo session at Ambiok. We had tea at Gajoldoba. We saw the impressive Bhorer Alo nearby.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But we missed the train and came back by combination of Bus and Train. We got down from the bus at Baharampur at 6 am and took an auto rickshaw to reach Baharampur Train Station and finally took Bhagirathi Express train at 6.38 am to reach Sealdah at 10.40 am.</span></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.wbsfda.org/Safari/CarService/OXwxfFNhbGt1bWFyIEdhdGUgQ2FyIFNhZmFyaQ==#" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">SALKUMAR GATE CAR SAFARI</span></a></li></ul>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-23268951928582167242023-04-25T12:01:00.028+05:302023-04-26T15:45:24.903+05:30G-Plot Gobordhanpur , Sundarban<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> G-Plot Diary</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">7.4.23. Kolkata>GPlot</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">8.4.23 GPlot</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span>9.4.23 </span></b><b><span>GPlot </span></b><b><span>></span></b><b><span>Kolkata</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeQ-papxCzjq2-j-iS59jIffE0vo6fOt6bOSPbhUNlmiv-Mr4Ks0DV8-ISS40esgmZNClnE2l_PLQTzrb7jlhamQJmonPUy9bYPSKE61Jf9ozunjl8jWWikTBNOLbvkslC08TTUwzFidGYI5XahnjZcuFh60hURG6xrvehuHnEWEkHhAsaWtUQ63VUQ/s4608/IMG_8266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeQ-papxCzjq2-j-iS59jIffE0vo6fOt6bOSPbhUNlmiv-Mr4Ks0DV8-ISS40esgmZNClnE2l_PLQTzrb7jlhamQJmonPUy9bYPSKE61Jf9ozunjl8jWWikTBNOLbvkslC08TTUwzFidGYI5XahnjZcuFh60hURG6xrvehuHnEWEkHhAsaWtUQ63VUQ/w640-h480/IMG_8266.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS5D-8Ucvx_v1ZEZYLdNqu5hTNrrVoSpCG2jg28m5CkLY7GczR-r1dK37YljhDDiDNCuq_kkPdCjeNsNaXwITu9d5-EjW9a9Df5yL4x_HEL_r9Uisx6CmSCjgY6TzS-6Temi-hgw0Gn55aw5m44dOOWMB2XxsJfMv7lsYeRKN-CeHccT5FaqaBCautA/s4608/IMG_8552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS5D-8Ucvx_v1ZEZYLdNqu5hTNrrVoSpCG2jg28m5CkLY7GczR-r1dK37YljhDDiDNCuq_kkPdCjeNsNaXwITu9d5-EjW9a9Df5yL4x_HEL_r9Uisx6CmSCjgY6TzS-6Temi-hgw0Gn55aw5m44dOOWMB2XxsJfMv7lsYeRKN-CeHccT5FaqaBCautA/w640-h480/IMG_8552.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd6e6CQ847ST3ro32XMRCzWeW16mqh6OJ2I4q1rWwoGWPs_gNcnMX_FUGfM8rSNJHKXrAFEhNC2Glhoxl6JptPYeysRlgZDOrk9BnpqS2tZrjYdzq_yWPGp2u30weH6wFXRCoSY0tAiYePLjIBrYwwIQpunCgMS96bg2fVTw-JgGDRRASMxCuXVZLuA/s3984/IMG_20230407_085056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd6e6CQ847ST3ro32XMRCzWeW16mqh6OJ2I4q1rWwoGWPs_gNcnMX_FUGfM8rSNJHKXrAFEhNC2Glhoxl6JptPYeysRlgZDOrk9BnpqS2tZrjYdzq_yWPGp2u30weH6wFXRCoSY0tAiYePLjIBrYwwIQpunCgMS96bg2fVTw-JgGDRRASMxCuXVZLuA/w640-h296/IMG_20230407_085056.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhe_RF0H-c3OA6T-pxc_QFcZh23zKHbd_JULzi4x_svQFR1rUEZ0RORDRKEwLh_Tdwq8tEtCXJg_SqQBieect6Nt8TTC4ZiWPZR7Xh-awPWpCiN7ai4i6t5scm9mCXjqvV-8Hh7yAekaE5s9jq3D4gegIqjw28qex2ZEfsC781xZJwn4Mc08w8ozS6A/s4608/IMG_8305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhe_RF0H-c3OA6T-pxc_QFcZh23zKHbd_JULzi4x_svQFR1rUEZ0RORDRKEwLh_Tdwq8tEtCXJg_SqQBieect6Nt8TTC4ZiWPZR7Xh-awPWpCiN7ai4i6t5scm9mCXjqvV-8Hh7yAekaE5s9jq3D4gegIqjw28qex2ZEfsC781xZJwn4Mc08w8ozS6A/w640-h480/IMG_8305.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are planning to go there for quite some time. But finally we went there on 7.4.2023. with 3 people. From 8 we are down to 3 ! Most of my friends dropped out at the last moment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Blogger Krishnendu Sarkar nicely summed up G plot as :</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><i>"GPlot is a small island located in South 24 Parganas within the confluence of the sea with the river. GPlot is a completely offbeat and relaxing destination. GPlot being newly discovered and unknown to mainstream tourists is a perfect destination if your idea of spending a weekend far away from the hustle bustle of the city where you can even listen to your heartbeat. GPlot boasts about the village culture, thus if you don’t mind leaving your urban sophistication and luxuries behind and just looking for a clean bed where you can crash down, you should visit GPlot before it gets popular! "</i></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/way_to_chandmari_ghat.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-shadow: rgb(247, 138, 116) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-style: normal;">Get Lost</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> '<i>owned' by Sintu and Subhrangshu , "has taken this risk of setting up tourism amongst this village, far away from the city, where someone would rarely think of doing anything!" ... "So they comes up with off beat destinations" </i>like Kotra Khali, Mousuni Island, Jhandi, Bangriposhi<i> ...."every other day" !</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe;">7.4.2023.</span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Get In :</span></strong><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ballygunge Station (Train) >Kakdwip Train Station (auto) > </strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kakdwip Bus stop > </strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pathar-pratima Bus Stand (Bus/Toto) > </strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chand-mari</strong><span style="color: red; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">'r</strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </strong></span><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ghat (walk) ></strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025;"> Chand-mari Ghat (By Ferry, which </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">leaves at 9.30 am</span><span style="color: #1f2025;">) > Tawter Hat (by vano)>Indrapur Bazar</span></strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(by vano)</strong><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">>Gobardhanpur (By Vano)</strong></strong></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">1. We took local train (5.27 am) from Ballygunge to Kakdwip. It stopped for 15 minutes at Laxmikantapur. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">2.From train station take an auto rickshaw to reach bus stand by Toto (Rs 10 - </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">around 1.5 Km) </span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">3. Then we hired a Toto for Rs 200 (or you can take a Bus) to Patharpratima</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">. </span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">Then go to the Ferry terminal/Ghat (by walk, if you take bus) which leaves for Chadmari (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">Chadmari</span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">'s</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;"> Ghat)</span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">. There is another Ghat for a different direction. Our </span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">Toto dropped us at the wrong Ghat - which is 5 minutes walk from "Chadmari</span><b style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">'s</span></b><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;"> Ghat". So if you do not want to walk, tell the auto Rickshaw to drop you at <i>Chadmari jawar Ghat</i>. The journey from Kakdwip to Patharpratima takes around 45 minutes. <b>(Alternately you can come to Patharpratima by a bus, from Esplanade Bus Depot in the morning. This is now possible due to construction of a new bridge) </b> </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;"><i><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"NOTE:</strong> There are various islands which are only connected via this waterways. So from Patharpratima / Ramganga, there are several ferries going in different directions, so keep in mind that you have to take the ferry for Chandmari Ghat. " </i></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">4.From Patharpratima you have to take a ferry to Chandmari and get down at Chandmari Ghat which takes 1 hour 15 minutes. </span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">After several other stops (picking up and dropping passengers) it reaches Chandmari Ghat which is the last stop. </span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">5. From Chandmari Ghat you have to reserve a Vano to reach Gobardhanpur which takes around 45 minutes - 1 hour. You have to pay Rs 450 to Vano. If it is Toto, then you have to pay around Rs 300. But there is a syndicate, so normally you have to get down at Tawter Hat and Indrapur Bazar,<i> if you take shared Vano</i>. </span><span style="color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;"><b>While catching the vano from Indrapur Bazar/ Chand-mari Ghat, one should mention Gobordhan-pur, Baghajatin Club for easy understanding. GPlot is divided into many part. At the end is Gobordhan-pur. G Plot is around 30 Km in length</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: 18px;">This is the most convenient to go to G-Plot because of the boat timing. But while coming back , there is another route, which suits the boat timing - which I will discuss later. Anyway we got down at Baghajatin Club at around 12.30 pm. So it took more than 7 hours !</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Baghajatin Club :</span> "This was actually a club which was lying around unutilized. So Sintu and Subhrangshu renovated this into a cottage in order to support and boost tourism. The cottage has 4 Bedrooms which can accommodate 2 people each. And a spacious hall which is mostly where you’d sit down to relax and have your food ! The hall has a dining table on one end and 2 beds on the other end where another 2 more persons can accommodate easily. So in total, the place can accommodate around 10 persons."</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">We had a lunch just after reaching. We have informed Janomejay babu that we are very hungry. </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">There are 2 different directions to go to the beach. From the road (from where you have to take a right turn to reach Baghajatin Club) , if you take left<b> (just in front of the road boat repairing is going on)</b> then you reach the sea while passing through the Mangrove Forest. On the way falls small thatched huts. So it is the confluence of Forest and Sea. </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">If you take right, towards the market, then you will reach the 'proper' beach (Gobardhanpur Beach). </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">After lunch Kaushik and I took the left turn and went at the end of the road, where it meets the sea. This way to the beach is really a nice walk through the forest. We met some local villagers. Kaushik spotted lot of birds - Pied Kingfisher, Sandpiper, Green Bee eater, Eurasian Curlew, Cuckoo,Coucal etc.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">We came back just after the sun set. In the afternoon we had some snacks with tea. We had dinner at around 9.30 pm. The food is good.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe;">8.4.2023.</span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">Kaushik woke up early morning and did bird photography. Since I was very tired got up at 8.30 am Kaushik came back and had breakfast with us. After breakfast we went to Gobardhanpur Beach. This is actually a proper beach. We spent some time walking around the beach ! There are 3 shops selling tea and snacks near the beach. We saw 2 tourist group at the beach. I learnt there are 2/3 resorts nearby. They are staying there. Kaushik and I went for Bird photography and went inside the forest.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">We came back to our resort at around 1.30 PM and had lunch. After that we went for a small afternoon nap! Then we went to the confluence of sea and mangrove forest. While coming back we chatted with the locals and got to know the sea was further away when his grandfather came from Medinipur / Midnapore. Now it has been engulfed by the sea. </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">Janmejay Babu served us evening snacks – Alu Chop (on my request) and Muri same as like yesterday. Alu Chop (Potato Chop) was really good.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe;">9.4.2023.</span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since we planned to take 8.30 am boat, we left at around 7.15 am. There are 2 options - either we can get down at Indrapur Bazar and take a boat to reach Ramganga Pier <i>(Patharpratima and Ramganga are just the opposite Piers facing each other. Ferries leave from Patharpratima and stops at Ramganga to pick up passengers before proceeding further).</i> But since the Pier at Indrapur Bazar is broken we decided to go to Chand-mari Pier. </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">At Chandmari Ghat, we decided, instead of going to Kakdwip Train station , we took a bus to go to Laxmikantapur for a 1 hour ride. One can go to Laxmi-kantapur Train Station from Ramganga ghat also.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">From Laxmi-kantapur we took a train to reach Sonarpur and another train to reach Ballygunge Station. We reached home at 2 pm.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Tip :</span></b><span style="color: #1f2025;"> According to the blogger K Sarkar , <i>" I have personally taken both the route... I felt the route via Lakshmikantapur – Ramganga have a little more advantage over Kakdwip – Patharpratima especially while returning back to Kolkata. </i></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><i>1. . if you get down at Lakshmikantapur (since it falls before Kakdwip) you save around 15-20 mins of trains journey. Also while coming back, there are direct trains from Lakshmikantapur, so possibilities of getting seats are more than that of Kakdwip. Because there are no direct trains from Kakdwip. Most of them leaves from Namkhana and most of the seats gets filled up at Namkhana only. So getting seats from Kakdwip can be a little bit challenging though. So Lakshmikantapur have a bit of advantage here over Kakdwip.</i></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><i>2. So if you are coming from Lakshmikantapur, you can factor in both the direct trains from Lakshmikantapur and the trains coming from Namkhana as well."</i></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">I think he is correct. So unknowingly we took the right decision.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Get away</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">We were told by Amit of Get Lost </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">(<a href="http://www.getlost.net.in/">http://www.getlost.net.in/</a>)</span><span style="background-color: white;">, that the journey to Kalash / Bonnie Camp costs around Rs. 10,000 – 12,000 including the ferry, fooding and permit charges.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">Contact person </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px;">is - Amit : </span><a href="http://www.getlost.net.in/" style="font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px;">http://www.getlost.net.in/</a> - <a href="callto:9836830342" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 1s ease 0s;">9836830342</a> , <a href="callto:9831309512" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 1s ease 0s;">9831309512</a> , <a href="callto:6291377154" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 1s ease 0s;">6291377154</a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f2025; font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding: 0px;">(You can refer to this nice blog - https://krishnandusarkar.com/gplot-a-weekend-getaway-from-kolkata/. The one which is in italics is taken from his blog)</p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-59716548833304621322023-03-10T13:43:00.243+05:302024-01-03T15:45:22.111+05:30In the Land of Ethiopian Kings of Bengal, Gour & Pandua - Malda and Handicraft hub of Dinajpur<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0fBDKiJ0sNa-Q1AhX2NoCet5OBFIWt76MS7UvdHm52Xei7bbDwDltWP0ZMFJXm-IXCHBZ0pD5EA4SaCToZJafPcc9ZCrizyvfkc505G6EMFAPrR0ifqBjJvQcpoEcpq1r-jm7PJGQ4o2UxhKEwOhXU4t4iROro6Dn8a6DMWHfdV-0obot7gCKLtqxQ/s2048/334802660_720516189810172_4576573642111103300_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0fBDKiJ0sNa-Q1AhX2NoCet5OBFIWt76MS7UvdHm52Xei7bbDwDltWP0ZMFJXm-IXCHBZ0pD5EA4SaCToZJafPcc9ZCrizyvfkc505G6EMFAPrR0ifqBjJvQcpoEcpq1r-jm7PJGQ4o2UxhKEwOhXU4t4iROro6Dn8a6DMWHfdV-0obot7gCKLtqxQ/w400-h314/334802660_720516189810172_4576573642111103300_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89iaHoYXpYCpkai_OJjY5WI3LfI91K2Yd4Mfk410DXPROVE-7EQWvZIaPRdxNqzbb57HN9SJoD8IiBqPybmtXlgD6Ouy_HQ5cKRBWpfKXvMsA0WKACC9R1lRkpNrorQea-KdB_kUGb29yDaJ6wwMuPRCVDw64Sy0FZZ40ChNUKPk_xyMOM1esLG5Udg/s2048/334846873_1206660893313310_1346184816622700369_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="946" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89iaHoYXpYCpkai_OJjY5WI3LfI91K2Yd4Mfk410DXPROVE-7EQWvZIaPRdxNqzbb57HN9SJoD8IiBqPybmtXlgD6Ouy_HQ5cKRBWpfKXvMsA0WKACC9R1lRkpNrorQea-KdB_kUGb29yDaJ6wwMuPRCVDw64Sy0FZZ40ChNUKPk_xyMOM1esLG5Udg/w178-h320/334846873_1206660893313310_1346184816622700369_n.jpg" width="178" /></a></div></div></div> <br /> Mosaic of <strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Lottan Masjid</i></span></strong><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 649px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 649px;">
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Hotel</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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hrs</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malda
- Gajol-Itahar-Uttar Dinajpur (Kulator) - Dakshin Dinajpur (Mahishbathan , Beldanaga,
Sabdalpur) -
Ushaharan, Dakshin Dinajpur- Kunor-Durgapur-Malda</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hotel</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0900
hrs</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- Pandua (Ek Lakhi,Adina) -Gajol-Itahar-Durgapur-Uttar Dinajpur (Raiganj
- Subhashganj) Durgapur-Adina
Zoo-Adina Minar - Malda</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">07.03.2023</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hotel</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">08 30
hrs</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malda
– Gour - Malda Museum- Malda</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Stn </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.20
hrs</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sealdah
Stn </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0745
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(1, 255, 255); font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">04.03.2023/05.03.2023</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(1, 255, 255); font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Train : 1140 Sealdah (SDAH) to Malda Town (MLDT) 0625 hrs. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Didi and I left for Malda, right in time, by Train. We reached Malda at around 7 am and reached hotel by 7.30 am</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p>Hotel : Golden Park
Hotel and Restaurant on NH 34 , Malda</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>After freshening up in the hotel, we left</o:p> for Dinajpur via
Itahar at 0830 hrs for visiting the crafts hub of Dinajpur.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">The whole tour plan of crafts hub was made with the help of
Susenjit - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><a href="tel:+918910944616" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">+91 89109 44616</span></a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">of </span><a href="http://Banglanatak.com" style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: 13.5pt;">Banglanatak.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"> , who looks after this region.</span><o:p style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>
</b>The whole region has been developed/ promoted by the pioneering work of <a href="http://Banglanatak.com" style="background-color: #fcff01;">Banglanatak.com</a> with the help of Unesco. </o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>Route map of Craft hub of Dinajpur, Pandua and Gour region : </o:p></span></span><span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 20.7px;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/3w5p8647">https://tinyurl.com/3w5p8647</a> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span><b style="font-family: times;"><o:p style="background-color: #93c47d;"></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">CRAFTS HUB TOUR</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Route map of craft hub -</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7px;"> </span></b><b style="font-family: times;"><o:p style="background-color: #93c47d;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/t3b7vdpt"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://tinyurl.com/t3b7vdpt</span></a></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQjS0iWPDvji3uFBy1dVoDUCHn92A4VHXoOEKIu1W5SK-2T3tATFDKTQWYEfKvZzDzUsO1JJWlR_hyULhCXw5aElAwjZpS4WYmMupzPjOrJbrebbaNU-ym2khyhmXiV3cPjC39OBsUts9rj38DFodnRUUvBpRI9LC8g_9cLqP66F-Rw96zeAJeopK-g/s1879/route%20scan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQjS0iWPDvji3uFBy1dVoDUCHn92A4VHXoOEKIu1W5SK-2T3tATFDKTQWYEfKvZzDzUsO1JJWlR_hyULhCXw5aElAwjZpS4WYmMupzPjOrJbrebbaNU-ym2khyhmXiV3cPjC39OBsUts9rj38DFodnRUUvBpRI9LC8g_9cLqP66F-Rw96zeAJeopK-g/w580-h640/route%20scan.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-family: times;"><br /></b><p></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 15pt 0in 18.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: red;">A.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; text-decoration-line: underline;">Kulator, Uttar
Dinajpur</span><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-weight: normal;">– </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red;">famous
for D</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #93c47d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: red;">h</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red;">okra or</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red;"> jute work</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Dhokra mats are woven by almost every woman in
the area to support the household expenditures. The mats are sold in local
haats. The 1957 weavers from the 2 districts are organised under 2
collectives: <i>Kulator Dhokra Shilpi Samity</i><b> (Uttar Dinajpur)</b> and
<i>Mahishbathan Gramin Hastashilpo Samabay Samity</i> (<b>Dakshin Dinajpur</b>) . Total
1200 women Dhokra weavers from Dakshin Dinajpur are covered under the rural
craft hub project.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #073763; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>UTTAR DINAJPUR</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The main contact person in Kulator, Uttar Dinajpur is helpful </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sosthi Das 9733 254790.</span> He is the Secretary of the Co-operative.
Without his help you will be clueless about the artists home. So he is the main
contact person. We went to the following persons houses in Kulator :</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Tulsi Sarkar 8436 340 400</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ranjana Sarkar 7076 363 350</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Buli Bala Sarkar 8768 950 423</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #073763;">DAKSHIN DINAJPUR</span><span style="color: #464646;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Among the two blocks in South Dinajpur, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Kushmandi</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> i</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">s home to a larger number of Dhokra
weavers, <b>Basanti Sarkar - </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">6296 039359</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> , <b>Sanchita
Sarkar -</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">9635 105355 </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">(Sanchita has won the State Award in 2017)
and <b>Kabita Sarkar </b>. However we did not go to their house, since
it is not in Kulator.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p><o:p> </o:p></o:p></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Also one can go to Chaya Mondal Sarkar’s house : 7098 117 592</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-oAXuqZDVHEyVKj-Kxdv1u4iHVDRxuEuCkxggLXyi32akVrKv1jZyKBfog-SZ3Oq6WhGxfVw2o_KmGljumt4v69yHjMM1Y6zTJtKWRR9SisNtJubHeEth_lkL5NI8_MG2f3QcZnRdvvybsTWmgbGLmgpr3Earzn5oJpC5KcFb8L7OWo72HDtnNCsUQ/s2048/dhokra%20334756612_587144449978701_5021152456188506428_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-oAXuqZDVHEyVKj-Kxdv1u4iHVDRxuEuCkxggLXyi32akVrKv1jZyKBfog-SZ3Oq6WhGxfVw2o_KmGljumt4v69yHjMM1Y6zTJtKWRR9SisNtJubHeEth_lkL5NI8_MG2f3QcZnRdvvybsTWmgbGLmgpr3Earzn5oJpC5KcFb8L7OWo72HDtnNCsUQ/w640-h296/dhokra%20334756612_587144449978701_5021152456188506428_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p><b><a href="http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dhokra.pdf">http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dhokra.pdf</a></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffe599; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(255, 229, 153); color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">B. </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Mahishbathan, Dakshin Dinajpur</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"> – famous for Gomira Masks</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Our next
destination was Mahisbathan for see the wooden masks. But since the main contact person
Paresh Chandra Sarkar -</span> <a href="tel:+918670950240" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #174ea6; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">86709 50240</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> was
travelling , we were escorted by very helpful Anup Sarkar - </span><a href="tel:+917602923513" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2962ff; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">76029 23513</span></a>. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Paresh
Chandra Sarkar has close contact with Banglanatak.com. </span></span><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mahishbathan
Gramin Hasta Silpa Samabay Samity Ltd. is the Resource Centre with common work
space, guest rooms, dormitory and meeting hall and display centre . One can
stay at the Resource Centre at Mahishbathan amongst the artisans and experience
their craft. A Community Museum has been developed to showcase the the Gomira
masks made by local artists. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 13.5pt;">Visitors can
also stay at hotels and lodges in Kaliaganj – Ashirbad Anusthan &
Lodge ( </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.5pt;">25°38'21.6"N 88°19'26.5"E</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">).Kushmundi
also holds the Geographical Indication (GI) for the Wooden Mask art form.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Since Paresh
Chandra Sarkar was travelling we could not stay at the Resource Centre. <b>Address:</b> Village:
Mahishbathan, PS: Kushmundi, District: Dakshin Dinajpur, Pin: 733132</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p><strong>Kushmandi</strong> block
in Dakshin Dinajpur and <i>Kaliyaganj</i> block in Uttar Dinajpur district are the
hubs of Gomira mask making. Around 250 artists live in these two blocks
mainly concentrated in the villages like <b>Mahishbathan, Sabdalpur,
Beldanga</b> etc. We met <b>Sanju Lal Sarkar - </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="tel:+919734958839" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2962ff; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">97349 58839</span></a> </span><b><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> at
Mahishbathan. His showroom is on the main road.</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Then we went to the house of Tulu Sarkar - </span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">9734 958 839</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">, by car , around 15 minutes from the main road - who is the son of the
late legendary artist Shankar Sarkar. He has won the district award. Tulu
stays with his family in his ancestral house in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-size: 13.5pt;">Beldanga</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> village of Kushmandi.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Unfortunately
he was not at home. Finally we went to the house of </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Shankar Das - </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> 9593 358 360, who</span></b><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> stays in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sabdalpur</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">village </b>of
Kushmandi</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">– which is around 10 minutes from Tulu Sarkar’s house. H</span><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">is mastery
over his work is highly appreciated all around. Shankar learned the art of
wooden mask from Shankar Sarkar, the legendary artist of Kushmandi. Shankar had travelled to France and London in 2015/216 to showcase his art. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Other
artists of this regions are : UTTAM SARKAR - 95936
17166 , ANANTA SARKAR - 81451 57712, KRISHNADEB SHARMA- 77979 875 42</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYZLJ1VuUHJwXk3kD2umDyW0FvBKSHi9qGjAi1CK7-IDrwywYAS2l8H2pq33d4RSw0LPVqe2An-8MY-pXEIgfVNnkT8Sd87VuwYxXKHvBi8rAGou-4AsW4IwIbxf43-NE5t5OjR5OlPisiCpqNjxQDLgR6bDHl7WCFsueYKg3vP_MYOmJBkyQR_uF7w/s2048/gomir%20mask%20334768999_1245239163093667_4506140383058182796_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYZLJ1VuUHJwXk3kD2umDyW0FvBKSHi9qGjAi1CK7-IDrwywYAS2l8H2pq33d4RSw0LPVqe2An-8MY-pXEIgfVNnkT8Sd87VuwYxXKHvBi8rAGou-4AsW4IwIbxf43-NE5t5OjR5OlPisiCpqNjxQDLgR6bDHl7WCFsueYKg3vP_MYOmJBkyQR_uF7w/w640-h296/gomir%20mask%20334768999_1245239163093667_4506140383058182796_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WOODEN-MASK.pdf">http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WOODEN-MASK.pdf</a></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;">There are
several places worth visiting around Kushmandi. We did not have time to go
there. These are:</span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Bangarh
where one finds the ruins of the ancient city. The citadel area revealed 5
cultural phases dating from the time of the Mauryas to the medieval
period.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mahipal
Dighi is a manmade lake where migratory birds flock in during winter months.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Aira
forest, 2 kms from Mahipal dighi is also a wonderful retreat. There is a
mythological tree which stands there by the name of ‘Shami Brikhshya’. It
is said that the Pandavas hid their arms in the bushes of this tree.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">There is a
ruin of ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Neelkothi’</b> –
bungalow of the infamous indigo (Neel) cultivator who was a close friend of
William Kerry.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The <em>Gomira</em> dance festival is
held within the months of Baishakh-Jaistha-Asharh, corresponding to </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">mid-April to
mid-July.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">To know more
read </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #464646;"><span style="background-color: white;">- </span><a href="https://30stades.com" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://30stades.com</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646;">and</span><span style="color: #464646;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> <a href="https://www.taleof2backpackers.com">https://www.taleof2backpackers.com</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">We had our
lunch (Muri with Ghugni and Omelette) at Ushaharan which is another
10 minutes from the house of Sankar Das. Then we went to see the bamboo works
of Baishyapara of Ushaharan.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 18.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">C. </span><u style="background-color: #ffe599;">Ushaharan,
Dakshin Dinajpur</u><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">– </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal;">famous for
Bamboo works</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">There are 74 crafts persons from Ushaharan, Dakshin Dinajpur. Basketry weaving is the primary source of livelihood
of the community. First we went to the house of </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">Gostho
Baishya</span></b><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;"> (</span><a aria-label="Call phone (+918167517306)" class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+918167517306" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #174ea6; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+918167517306)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">+91 81675 17306</span></a>) <span style="color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">- who has been making Mukha (masks) since his third grade. He
has won the State Award twice in 2013-14 and in 2017-18. Unfortunately he was
not at home.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.95pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Then he went to the house of Gautam Baishya (</span></b><a aria-label="Call phone (+919330412015)" class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+919330412015" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #174ea6; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+919330412015)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">+91 93304 12015</span></a> )<span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt;">. He has won the District Award in 2013-14. We
interacted with him. But he was busy with a marriage ceremony of his relative.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">There are artists engaged in similar kind of work also
in Bamongola, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Malda, </b>Kaliaganj and Gangarampur and Kushmundi in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dakshin
Dinajpur.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> But Ushaharan is the main hub.</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bamboo-works.pdf">http://ruralcrafthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bamboo-works.pdf</a> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;">Then we left for Pottery hub of Kunor. We
thanked Anup Sarkar (he had lunch with us) for taking us to these places. I paid him auto fare and some tips to go
back to Mahishbathan . There is a shortcut to go to Kunor, as
informed by Susenjit. But since part of the road is not good, we took a longish
route to reach Kunor – which is probably a mistake.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iU_3Xxq6bxNs5RihfEB8m5UvJ2VPHmmhlWkQmYMh_P44UIF_AYW7-crQ-bw47qzxfguWgnWSsFOFU2yBSw-dlTVpOSEynytCteT07U9jYR9K7R4_89ZB4Nk5HbIPYeaYnzGHhi_cPaj-oskJxHydintiZYC3yQScmRDvJJQBh2ey-CJL3Wu4CKkHaA/s2048/bamboo%20333242826_561515832744138_5646411084297153427_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iU_3Xxq6bxNs5RihfEB8m5UvJ2VPHmmhlWkQmYMh_P44UIF_AYW7-crQ-bw47qzxfguWgnWSsFOFU2yBSw-dlTVpOSEynytCteT07U9jYR9K7R4_89ZB4Nk5HbIPYeaYnzGHhi_cPaj-oskJxHydintiZYC3yQScmRDvJJQBh2ey-CJL3Wu4CKkHaA/w360-h640/bamboo%20333242826_561515832744138_5646411084297153427_n.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 18.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">D. </span><u style="background-color: #ffe599; color: red;">Kunor, Uttar Dinajpur </u></span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: 13.5pt;">–</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27.6px;"> f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27.6px;">amous for Pottery</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.6px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Total 171 pottery crafts persons are covered from Kunor of Uttar Dinajpur. In nearly every household, people are involved in the craft at different levels. It runs through generations and is part of their lives. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dulal Chandra Ray</span> - </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><a href="tel:+919775632391" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #174ea6; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">97756 32391</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">is a potter from Uttar Dinajpur district. He belongs to a family of potters. He makes traditional pottery items, jewellery, bottles, jugs and decorative items. He has won both the District and State level Award and is a master craftsman and gives training to his fellow villagers. He is the main contact person and is in touch with Banglanatak.com.<b style="font-weight: bold;"> </b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbmQelddLrETVTJEaL1RSxqsmpa-6Zima6wLkVmOv7Luq5BRmyJ20BKImBBL9GxsH7hJl92ncmOvKYUZUM5ElhQePjn2ZVu5HOqsGLHlkGRM7rWNRhHgXauoPBwR3W1VXw0Fel9Sj1HuJ5NNrRS5Sp0Xbf4wVMnszoxODzS-i_XXvITM30ArJSMC2JQ/s2048/mora%20334757794_593554629024897_7353012801602154327_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbmQelddLrETVTJEaL1RSxqsmpa-6Zima6wLkVmOv7Luq5BRmyJ20BKImBBL9GxsH7hJl92ncmOvKYUZUM5ElhQePjn2ZVu5HOqsGLHlkGRM7rWNRhHgXauoPBwR3W1VXw0Fel9Sj1HuJ5NNrRS5Sp0Xbf4wVMnszoxODzS-i_XXvITM30ArJSMC2JQ/w640-h296/mora%20334757794_593554629024897_7353012801602154327_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />Some of other potters here are :</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Rabi Roy and Prafulla Roy </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kunor
Haatpara</b> in Dakshin Dinajpur district. Roy learnt from his uncle
Dulal Chandra Roy. Roy has is also a recipient of the
District Award.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Since it was already quite
late, we decided to go back to our hotel in Malda, which is around 70 Km from Malda. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-size: 18px;">Subhashganj region of Raiganj is covered later, below after Adina.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(1, 255, 255); font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">06.03.2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Pandua & Gour / Gauda</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; font-size: 13pt;">Orientation</span></u></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Pandua </span></b><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: 13pt;">is located <b>North</b> of Malda. It is around 17 kilometers North of Malda and the
best way to go there is to book a car. <i>The route passes through NH 34 and thus won’t take that long. One can include Jagjivanpur, which will be
around 50 Km from Adina.</i> But one can surely skip Jagjivanpur, since there is not much
to see. <i>Unlike Gour, Pandua has just 2 functioning Dargah and 3 ancient
mosques. </i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 13pt;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Gour</span><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></b><span style="color: #423d33;">is located 17 Km <b>South</b> of Malda. This is the more interesting place than Pandua and has many Mosques, Darwaza/Gates to see. </span><b style="color: #423d33;">I thought that there are only few mosques in Gour and Pandua - which is completely wrong. </b><span style="color: #423d33;">The whole area in Gour is spread out around the mango orchards and Tanks/ponds by its side. The whole area is almost without any human settlement - which makes it very enchanting. You will feel like you are wondering around a lost kingdom, somewhat akin to Hampi. I think it is one of the most under rated places, I have ever seen.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Malda shares border with Rajshahi division (Mahadipur of Malda is the border crossing point with Nawabganj district of Bangladesh), Bangladesh, South Dinajpur shares border with both Rajshahi division (Natore, Pabna , Rajshahi are part of this division) and Rongpur division (Dinajpur, Rongpur are part of this division), </span></span><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17.3333px;">whereas North Dinajpur shares border with Rongpur division only.</span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How To Reach Gour & Pandua</span></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><span>You take night train on Friday to reach Malda at 7.30 am or take Vande Bharat on Saturday morning </span><span>to reach Malda</span><span> at 8.30 am approximately and take Radhikapur Kolkata Station Express at 12.20 am to reach Kolkata at 7.45 am on Monday. </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-weight: bold;">This is a classic weekend tour.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">The best place to make your base camp to visit both places would be Malda. I would suggest that you book a car for two days. </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><b>Day I</b> - you can cover Gour (after freshening up in Hotel) and in<b> Day II</b> , leave at 7.30 am : you can cover Pandua</span><span style="color: #423d33;"> along with </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Craft hub of Dinajpur - Kulator (for Dhorka or Jute work), Kushmandi (</strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Mahishbathan, Beldanga,Sabdalpur - for Wooden Mask)</strong><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;"> and Ushaharan (if possible, for Bamboo mask)</strong><span style="color: #423d33;">. If you are intent to cover all the craft hubs, then you need another day.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Please fix the rates of the trip with the car agency or driver and make sure you specify and he is completely clear about the places that he would go. Our driver charged Rs 3000 per day or Rs 15 per hour - whichever is higher. The phone no. of our driver <b>Sujit is </b></i><a aria-label="Call phone (+918768076655)" class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+918768076655" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #174ea6; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+918768076655)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b>+ 91 87680 76655</b></span></a>. You can call him and tell him about us.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">For sure the driver will not know the location of all these places thus I would urge you to use the google map provided in this blog to guide him or to share it with him for navigation. </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 30px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stay at Malda</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 30px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">At Malda you will find several hotels and I will personally recommend the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hotel Amrapali</strong> which is run by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation</strong>. If you are taking a Toto (e-rickshaw) from the Malda station then please tell them to take you to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Malda Tourist Lodge</strong> as this is what it was known earlier. This hotel has a parking space also so if you are coming by car or motorcycle, you can park here. This place has an attached restaurant and serves good food at affordable rates. Booking needs to be done online and remember that the GST needs to be paid at the hotel.</span></i></p><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>Apart from that you can stay at </span><span>Hotel Kalinga </span><span> recommended by Lonely Planet. </span></span>One can also stay at Hotel Purbanchal. But Hotel Kalinga is better. We stayed at Golden Park Hotel and Restaurant - which is probably the best hotel in Malda, on NH 34, opposite BSF camp. Our Chief Minister stays here, when he comes to Malda and there is even a helipad. We paid around Rs 3000 for 2 person per day. </span></span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Time line of Gour and Pandua</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Till 400 AD approx - Chandragupta II or Vikramaditya (of Navaratna fame)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>Shasanka</u></span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> 590-625 AD</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 35 years</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b> ..... 100 years of chaos .......</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>Buddhist, Pal </span> </span> </u> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> 750-1070 AD </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 300 yrs approx</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Gopal 750-770 </b><span style="color: #660000;">Gopal transferred the capital to Gour.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Dharmapal 770-810</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Devpal 810-850</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Shurpala 1075-1077</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><u>Hindu, Sen (Sena)</u></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> 1070-1206 </span></b></span><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 130 yrs approx</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: justify;">Hemanta Sen (1070 – 1096)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vijaya Sen (1095 – 1158) Rampal died in 1120</div></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Ballala Sen (1158 – 1179) of Ballal Dhipi fame</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lakshmana Sen (1179 – 1206) - </b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">The</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Khalji</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">rulers of Bengal (1203–1227). Bakhtiar Khalji defeated Lakshman Sen in 1202. Baktiar Khilji was a Military general of Mohammad Ghori. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Sen ruler, </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;">Lakshman Sen</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> retreated from Gauda and went towards the East. </span></span></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Delhi_Sultanate_(1204–1352)"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><u>Delhi Sultanate (1204–1352)</u> </span></span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 150 yrs approx</span></span></b></h3><div><span class="mw-headline"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b>Governors of Bengal under the <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mamluk or Slave dynasty</span></b></span><b style="color: #423d33;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(1227–1287)</span></b> founded in Northern India by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, a Turkic Mamluk, slave-general of of famous Mohammad Ghori ( the Ghurid Empire ). Iltutmish was also a Mamluk King</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: times; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Independent</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Balban dynasty</span></b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">of Lakhnauti (1287–1324) - </span></b><span style="color: #423d33;">Balban was also a Mamluk King</span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><div style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Governors of Bengal under the</b> <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tughlaq dynasty</strong></span><span><span style="color: #423d33;"> (</span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1324–1338)</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Small sultanates (1338–1352)</b> - </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">3 break away Sultanates emerged in the Delhi Sultanate's province of Bengal. These included Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (and later his son) in <b>Sonargaon,</b> Alauddin Ali Shah in <b>Gauda</b> (also called Lakhnauti) and Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah in <b>Satgaon</b>. The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visited Sonargaon during the reign of Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah. Ibn Battua also visited the Sufi leader Shah Jalal in Sylhet,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> a celebrated Sufi figure of Bengal. His name is often associated with the Conquest of Sylhet and the Spread of Islam into the region, </span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Bengal Sultanate - 1342-1576</u></span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span></b><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 225 yrs approx</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 17px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #cc0000;">For around 100 years, from 1336 onwards, the Capital was transferred from Gour to Pandua, before it was again transferred back to Gour.</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Shahi dynasty</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">(1342–1414) and 1435-1487 </span></span></b><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 70 yrs + 50 yrs approx</span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Shamsuddin </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="color: #423d33;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shah (1342-1358) was one of the prominent rulers of Bengal Sultanate. </span></span></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah waged war against Delhi Sultanate to secure </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">recognition</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> of Bengal's independence. </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">He defeated rulers of Lakhnauti (Malda), Sonargaon (Hooghly region) and Satgaon (Dhaka region). Before that these 3 States were under Delhi Sultanate (1204-1352).</span><span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: 17px;">Shamsuddin </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Ilyas Shah transferred the capital to Pandua in 1338 (as per Footprints book).</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">House of</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Raja Ganesha</span></b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">(1414–1435)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Son of Ganesh , Jadu became Muslim and took the name of</span><a class="mwe-popups-extract" dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalaluddin_Muhammad_Shah" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; display: inline; font-size: 14px; margin: 16px 16px 58px; max-height: 136px; min-height: 58px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><p style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"><b>Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah</b></p></a><a class="mwe-popups-extract" dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalaluddin_Muhammad_Shah" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; display: inline; font-size: 14px; margin: 16px 16px 58px; max-height: 136px; min-height: 58px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><p style="display: inline; margin: 0px;"> </p></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Restored</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty</strong><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">(1435–1487) - </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah brought the capital back to Gour in 1453.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ethiopian or </span></strong>Habshi </strong>rule /Abyssynia Rule (1487–1493)</span><span style="color: #423d33;"> </span></span></strong><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 7 yrs approx</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><br /></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33;">They defeated Jalaluddin Fateh Khan of Ilyas Shah dynasty. </span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;">Hussain Shahi dynasty</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">(1494–1538) </span></span></b><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">- 45 yrs approx</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Hussain Shah ( 1494-1519) . He was the <span style="color: #660000;"><b>greatest of all kings</b></span>. Gauda was at its pinnacle during this period. Shri Chaitnya came to Gauda in 1509 during tis period. <span style="color: #660000;"><b>This was the golden period of Bengal and brought Bengal Renaissance.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">1538 signifies end of Bengal Sultanate.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Governors of Bengal under <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sur Empire</strong> (1532–1556) (empire famous for Sher Shah , who ruled after Humayun and created GT Road). In 1537 Sher Shah Suri sacked Gour and plague wiped out Gour. <i>(It may be mentioned here , there is <b>another</b> Bengal connection to Mughal empire. Wife of Sher Afghan </i>(died in 1607)<i>, who was jagirdar of Burdwan, Nur Jahan married Selim, Jahangir in 1611)</i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Muhammad Shah dynasty</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">(1554–1564)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Karrani dynasty</span> (1564–1576)</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #01ffff;">xxxxxxx End of Bengal Sultanate xxxxxxx</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;">Baro-Bhuyans (1576–1610) </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div>A confederation of twelve zamindar families resisted the expansion of the Mughal Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. The zamindars included Muslims and Hindus. They were led by the Muslim Rajput chief Isa Khan. The Baro-Bhuyans defeated the Mughal navy during several engagements in Bengal's rivers. Eventually, the Mughals subdued the zamindar rebellion and brought all of Bengal under imperial control.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><h3 style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Mughal_period_(1574–1717)"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mughal period / </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b00fe; text-align: justify;">Mughal Subedar</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: justify;"> of Bengal Subah</span> (1574–1717)</span></h3></div></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-size: 17px;">Subedars were the Mughal viceroys in Bengal. The Bengal Subah was part of a larger prosperous empire . The Mughals built the provincial capital in Dhaka in 1610 with fortifications, gardens, tombs, palaces and mosques. Dhaka was also named in honour of Emperor Jahangir as Jahangirnagar. Shaista Khan's conquest of Chittagong in 1666 defeated the (Burmese) Kingdom of Arakan and reestablished Bengali control of the port city. The Chittagong Hill Tracts frontier region was made a tributary state of Mughal Bengal. </span><span style="font-size: 17px;">Members of the imperial family were often appointed to the position of Subedar. <b>Raja Man Singh I</b>, the Rajput ruler of Kingdom of Amber was the only Hindu subedar. One subedar was <b>Prince Shah Shuja</b>, who was the son of Emperor Shah Jahan. The East India Company established its first settlements in Bengal around Hooghly during the 1630s. It received an official permission to trade from Mughal viceroy Shah Shuja in 1651.During the struggle for succession with his brothers Prince Aurangazeb : Prince Dara Shikoh,Prince Murad Baksh, Prince Shuja proclaimed himself as the Mughal Emperor in Bengal. He was eventually defeated by the army of Aurangazeb.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div></div></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px;">Independent <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nawabs of Bengal</span> (1717–1757 CE) </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px;"> </b><span style="font-size: 17px;">By the 18th century, Mughal Bengal became a quasi-independent country under the nominal rule of the emperor in Delhi. The subedar was elevated to the status of a hereditary Nawab . The Nawabs maintained de facto control of Bengal while minting coins in the name of the emperor in Delhi. </span><span style="font-size: 17px;">Nasiri dynasty (1717–1740)</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> was founded by the first Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan. </span><span style="font-size: 17px;">Afsar dynasty (1740–1757)</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> was founded by Alivardi Khan. His grandson and successor Siraj-ud-daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal due to his defeat to British forces at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.</span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Under Mughal rule, Bengal was a center of the worldwide muslin and silk trades. During the Mughal era, the most important center of cotton production was Bengal, particularly around its capital city of Dhaka, leading to muslin being called "daka" in distant markets such as Central Asia. Domestically, much of India depended on Bengali products such as rice, silks and cotton textiles. Overseas, Europeans depended on Bengali products such as cotton textiles, silks and opium; Bengal accounted for 40% of Dutch imports from Asia, for example, including more than 50% of textiles and around 80% of silks. From Bengal, saltpetre was also shipped to Europe, opium was sold in Indonesia, raw silk was exported to Japan and the Netherlands, and cotton and silk textiles were exported to Europe, Indonesia and Japan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nawabs of Bengal under <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">East India Company</span> (1757–1838 CE)</b></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy7EIVEepUuN5v9I4Jb1wOoQlWcN9mA2aSA5WiJwt9JRIkLhmOJ-vBXJ1z_TDgPkAIRS_22ciB8vhTkol1G0RwJzZm7MsPLHUd46YHk8qZETPqzo_z_IcPBGCdDbLLJuiIcRu8RMJUovCJxjhmNx7Kx1FRc-1dUBeDl1nquhDUQurEoPlEPeYyeZyEQ/s400/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="362" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy7EIVEepUuN5v9I4Jb1wOoQlWcN9mA2aSA5WiJwt9JRIkLhmOJ-vBXJ1z_TDgPkAIRS_22ciB8vhTkol1G0RwJzZm7MsPLHUd46YHk8qZETPqzo_z_IcPBGCdDbLLJuiIcRu8RMJUovCJxjhmNx7Kx1FRc-1dUBeDl1nquhDUQurEoPlEPeYyeZyEQ/w580-h640/image.png" width="580" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 22.5pt; line-height: 34.5px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette2); font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: 22.5pt;">Short History of Gour/Gauda and Pandua</span></strong></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The term Gour probably came from Pundra Bardan of North Western Part of today's Bangladesh. <span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: normal;">The location of Malda is around the middle of Bengal thus making it an ideal capital for rulers ruling this part of India. </span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">The Gauda Kingdom came into being in the late 6th century CE in eastern India, as a result of the political disintegration of the Gupta Empire. The Gupta emperor Samudragupta (335/350 – 370/380 CE) made vast conquests to such an extent that he came to be called as the “Indian Napoleon” by historians. He gained suzerainty over many parts of India. Samudragupta's conquests included Bengal, and only the kingdom of Samatat in eastern Bengal was</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> spared</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"> as it became a tributary state "acknowledging the suzerainty of the Gupta Emperor, but with full autonomy in respect of internal administration" . </span></h2><div><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">After the Vikramaditya or Chandragupta II (of Navaranta fame) transferred capital Gupta empire (Magadh) to Ujjaini, around 400 AD, Gauda lost importance and for 200 years and lost its glory resulting in Chaos After the fall of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;" title="Gupta Empire"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Gupta Empire</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">, Western Bengal was ruled by</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;">two powerful independent kingdoms,</span><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;" title="Gauda Kingdom"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Gauda Kingdom</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> and Eastern Bengal by the Vanga/</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samatata" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;" title="Samatata"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Samatat</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> Kingdom. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Gauda Kingdom comprised of the northern and most of the western parts of Bengal. Here, the imperial Gupta hold was stronger than in Vanga and so the Later Guptas continued to maintain their pre-eminence until the end of the 6th century . </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: times; font-size: large;">In the 7th century Gauda became independent of Later Gupta rule. The only ruler known for the Gauda kingdom was Shashanka or Shashankadeva. The inscription on the seal found at Rohtas fort (present-day Rohtas, Bihar state) shows that Shashanka was ruling there as a maha-samanta (high-ranking feudatory) “apparently under the Gauda king ruling from Karna-suvarna at the time” , who was probably the Later Gupta king <b>Mahasena Gupta</b>. Shashanka overthrew him in late 6th century and became the first king of independent Gauda. Information about King Shashanka has been made available by his coins, inscriptions, and the Harshacharita, the biography of the Pushyabhuti emperor Harshavardhana or Harsha (606-647 CE), written by his court poet Banabhatta or Bana (c. 7th century CE).</span></div><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #555555; line-height: 34.5px;"></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(<a href="https://hridayaravinde.wordpress.com">https://hridayaravinde.wordpress.com</a> ) </span></span></p></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the decline of the Gupta Empire, feudal lords took over areas of India and declared regional war. </span></span><span style="color: #555555; font-weight: 400;">During this time, the Pushpabhuti / Vardhan dynasty was formed by Prabhakara Vardhana. Prabhakara’s father, Aditya-vardhana, became a feudal lord by marrying the sister of Mahasena Gupta. </span><span style="color: #555555; font-weight: 400;">After the death of Mahasena Gupta, Madhav Gupta took the throne. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-weight: 400;">Madhav Gupta’s grand son was Dev Gupta. Whereas Dev Gupta had extended the declining Gupta Empire from Bihar to Madhya Pradesh, Mahasena Gupta’s brother’s great-grandson, Narenda Gupta, had been successful in uniting the whole of Bengal under one rule.</span><span style="color: #555555;"> This Narendra Gupta was none other than Shashanka, </span><span style="color: #555555; font-weight: 400;">the second cousin of Dev Gupta and the future king of united Bengal under the Gaur Kingdom. Even though Dev Gupta and Narendra Gupta were second cousins, they shared a brotherly love and respect for each other’s accomplishments.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Vardhan Dynasty also had new kings. After the death of Prabhakara Vardhan, his illustrious son Rajya Vardhan took the throne. The Vardhans had sworn loyalty to the Guptas, since it was the patronage of the Guptas which resulted in the kingly status of the Vardhans. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some say Narendra Gupta (</span><span>aka Shashanka</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">) killed Rajya Vardhan .Thus began an era of 30 years of enmity and expansion between Harsha Vardhan (younger brother of Rajyavardhana) and Shashanka. Harsha, the younger brother of Rajya Vardhan, ascended to the throne and </span><span>vowed to bring Shashanka down.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Narendra Gupta, with the support of Dev Gupta, then conquered the Banga dynasty and ascended the throne of the Gaur kingdom as </span><span>Shashanka the Great.</span></span></p></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">Shasanka reunited , liberate Bengal and Bengal reached its pinnacle of success during </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">Shashanka</strong><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">. </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">Pundra Bardan became Gauda in 602 and Gauda Kingadom was founded by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashanka" style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;" title="Shashanka"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Shashanka</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">, one of the pioneering Bengali kings in history.</span><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400;">Shashanka's reign falls approximately between 590 and 625. </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The origin of the Bengali calendar falls within the reign of Shashanka.</span><span style="color: #423d33;"> </span></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-weight: 400;">Shashanka, is credited with creating the Bengali calendar. However Al Biruni who came to India in 1017 with </span></span></strong><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mahmud of Ghazni did not mention about Bengali Calendar year, though he talked about other Calendar year. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">D</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">uring the the years </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-weight: normal;">Shashanka</span><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ruled, Bengal was in the peak of its glory. </span>Despite constant attacks from </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555;">Harsha-vardhan</span><span style="color: #555555;"> (north India) and </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555;">Bhaskara-varman</span><span style="color: #555555;"> (Assam), Shashanka not<span style="font-weight: normal;"> only maintained and expanded his kingdom, he also promoted architecture, arts and culture.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">In the 30 years that Shashanka ruled, he extended his empire from the foothills of Assam to the coast of Orissa. His gold coins had Shiva on one side and Mahalaskshmi on the other side. He made the present day Murshidabad his capital. He built numerous Shiva temples in Bengal. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, Harsha also expanded his territory, from Kashmir to Bihar. His dream was to attack Shashanka and capture Bengal. That dream remained unfulfilled while Shashanka was alive. Just eight months after the death of Shashanka, Harsha’s army trampled Bengal and with the help of the king of Assam, devastated everything that Shashanka had built.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #555555; line-height: 34.5px;"></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every great empire comes to an end. Shashanka’s death brought an end not only to the great Gaur Empire, but also to the illustrious Gupta dynasty, the last Hindu dynasty to rule India, and in particular, Bengal. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The Chinese Buddhist monk-scholar Hiuen Tsang or Xuanzang (602-664 CE) who visited India in the 7th century CE, states in his work Si-yu-ki that Shashanka, or She-sang-kia, was the king of Karna-suvarna, "Karnasuvarna having been the capital of the Gauda kingdom during the age in question. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">During his reign Karnasuvarna, his capital came to prominence. But where is this place in modern Bengal? It is in present-day Murshidabad. The place still has ruins of the ancient university of Raktamirtika Mahavihar. </i><i style="font-weight: normal;">The account is left by the famous Chinese traveller, Hiuen Tsang, in his itinerary Xiyu Ji, the only written record of the flourishing urban settlement of Karnasuvarna and Raktamrttika Vihar. According to his account Hiuen Tsang moved from Tamralipti (Tan-mo-li-ti), currently Tamluk in Medinipur, to the country of Karnasuvarna (Kie-lo-na-su-fa-la-na), near the capital of which was the Raktamrttika (Lo-to-mi-chih) Vihar.A glimpse of the religious life of Karnasuvarna can be obtained from the writings of Hiuen Tsang. People belonging to different religions lived there in harmony. Buddhism was a flourishing religion and Buddhists of the Sammatiya School resided in the 10 monasteries at Karnasuvarna. (<a href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/karnasuvarna-the-first-capital-of-independent-bengal-was-in-murshidabad">www.getbengal.com</a>)</i></p><div>(<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Gauda_Kingdom/">https://www.worldhistory.org</a> )</div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #423d33;"> It is from Gauda that we get the name Gour. He established his capital at <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Karna-subarna</strong> where you can still see some remains at <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Murshidabad</strong>. Shashanka ruled Bengal from <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">590 – 625 AD</strong> and after his death, his son <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Manava</strong> could only hold on to the throne for a mere 8 months before being deposed by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Harshavardhana</strong>. Shashanka was a devout Hindu king who helped to propagate the religion. There are records that he had ordered to cut down the Bodhi tree as he opposed other religious beliefs.</i></p></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i>After this, we get the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pala Dynasty</strong> which dominated these parts of Bengal. <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gopala</strong> was the first emperor of this dynasty which found its root in Gauda around <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">750 AD</strong>. Their rule lasted till <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1161 AD</strong>. </i></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; text-align: justify;">The </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Buddhist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pala_Empire" style="text-align: justify;" title="Pala Empire"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Pal Empire</span></a><span> was founded in the Gauda region during the rise of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopala" title="Gopala"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Gopala</span></a><span> as king with the approval of an assembly of chieftains. Gopala's empire was greatly expanded by his son </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmapala_(emperor)" title="Dharmapala (emperor)"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Dharmapal</span></a><span> and his grandson </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devapala_(Pala_dynasty)" title="Devapala (Pala dynasty)"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Devapal</span></a><span>.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> During that period they ruled 25% of India. Pratihara of Gujarat (West) region ruled 25% and Rashtrakuta (South) ruled 25% of India approximately. The Pala Emperors carried the title Lord of Gauda</span><span>. The empire ruled for 3 centuries and its territory included almost </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33;">large part of northern India</span></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; text-align: justify;">. According to historian </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dineshchandra_Sircar" title="Dineshchandra Sircar"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">D. C. Sicar</span></a><span>, the term </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Gauda</span><span> is an appropriate name for the Pala Empire itself.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> The Pala period saw the development of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Bengali language</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali%E2%80%93Assamese_script" title="Bengali–Assamese script"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">script</span></a><span> and other aspects of Bengali culture.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span>The Sen/ Senas entered into the service of Palas as sāmantas in Rāḍha, probably under Samantasena. With the decline of the Pālas, their territory had expanded to include Vaṅga and a part of Varendra by the end of Vijayasena's reign. The Palas were ousted in totality, and their entire territory annexed sometime after 1665. </span></p></span></strong></h2></div><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i>This was followed by the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sena (Sen) Dynasty</strong> from <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1070 AD</strong>. <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ballala Sena</strong> was the most famous of them all to have conquered Gauda from the Palas. You can still find the foundation of the house of Ballal Sen at Gour. The Senas ruled Bengal till around 1230 AD.</i></p><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmana_Sena" title="Lakshmana Sena"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Lakshman Sen</span></a> succeeded Ballal Sen in 1179, ruled Bengal for approximately 20 years, and expanded the Sena Empire to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Odisha</span></a>, Bihar and probably to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Varanasi</span></a>. The name was in honour of the Sena ruler Lakhsman Sena. They ruled from 1070 CE–1230 CE</i></span><span style="color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><i>.</i> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The Sena kings were also probably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidya" style="text-align: justify;" title="Baidya"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Baidyas</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; text-align: justify;">, according to historian P.N. Chopra. </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i>It was during the Sena Dynasty that <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji</strong> had attacked this part of Bengal in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1203 AD</strong> and plundered it of its riches. The Sena ruler <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lakshman Sen</strong> retreated from Gauda and went towards the East. During the rule of Lakshman Sen Guada was also known as <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Laksh-manadvati</span></strong> which later due to verbal corruption became <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Laknauti</strong>. <span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33; text-align: justify;">Gauda became known as Lakhnauti during the Hindu </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen dynasty</span></a></i><span><i>.</i> </span></p></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #423d33;">In history, we get its mention, after </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah</strong><span style="color: #423d33;"> defeated </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Alauddin Ali Shah</strong><span style="color: #423d33;"> in </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">1345</strong><span style="color: #423d33;">. Back then this place was referred to as </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Hazrat Pandua</strong><span style="color: #423d33;">. Some historians suggest that Pandua was the capital even during the reign of Alauddin Ali Shah as there are coins dating back to </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">1342 AD </strong><span style="color: #423d33;">stating that. Back that Pandua was also known as </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Firuzabad</strong><span style="color: #423d33;">. Capital was shifted from Pandua back to </span><a href="https://indianvagabond.com/2022/04/02/places-to-visit-around-gour-malda/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Gour</a><span style="color: #423d33;"> by </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33;">Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442 – 1459)</strong><span style="color: #423d33;">. </span></i></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #423d33;">Pandua was the first </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_city" style="text-align: left;" title="Capital city"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">capital city</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; text-align: left;"> of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" style="text-align: left;" title="Bengal Sultanate"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Bengal Sultanate</span></a><span style="color: #423d33; text-align: left;"> for 114 years (1339 - 1453). </span><span style="color: #423d33;">The capital later shifted to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauda_(city)" style="text-align: left;" title="Gauda (city)"><span style="color: #423d33; text-decoration-line: none;">Gour</span></a><span style="color: #423d33;"> in 1453</span><span style="color: #423d33; text-align: left;">. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Historian Stan Gordon has recorded that during this period a large number of Abyssinian / Ethiopian slaves had been recruited in the army of the Bengal Sultans. They did not just work in the army, but also rose to get involved in major administrative tasks such as act as court magistrates, collecting tolls and taxes and involved in services of law enforcement.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Initially serving in the Army, the Habshis managed to seize power from the Tukic Sultans under the leadership of Ghiyasuddin Barbak Shah and conquered the throne of the Bengal Sultanate. Barbak Shahzada laid the foundation of the Habshi dynasty in Bengal in 1487 and became its first ruler under the name of Ghiyath-al-Din Firuz Shah.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He he was killed by Habeshi general and the successor </span>Saifuddin Firuz <span style="font-weight: 400;">is considered the best of the Ethiopian/Habshi rulers. He is said to have been a brave and just king, benevolent to the poor and needy, and a patron of art and architecture. Firuz is believed to have patronized the building of a number of religious and secular structures. Most well-known among these is the Firuz Minar at Gaur which still stands tall, in a good state of preservation. The Firuz Minar is often compared to the Qutub Minar in Delhi, both in appearance and its significance as a victory tower. He was killed in a palace coup and was replaced by his infant son, who was again murdered to make way for the last Africa Sultan of Bengal Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah, also a general. At one point there were over 10,000 Ethiopians/ Habshis in Bengal. Later Turko Afghans (Hussain Shah Dyansty) regained supremacy in Bengal (Gaud). </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Some of them settled down to lower profile and even
agrarian professions. The mention of a Ethiopian/Habshi Imam Bux at the court of Raja
Krishna Chandra Ray at Krishnanagar in an 18th century Mangalkavya, points to
their continuing presence in Bengal. According to Reshmi Das Gupta "those who
look askance at the idea of African rule in Bengal need to go to the Indian Museum
in Kolkata to see its builder Saifuddin Firuz Shah's inscription displayed
there". However the most famous Ethiopian in India is probably Malik Ambar or Yaqut - alleged 'slave-soldier' lover of Raziya Sultan</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;">The Habshi rule of Bengal came to an end in 1493 AD, when Sayyid Husain Sharif Makki seized the throne and founded the Husaini dynasty.</span></div></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/bengal-was-once-upon-a-time-ruled-by-african-kings">https://www.getbengal.com</a><br /></p></strong></div></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33;">One of the main reasons sighted for the shift was the shifting of the main water flow of the Ganges. Unlike </span><a href="https://indianvagabond.com/2022/04/02/places-to-visit-around-gour-malda/" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Gour</a><span style="color: #423d33;"> where we see several mosques only a few remain here today in Pandua. </span></p></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 34.5px;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: large; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our plan was to see Pandua first and then we would go to Raiganj, which we could not cover yesterday.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: large; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: red; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Pandua</span></p></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><div></div></span></strong></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">On the way to the Adina, we saw an interesting bi weekly goat haat/market. They are are sold depending upon the size - a big one costs Rs 10,000-12,000 and a baby goat cost around Rs 1750. </span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yvJ5rIKn6OJMCQd6C6aK3cxtcCmxOJ4FNnbCbDSpoM_PO1kySAs8CssKfGCb2_-KZuQtJBHteJ5F8FEoTvTawxy8jPXvRs0Wzl8NViGKkzome3IV-btB2omQ6qmvcb7dJkYaqwehMglTqSm3x4YHUqGBq2zcU4dtzeRKVPB5qFBG49tpEFuo4iwKjg/s2048/goat%20334783727_114984471438440_4056648866316253578_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yvJ5rIKn6OJMCQd6C6aK3cxtcCmxOJ4FNnbCbDSpoM_PO1kySAs8CssKfGCb2_-KZuQtJBHteJ5F8FEoTvTawxy8jPXvRs0Wzl8NViGKkzome3IV-btB2omQ6qmvcb7dJkYaqwehMglTqSm3x4YHUqGBq2zcU4dtzeRKVPB5qFBG49tpEFuo4iwKjg/w640-h296/goat%20334783727_114984471438440_4056648866316253578_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The first one which comes while coming from Malda is Bari Dargah. </span></h2><h2 style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 34.5px;"><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Bari Dargah</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></strong></div></i></span></strong></h2><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">This
Dargah is in memory of <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hazrat Shah Jalal Tabrizi</strong>.
This shrine, historians believe, was constructed by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sultan
Alauddin Ali Shah</strong> around <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1342 AD</strong>. At the moment
you can see the main mosque, tombs, grand kitchen, and several other rooms
around the compound.</span></i></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>A
little further down there is another structure known as <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Salami
Darwaza</strong> (Saluting Gate) ironically not built like any
Islamic structure instead resembles a <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Charchala</span> temple.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Choti Dargah</i></span></strong></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;">Very
near Salami Darwaza, there is another Dargah. </i><b style="color: #666666; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;">This dargah was built in 1427, after the death of the saint</b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;">, </span><i style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hazrat Nur Qutbul Alam</strong> who
died in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1415
AD</strong> ; it was active at a time when this region was getting very
volatile. Even with a majority Muslim population, 2 Hindu kings (</i><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">House of</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Raja Ganesha</span></b><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"> :</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">1414–1435) </span><i style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"> had ruled
this region.</i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>He was
the one who had converted <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">(Jadu) Jalaluddin Mohammad Shah</strong> the
son of <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Raja
Ganesh</strong> to Islam. This Dargah was constructed after his
death.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-size: large;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Eklakhi Mausoleum</span></strong></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></strong></i></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><i>This is
the first heritage structure (Under ASI) that we see at Pandua. Its located
very near Choti Dargah. This is a single dome mausoleum built-in classic
terracotta brick style. As the name suggests it took one lakh Rupees (1,00,000)
to build this structure back then. </i>However there is another version to it, which says it can accomodate 100,000 worshippers.<i> The structure contains three tombs are that
of </i></span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #423d33;">Sultan
Jalaluddin (</span><span style="color: #800180;">Jadu</span><span style="color: #423d33;">)</span></strong><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">, his wife, and his son (</span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">Ahmad
Shah</strong><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">). The structure is dated to be constructed around </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">1412
– 1415 AD</strong><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">.</span></span></span></div><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 115%;"><i>Qutb Shahi Masjid</i></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 115%;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This
mosque is located right behind Eklakhi Mausoleum </i>(almost the same complex)<i> and to reach this you have to
go through the back gate which will take you to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Qutb Shahi Masjid</strong>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This
mosque is also known by its other name “<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sona Masjid</strong>” due to
the gold-gilded walls and turret crowns. Built in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1582
AD</strong> this mosque was built to honor <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nur
Qutub-Ul-Alam</strong> by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Makhdum Shaikh</strong>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxuvKnL7FhtTxVp0u953NapsQeZriZhBKpc6lMp0sutjPMCkHYc34Afw_dV_3jvF4Kp7aH8nB9LIiVv2Vgap3K2Hnzn9qH0J0sv6DvE478Jt79p26nmu9ET6hSewES3ev0bq8Yyak_AITSqJaVOXcbizkwZAKFtNMz0_4_ZaUUqM8jRi7sYk7ocq-WQ/s2048/pandua%20334769413_877368653319457_8810173975467994792_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxuvKnL7FhtTxVp0u953NapsQeZriZhBKpc6lMp0sutjPMCkHYc34Afw_dV_3jvF4Kp7aH8nB9LIiVv2Vgap3K2Hnzn9qH0J0sv6DvE478Jt79p26nmu9ET6hSewES3ev0bq8Yyak_AITSqJaVOXcbizkwZAKFtNMz0_4_ZaUUqM8jRi7sYk7ocq-WQ/w640-h296/pandua%20334769413_877368653319457_8810173975467994792_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Adina Masjid</span></strong></i></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></strong></i></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This is
the most famous mosque in this entire region and its massive. Make sure you
have at least one hour dedicated if not more to get to see all around the ruins
of this great mosque.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><i>This is
considered the largest mosque in the whole of Bengal. It was built by </i><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Sultan
Sikandar Shah</strong><i> </i>( son of Ilyas Shah of </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty) </span><i style="color: #423d33;">between <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1364 and 1374 AD</strong>. The
Sultan later after his death was buried here. This mosque has a large
rectangular open courtyard that is surrounded by domed structures. None of the
domed structures are visible but the walls still stand.</i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>There
is an elevated lady’s section which has a separate entrance and this once had
an elevated floor made of rock slabs. Some of them are still very much visible
while the rest of them have been replaced by a wooden platform. There are 3
mihrabs at the gallery.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The
main mihrab is very much seen right next to the western section right next to
the main entrance from the western wall.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>A lot
of the raw materials used in the construction of this mosque had come from
Hindu temples and the remains of them can still be seen with random pieces of
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It is almost on the same NH 34 on which our hotel is located . Actually, first we went to Ek Lakhi mosque, Adina, North of Malda first, before going further North to Raiganj. </span></span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 18.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20.7px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; line-height: 27.6px;"><span style="background-color: white;">E. </span><u style="background-color: #ffe599;">Subhasganj, Raiganj </u></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27.6px;">– </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 27.6px;">famous for Basketry</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.6px;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Total 63 crafts persons from Raigunj of Uttar Dinajpur are covered under the project. They mostly make bamboo baskets and are now trying to incorporate new designs in their products.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Minati Das</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> - </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> 9614 557 745 , </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">a resident of Das para of Raiganj, and has been practising bamboo basketry since childhood. She is the main contact person of Banglanatak.com here. Since she was not there, we met her son Raja Das and he showed the workshop. But he does not know much about this. Some crafts woman were working on their terrace. She is quite well known here. She is the main contact person and is in touch with Banglanatak.com.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhot28BxmDIA2IRolmZhEJnmIwVLXBmzGyeKRlWvhqpHiQioa1yjMvw0gML_yMG4BGWNIeHB7-O9pJfar34jjEGBEzcYl8Omk3D8Z6L5H35qVgaYhDC2i8PVVy5CGnY2vDCfnw7bAudqtE6cn_C2qM7tQQknTYyOBC_xO4XW9ugFNI9q9B6-w5YYLQ8Fg/s2048/basket%20334766502_1165871754117899_547315731728125034_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhot28BxmDIA2IRolmZhEJnmIwVLXBmzGyeKRlWvhqpHiQioa1yjMvw0gML_yMG4BGWNIeHB7-O9pJfar34jjEGBEzcYl8Omk3D8Z6L5H35qVgaYhDC2i8PVVy5CGnY2vDCfnw7bAudqtE6cn_C2qM7tQQknTYyOBC_xO4XW9ugFNI9q9B6-w5YYLQ8Fg/w640-h296/basket%20334766502_1165871754117899_547315731728125034_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Then we left for the house of potter Sukumar Pal. He is the main contact person and is in touch with Banglanatak.com. He gave demonstration of work to us and took us to another potter's house. After this we left for Malda and on the way back we saw Adina Minar.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">There is another group of potters in Malda as per the website of craftshub - but we did not go there. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32gZ9jeJos6V7chu9NbnsA26vtjdNX_vxkvCIHxncC9m6PzRIkTz1sW_z5xja1a_OSeUFPrx78Bo9NxoC1uY9VVkZQr02pyzTNokwha6LbyRjdiNpzVOTXJkjFYPBJ3AxwO0A4tVfqAbZHNjzJ5bJBaT_dAReo8hAR4RTXLtUHjzCEoYAreO6pWGujw/s2048/kunor%20334768952_759732332041022_7777695188970463157_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32gZ9jeJos6V7chu9NbnsA26vtjdNX_vxkvCIHxncC9m6PzRIkTz1sW_z5xja1a_OSeUFPrx78Bo9NxoC1uY9VVkZQr02pyzTNokwha6LbyRjdiNpzVOTXJkjFYPBJ3AxwO0A4tVfqAbZHNjzJ5bJBaT_dAReo8hAR4RTXLtUHjzCEoYAreO6pWGujw/w640-h296/kunor%20334768952_759732332041022_7777695188970463157_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;">Malda</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> : Manik Rabi Das 7908 735 272 , Jatin Tudu 7602 126 100 , Srinath Tudu 9064 766 615, Lakshi Rani Pal 9932 176 528 , Sujata Das 7430 066 126</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #464646; font-family: times; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><u1:p> <a href="http://ruralcrafthub.com/#4thpage">http://ruralcrafthub.com/#4thpage</a></u1:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://naturallybengal.com/?craft=dhokra">https://naturallybengal.com/?craft=dhokra</a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">On the way back to Malda from Raiganj, first we went to the mini Zoo which was already closed. 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You will spot a fenced spot with two lone standing pillars. People refer to this as </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: large;">Hathi Bandha Stombho</strong><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: medium;"> which literally means pillars where elephants are tied. </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Ramkeli</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Stepping aside from the Islamic history of Gour this is a very significant Hindu pilgrimage site. You have 2 temples out here the first smaller one being <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chaitanya Charan Mandir</strong> and the other being <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Madan Mohan Jiu Temple</strong>.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Historically <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ramkeli</strong> has a big significance as <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu</strong> had come to this place during the famous Hussain Shah in 1509. The small temple has a stone slab that has footprints that are said to be that of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Every year there is a big festival that takes place and devotees from all over Bengal come here to celebrate.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Boro Sona Masjid (Baraduari)</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">From this point onwards we will start seeing heritage sites from the Muslim rule of Gauda. The first one being <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Boro Sona Masjid</strong> or <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Baraduari</strong>. B<span style="box-sizing: inherit;">oro</span> means big and <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sona</span> in Bangla means gold so it refers to this as the big golden mosque. This mosque once had 44 domes that had gold gilded tops. Now, much of it is in ruins you get to see only the front portion of the mosque which still has the domes intact. Two doorways are still visible while the third one is in ruins. This temple is also known as Baraduari or the mosque with 12 doors but if you count you will find only 11 doors.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-weight: 400;">The mosque was built in</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">1526</strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;"> </span><i style="font-weight: 400;">by</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah,</strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;"> </span><i style="font-weight: 400;">but was originally started by his father</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Allaudin Husain Shah, </i><span style="font-weight: normal;">during the golden age of Bengal Sultanate of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hussain Shahi dynasty.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Dakhil Darwaza (Salami Darwaza)</i></span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">The next of the stop very near to Boro Sona Masjid is <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dakhil Darwaza</strong>. This impressive gateway is to the north of the citadel and is set to be built by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Barbak Shah (1459 – 1474 AD)</strong>. This gateway is also known as <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Salami Darwaza</strong> which means saluting gateway. </i><span style="font-size: large;">This is regarded as one the most beautiful Gates anywhere in the world.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The structure has details terracotta works and make sure you pass through the gate and go to the other side of the gate as that is equally beautiful. The interior chambers inside the gate are infested with bats so stick to the main hallway and avoid venturing inside the side rooms.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojpoUMOdk4sCtxR4pFHA2AmG_cpL-hEr2oZMWDw_vjlPh14LDT9aRyP2hyXhIChaHHrr7NkUgu6M4l47Nz7i84bzGFjSbtVUMbB8Yns0_Rfi-YJYASiKsgD75iBU8b145TgZzRdlR5Aq0h4lfwelPiZHFe6vcIX-LCNNuVuyQfzYGfmDp2ZsgirYXxQ/s2048/shahi%20darawaza%20334775174_932254594635968_879522830403017270_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojpoUMOdk4sCtxR4pFHA2AmG_cpL-hEr2oZMWDw_vjlPh14LDT9aRyP2hyXhIChaHHrr7NkUgu6M4l47Nz7i84bzGFjSbtVUMbB8Yns0_Rfi-YJYASiKsgD75iBU8b145TgZzRdlR5Aq0h4lfwelPiZHFe6vcIX-LCNNuVuyQfzYGfmDp2ZsgirYXxQ/w640-h360/shahi%20darawaza%20334775174_932254594635968_879522830403017270_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Firoz Minar</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">This tower was built by </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-style: italic;">Ethiopian or Habshi or Abyssynian King</span><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">Saifuddin Firoz Shah (1487 – 1489)</strong><span style="color: #423d33;"><i> after his victory over Barbak Shah </i><b>(of famous </b></span></span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty)</strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><i>. The tower has 5 stories and is on a mound with spiral staircases inside which is not accessible to tourists. The height of the tower reached up to 25.60 meters. </i>It is somewhat similar to Qutub Minar.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Kadam Rasul Masjid complex</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">This mosque was built by </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-style: italic;">Sultan Nasrat Shah </span>(of famous </strong></span><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Hussain Shahi dynasty)</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></b><i style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"> in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1531 AD</strong> details of which are mentioned in an inscription on the black basalt slab located on the back of the main entrance.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The mosque earlier had the footprints of the Prophet but that now has been moved to Mahidpur which stays with the Khadim.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Apart from the main structure, there are some tombs and the remains of a rest house which is in ruins. The main mosque has a single dome surrounded by four minarets on each side. </i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>There is another structure <b>inside the compound of the mosque</b> is the<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Tomb of Fateh Khan (1658 – 1707)</strong>. The design of this structure is similar to any Hindu<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Charchala</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>temple. Fateh Khan, son of Dilawar Khan was the general of<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Aurangzeb</strong>. Aurangzeb had sent him to kill<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Saint Shah Naimtullah</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>as he was suspected to have advised<span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Sultan Shuja</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>to rebel against him. Fateh Khan vomited blood and died on this very spot.</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U_ObTGkGMMiqBzUz6B_efvUoalMFPdaVuxR3tu6C_B7F77puLeWUvH7tBvyM42JPLiU8IAeKflPKI1p4FeNgRhogN0gD6OoObuOtkDM_Of_evh4S2B_MIh0mTOtDweRhY7i7Hwfpy6LRLlZjMoZ8G7AGO1U3zkjuRG6nBXtb6Dju0FXH1tEi7Jq3nA/s2048/334778512_760183335678244_6281354691423285207_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U_ObTGkGMMiqBzUz6B_efvUoalMFPdaVuxR3tu6C_B7F77puLeWUvH7tBvyM42JPLiU8IAeKflPKI1p4FeNgRhogN0gD6OoObuOtkDM_Of_evh4S2B_MIh0mTOtDweRhY7i7Hwfpy6LRLlZjMoZ8G7AGO1U3zkjuRG6nBXtb6Dju0FXH1tEi7Jq3nA/w640-h296/334778512_760183335678244_6281354691423285207_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span color="var(--global-palette1)" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span color="var(--global-palette1)" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Chika</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> mosque is around 150 metres of Kadam Rasul mosque.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span color="var(--global-palette1)" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Chika (Chamkan) Masjid</i></span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">Built around <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1450</strong> the mosque or some debate it to be a mausoleum got its name for the numerous bats that infested this structure. It’s a single domed structure and inside you get a lot of structures that have come from an earlier Hindu temple. </i><i style="font-size: large;">At one point this mosque was also used as a prison by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sultan Hussain Shah (1493 – 1519)</strong>.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In the same compound lies Gumti Darwaza.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Gumti Darwaza</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1); font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is another gateway located almost parallel to Lukochuri Darwaja (Sahi Darwaza), but to visit Gumti Darwaza you have to enter through Chika Masjid. This is size is much smaller and once had the outer face covered with colorful enameled tiles. Some of these tiles are still very much visible around the structure.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1F7BvG2ERNuTzCl9oMB_zt9UOVFoUYDekJk1piX9oLgVyJwdGnauDH0am4cfQmeLH4c2iBTS-BVMSaI320F5Yyrexocyw2tleQc4KRRLi7V-oGOHXstTy1plWV5NO2sRXIeux9Vihw6LX3Zt-ePtCHurAs38V9XJXjdO_oEO_F1x3QTwz610pLRg4Q/s2048/334780939_1190119201871967_6699175137429555126_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1F7BvG2ERNuTzCl9oMB_zt9UOVFoUYDekJk1piX9oLgVyJwdGnauDH0am4cfQmeLH4c2iBTS-BVMSaI320F5Yyrexocyw2tleQc4KRRLi7V-oGOHXstTy1plWV5NO2sRXIeux9Vihw6LX3Zt-ePtCHurAs38V9XJXjdO_oEO_F1x3QTwz610pLRg4Q/w640-h296/334780939_1190119201871967_6699175137429555126_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswiL3UUwetvVbT13t3pDi2YndhdOWuU6oxRcMqr2rteMg-IfVj7bLuJdTraBHi-3Wka5uEQbg9U3ssyxv82MQzHHlrczmNK4a76Or38v2Ct9DuiRC5__4KgIhpuLmyElMenSpwdpB-ggaiqgd500WTXam_Mcd9XvW-fhq6d46ztQfkNT_Z34glAnZew/s2048/334796184_599995348277070_2768540961638278698_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswiL3UUwetvVbT13t3pDi2YndhdOWuU6oxRcMqr2rteMg-IfVj7bLuJdTraBHi-3Wka5uEQbg9U3ssyxv82MQzHHlrczmNK4a76Or38v2Ct9DuiRC5__4KgIhpuLmyElMenSpwdpB-ggaiqgd500WTXam_Mcd9XvW-fhq6d46ztQfkNT_Z34glAnZew/w640-h296/334796184_599995348277070_2768540961638278698_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Lukochuri Darwaja (Sahi Darwaza)</b></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Located right next to Kadam Rasul Masjid is another gate which is known as <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lukochuri Darwaja (Sahi Darwaza)</strong>. This gate is located in the south of the citadel of Gouda.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This is a double-storied gateway set to have built by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shah Shuja (son of Emperor Shahjahan)</strong> in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1655</strong>. The gate has a flat roof with space for drummers (<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Naqqar Khana</strong>) who would play on the arrival of any royal. The design a typical of Mughal architecture.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">The word <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lukochuri</span> means the game of hide & seek so there is a saying that the king used to play hide and seek with his queens here at this gate. </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-g6sbtdKxFhsknkjMNtL1QilJYibXAGUZXtxPkZJYzJ3RRh3CspfKxx3gcDu89REzEu5tGV4OxOZMKj6ox54BSHOaB3BS6-ZNn0CDMDa6UmKb3WCHcP47wCn51dPebMDWRAYk0lWx9x1iGyUBNmAOxhR9zCRdlzN_COtnUhCTc32Vlns5BSNi8TIEw/s2048/334782716_712332640678970_348874726480662618_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-g6sbtdKxFhsknkjMNtL1QilJYibXAGUZXtxPkZJYzJ3RRh3CspfKxx3gcDu89REzEu5tGV4OxOZMKj6ox54BSHOaB3BS6-ZNn0CDMDa6UmKb3WCHcP47wCn51dPebMDWRAYk0lWx9x1iGyUBNmAOxhR9zCRdlzN_COtnUhCTc32Vlns5BSNi8TIEw/w640-h296/334782716_712332640678970_348874726480662618_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></strong></div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></span></strong></p>Baisgazi Wall</i></span></strong></span></strong><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">This massive wall was built by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Barbak Shah</strong> (of famous </i><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty) </strong><i style="font-size: large;">around <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1460</strong> to protect the palaces. To reach this place you go through the mango orchards and cross the big Ponds/water tanks beyond which you will see several sections of this wall still standing. While some portions are in bad shape some have remarkably survived the test of time.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>The walls are tapper from bottom to top, the base has a width of around 15 feet which tapers to 9 feet at the top. A portion of the wall has been restored to what it had actually looked and this can be seen right next to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ballal Bati </strong>which is our next destination.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Ballal Bati</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the beginning of this post, I have shared a timeline and you can see when Gouda was ruled by the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sena (Sen) Dynasty</strong>. <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ballal Sen (1160 – 1179)</strong> was the one who had captured the Gauda from the Pal. Recent excavation of this section led to the discovery of the foundation which the archaeologist says was the grand house of Ballal Sen. However, another set of historians believe this to be the foundation of a Buddhist monastery something similar which you can also see at Jagjivanpur.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Within fifty meters of Ballal Bati, one can see the section of the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Baisgazi Wall</strong> which has been restored.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Jahaj Ghata</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">As the name suggests this was a river jetty and back then it is believed that the Ganges used to flow right next to it. This was a trading point for ships to come and dock. Not much of the structure remains but by its topography, it can be easily be figured out that it was once leading to the river.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Chamkati Masjid</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">Now we come out from the mango orchards back to the main road where we will find <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chamkati Masjid</strong>. It is said to have been built in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1475</strong> by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah </strong></i><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">(of famous </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty)</strong></i><i style="font-size: large;">. This is a single domed mosque with a veranda with three entrances. The name <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chamkati</strong> according to some refers to the social caste of Muslims who were skin (<span style="box-sizing: inherit;">cham</span>) cutters (<span style="box-sizing: inherit;">kati</span>).</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Tantipara Masjid</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">As the name suggests this mosque was for the Muslim weaver community. Constructed in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1480</strong> by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mirshad Khan </strong></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: large;">(of famous </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty)</strong></span><i style="font-size: large;"> the mosque structure comprises 10 domes in a 5 X 5 pattern. The sign board of ASI has sadly been stolen.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Lottan Masjid</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="font-size: large;">A little further down from Tantipara mosque we get <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lottan Masjid</strong>. The mosque was built by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sultan Yusuf Shah </strong></i><span style="font-size: large;">(of famous </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty)</strong><i style="font-size: large;"> in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1475</strong> as a tribute to a royal courtesan. The mosque still has some visible colorful tiles on its outer walls. It has a single large dome and the floors inside have colored tiled mosaics.<b> It is one the best mosques to my mind. If it can be restored, it can be one of the top tourist attractions.</b></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0liN7yWY_vJJDByJzVH1Us4hFGVHDioBTFvIChCxAAMEr13gIrLW9Qqcqn_p_eKncEvIMbLvDUWxiVRNHiZKWnJj3Slzlhls3reXAR9aFrKlC8JTNZQVUhuhZDaW5LlW3EGpieHpVBDPhlMIImLys9CJ58cIAQWuEDc75qDdSYcsr4UgRv9wfC21Ncg/s2048/331278368_5929288600439792_576720498695808868_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0liN7yWY_vJJDByJzVH1Us4hFGVHDioBTFvIChCxAAMEr13gIrLW9Qqcqn_p_eKncEvIMbLvDUWxiVRNHiZKWnJj3Slzlhls3reXAR9aFrKlC8JTNZQVUhuhZDaW5LlW3EGpieHpVBDPhlMIImLys9CJ58cIAQWuEDc75qDdSYcsr4UgRv9wfC21Ncg/w640-h296/331278368_5929288600439792_576720498695808868_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></strong></div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--global-palette1);"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCT4RsjselotqRJJSZwQlLcnsgCSFWnqMhF5aeciQxr75LT-og3-AKj5M8Es_jCOhO8_1MEtAIkFhP8ByGuEM5tWvpmMB4IYs3At1PfBx9if18_rIVrTdJfONXq_EPZLhsHG2K11f0ygD9te4GxU0kTx1QRCb4YT82u0eLFTlnE9qpH_L_6bpn7muFbg/s2048/334781796_544447871089835_595617923072645186_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCT4RsjselotqRJJSZwQlLcnsgCSFWnqMhF5aeciQxr75LT-og3-AKj5M8Es_jCOhO8_1MEtAIkFhP8ByGuEM5tWvpmMB4IYs3At1PfBx9if18_rIVrTdJfONXq_EPZLhsHG2K11f0ygD9te4GxU0kTx1QRCb4YT82u0eLFTlnE9qpH_L_6bpn7muFbg/w640-h296/334781796_544447871089835_595617923072645186_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Gunamanta Masjid</i></span></strong><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are most likely to miss this mosque, if you are not careful</span><i style="font-size: large;">. </i><span style="font-size: large;">Ask for guidance or see google map</span><i style="font-size: large;">. This is the last mosque in this series at Gour in India, there are a few more such mosques but they are now across the border in Bangladesh. Keep in mind that we are very near to the border now as you can see from the map. This mosque was built by <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sultan Jalaluddin Fath Shah </strong></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: large;">(of famous </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px;">Ilyas Shahi dynasty)</strong></span><i style="font-size: large;"> in <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1484</strong>. The 24 domed mosque consists of a vaulted central nave along with three aisles and four openings. </i><span style="font-size: large;">This mosque is just after the Lottan mosque.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Kotwali Darwaza</i></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This is the border between India and Bangladesh. This structure is in no man’s land and if you look down, a portion of the wall further down is on the other side of the border.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>When you reach this place, you need to first take permission from the BSF check post . </i>There was no need to deposit an ID card like Aadhar, Driving Licence, etc.<i> After that do inform that you are going to click photographs and proceed to visit the structure.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>This is not a mosque but a massive wall. The wall along with the gateway (which does not exist now as it had collapsed) is 30 feet high and has a thickness of 16 feet. It is said that this was constructed somewhere between <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1235</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">1315</strong> (during the death of famous <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Alauddin Khalji</strong>).</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #423d33; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;">(</span><span><span style="color: red;">the inputs (in Italics) are from a wonderful blog : </span><a href="https://indianvagabond.com/2022/04/03/places-to-visit-around-pandua-malda/" style="color: red;">https://indianvagabond.com</a><span style="color: #423d33;"> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate">https://en.wikipedia.org</a></span></span><span style="color: #423d33;"> )</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was time for us to go back to our hotel. First we went to see the Malda Museum, which was closed due to Dol. Then we left for our hotel.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large; line-height: 20.7px;">08.03.2023</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7px;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We left our hotel at 11.30 pm and reached train station in time. The Radhikapur express left at 1220 am and reached Kolkata in time at 7.45 am.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #423d33;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">To know more about ancient Bengal once can read this blog : </span><a href="https://www.jhotpotinfo.com/2021/05/the-ancient-janapads-of-bangla-location.html " style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://www.jhotpotinfo.com</a></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the ancient time Bangla was not a
united State/country like today. Different parts of Bangla were divided into
different small regions. The ruler of each region ruled separately as their
will. These small regions of Bangla were aggregately called as ‘Janapad’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="more"></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Starting From 4<sup>th</sup> century
AD, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from the stone inscription and the
literature of the Gupta era, post Gupta era, Pal, Sen and from others we found
the names of the Janapads. The actual areas of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Janapads is difficult to say . But from
different historical element their position can be imagined.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Though Gauro or Gauda name is quite
familiar but there are much controversy about which area was the actual Gauro
and how they named it. The first mention of Gauro was found in Panini’s book.
Kautilya's Arthashastra mentions the industries and agricultural products of
this town. The inscription of Harshavardhana proves that the country of
Gauro was not far from the coast. In the 7th century, Karnasuvarna of
Murshidabad district was the capital of Shashanka, the king of Gauro. Gauro was
most famous under Pala dynasty. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">In modern times Malda, Murshidabad,
Birbhum and some parts of Burdwan are considered to be the borders of Gaur.
In the 7th century, Karnasuvarna of Murshidabad district was the capital
of Shashanka, the king of Gauro.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 3pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Among ancient Janapads, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pundra</b> is very important. It has been said that a tribe named
“Pundra” build up this Janpads. This nation is mentioned in Vedic
literature and Mahabharata. The name of the capital of Pundra was Pundranagar.
Later that its name changed to Mohasthangar. Possibly at the time of Maurya
King Ashok (273 AD.-232 AD) this ancient Pundra lost its independence. With the
growth of prosperity it turns into </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pundrabardhan</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> at 5<sup><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Th</span></sup>-6<sup><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Th</span></sup> century AD</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Experts claims that Mohasthangar (7 miles from
Bogra) is the ruins of ancient Pundrabardhan. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">From the historical prospect Pundra was the most enriched Janapad.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bangla is a very old Janapad. In very ancient
book it has been said that Banga was the neighbor of Magadh and Kalinga. The
description of this Janapad also find in king Chandra Gupta,
Bikramaditya,Chalukya and others inscription and<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>the books of
Kalidas. At the south-east side of the present Bangladesh a Janapad named Banga
had build up. From different sings and other things it Seems<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>that the place between Ganga and Bhagirathi was
called Banga. At the time of Pala and Sen dynasty the area of Banga had been
reduced. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times;">Greater Dhaka, Mymensingh, Comilla, Barisal,
Pabna, Faridpur, Nayakhali, Bakerganj and Patuakhali's lower wetlands and the
western highlands of Yasher, Kushtia, Nadia, Shantipur and the adjoining areas
of Bikrampur in Dhaka belonged to Banga Janapada.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">According to the Chinese traveler Hiuen
Tsang , Samatat was a new kingdom in the Southeastern part of Bengal. Some
experts believe that Somototh or Samatat was the ancient name of Comilla. The
present Comilla and Nayakhali areas, including the Mehna, are included in the Samatat.
One of the ancient monuments found in Comilla : Mainamati is 'Shalban Bihar'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">In Bangla we come to know another janapad named
Barenda land. Barendra was the most popular area of pundra Bardhan. This famous
janapad was situated in between Ganga and korotoya river. Bogura, Dinajpur and
a large area of<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>Rajshahi and Pabna belonged to Barendra. There
is a Barendra museum in Rajsahi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tamralipta was a famous port of ancient
Bengal. The Tamluk area of the present Midnapore district was the center
of the Tamralipta town. For maritime trade it was<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span>a famous
place. From the seventh century onwards, it came to be known as
Dandabhukti. The prosperity of the copper-plated port was lost after the
eighth century.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Rarh is an ancient town in Bengal. From the
west bank of the river Bhagirathi, the southern part of the river Ganges
belongs to the Radha region. The river Ajay divides the Rarh region into
two parts. North Rarh and South Rah. The whole of Birbhum district, in the
western part of the present Murshidabad district, Burdwan, Hughli and the
Howrah district.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;">Trade and Commerce:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bengal enjoyed prosperity through trade and
commerce in ancient period . The rivers afforded easy communication for
internal trade and Bengal’s location on the Bay of Bengal offered her the
opportunity of participating in International trade. For an example, Bengal
used to import spices and silk clothes in Greece and Rome .<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Pundra</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Rangpur and Dinajpur districts are special.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Barendra</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Rajshahi division and some parts of <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Rangpur and Dinajpur.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Kushtia, Jessore, Nadia</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Chapainawabganj</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">5</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Somototh or Samatat</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Greater Cumilla and Noakhali regions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">6</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Rarh</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Burdwwan district in the southern part
of West Bengal</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">7</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Harrkul or Harikel</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts,
Tripura, Sylhet</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">8</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Chandra Dip</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Barishal, Bikrampur, Munshiganj district
and its adjoining areas.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">9</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Saptagaon</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Khulna and Coastal Areas</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">10</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Kamrup</span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Jalpaiguri, Greater Goalpara District of
Assam, Greater Kamrup District</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">11</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Tamrolipto</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Medinipur District</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">12</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Arakan</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Cox’s Bazar, Parts of Myanmar, South of
the Karnafuli River</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">13</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Sukho</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">The southern part of the west bank of
the Ganges – Bhagirathi modernly the <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">southern part of Burdwan, the greater
part of Hughli, the Howrah and the <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Birbhum districts.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">14</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Bikrampur</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Munshiganj and surrounding areas</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">15</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Bakerganj</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(251, 228, 213); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Barishal, Khulna and Bagherhat</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); mso-border-top-alt: solid #F4B083 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 26.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="36">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">16</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Bangla or Bangala</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(244, 176, 131); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 350.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="468">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Khulna, Barishal, Sundarban forest areas
of Patuakhali</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span></p><span style="color: #423d33; font-family: times;"></span><p></p></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-1481349087425899422023-02-17T14:01:00.009+05:302023-02-21T16:38:54.728+05:30Walking tour of Famous Restaurants/street food of North Kolkata<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "PT Serif Regular", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Not Delhi, not Mumbai, but the metropolitan city of foodies- Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, India has made its way to the list of eleven best food destinations in the world for 2023 according to a website called eaters.</span><br /></span><br /></span><a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-land-of-aloo-in-biriyani-is-only-indian-city-on-eater-s-list-of-11-best-food-destination-in-the-world-11673625981836.html" style="text-align: left;">https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-land-of-aloo-in-biriyani-is-only-indian-city-on-eater-s-list-of-11-best-food-destination-in-the-world-11673625981836.html</a><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For quite some time I planned to document all the famous street foods/Restaurants in and around Bidhan Sarani, College Street. Finally on 04.02.2023 I did it with 2 of my friends.</span><br /><br /><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">আমরা যারা দক্ষিণ কলকাতায় থাকি তাদের সব গুলিয়ে যায় ! তাই সবার সুবিধার জন্য লিখে রাখলাম।</span><br /><br /><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Pranajit Bose has been a great help in planning this tour.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuZzk9lRsOVLZ89LQQul3PesQCZyZGPx5MkwPyjDjs6Kep7DyI4P8JX5biqobo1q8cS0KzWbg8mFceH3bnTpcVoY6BAKbXRkpPRqhqPFYK_gfcTaasdYGgsOrFLvR__JZPOjVHmCV1eAusI-2TiEOsmbxEaoviblpIvwWbbahcmd6D1q3Tf9iOLkVdg/s2048/331577624_890799868897026_6958759126813778596_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuZzk9lRsOVLZ89LQQul3PesQCZyZGPx5MkwPyjDjs6Kep7DyI4P8JX5biqobo1q8cS0KzWbg8mFceH3bnTpcVoY6BAKbXRkpPRqhqPFYK_gfcTaasdYGgsOrFLvR__JZPOjVHmCV1eAusI-2TiEOsmbxEaoviblpIvwWbbahcmd6D1q3Tf9iOLkVdg/w640-h296/331577624_890799868897026_6958759126813778596_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "PT Serif Regular", serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98CR104AmPLrrxgsliLeVLvAQUPiiwILvUMz8zPop1I68Xw0GAV4TQSgcr-0UN4DRBsPGHW0h4N9TdG1ZUndkycBTc0Bk5Y324YMNwLpJYP3kGUZ3XiAJX27fa2wNmox2c0UmhsIFE8otNDARMEYpsuhQjF9OjaAM6Rmd_dC1FJelKtaKYrwAwCTgMA/s6600/Street%20food%20600%20dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5100" data-original-width="6600" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98CR104AmPLrrxgsliLeVLvAQUPiiwILvUMz8zPop1I68Xw0GAV4TQSgcr-0UN4DRBsPGHW0h4N9TdG1ZUndkycBTc0Bk5Y324YMNwLpJYP3kGUZ3XiAJX27fa2wNmox2c0UmhsIFE8otNDARMEYpsuhQjF9OjaAM6Rmd_dC1FJelKtaKYrwAwCTgMA/w640-h494/Street%20food%20600%20dpi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">Some of these places I tried before, not this time </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">1. Basanta Cabin </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">- 4/10 (not many people visit these days) - famous for Kabiraji <br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/almost-century-old-basanta-cabin-of-college-street-holds-on-to-its-charm?fbclid=IwAR3Or_evtBG0qcf3M5iON1M7meSV96zxK2vSXt8FACU6aFkxeEQ0jlipVZk" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.getbengal.com/details/almost-century-old-basanta-cabin-of-college-street-holds-on-to-its-charm</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe;">2. Putiram</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 7/10 - </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">- famous for Kachori</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> . </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">Shri Hari opposite Bijoli, near Hazra More is better <br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/rajbhog-and-kochuri-at-150-year-old-putiram?fbclid=IwAR3UpdoNYkuKAPU4YItwjhf4gUR1VTUZBSP4sysILz8UMAWDskN6dZHPnA4" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.getbengal.com/details/rajbhog-and-kochuri-at-150-year-old-putiram</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;"> )</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">3. Kalika</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - famous Chop - did not try<br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/iconic-kalikar-chop-er-dokan-that-still-sells-prawn-chop-at-just-rs-10?fbclid=IwAR28CQrj-GeIHp6zeFuzq-FAN8Cd590OHH1RZOcm0aNnW5uB25JZZH4TDX4" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.getbengal.com/details/iconic-kalikar-chop-er-dokan-that-still-sells-prawn-chop-at-just-rs-10</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">4. Paramount Sherbats & Syrup</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 7/10 - </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> famous for Daab Sharbat etc. Q</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">uite expensive and bit hyped - Acharya Prafulla Ray used to come here <br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://moha-mushkil.com/sherbet-story-heritage-kolkata-paramount/?fbclid=IwAR3wgoHPj-qcEQ8RY8R5U7vNpmfTESf0sQNH5xXWm5kuJacfUt4p4qwPZHg" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://moha-mushkil.com/sherbet-story-heritage-kolkata-paramount/</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">)</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">5. Dilkhusha Cabin</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 4/10 - </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> famous for Kabiraji. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">Kaji Nazrul used to come (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.getbengal.com/details/dilkhusha-cabin-got-prestigious-heritage-eatery-tag-yesterday-110-year-old?fbclid=IwAR3V7mdXFxiijEIHfYuk8oLCK3Grf0RHgxH5jJ4w_WOnfruEXaxdskORCbs" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.getbengal.com/details/dilkhusha-cabin-got-prestigious-heritage-eatery-tag-yesterday-110-year-old</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">)</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">6. Indian Coffee House</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 6/10 </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">- famous for Ambience</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">(food is nothing special and quite expensive) (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coffee_House?fbclid=IwAR0dqfshW6IZ_f0vyjXQjVK1GR6kbOvrporruPgDSgBmKKJxOjiIYz5bkS8" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coffee_House</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">)</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">7. Kapila Ashram</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 8/10 </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">- </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> famous for Sherbat </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">(Abar Khabo and Malai Sherbat is very good value for money at Rs 30) <br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://yummraj.com/2014/10/20/kapila-ashram-2042-bidhan-sarani-machuabazar-kolkata/?fbclid=IwAR1PbSIovizL4XfCV9hFoh_gbAkJ2KTTaPVKpSJBRVcTCDXyaF59KQl8Fsw" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://yummraj.com/2014/10/20/kapila-ashram-2042-bidhan-sarani-machuabazar-kolkata/</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">)</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">8. Adi Kapila Ashram</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;"> - 7/10 - </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> famous for Sherbat<br /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">(this is the one run apparently by their erstwhile employees, not the original one ) </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">9. Niranjan Agar</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 6/10 - famous for Dimer (Egg) Devil<br /><br /> (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/food/niranjan-agar-is-the-100-year-old-kolkata-cabin-famous-for-its-dimer-devil-or-devilled-duck-eggs-fish-fry-fowl-curry-and-more/cid/1869311?fbclid=IwAR0Q3aWXwzNWjCF_gQ_nq8xjwd_TSvsPvgEV2vlUT3noH_KJj4tVjNfYWn8" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/food/niranjan-agar-is-the-100-year-old-kolkata-cabin-famous-for-its-dimer-devil-or-devilled-duck-eggs-fish-fry-fowl-curry-and-more/cid/1869311</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">10. Girish Chandra Dey and Nakur Chandra Nandy</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 9/10 - famous for Sandesh<br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdeepsmonologue.blogspot.com%2F2016%2F06%2FGirishChandraDeyNakurChandraNandy.html%3Fm%3D1%26fbclid%3DIwAR1YkJpTTDG6vsaLBu79z2ht8zrXL7GZs1TQBgban6FHEm9Hpv-Jl6E1szE&h=AT1OXDvLzuBjhAszT4o2rthwUDY5_jVC1IEkcK-iWmZQAScFiIaUazX4YF0HpEURG_ET1Cd3aZB6yxsnrdk5TGvaXC4rbcLTMdj9NHP0xgezhpAKtQORXbh7A5RXdDLHAQ" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://deepsmonologue.blogspot.com/2016/06/GirishChandraDeyNakurChandraNandy.html?m=1</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">11. Nalin Chandra Das</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;"> - 8/10 - famous for Sandesh </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">12. Lakshminaryan Shaw & Sons</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 7/10 - famous for Chop - Netaji used to come here. <br /><br />You can get better Alur Chop at the one near Lake Mall, beside Lake Market (towards Rashbehari More)<br /><br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmoha-mushkil.com%2Flakshmi-narayan-shaw-best-telebhaja%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR05pM4dCkYWBKdluXRQew3ByCJA7MKUpsL0cnzail3SzgSQV3UkXl0WIA4&h=AT2NeB1-YNzWlL4Kwo9cIg_7vx4daAzKnnIYbODLozWcNYXAOzKgGlNMRlj2cOKiE82B1DjCfCxqzppw2uIuySJQcT35zp0SMirUhVGzaZ9NOV6XUaVkxv_iOBiH-J7x3A" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://moha-mushkil.com/lakshmi-narayan-shaw-best-telebhaja/</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">13. Mitra Cafe </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">- famous for Chop (Fritters), Kabiraji and Cutlet - did not try. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">There is one near City College, Golpark too.<br />(</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://goodfoodbro.com/mitra-cafe/?fbclid=IwAR3g1g3BYzyJIwlKPJJLXrLNL8niND6r-WvaZbyhw_GP-CVOjWVRq9jJUJU" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://goodfoodbro.com/mitra-cafe/</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #050505;">) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;">14. Allens Kitchen</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> - 7/10 - </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> famous for Prawn Cutlet - </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">quite expensive and bit hyped </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;">There is one near Hazra More too.<br /><br /> </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://sumitsurai.com/2011/07/allen-kitchen-restaurant-great-food-history-and-the-special-prawn-cutlet/?fbclid=IwAR1PbSIovizL4XfCV9hFoh_gbAkJ2KTTaPVKpSJBRVcTCDXyaF59KQl8Fsw" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://sumitsurai.com/2011/07/allen-kitchen-restaurant-great-food-history-and-the-special-prawn-cutlet/</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 17px;"> <br /><br />Tour map </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://goo.gl/maps/AZPci1H9ambhXA8u5?fbclid=IwAR2nhj5jmr_EHePiKE3L_fILrlr5j12cytwsAq_moCNRdueyyD2BxXBSzo4" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/AZPci1H9ambhXA8u5</a></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-84361840089233306062022-10-18T16:19:00.404+05:302023-03-21T11:19:55.690+05:30উজবুক in Uzbekistan !<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">From 22<sup>nd</sup> October
to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2022, we (Bappa da and his daughter Tanwi, Debdatta
da and Gobindo) went to Uzbekistan. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3rAIrdc86hXfAu1OIZD7E9vxOwwYARHdR1ZzJPsOyteHxZpDnb5h2FrUeLaOFcskrykiPnSkiLYjND3WcpMLH-IMuHfV4X7ED4LSQ-cF272yq0vUxTN1M4bUn0HDeNeec01k876CCVJhKsLbTvKto_h0Xibe2Vcd982__DZ9OIS9bbdxPx00ix8eqQ/s4032/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(32).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3rAIrdc86hXfAu1OIZD7E9vxOwwYARHdR1ZzJPsOyteHxZpDnb5h2FrUeLaOFcskrykiPnSkiLYjND3WcpMLH-IMuHfV4X7ED4LSQ-cF272yq0vUxTN1M4bUn0HDeNeec01k876CCVJhKsLbTvKto_h0Xibe2Vcd982__DZ9OIS9bbdxPx00ix8eqQ/w640-h480/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(32).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">Day 0: CCU (0530)>Delhi> Almaty, Kazakstan (15 55 hrs</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); font-family: times; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> )<i> : <b>22<sup>nd</sup> Oct 2022</b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> <b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0);">Day
1: Almaty>Tashkent 10 50 hrs </span></b><i><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Sightseeing
: 6-7 hours)</span></i><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0);">
: 23rd Oct 22</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">Day 2: Tashkent></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">Chimgan>Tashkent (</span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sightseeing </span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">: 6-7 hours) : 24th Oct 22</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">Day 3 : Tashkent>Nukus-Khorezm
desert-Urgench - Khiva : 25th October 22 </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">Day 4 : Khiva –
Kyzl Kum Desert>Bukhara : 26th October 22 </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> <b><span style="background: lime;">Day
5: Bukhara</span></b><span style="background: lime;"> <i>(Sightseeing : 6-7
hours) : <b>27<sup>th</sup> October 22</b></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">Day 6: Bukhara</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">Samarkand (</span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sightseeing: 6-7 hours</span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">) : <i>28<sup>th</sup> October 22</i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><h2 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Day 7</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">: </span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">Samarkand </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">></span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;"> Shakhrisabz</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">></span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;"> Samarkand <i>(</i></span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sightseeing</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">: </span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4-5
hours</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">)</span></i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">: <i>29<sup>th</sup> October 22</i></span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">Day 8: Samarkand </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">></span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;"> Tashkent : 30<sup>th</sup> October 2022</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;">Day
9: Tashkent </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 115%;">>Delhi
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;"> : 31st
October 22 </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 18.4px;">Day 10: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); line-height: 18.4px;">Delhi > CCU</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 18.4px;"> : 1<sup>st</sup> November 22</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7px;">Since I was not in the pink of health, for last 4 months (since 21st May), due to my knee joint pain, I planned this tour at the last moment. The plane fare by that time sky rocketed due to the Ukraine war. I had limited options. Uzbekistan was in the bucket list for many years. During Durga Puja, the plane fare was also almost 80% of the normal price, but we got a good deal during Kali Puja. Normally I do not travel during Kali Puja, after a long tour during Durga Puja. This time it is different. I went for a short relaxing trip of Maldives during Durga Puja with Mohua (when the fare was cheap, surprisingly). The visa in Europe was also delayed due to heavy rush (because of revenge tourism after Covid) !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times;"><o:p>The contents of this blog, are taken from various sources, written in Italics and credits are given at the end. But I did not find any blog where I got all the information, I was looking for. The popular blogs are silent about the Shakespeares and Newtons of Uzbekistan. <b>The more I got to know about the contribution of Uzbekistan towards Medicine, Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, history and religion, I felt like a উজবুক - how little we know !</b> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">WHY UZBEKISTAN ?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'Uzbekistan has
been the main stopover for countless civilizations traveling east and west,
while exchanging goods, ideas, and knowledge. Uzbekistan’s geographic location
allowed it to play a key role in the Silk Road (114 BC – 1450 AD). In the
first millennium BC, caravans crossing miles of unwelcoming deserts from China
to the bazaars of Europe found their oasis in the ancient Uzbek cities of </i><a href="https://www.thediaryofanomad.com/things-to-do-in-samarkand/"><i>Samarkand</i></a><i>, </i><a href="https://www.thediaryofanomad.com/things-to-do-in-bukhara/"><i>Bukhara</i></a><i>, and <a href="https://www.thediaryofanomad.com/things-to-do-in-khiva/">Khiva</a>, and
turned them into major </i><strong><i>trading
hubs</i></strong><i> and </i><strong><i>centers of cultural exchange</i></strong><i>. Traders not only transported materials
such as ivory, silk, and gold, but also religion and philosophies. The Central
Asian cradle of culture, Silk Road history, Caravansarais, and traces of great
conquerors from Genghis Khan to Amir Timur and more are just a few reasons to
travel in Uzbekistan. From the opulent Registan in Samarkand to the twisting
alleys of cute old city of Khiva, Uzbekistan is a land of onion domes, grand
archways, and towering minarets.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> Samarkand is
one of the reasons why I decided to come to Uzbekistan.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Uzbekistan is home to the 3 most important Silk Road
cities, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. Timeless mosques and historical
buildings define a characteristic skyline in every city… needless to say, it’s
an architecture buff’s wet dream. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Travelling in Uzbekistan and strolling down
its old cities is like going back to the past. The country offers more than
just jaw dropping architecture. The bazaars in Tashkent dishing out horse
sausages and the destruction of the Aral Sea region (can be explored from
Nukus), Uzbekistan is a country with many faces. Uzbeks are some of the
friendliest people in Central Asia.</i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;"> In places
like Khorezm desert</span><i>, we barely saw any tourist.' </i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">'In the 16th
century, as ocean trade flourished, the </span></i><strong><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Silk Road cities began
to decline</span></i></strong><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">. Uzbek khanates soon entered into wars with </span></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Iran,</i></span></span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> and in the
18th century, all of them were controlled by Nader Shah of Persia. Then, in the
19th century, Russia, drawn by the commercial potential of the region, began a
full military conquest of Central Asia. In 1924, Uzbekistan became a part of
the former Soviet Union/USSR, and although the country has found its identity
back after its independence in 1991, there are still </span></i><strong style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">strong Russian
influences</span></i></strong><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> around the country today. Primarily, Russian is
still one of the main languages spoken in the country (particularly among
elders), and Soviet-style architecture is found throughout the country, standing
alongside majestic Islamic buildings.'</span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-style: normal;">If you are from India you are likely to have celebrity status. You will get numerous selfi requests.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">VISA<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'</i></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>It was once a country with very strict visa policies for foreigners, Uzbekistan is, by far, one of the most tourist-friendly country in Central Asia. Those nationalities which can’t get a VOA – and that includes nationals from the USA and India – have been granted the right to receive an electronic entry visa for a period of 30 days. In our case our travel agent in Uzbekistan did it for us. It’s a very easy process which only costs 20 USD, takes less than a week and this is the official website. </i>We paid 21.5 USD for the visa. <i> If your country of citizenship isn’t on any list, you’ll need to apply for a visa at the Uzbek Embassy.</i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Uzbekistan lifted all Coronavirus-related restrictions. As of October 2022 travelers arriving in Uzbekistan no longer need to present a negative PCR test result.' </i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">But Air Suvidha (google it) and vaccination certificate is required. Hard copy of e-visa is required at the Delhi airport.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ECONOMY AND AREA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The average monthly wage in Uzbekistan is $250. The size of
Uzbekistan is 448,978 Sq Km. It is 1/7<sup>th</sup> of India and nominal
per capita income is only 2243 USD (Kazak is 4 times richer), somewhat same as
India ! Salary in Private Sector and Govt sector is more or less same. Military
training is compulsory for 1 year. Military job is coveted since it pays 500
USD per month. All the people get pension between 100-200 USD depending upon
the years of service rendered. It is, however, inflation adjusted Pension.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">CURRENCY IN UZBEKISTAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'It’s a cash-only economy, meaning your cards
are often useless except in high-end hotels.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
There is a currency exchange office in the airport that offers a good exchange
rate if you have US Dollars. There is no need to go outside the airport to
exchange USD. In Uzbekistan, they use the </span></i><strong><i>Uzbek Som (UZS)</i></strong><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">. </span>You can use the </i><a href="https://www.xe.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Xe.com app</i></b></a><i> to
convert and stay up-to-date with the current exchange rates. The current
exchange rates is (</i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">23<sup style="font-style: normal;">rd</sup> October 2022)</span><i> $1 USD = 11,170
UZS<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Banknotes circulating in Uzbekistan: 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000,
50,000 and 100,000 som.' </span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Coins are hardly used. We did not use any coin. A quick way to
calculate is knock off two 0s and then make it 80%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">'In some Shops, restaurants and hotels y</em><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ou can also
pay with Euro and US dollar. </span>Visa is probably the most widely accepted
credit card. Be sure the money you want to exchange is clean and crisp and
can’t be torn'.</i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.3pt; text-transform: uppercase;">COSTS OF TRAVELING IN UZBEKISTAN</span></strong> </h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB">'Accommodations:</span></i></strong><i><span lang="EN-GB"> $20 – $40 USD per night -budget /
$40 – $65 USD per night Mid range / $65 – $100 USD per night high-end <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Food is </span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 2-3 USD in Restaurant, if you are bit frugal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i>Taxis:</i></strong><i> $1.25 USD for a</i> 10 minute ride. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i>SIM card:</i></strong><i> $3 USD (2 GB) with Ucell.' </i>Our travel agent gave free sim card to all of us.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The
food is really reasonable. In a good restaurant you can have Beef/Lamb Shashlik
for 20,000 – 22,000 Uz Som i.e. 2 USD and Non/Nan for 5000 Uz Som – which is
normally enough for 1-2 people. Unlike Europe I did not have to scratch my head
to find food at a reasonable price.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; padding: 0in;">PEOPLE IN UZBEKISTAN</span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">'In</span></i></strong><i> the whole Central Asia, you also find plenty of
people from their neighbouring countries, including Russians, Kyrgyz, Kazakhs,
and Tajiks. Kyrgyz and Kazakh people have stronger Mongolian features and
Tajiks and Turkmens more of a Persian look. The Uzbek people of today hail from
Turkic </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(Turkic peoples descended from
agricultural communities in Northeastern China and wider Northeast Asia, who
moved westwards into Mongolia in the late 3rd millennium BC) <i>and Persian people who lived along the
country’s borders and Turkic-Mongol nomads. Uzbek people generally have
Mongoloid features'.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;">LANGUAGE OF UZBEKISTAN</span></strong></h2><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'In general, the
Uzbek people don’t speak English. People who work in the hospitality sector
know a bit of English'.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The official
language of Uzbekistan is Uzbek and Russian.<i> </i>Uzbek is a Turkic language
and is closely related to Uyghur as well as Kazakh and Kyrgyz. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Turkic languages originated in a region of East Asia
spanning from Mongolia to Northwest China, from where they expanded to Central
Asia. There are around 20 standard Turkic languages with a
considerable literary tradition, including Azeri, Turkmen, Tatar, Kazakh,
Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Uighur. </span>So if
you speak some Turkish, it may help you understand Uzbek a little bit.
Especially the numbers are similar. I have seen Chikish/çıkış (exit) and
Girish/giriş (entry) in Uzbekistan , which I learnt while travelling in Turkey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'Tajik
is often spoken in Bukhara and Samarkand as these cities were formerly part of
Tajikistan prior to their addition into the Soviet Union.Tajik is also common
in the Uzbek Fergana Valley.</span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Russian is
widely spoken and understood among most Uzbeks over the age of 30 due to
Uzbekistan being a former state of the Soviet Union.</i> <i>The younger
generation is less likely to speak Russian fluently. </i><i><span style="background: white;">In most signboards
Uzbek and Russian are written. English is not understood by most people.' </span></i>If
you can read the Cyrillic alphabet or you happen to know some Russian phrases,
both would come in handy whilst traveling in Uzbekistan.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'You
can learn a new language by using the audio classes of </i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Pimsleur.</i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> This is a great learning method to study a new language like Russian.'</i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB">We learnt that many words, which we
think as Hindi are actually Farshi, which they use. E.g. Darvoza (door), Garam
(hot), Panch (5), Char (4), Shahar (city), Kala (Fort or Killa), Chasm (eye),
Pahlwan (Strongman/Wrestler), Maydon (Park), Bazar (Market), Non (Nan or bread),
Bogcha /Bagicha(Garden)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">, Zargaron (
Gold), </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hauz (Pond
like Hauz Khas in Delhi)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><s><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></s></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You will frequently hear Da (Russian for
Yes) and Niet (Russian for No).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB">We were greeted by Namaste in most
places. They all recognize Indian profile. Almost all them seem to know Amitabh
Bachchan, Sharrukh Khan, Raj Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty. Almost all of them
know Jimi Jimi Aja Aja (same as Russia, where I visited in 2018), Mera Joota hai Japani.</span> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-transform: uppercase;">USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO KNOW BEFORE
VISITING UZBEKISTAN <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">' ‘Assalom
alaykum’ </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB">translates
as <b>‘hello’</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Salom’</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> means <b>‘good
afternoon’.</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Xayr! </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB">means <b>Good bye! </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It’s
worth knowing at least one word in Uzbek : “<b>rahmat</b>” – “<b>thank
you”.'</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;">More Russian words:</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spasiba - Thank you, Privet -
Hello, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Vogzal</b><span style="font-family: times;">- train station (many stations are written as Vogzal in Uzbekistan) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">excuse me - pardon, , Stancion -
Station, Restaurant - Restoran, <b>Voda - water</b>, <b>yes- da, No - niet</b>, Tea-Cha, Coffee - Coffee, Road - ulitsa,
Aftobus- Bus, Disevli Restoran- cheap restarurant, Very good - achin khoroso,
Toilet is Toilet, Doroga - expensive, address- aadres, bad - plokhoy, friend -
droog, house - Dom, mutton - myasa, fish is ryba . Dawai Dawai is Cheers, while drinking Vodka
! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Russian script is called
Cyrillic. It is named after Greek Saint Cyril . It is very close to Greek
alphabet. Some alphabets are added to Greek alphabet. During the later part of
my stay in Russia, I could read Russian with some difficulty. It is similar to
English alphabet also, with some changes. <b>C= S</b>, so <b>CCCP (</b>=
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик OR Soyuz Sovetskikh
Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) = <b>USSR ) or </b>Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics), <b>P in Russian=R</b>, <u>Roubles</u> is
written as P, Nizhny starts with H <b>(Ни́жний). So H in Russian is N
in English</b>. After H of Nizhny, it is N, so N (in reverse) mean i or
y......Van Gogh (Ван Гог) starts with <b>B</b> , so B in
Russian is V in English and Г is G.. so on so forth...In Russia
without knowing Cyrilic - it will be a problem. <b>R is Y</b> in
English.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 30pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white;"> Source: </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fcff01;"><a href="http://www.bomadg.in/2020/05/russia-y-romancho.html"><span>http://www.bomadg.in/2020/05/russia-y-romancho.html</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> - my blog</span><o:p style="background-color: white;"></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; padding: 0in;">RELIGION <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Officially,
most people are Sunni Muslims (88%), the Russian population (9%) being
Christian Orthodox. However, like all ex-Soviet countries, religion is not a
big deal. </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Our guide says around 30%
are non practicing Muslim. <i>Uzbekistan is
a secular state which means that in theory, people can wear whatever they want.
You’ll see many Uzbek women wearing beautiful colored scarves tied around their
heads. This is a cultural thing and it’s mainly older Uzbek women who wear
these. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">FOOD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i>1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i></b><strong>Plov</strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> – <i>Welcome to the world capital of </i><em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">plov</span></em><i>. </i>Actually it is called <span style="color: red;">Osh Palov</span> in Uzbek Language. Plov is a Russian word
and in English it is Pilaf. There are many kinds of <em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">plov</span></em> and it varies by region. <i>In </i></span><a href="https://againstthecompass.com/en/places-to-visit-in-tashkent/"><i><span color="windowtext" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Tashkent</span></i></a><i>, they even
have a <b>Central Asian Plov Center, </b>a
massive building serving only </i><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-style: normal; padding: 0in;">plov</span></em><i>. It is a rice dish with raisins and meat in a
light brothy sauce, which comes in different varieties. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b>2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><strong>Shurpa</strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> / Shorbo (Soup) – a light broth with potatoes,
lamb, and vegetables. Lagman in noodles soup and Mastava is rice soup. <b>Laghma</b>n is found everywhere. It is not
like a Chinese soup.<b> Naryn</b> (noodles
with horse meat) is found only in Tashkent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i>3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i></b><strong><i>Kazan Kebab</i></strong><i> – meat
cooked on a </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan_(cookware)"><i>Kazan</i></a><i> (a cast iron casserole), then
fried. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b>4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><strong>Sheesh Kebab</strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> / Shashlik – <i>skewered
meat and/or vegetables grilled, usually over an open flame. The word ‘shashlik’
comes from the Russian word for ‘shish kebab’</i>. <i>The dish is made with lamb / beef/chicken Or if you’re feeling
adventurous, you could try the grilled skewers with <b>horse meat at Tashkent</b></i><b> .
</b></span><b>You will get Shashlik
all over Uzbekistan. We liked it a lot. </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b>5.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><em><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-style: normal; padding: 0in;">Manti</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(dumplings
– the smaller one is called <b>Chuch-vara</b>). You will find Manti in Turkey, Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b>6.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Somsa/
Samosa – </b>In Uzbekistan ‘a’ is normally replaced by ‘o’. So it is pronounced
as Samosa. It is either made with Pumpkin or Beef. It is more like Fried Shawarma. You will find Somsa in Turkey also - but not as widespread.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b>7.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></b><b>Dimlama </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(<i>Uzbek stew made with various
combinations of meat, potatoes, onions, vegetables, and sometimes fruits</i>).
I could not find it in spite of lot of effort.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="ek-underline"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;">8.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Non/Nan/Traditional bread <b>(tandir non</b>) <i>is particularly
sacred in Uzbek culture. This bread is torn by hand. </i>It comes in various
shapes. Some of them are like bread.</span><span class="ek-underline"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></p><h5 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></i></b><b><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB">Shivit oshi<span class="ek-underline"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"> :
</span></span></span></b><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB">‘Shivit oshi’, also known as ‘khorezm lagman’ is an
eye-catching Uzbek dish. Hand-pulled Lagman noodles are infused with fresh dill
which gives them their distinctive bright green color. The dish originates
from <strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/things-to-do-in-khiva-uzbekistan/" target="_blank"><span color="windowtext" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Khiva</span></a></span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h5><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. </span></b><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tea culture in Uzbekistan</span></u></b></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">'Tea deserves a separate post. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Uzbek people are really big tea drinkers. Green tea or
‘Kuk-choy’ is served in a bowl and all meals start and end with tea'.</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sometimes it comes for free.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'The culture
of drinking tea is very much alive there and you can’t escape it really.'</span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Since I am from West Bengal (where
world’s best tea is produced) and finicky about orthodox tea, I found the tea
rather ordinary. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Tea in Uzbekistan is grown locally, as well as from
different surrounding countries, such as Georgia, Azerbaijan, China, India,
Ceylon. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
ordering a tea you will be served a pot, usually enough for 3-6 cups. Usually
you can expect to pay 5,000 – 10,000 Soms for the pot. Tea is never served with
sugar, so if you add it you need to ask for it and sometimes even pay extra. <b>We have never paid for the sugar.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i>One blogger has written
“</i></strong><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span>I’m a vegetarian and I was expecting
Uzbekistan to be a country of meat lovers, where I would have issues finding
something for myself. I was so wrong. I managed to find vegetarian options of
all the best Uzbek dishes without any problems at the touristic spots”. </i>We
ate only non vegetarian dishes throughout the tour.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>TIPPING</b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: <i>You don’t have
to leave a tip in the restaurant as the service is automatically included in
the bill. However, this is not mentioned on the menu and a lot of foreigners
get confused or think they’re being overcharged once they receive the
bill. Tipping isn’t expected in Uzbek
culture, but it is always appreciated in restaurants etc.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #990000;">To know more about Uzbekistan food read</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://wanderingwheatleys.com/uzbekistan-food-local-traditional-uzbek-dishes-to-eat/">https://wanderingwheatleys.com/uzbekistan-food-local-traditional-uzbek-dishes-to-eat/</a></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://thefoodhog.com/food-in-uzbekistan">https://thefoodhog.com/food-in-uzbekistan</a>
</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span>For Khiva read this : </span><span>
<a href="https://thesandyfeet.com/things-to-do-in-khiva-uzbekistan-silk-road/">https://thesandyfeet.com/things-to-do-in-khiva-uzbekistan-silk-road/</a></span></span><span> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We tried all of them except point no. 7 and 3. Dimlama was not available in most of the places.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">WINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'<a href="https://www.wine-explorers.net/en/travelog/uzbekistan-a-new-viticultural-breath" target="_blank"><b><i>Uzbekistan is the main wine-producing country in Central Asia</i></b></a><i>.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> A
significant part of the Central Asian wine is exported by Uzbek winemakers. You
can buy and drink alcohol in restaurants in larger touristic cities such as
Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara. It’s not always mentioned on the menu but if
you ask the waiter/waitress for a beer or bottle of wine, they’ll usually have
it'. </span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">There is a wine tour in Tashkent.
We did not avail it for lack of time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ek-underline"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ek-underline"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ek-underline"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;">'TRAVEL ESSENTIALS FOR UZBEKISTAN<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">I
wouldn’t advise you to drink tap water in Uzbekistan. Buy bottles of water
in the local supermarkets or better, bring </span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/recommends/lifestraw-waterbottle/" target="_blank" title="LifeStraw Waterbottle"><i><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">a small bottle
to refill it in the hotel </span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB">I use and
recommend </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/recommends/travel-adaptor/" target="_blank" title="Travel adaptor"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">all-in-one Universal Travel Adaptor</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> as
you can use it worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">You have to bring your passport with you to buy a SIM
card. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">In our case our travel agent
gave a free SIM card for all of us.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">In some places, especially in </i><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/things-to-do-samarkand-in-uzbekistan/" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span color="windowtext" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Samarkand</span></i></a><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">, you have to
pay extra if you want to take photos (with a camera, not with your phone). But
there is no general rule about it.</i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">In Samarkand, the cobbler made me delete his photo.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Drones are prohibited in Uzbekistan . We were
specifically asked in the airport, if there is drone in our luggage.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://maps.me/" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank"><b>Maps.me</b></a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">: </span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">This
is a very practical app to find your way in Uzbekistan. You can download the city
map of the country for offline usage. </i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">I used in Budapest and Czech Republic.</span><i style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </i></span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">The app gives you accurate directions and
shows you where you can find the nearest restaurants, bus stations, ATM,
hotels, places with wi-fi, points of interest. It also tells you the number of
the bus you need to take when you travel within a city</i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://wikiroutes.info/" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank"><b><i>Wikiroutes</i></b></a><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">:
Wikiroutes is a handy app if you travel by public transportation. It shows you
the bus and/or metro route and tells you where to hop on and off. </i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ek-underline" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><i>Google Translate</i></b></span><strong style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">: </span></i></strong><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">Translates
written and spoken Russian or Uzbek. Only Russian is available to download for
offline usage.</i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.xe.com/" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank"><b><i>Xe currency:</i></b></a><strong style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i> </i></strong><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">a very handy currency conversion app that always uses the latest rates
in effect. It’s useful to keep track of how much things cost in Uzbekistan. This
app also works offline.</i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/recommends/uzbekistan-booking/" style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank" title="Uzbekistan booking"><b><i>Booking.com</i></b></a><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">:
No other app comes close to it in terms of inventory and price.'</i></li></ul><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><h4 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">TAXIS / SHARED TAXIS IN
UZBEKISTAN<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Every
car is a potential taxi in Tashkent ! '</span><i>Uzbek
taxi drivers are a legend and not in a positive way. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">One of the most common scams in Uzbekistan is getting overcharged by
taxi drivers. It starts as soon as you arrive at the airport or at any land
border. </span>Shared taxis have set places of departure, and leave when
full. To find shared taxis, ask your guesthouse where the shared taxi for
your destination leaves from'.</i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'<a href="https://go.yandex/en_rs/" target="_blank"><span class="ek-underline"><b><span color="windowtext" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Yandex Go Taxi</span></b></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">:</span></a> <b>Yandex is the Central Asian version of
Uber'.</b> We used this app to get around Samarkand in Uzbekistan by taxi
without having to bargain for the price.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have used it 4 times.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> You can use it even in Georgia. You can pay in cash after the ride. The rates are
reasonable. The app functions like Uber. You can see the rates before booking.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Just as easy is
traveling around by shared taxis between cities. Depending on where you're
headed you'll need to go to a specific taxi stand in town to find a shared taxi
to the place you're going. Ask your accommodation or a local and they'll know
where to go. You can use a share taxi @5000 Some or half USD approx within the
city</i>. But there might be language problem. <i>Make sure you negotiate a price before you get in a car.</i> We once
used Shared Taxi in Samarkand. <i>A shared taxi is a taxi that you share with usually 4
to 5 other passengers. It doesn’t have a fixed schedule but leaves once the
taxi is full. They leave from a fixed location which is often near a bus
station or just outside of a city. A trip of 2 to 3 hours to another city will
cost you around 60.000 UZS, depending on how good you are at bargaining.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Taking a shared taxi
used to be the only way to travel from Urgench to Khiva. You can even travel
between Khiva and Bukhara by shared Taxi. It will cost around 8 USD for an 8
hour drive.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You’ll also see many
minibuses racing around the cities. The most common ones are the
‘Damas’. It is like a mini van.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">CLIMATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'The best time
to visit Uzbekistan is in Spring (mid-April – beginning of June) or
Autumn (mid-September – beginning of November). In winter it is below 10
degrees and in summer it is above 40 degree Celsius'. </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">When we travelled in October it was around 7-15
degrees during the day. In fact in Shakri-sabz it was actually hot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">TRAIN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'Uzbekistan is fairly easy to get around in.
Most tourist sites are reachable by train. Visit the Uzbek Railways website to
see schedules or download the UZRailways Ticket App . You can book and pay for
train tickets online through the app'.</i> In our case, our tour operator did
it. I have read it was very complicated before. I can’t say how it is now.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">There are 3 types of trains : the <em><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Afrosiyob</span></b></em>, the <em><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Sharq</span></b></em> and
the <strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Night Train</span></strong>. Sharq
train is faster than night train and but slower than Afrosiyob. Night train can
even take 15 hours or more. '</span><i><span lang="EN-GB">The first
two trains were really comfortable, similar to fast trains in Europe like
Thalys, Eurostar, TGV.' </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">The fastest speed I’ve seen on the
screen was 250 km/h<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> </span></p><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">KEEP YOUR
REGISTRATION PAYSLIPS<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></h3><p class="has-medium-font-size" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'All hotels will give you a registration slip
on the last day, that proves that you stayed there. You are likely to be asked
for all your registration slip when leaving the country. Basically, they are
extremely paranoid and need proof of your actual itinerary. This means that, if
you stay at friend’s places/couchsurf, you would need to stay in a hotel every
two days, at least'. </i>Thankfully we were not asked about it in the airport.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">STAYING IN A YURT CAMPS IN UZBEKISTAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Some of the people in Karakal-pakstan still live in yurts for part of
the year as they are culturally much closer to Kazakhs and Turkmens than to
Uzbeks'. </span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are
some desert yurt camps (Tents) near Ayaz Kala .<i> These have been specifically set up for tourists.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.3pt; text-transform: uppercase;">IS A TOUR AGENCY NECESSARY ?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">You can do everything on your own. However I have read, booking train tickets were a big problem. It is further compounded by language in train website. In Russia I did everything on my own. But since language problem is a major issue, it is better to engage a local reliable travel agency like Global Connect, at a very reasonable rate, to make it absolutely hassle free. <b>Please remember very few people understand English in Uzbekistan (except those in Hospitality Industry).</b> It is not so tourist friendly like Thailand. Most cities do not have metro and bus service is limited. No wonder not many tourist visit Uzbekistan compared to its potential. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;">I booked the tour from a local travel agent, </span>Global Connect,<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"> based in Uzbekistan. They ( </span><a class="VL8GHd" href="mailto:karimov.sai@gmail.com" jslog="24336; track:click" jsname="xvr5H" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Send email" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">karimov.sai@gmail.com</span></a>, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;">info@globalconnect.uz, Whatsapp : </span><a class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+998941800001" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+998941800001)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">+998 94 180 00 01</span></a> ) have very good rating in Tripadvisor and are very strongly advisable. They almost did a flawless tour. <span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>If you can manage a group of 5-6 people, then I would suggest to leave it to Global Connect . We paid 700 USD per head for 8 night, 9 days tour </span></span>(for a group of 5 people) <span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>, which included all transportation, accommodation, pick up and drop, water, entry fee and breakfast but excludes Lunch and Dinner. </span></span>Plus visa fees of 20 USD. They did everything for getting the visa. We took a print out of the e-visa. At this moment I am not in a position for a hectic tour. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>We had paid around <b>15% upfront</b> through the link sent by them - www. sendmoney24.com. It was bit complicated to register in this website. You have to scan FULL PAGE of the Passport page. Though the initial tour plan changed, due to non availability of plane, they did not charge us more to keep their commitment. We spent only 50 USD per head for lunch and dinner for the entire tour. The food is really cheap here. Only 1 dinner and 1 lunch was provided by them. The breakfast is given in all the hotels. The spread in all of them were good. Everything was perfect. Their guide Akmal (Tashkent), </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>Abdunazar (Chimgan), </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span>Salomat (Khiva)</span></span><span> and Munisha (Bukhara) are really good. There is absolutely nothing to complain. No wonder they have such a high rating in Tripadivsor. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">I would not recommend you to club any other Central Asian tour with Uzbekistan. The price here is more or less similar to India. In fact you cover our itinerary; <b>I think there is no need to visit any other country in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). </b>I cannot comment upon Azerbaijan.</span></span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.3pt; text-transform: uppercase;">WHAT TO BUY IN
UZBEKISTAN</span> </span></h2><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>'There are tons of souvenirs you can bring
home from Uzbekistan, including beautiful ceramics, wood carvings, carpets and
miniature paintings'.</i> But I found the souvenirs very expensive almost at par
with Europe, until I visited Siyob Bazar in Samarkand. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 0: CCU(0530)>Delhi>Almaty,
Kazakstan 1555 hrs</span></b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i> : <b>22<sup>nd</sup>
and 23<sup>rd</sup> Oct 2022</b></i></span><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We left at
0245 hours to catch the flight at CCU at 0530 hours. We did not book any cab before.
In Delhi they asked print out of Visa which our travel agent has sent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is visa
on Arrival for Indians now. You don’t even need to carry a photograph or hotel accommodation.
After reaching the apartment, which we have booked from Agoda, the owner said
it is not vacant. It is only 250 metres from the airport. So we had to go back
to the airport to book a motel, by using the wifi of Almaty airport. The
helpful person in the information counter booked a taxi (Old Mercedes, like Morocco !) for us by using Yandex
(he also gave a free Kazak Chocolate !). We exchanged only 11 Dollar to get
Tenge at the airport to avail the Taxi to the motel and back to the airport
next day. The motel is just beside a Petrol Pump – around 3 Km from the
airport. We had to hire 2 Taxis. We got some cup noodles and biscuit from the
nearby Departmental Store by paying through our Credit Card . Some of the
restaurants do not accept Credit Card. The lady (she danced in Bollywood tunes
sung by us ! So it is very popular here) at the motel boiled the water for us,
so that we can eat the cup noodles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 1: Almaty>Tashkent 1050
hrs (Sightseeing : 6-7 hours) : 23rd Oct 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We took <b>one</b>
Taxi and all of us (5 people ) went inside to go to the Almaty Airport to catch
the 930 hrs flight ! We exchanged the remaining Tenge at the airport.We spent 6 USD for 3 rides (airport-</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">hotel-</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">airport) only ! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 20.7px;">‘You can easily reach the Uzbekistan from neighbouring Kazakhstan with </span></i></span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><i><b>Air Astana</b>.</i></span><i style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 20.7px;"> Which is, incidentally, one of the best airlines, I’ve ever flown with. Both their economy and business class service was phenomenal. In a world where airlines seem to be cutting every corner possible, it was nice to see that a snack and drink are included on even short economy flights’.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 20.7px;"> I used Air Astan while going to Turkey. It is simply world class.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; line-height: 20.7px;">There is a direct flight to Tashkent from Delhi by Air Uzbekistan. But their days of travel did not suit us. Moreover it is not so highly rated.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10:50 Arrive in Tashkent. GLOBAL CONNECT
driver to meet at the Tashkent International Airport. Start sightseeing from the Old City part
of Tashkent.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Visit Khast Imam - a cultic architectural complex and the religious center of Tashkent where the world famous Uthman Quran has been preserved. Khast Imam complex consists of Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tillya Sheikh Mosque, Muyi Muborak Madrasah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, New Khazrati Imam Mosque and the Muftiate building.</i><i>Drive to Chorsu Bazaar. After exploring the bazaar drive to the Central Asian Plov Center. Plov is cooked in a giant, wood-fired kazans. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Visit the State Museum of Applied Art to see priceless samples of applied art created by golden hands of masters from the first half of XIX century up to the present time (we did not have to time to see this).</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a short Tashkent metro ride from "Kosmonavtlar" station to "Mustakallik Maydoni" station. Visit Independence Square, Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre (we did not have to time to see this., Amir Temur Square & Museum and Monument of Courage.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At Broadway street, street artist and
painters display original artwork (there are many shopping centres, fashion
shops, boutiques, restaurants, and cafes are located on and around the
Broadway).</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Drop off at the hotel. Overnight at the
hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The land
along the upper Amu-Darya (Oxus River), Syr-Darya (Jax-artes River) and their
tributaries has always been different from the rest of Central Asia – more
settled than nomadic. The region was part of some very old Persian empire Achaemenids
founded by Cyrus the Great (6th century BC), including Bactria (part of present
day Afganisthan), Khorezm and Sogdiana. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In the 4<sup>th</sup>
century BC Alexander the Great entered
Cyrus the Great’s Achaemenid empire. He
stopped near Marakanda (Samarkand) and then having conquered the Sogdians in their
homeland mountains, married Roxana, the daughter of a local chieftain. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Out of
the northern steppes in the 6th century AD came the Western Turks – the western
branch of the empire of the so called Kök (Blue) Turks. They soon grew attached
to life here and abandoned their wandering ways, eventually taking on a
significant role in maintaining the existence of the Silk Road<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The
Arabs brought Islam and a written alphabet to Central Asia in the 8th century
but found the region too big and restless to govern. A return to the Persian
fold came with the Samanid dynasty in the 9th and 10th centuries. Its capital,
Bukhara, became the centre of an intellectual, religious and commercial
renaissance. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In the
11th century the Ghaznavids moved into the southern regions. For some time the
Turkic Khorezm shahs dominated Central Asia from present day Konye-Urgench in
Turkmenistan, but their reign was cut short by Gengis Khan in the early 13th
century. Central Asia again became truly ‘central’ with the rise of Timur (also
known as Tamerlane), the ruthless warrior and patron of the arts who fashioned
a glittering Islamic capital at Samarkand.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Little
is known of early Uzbek history. At the time the Golden Horde (from Mongolia) was
founded , Shibaqan (Shayban), a grandson of Gengis Khan, inherited what is
today northern Kazakhstan and adjacent parts of Russia. The greatest khan of
these Mongol Shaybani tribes was Özbeg (Uzbek, ruled 1313–40) - probably the
one under whom swapped paganism for Islam. By the end of the 14th century these tribes
had begun to name themselves after him. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The
Uzbeks began to move southeast, mixing with sedentary Turkic tribes and
adopting the Turkic language; they reached the Syr-Darya in the mid-15th
century. Following difference of opinion the Uzbeks rallied under Mohammed
Shaybani and thundered down upon the remnants of Timur’s empire. By the early
1500s, all of Transoxiana (‘the land beyond the Oxus’) from the Amu-Darya to
the Syr-Darya belonged to the Uzbeks, as it has since. The greatest (and indeed
last) of the Shaybanid khans, responsible for some of Bukhara’s finest
architecture, was Abdullah II, who ruled from 1538 until his death in 1598.
After this Silk Road fell into disuse.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tashkent
‘s one part is newly built national capital, thick with the institutions of
power, one part is leafy Soviet city, and yet another part is sleepy Uzbek
town, where traditionally clad farmers cart their wares through a maze of
mud-walled houses to the grinding crowds of the bazaar. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">By the
time the Arabs took Tashkent in AD 751 it was a major caravan crossroads. It
was given the name Toshkent (Tashkent, ‘City of Stone’ in Turkic) in about the
11th century. It grew more prosperous under the Shaybanids, the founding
dynasty of what effectively became modern Uzbekistan, ruling from the mid-15th
until the start of the 17th century.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">‘For most, Tashkent, the capital of
Uzbekistan, is a rather underwhelming introduction to the country. The city
isn’t blessed with the jaw-dropping architecture that brings tourists to
Uzbekistan<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">. Just bear in mind when planning your
Uzbekistan travel that it’s worth spending less time in Tashkent, and more time
in the rest of the country!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">‘I did not expect six-eight lane roads, high-speed cars, wide pavements,
gardens and cafes at every nook and corner. It is true not only in Tashkent but
in other cities too. Timur is celebrated, worshipped . It becomes clear
that Uzbeks worship the Turco-Mongol emperor. Timur was the last of the great
nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his goal was to restore Genghis
Khan’s great Mongol Empire. Timur created a huge army and led numerous
campaigns extending his empire from the Volga River and Caucasian Mountain
Ranges in the West to India in the South-West. Timur’s single biggest ambition
was to restore the Silk Road and keep it under his control, which is why he
fought large-scale wars with various nations and empires located along this
enormously long route from West to East. According to the Uzbeks, it was Timur
who “united” several countries and their citizenry, and is recognised as their
“national hero”.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>‘The apps Maps.me and wikiroutes can help you to see which bus and route to take to your hotel. Bus # 67 goes straight to the city center. </i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em><b>Important:</b></em><strong><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; padding: 0in;"> When
arranging a taxi to drop you off at the domestic airport, make sure the driver
brings you to terminal 3 (domestic flights) and not terminal 2 (international
flights).<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>When using the Yandex Go app, make sure you
type in </i></b><strong><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; padding: 0in;">“Tashkent International Airport
Terminal 3”</span></i></strong><b><i>, or you’ll end up at the wrong terminal !<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We started our tour with Khast Imam Complex. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><u>'Khast Imam
complex:</u></b><span style="background-color: transparent;">
</span><i style="background-color: transparent;">Khast Imam complex consists of <u>Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tillya Sheikh
Mosque, Muyi Muborak Madrasah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, New Khazrati Imam
Mosque and the Muftiate building. </u>The official religious centre of the republic.
A big renovation in recent years has left the complex looking better than ever.
The Hazroti Imom Friday mosque, flanked by two 54m minarets, is a recent
construction, having been ordered by President Karimov in 2007. Behind it is
the sprawling Khast Imom Square. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, whose grand
mufti is roughly the Islamic equivalent of an archbishop, occupies a new
building to the north of the mosque. The primary attraction of the Khast Imom
square is this Moyie Mubarek Library Museum , which houses the 7th-century
Osman Quran (Uthman Quran), said to be the world’s oldest. This enormous
deerskin book was brought to Samarkand by Timur, then taken to Moscow by the
Russians in 1868 before being returned to Tashkent by Lenin in 1924 as an act
of goodwill towards Turkestan’s Muslims. It is Tashkent’s most impressive and
important sight. The museum also contains 30 or 40 rare 13th-century book.' </i><span style="background-color: transparent;">Our
guide helped us to read the word Allah in the book.</span></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Souvenir shops occupy the student rooms of this 16th-century
medressa located on the west side of Khast Imom square. Then we left for lunch.</span></p><p class="Default"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T20tEsnmU1vYX0lOCZ3y4iMQZI5SXnLgJ2EqxyxwY7zsBltHCyucCdYyPyWdzN1WB_nlJdlmsPRly8W6mnZ10_urSaKLnYZKdbj5acfX1XF8oLcNwhLZadOHpHC7OxWEgceESD-0UVM-tLW96q7KYldEizYZbUXBtyaYAP3B7oTOFkc0Qwdq6M67Og/s3264/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(38).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T20tEsnmU1vYX0lOCZ3y4iMQZI5SXnLgJ2EqxyxwY7zsBltHCyucCdYyPyWdzN1WB_nlJdlmsPRly8W6mnZ10_urSaKLnYZKdbj5acfX1XF8oLcNwhLZadOHpHC7OxWEgceESD-0UVM-tLW96q7KYldEizYZbUXBtyaYAP3B7oTOFkc0Qwdq6M67Og/w640-h294/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(38).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plov Center: It is the</span></i></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i> place
to eat plov, Uzbekistan’s
favorite national food, in Tashkent. </i>When we reached there it is finished ! So
we went to see the nearby Chorsu Bazar, although we were quite hungry</span></span></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Chorsu Bazaar:</span></i></b><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Tashkent’s main bazaar is a lively affair, with vendors selling
everything from clothing to spices and vegetables.' </span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">We tried
some Non/Nan and Kurt. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #382c14; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Qurt or </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-indent: -0.25in;">kurt</em><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-indent: -0.25in;">, derives from the word for “dry” in many Turkic
languages and is made by straining fermented milk from a sheep, goat, cow,
camel until it’s thick enough to be rolled into balls and dried in the sun. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Then
we went to have Plov from a restaurant Chain. </span></span></p><p class="Default"><br /></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQLs6qu_fsDn2KP36yEhDh_IKYNkBaktJbLzr7aQXQP9zG6ci8knabmIIzltkg2JucXCRRXlWiOl_2-KNhYybtiOcJPu1iOj8vVR5BfejNj4rekrQ7feTyNEMGhK2QCH069vrRN583_ZAAHVFhMIiW1NYIfzVcryJACTCxl6OzRuV8mfAncTJi0Ewxw/s3984/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(54).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQLs6qu_fsDn2KP36yEhDh_IKYNkBaktJbLzr7aQXQP9zG6ci8knabmIIzltkg2JucXCRRXlWiOl_2-KNhYybtiOcJPu1iOj8vVR5BfejNj4rekrQ7feTyNEMGhK2QCH069vrRN583_ZAAHVFhMIiW1NYIfzVcryJACTCxl6OzRuV8mfAncTJi0Ewxw/w640-h296/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(54).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS2RFWlO06WChgThVD3RGrxRdpVzKdh2EAfP5rPG1JhUmAONhIQGqpb93AauHdBGzhE3OF-uhYuSZZkYPEN6543lfJLn1-dSvYOpwW87u71a3E9RvBcvFny7Sz3KFFoUtKfO8xi1j7VevfSDhTsF3xjw769RPQ8g--4DvGK_dJ6vMwzarhEL5YJ-CXw/s3984/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(64).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS2RFWlO06WChgThVD3RGrxRdpVzKdh2EAfP5rPG1JhUmAONhIQGqpb93AauHdBGzhE3OF-uhYuSZZkYPEN6543lfJLn1-dSvYOpwW87u71a3E9RvBcvFny7Sz3KFFoUtKfO8xi1j7VevfSDhTsF3xjw769RPQ8g--4DvGK_dJ6vMwzarhEL5YJ-CXw/w640-h296/tashkent%20day%200%20n%201%20(64).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -24px;">Then we left for Amir Temur or Taimur Lang museum.</span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>'Amir Timur Museum:</i></b><i> Museum
dedicated to the Taimur Lang or Amir Timur, who conquered most of Central Asia.
A good stop for people interested in the man behind some of the most monumental
buildings in the region, and founder of the Timurid empire.' </i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #382c14; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We did not have time
to go to State Museum of Applied Art,
since we reached Tashkent at 1050 hours.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we went
to see the </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Amir Timur Square -</b> it</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i> is the main square of
the city. </i>In fact before the statute of Amir Timur was installed, it was
changed number of times before – from Marx/Stalin etc to finally Timur. It is
apparently the symbolic centre of Uzbekistan, as per our guide.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hotel Uzbekistan: '</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not far from the Amir Timur Museum/Amir Timur square is Uzbekistan’s
most famous hotel: the Hotel Uzbekistan.</span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I did not find it interesting'.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> Then we visited "Broadway"
street where some street artists and painters display their original artworks and
Independence square. We did not have time to visit Alisher Navoi State Academic
Bolshoi Theatre.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Then it
was time to take the famous metro of Tashkent.</span></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tashkent Metro:</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> A remnant of the Soviet Era—and still expanding every year—some of
the capital’s metro stations are works of art: especially Alisher Navoi and
Kosmonatavlar. </span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But if you
have been to Moscow, then you can skip it surely. I did not find it
exceptional.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Our day ended with a
visit to Monument of Courage.</span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had dinner at the
nice restaurant near our hotel.<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 2: Tashkent - </span></b><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chimgan – Tashkent (Sightseeing: 6-7 hours) : 24th Oct 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Breakfast at the hotel. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">09:00 Transfer to Chimgan
Mountains </span></i><em><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">(Western Tien-Shan Mountains, 92 km)</span></em><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> with a driver. Arrive in Charvak. Walking in
the mountains. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Take a cableway ride. Transfer to the
shore of the <a href="https://globalconnect.uz/uzbekistan/sights/tashkent/charvak-reservoir">Charvak
Reservoir</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit unique petroglyphs and rock
carvings made by prehistoric people. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Make some photo stops along the way to
take in the views. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Transfer
back to the hotel in Tashkent. </span></i><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Overnight at the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above
is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Uzbekistan
isn’t exactly famous for its mountains. Most of the country is rather flat and
consists of desert, except for a small part north of Tashkent. There you will
find the Chimgan mountains and the Charvak Lake. The Chimgan mountains and Charvak
lake belong to the Ugam Chatkal National Park. The Chimgan mountains are one of
the few places to visit in Uzbekistan where you will find pristine alpine
meadows and ski resorts. It is therefore no surprise that this is a favourite
weekend get away for people in Tashkent. In winter to go skiing and in summer
to escape the heat in the city.’ </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">It took 90 minutes to reach Chimgan. It is around 90
Km from Tashkent. We took a cable car to go to the top</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV_ev24Rf5ZMhO6FjeKSRtER04qAHuUi9MX_p96ySMhx63_ujrBSNw_BYMsGti2t1RK2821_0E646dBPJcRBkwAjDo14AQz-scgxZn_FxdrmUjXOj_tty7A4mgM9B1SCRzV9KalTjUTZdfYi6yZ1PiGGKRA8TckM03nVg34LC37nD67unLE0dWDqgjQ/s4032/IMG_7830...%20(4.1)%20(2.1)%20(3.1)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV_ev24Rf5ZMhO6FjeKSRtER04qAHuUi9MX_p96ySMhx63_ujrBSNw_BYMsGti2t1RK2821_0E646dBPJcRBkwAjDo14AQz-scgxZn_FxdrmUjXOj_tty7A4mgM9B1SCRzV9KalTjUTZdfYi6yZ1PiGGKRA8TckM03nVg34LC37nD67unLE0dWDqgjQ/w480-h640/IMG_7830...%20(4.1)%20(2.1)%20(3.1)%20(1).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYuEx6uwSUc_BY4OIG9yDeKab-Qevhk3PXrAqlWty-6cJogoq5CZhRrPJOSUtmGPL5fn4IpF_5MsfhFwOm3VmNg-AWqVVRWYwdIGWArAdo-f8cw0gjpdgkgnIMvK1uVDLtBjxt0YyQKL1dg6Y2oHJzP4ktkFJEMfyZ-N8OC6nYiqPbM-4KLH0wmVPYA/s3264/IMG_7830...%20(6.1)%20(2.1)%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYuEx6uwSUc_BY4OIG9yDeKab-Qevhk3PXrAqlWty-6cJogoq5CZhRrPJOSUtmGPL5fn4IpF_5MsfhFwOm3VmNg-AWqVVRWYwdIGWArAdo-f8cw0gjpdgkgnIMvK1uVDLtBjxt0YyQKL1dg6Y2oHJzP4ktkFJEMfyZ-N8OC6nYiqPbM-4KLH0wmVPYA/w640-h294/IMG_7830...%20(6.1)%20(2.1)%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we visited unique petroglyphs
and rock carvings made by prehistoric people. We had our lunch there. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would not say, this trip is not something to die for ,more so, if you saw Himalayas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the
way back to our hotel, we went to a bank to exchange Uzbek Som and went to see Lal Bahadur
Shastri square, who died in Tashkent. He went to Tashkent to sign a peace
agreement between India and Pakistan on
10 January 1966, that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">## </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Andijan, capital city of the Ferghana Valley, lacks any must-see tourist sights. Andijan is also a decent base from which to explore the rest of the Ferghana Valley.The Fergana Valley has a tense feel to it as Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz all have strong feelings that the valley belongs to them. </i><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Margilan is the silk capital is at Uzbek Fergana valley. </i>Babur was born in Ferghana Valley. But he was probably born in Kyrgystan. One can go to Ferghana vallley from Tashkent.</span></strong></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 3 : Tashkent–Nukus-Khorezm desert-Urgench-Khiva (Sightseeing :
5-6 hours) : 25th October 22 </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">04:50
Transfer to the Domestic Airport.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">07:15
Domestic flight to Nukus. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">08:55
Arrive in Nukus and transfer to Khiva (170 km). En Route to Khiva, visit
ancient fortresses of Khorezm - Chilpiq Kala, Kyzyl Kala, Toprak Kala and Ayaz
Kala.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1630 – Arrive Khiva – Explore the Old city by
foot on your own<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We brought packed breakfast from our hotel in Tashkent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I strongly
recommend that your travel by plane to Nukus from Tashkent and then go to Khiva
by car. ‘<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0;">Nukus is the capital of
the autonomous Karakal-pakstan region</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white;">, a little-visited part of Uzbekistan.
There is not so much to do in Nukus, except the Nukus museum of Art, which houses
one of the finest art collections in Central Asia’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Moynaq, an abandoned fishing village outside of
Nukus, along the dried-up Aral Sea and Mizdakhan Necropolis (an ancient
cemetery outside of Nukus with a mixture of Islamic and Zoroastrian influences)
are two interesting places </span></i></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– which will be difficult to cover in a day.’ There
are day tours from Khiva to these places. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>The Aral Sea</i><i style="background-color: white;"> was once the fourth largest inland sea. Now, it’s a giant desert bed full of rusting ships. In the 1960s the Soviet Union diverted water from two of the region’s major rivers – Amu Darya and Sir Darya river to help irrigate their cotton crops. Although the project made the desert bloom,<strong> it also caused the Aral Sea to dry up.</strong> Today, there’s almost nothing left – and the rusting skeletons of abandoned fishing ships litter the eerie desert landscape.' </i><span style="background-color: white;">We saw cotton cultivation in many places in Uzbekistan.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moynaq</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>is further North of Khiva, while Urgench, Khiva is South of Nukus. <span style="color: #0070c0;">Urgench is capital of Khorezm province.</span> </b></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">‘The Amu-Darya
delta (Khorezm), stretching from southeast of Urgench to the Aral Sea, has been
inhabited for millennia and was an important oasis. long before Urgench or even
Khiva were important. The historical name of the delta area (which includes
parts of modern-day northern Turkmenista too) was Khorezm. The ruins of many
Khorezmian towns and forts, some well over 2000 years old, still stand east and
north of Urgench in southern Karakalpakstan’. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But by getting down at Nukus, you can pass through the
Khorezm desert and see the forts/Kala/Killa (in Hindi) on the way to Khiva - you don't have to come here from Khiva. So not only you save money, but also save precious time. According to
one theory, <span style="color: red;">Zarathustra</span> was born in Khorezm region and there is a Zoroastrian
burial place at Chilpiq Kala on the way to Khiva. People in these regions,
including Khiva were Zoroastrians till 8th Century. Zoroastrians declined from the 7th century CE onwards as a direct result of the Arab-Muslim conquest of Persia (633–654 CE), which led to the large-scale persecution of the Zoroastrian people. Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians in the world at around 110,000–120,000 at most, with the majority of this figure living in India, Iran and North America; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After Chilpiq Kala we saw Kyzyl (or Qizil) Kala,
Topraq Kala and finally Ayaz Kala. Ayaz Kala is the most famous one. I found
Kyzl Kala quite interesting – it is similar to the mud houses in Mali. <b>These
long forgotten fortresses are scattered throughout the barren land. In fact
there are many more fortresses too.</b> <u>It is an interesting detour from
onion domes and blue tiles. </u></span><span>This road is particularly picturesque due to fall
colours of the trees.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqtfqms5m3vjMPUVCmL8NujjfIAaYogv2rT4p57moGzlB_zQunAhA0bNDmnEpFU0xS3ArCxoCWIILmhSgpIZeBeQ4W7r1tfqJxWfXQE-2i6IeaOT39fM0KW9bwtpZKzZkmqVJWz1wU6oQyKjsDv6PczKxPrkQBq1IOP-QIUDK2Qpj1fr8eWbJaAgE-w/s3984/NUKUS%20AND%20KHOREZM%20DESERT%20(66).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqtfqms5m3vjMPUVCmL8NujjfIAaYogv2rT4p57moGzlB_zQunAhA0bNDmnEpFU0xS3ArCxoCWIILmhSgpIZeBeQ4W7r1tfqJxWfXQE-2i6IeaOT39fM0KW9bwtpZKzZkmqVJWz1wU6oQyKjsDv6PczKxPrkQBq1IOP-QIUDK2Qpj1fr8eWbJaAgE-w/w640-h296/NUKUS%20AND%20KHOREZM%20DESERT%20(66).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; 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margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi <b>(locally known as Al-Khwarizmi )</b> was born here and regarded as
<span style="color: red;">father of Algebra </span>- a word der<b>ived from the title of his book</b>
Kitab al-Jabr. He later migrated to Baghdad. <b>That is why some people think
he is from Iraq. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Polymath
Abū Rayhān Al-Bīrūnī, better known as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times;">Al-Biruni</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">was also born here. He
lived during the Islamic Golden age (8th to 14th century). He travelled to the
Indian subcontinent in 1017 when he was 44 years of age <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>with</b></span> Mahmud of Ghazni.
Αl-Biruni was an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, historian, linguist
and studied physics and natural sciences too. He was the first able to obtain a
simple formula for measuring the Earth's radius. He authored a study of Indian
culture Tārīkh al-Hind (History of India). Al Beruni was the First Muslim
Scholar to study India and its Brahmanical tradition. He is called father of
Indology and the first anthropologist. India was visited by travellers from
various countries like Megasthenes from Greece, Marco Polo from Venice ,
Xuanzang (alternately spelled Hiuen Tsang) and Faxian (alternately spelled Fa
Hien) from China and Ibn Battuta was from Morocco etc. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Al Biruni is one of the most prominent ones. He has written extensively about Indian Calendars, Indian rituals.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In
fact <span style="color: red;">Kushans</span> (Kanishka is the most prominent king of Kushan), who ruled part of
India, also came from this region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">On
the way to Khiva falls Urgench, <b>capital
of Khorezm province</b>. When the Amu-Darya changed course in the 16th century,
the people of Konye-Urgench (in present-day Turkmenistan), were left without
water and started a new town here in Urgench (Uzbekistan). Today travellers use Urgench
mainly as a transport hub for Khiva, 35 km South-West. It’s also the
jumping-off point for the ‘Golden Ring’ of ancient fortresses in southern
Karakal-pakstan. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After
reaching Khiva at 1630 hours we explored the Old city by foot <b>on our own</b>. Today
we had Shivit Oshi in dinner at the Old Inner Walled city or Ichon Kala. S<em>hivit
oshi </em>(green noodles) is a local specialty made with dill-infused
dough. I had it in dinner with Gobindo. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our hotel Qosha Darvoza is located very near Old Khiva. It was a hospital previously.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="border-bottom: solid #A2A9B1 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #A2A9B1 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBXTEd_dNWCgd8C9OIly5UQbN_cZ2Ftk3KEa6AQDqXp3x40PStWqUq8U4u0cmLF3mhO5ScayK4XU8Sk4Hw9Xf-wLi95nlYrQAVsIa7nLHiq5Jcn6ekDIGMhgH-kUrMWMx7ip9ABRE_aqkHhKj45AfAabAMWtSSUrTntZirrObzBzN-ZCXVa94RrGODw/s3264/IMG_20221025_160937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBXTEd_dNWCgd8C9OIly5UQbN_cZ2Ftk3KEa6AQDqXp3x40PStWqUq8U4u0cmLF3mhO5ScayK4XU8Sk4Hw9Xf-wLi95nlYrQAVsIa7nLHiq5Jcn6ekDIGMhgH-kUrMWMx7ip9ABRE_aqkHhKj45AfAabAMWtSSUrTntZirrObzBzN-ZCXVa94RrGODw/w640-h294/IMG_20221025_160937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 4 : Khiva – Kyzl Kum Desert- Bukhara : 26th October
2022 </span></b><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">08:00
Breakfast at the hotel.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>09:00 start the
walking sightseeing tour in ancient Khiva. Explore the walled inner town of the
city of Khiva - Ichon Kala or Qala. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Visit Mukhammad
Aminkhan Madrasah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah, Kalta-Minor, Kunya-Ark, Juma
Mosque, Tash-Khovli Palace, Minaret of IslamKhoja, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum.
<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>1330 hrs Transfer
to Bukhara by car through the Kyzyl Kum Desert (457 km). Enjoy the different
views of the Kyzylkum desert. (We recommend you to take lunch-boxes for this
trip.) <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>19:00 Arrive
in Bukhara. Check in. Overnight at the hotel.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our
agent)</span></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Legend has it that <b>Khiva</b> was founded when Shem, son of Noah,
discovered a well here; his people called it Kheivak, from which the name Khiva
is said to be derived. The original well is in the courtyard of an 18th-century
house in the northwest of the old town. In 8<sup>th</sup> Century Khiva was a
minor fort and trading post on a side branch of the Silk Road, but while
Khorezm prospered on and off from the 10th to the 14th centuries, its capital
was at Old Urgench (present-day Konye-Urgench in Turkmenistan), and Khiva
remained a bit player. </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It wasn’t until well
after Konye-Urgench had been finished off by Timur that Khiva’s time came. When
the Uzbek Shaybanids moved into the decaying Timurid empire in the early 16th
century, one branch founded a state in Khorezm and made Khiva their capital in
1592. The town ran a busy slave market that was to shape the destiny of the
Khivan khanate for more than three centuries’.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Khiva</b>, a </span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><i>UNESCO World Heritage Site, </i></span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">is a unique town in Uzbekistan. It’s so well preserved,
it’s almost like a museum-city! The old town is a photographer’s dream. This
town is not only Central Asia’s very first UNESCO World Heritage City, but it’s
also one of the most intact Silk Road cities in the world. Tiny old town of
Khiva (known as Ichon Kala or <b>Inner
walled city</b>) has over 50 historical sites. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-indent: -0.25in;">However
it can be easily covered by foot in 1 day. <i>Most
sights can be entered on a combined entrance ticket, sold at the main entrance
to the old town’</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ichon-Kala: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Y</span></i><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ou’ll spend
most of your time. Basically an open-air museum. Make sure to get up early one
day to see the sunrise from the city wall.' </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can climb up the wall at the North gate Entrance
through a stair case.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-indent: -22.5pt;"><span><b>Minaret of Islam-Khoja</b></span></i><i style="text-indent: -22.5pt;"><span>: </span></i><span style="text-indent: -22.5pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Islam Khoja minaret is one the symbols of
Khiva. It dates back to the XIV century. The brickwork alternates with
bands of glazed patterns on the minaret. The height of the minaret 56.6
meters. You cannot miss it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzItV6oEyGIZ9YlaH54FcDAsvYKZEYZFPgPHPSgI_mbUr3lL8fdxQfxd7cm8QnGyCieXTFAg7Cp1VFDjdOdbPU-IIFIHlObjmkmvRXtFpGPZMOnz3ihV7CTT76D59PvyCQofJ9ToCs7yp3uQ-hH7TW0zj2pLWkTwrlbrEYUxq3MBjbdqFEsPOar9EZg/s3984/ERDOG%20(4.1)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzItV6oEyGIZ9YlaH54FcDAsvYKZEYZFPgPHPSgI_mbUr3lL8fdxQfxd7cm8QnGyCieXTFAg7Cp1VFDjdOdbPU-IIFIHlObjmkmvRXtFpGPZMOnz3ihV7CTT76D59PvyCQofJ9ToCs7yp3uQ-hH7TW0zj2pLWkTwrlbrEYUxq3MBjbdqFEsPOar9EZg/w640-h296/ERDOG%20(4.1)%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj0Oq4q9K3yYNomR2RaT3jA70gcXKj1Ow_2r_AGhPwEAy8tOpXSsSJwAZ_fGgkb1Nqb3WyoVslBO-UErkBux6ugkgtWAEksrktl6vpD-ktAa4JX16VdFdtnc7-0FxTnJV-V5qhtRUJ1EV61WNbMt1yY9m2z74hqqavAk5ViyHSddbbEJkIkcBUidA4Q/s3264/IMG_20221025_163311...%20(2.1)%20(1.1)%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj0Oq4q9K3yYNomR2RaT3jA70gcXKj1Ow_2r_AGhPwEAy8tOpXSsSJwAZ_fGgkb1Nqb3WyoVslBO-UErkBux6ugkgtWAEksrktl6vpD-ktAa4JX16VdFdtnc7-0FxTnJV-V5qhtRUJ1EV61WNbMt1yY9m2z74hqqavAk5ViyHSddbbEJkIkcBUidA4Q/w640-h294/IMG_20221025_163311...%20(2.1)%20(1.1)%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-indent: -22.5pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muhammad Aminkhan Madrasah: </span></i></b><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The largest madrasah in
Central Asia now houses a luxury hotel, but is still a sight to behold.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Kalta Minor Minaret: </span></i></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Just
south of the Kuhna Ark stands the fat, turquoise-tiled Kalta Minor Minaret.
This unfinished minaret was begun in 1851 by Mohammed Amin Khan, who according
to legend wanted to build a minaret so high he could see all the way to
Bukhara. Unfortunately, the Khan dropped dead in 1855 and it was never
finished, leaving the beautifully tiled structure looking distinctly unusual.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unfortunately it’s not possible to
enter this unfinished minaret next to the Muhammad Aminkhan Madrasah anymore’.<i> <b>Regardless,
it’s synonymous with Khiva</b></i><b> <i>and you can’t miss this blue coloured
Minaret.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4lGEkRL601j8YlEeGl8XI-VsvIV6oF0d8sXjdCA0wHpBq_aXYftH97f26711u98DmTDneEAKzdocjzEVlDQ4U7TyCM7cLuFm4qbstlZpLts3vauT8xeYBxHeG3O1RKL3OcM9pc8YJ_nyu66ynOjbCxo66_SKLuvH3PT_vK9SsUQcvXcbwWn0vzxhpQ/s3984/IMG_20221025_164451....%20(1.1)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4lGEkRL601j8YlEeGl8XI-VsvIV6oF0d8sXjdCA0wHpBq_aXYftH97f26711u98DmTDneEAKzdocjzEVlDQ4U7TyCM7cLuFm4qbstlZpLts3vauT8xeYBxHeG3O1RKL3OcM9pc8YJ_nyu66ynOjbCxo66_SKLuvH3PT_vK9SsUQcvXcbwWn0vzxhpQ/w640-h296/IMG_20221025_164451....%20(1.1)%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62VSA_p3D9fAEzjQV434LXCL-mpk_5u146_bTAc6GWOC4_Ji_WmHXdBsBQDOkfC_LQ0i9q2rkUMQeTX-uCzUpau8ovFDg3A_SHxA9jxxnUkeA5W2fMO7cVetkf5_501I_ZyO-Kyx3QIWsNe_3dL_uU20SrO6-Md7QL5cjJHDjbE6rB1c3z6q2Xa-r4g/s3984/IMG_20221025_163918%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%20(9.1)%20(2.1)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62VSA_p3D9fAEzjQV434LXCL-mpk_5u146_bTAc6GWOC4_Ji_WmHXdBsBQDOkfC_LQ0i9q2rkUMQeTX-uCzUpau8ovFDg3A_SHxA9jxxnUkeA5W2fMO7cVetkf5_501I_ZyO-Kyx3QIWsNe_3dL_uU20SrO6-Md7QL5cjJHDjbE6rB1c3z6q2Xa-r4g/w640-h296/IMG_20221025_163918%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%20(9.1)%20(2.1)%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB8wQpG8NuNVvVHa9xh05F8chOZZY9WVMt68hV4WgLZ_d4pnTyTrfv3E7vng2W_eEil7H1Ix9AgBdkhInL-ABGOwlx17Dn_CoRiJRjyYbjK1DFKfT8_LIq22cBNojYaNq0zJu0vXfNYZvyPjahV9jRNvbI1WuNwrAupTAxxl3ZyiQ0qamNb28a8dPBQ/s3264/IMG_20221025_163918%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB8wQpG8NuNVvVHa9xh05F8chOZZY9WVMt68hV4WgLZ_d4pnTyTrfv3E7vng2W_eEil7H1Ix9AgBdkhInL-ABGOwlx17Dn_CoRiJRjyYbjK1DFKfT8_LIq22cBNojYaNq0zJu0vXfNYZvyPjahV9jRNvbI1WuNwrAupTAxxl3ZyiQ0qamNb28a8dPBQ/w640-h294/IMG_20221025_163918%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%7F%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyRowYuDvd4CMGxFF5TSzs39B6RtymnedtH8yOBPbIoL66FY6US9qFVVPuKZ5D6FYppaRB2MA0wXYGhMBjrG6MqVm7W_3ceuQLRyxApRK0aSzATmyzskQkV7qqmhDYuyUR2lkml9sNQclMWrCIYEncDhrDE1ew9lbQkJmuCa8ihloWim-n42vaLeizA/s3264/IMG_20221025_163825...%20(1.1)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyRowYuDvd4CMGxFF5TSzs39B6RtymnedtH8yOBPbIoL66FY6US9qFVVPuKZ5D6FYppaRB2MA0wXYGhMBjrG6MqVm7W_3ceuQLRyxApRK0aSzATmyzskQkV7qqmhDYuyUR2lkml9sNQclMWrCIYEncDhrDE1ew9lbQkJmuCa8ihloWim-n42vaLeizA/w640-h294/IMG_20221025_163825...%20(1.1)%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Kuhna
Ark fort</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> – the Khiva rulers’ own fortress
and residence, first built in the 12th century by one Ok Shihbobo, then
expanded by the khans in the 17th century. The Khans’ harem, mint, stables,
arsenal, barracks, mosque and jail were all here. </span></i><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Once
inside the Ark, the first passage to the right takes you into the 19th-century
Summer Mosque – open-air and spectacularly ornate with superb blue-and-white
plant-motif tiling and a red, orange and gold roof. Beside
it is the old mint, now a museum that exhibits bank notes and coins that were
minted here. At the back right corner of the throne room, a door in the wall
leads to a flight of steps up to the watchtower, the original part of the Kuhna
Ark, set right against the Ichon-Kala’s massive west wall. It’s well worth
paying the fee to climb up here – the city views are extraordinary.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>‘Pahalwan </i>(strongman or wrestler) Mahmud <i>/ Pakhlavan
or Pahlavon Mahmud/ Makhmud Mausoleum: </i></span></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another one
of the few sights in Khiva ticketed <b>separately</b>,
this mausoleum is an interesting stop.</span></i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span lang="EN-GB">‘<i>This revered mausoleum,
with its sublime <b>courtyard</b> and stately tile work, is one of the town’s most
beautiful spots. Pahlavon Mahmud was a poet, philosopher and legendary wrestler
who became Khiva’s patron saint. His 1326 tomb was <b>rebuilt in the 19th century.
</b>The beautiful Persian-style chamber under the turquoise dome at the north end
of the <b>courtyard</b> holds the tomb of Mohammed Rakhim Khan. Pahlavon Mahmud’s
tomb, to the left off the first chamber, has some of Khiva’s loveliest tiling
on the sarcophagus’. </i>He went to India and got lot of fame. We saw circumcision
ceremony of a child going on. The tomb of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Allakuli or Allaquli Khan (1793-1842) is also in this complex.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/sid/1364/uzbekistan/khiva/pahlavan-mahmud-mausoleum" style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">www.orientalarchitecture.com</span></a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Juma
Mosque:</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> The large Juma Mosque is
interesting for the 218 wooden columns supporting its roof – a concept thought
to be derived from ancient Arabian mosques. Six or seven of the columns date
from the original 10th-century mosque, though the present building dates from
the 18th century.’ </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Tash-hovli
Palace: </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB">This
palace, which means ‘Stone House’, contains Khiva’s most sumptuous interior
decoration, including ceramic tiles, carved stone and wood. Built by Allakuli
Khan/ </span></i></span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -24px;"><span lang="EN-GB">Allakuli or Allaquli Khan (1793-1842) </span></i><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB">between 1832 and 1841 as a more splendid alternative to the Kuhna Ark’. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">This palace served as living quarters for his harem of 4
wives and concubines. The palace had hidden hallways for the Shah to be able to
visit various women privately.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">They are all within walking
distance. We had our lunch in a restaurant in Ichon Kala. Gobindo did not join
the tour with us. He went on his own in the Ichon Kala.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We left for Bukhara at 1330 hours and reached Bukhara
at 1700 hours. We took a short break of only 7-8 minutes in between for
refilling Petrol. Our car went through the picturesque Kyzyl Kum Desert. The
road is generally good, except in few places , where repair work is going on.
There was hardly any car except trucks. We covered 457 Km in 5 hours 30 minutes
!</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had our dinner at the beautiful Old Khiva
restaurant. Our hotel Yasmin, is conveniently located just beside the Old Bukhara.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Transportation <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'</span></i></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train (Slow) from Khiva to
Tashkent: </span></i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16 hours</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Flight from Khiva to Tashkent:</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 1.5 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train from Khiva to Bukhara: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 hours</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shared taxi to Nukus:</span></i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 3 hours'</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p style="background-color: white;"> </o:p><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Day 5: Bukhara</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"> <i>(Sightseeing
tour duration: 6-7 hours) : <b>27<sup>th</sup> October 2022</b></i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia;">Breakfast at the hotel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia;">10:00 Start the walking sightseeing
tour in Bukhara. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Visit Lyabi-Khauz Complex, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasah, Trade domes, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Miri-Arab Madrasah, Kalyan Minaret, Kalon Mosque, Ark Fortress, Bolo-Khauz Mosque, Chashma-Ayub and Ismail Samani mausoleums.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At Nodir Devonbegi Madrasah Restaurant dinner with traditional Dance Show.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: georgia;">Overnight at the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span></i></b><span>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">'Although Samarkand is the grandest of Uzbekistan’s cities,
Bukhara is the more historically significant of the two. Central Asia’s holiest
city, Bukhara has buildings spanning a thousand years of history. It is full of
medressas, minarets, a massive royal fortress and the remnants of a once-vast
market complex. Government restoration efforts have been more subtle and less
indiscriminate than in flashier Samarkand.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">With over 2,000 years of history, the ancient city
of </span></span></i><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Bukhara </i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">is
the <strong>cultural and religious heart of Central Asia</strong> in
the 8<sup>th</sup> century, when Arabs conquered Uzbekistan. The city also
nurtured philosophers, poets, and scientists who became the Shakespeares and
Newtons of the Islamic world. Among those nurtured here were the philosopher scientist
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: #cc0000;"><b>Avicenna or Ibn Sina</b> </span>(980-1037 AD - <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">father
of early modern medicine</span></span>) and the poets Firdausi and Rudaki.' </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">'Until a
century ago Bukhara was watered by a network of canals and some 200 stone pools
where people gathered and gossiped, drank and washed. As the water wasn’t
changed often, Bukhara was famous for plagues; the average 19th-century
Bukharan is said to have died by the age of 32. The Bolsheviks modernised the
system and drained the pools, although it’s most famous, Lyabi-Hauz, remains a
cool, mulberry-tree shaded oasis at the heart of the city. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">It was as capital of the Samanid state (Persian
empire) in the 9th and 10th centuries
that Bukhara – Bukhoro-i-sharif (Noble Bukhara), the ‘Pillar of Islam’ –
blossomed as Central Asia’s religious and cultural heart. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">After 2 centuries under the smaller Karakhanid and
Karakitay dynasties, Bukhara succumbed in 1220 to Gengish Khan and in 1370 fell
under the shadow of Timur’s Samarkand. A second lease of life came in the 16th
century when the Uzbek Shaybanids made it the capital of what came to be known
as the Bukhara khanate. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">The centre of Shaybanid Bukhara was a vast
marketplace with dozens of specialist bazaars and caravanserais, more than 100
medressas (with 10,000 students) and more than 300 mosques.'</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i>Our guide said she speaks farshi in her
home. It is true for m</i><i>any f</i><i>amilies in Bukhara.</i></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We started our tour with </span></i><strong><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nadir Divan-begi Medressa.</span></i></strong><i><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">‘Nadir Divan-begi
Medressa</span></i></strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">
: The Nadir Divanbegi Medressa was built as a caravanserai, but the khan
thought it was a medressa and it dutifully became one in 1622. It’s notable for
its stunning exterior tile work, which depicts a pair of peacocks holding lambs
either side of a sun with a human face, in direct contravention of the Islamic
prohibition against depicting living creatures.’</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">‘<span style="color: red;">Khoja
Nasruddin monument</span></span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">
is just in front of Nadir Divan-begi Medressa and is on the east side of
Lyabi-Hauz is a a semi-mythical ‘wise fool’ who appears in Sufi teaching-tales
around the world.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Lyab-i-Hauz: '</span></i></strong><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Bukhara’s main
square houses some exquisite buildings. Lyabi-Hauz, is a plaza built around a
pool in 1620 (the name is Tajik for ‘around the pool’), is the most peaceful
and interesting spot in town – shaded by mulberry trees as old as the pool.'</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"></p><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv6iIiKRSxoOh5pt5OqiAlYRwrMfOeXUeY_m7b1e03gE4Bxun_QoqW_T-o50Nxkr5RDa4Ksqse1_ZY1WbMWOB7UarGsWRs-Q0rr13-NyInrRw9iHp9y_89B68gvrvIdwNxH2zfNql4KnTNyBTcmGbTrS6jZnaTqlDaskSky-c3nFA5QdFtB4KrGnKvQ/s3264/IMG_20221027_101017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3264" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv6iIiKRSxoOh5pt5OqiAlYRwrMfOeXUeY_m7b1e03gE4Bxun_QoqW_T-o50Nxkr5RDa4Ksqse1_ZY1WbMWOB7UarGsWRs-Q0rr13-NyInrRw9iHp9y_89B68gvrvIdwNxH2zfNql4KnTNyBTcmGbTrS6jZnaTqlDaskSky-c3nFA5QdFtB4KrGnKvQ/w640-h294/IMG_20221027_101017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Then we proceeded to see the Covered Bazars
near </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Lyab-i-Hauz.</strong></span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">‘Covered Bazaars </span></i></strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> : From Shaybanid times, the area west and
north from Lyabi-Hauz was a market lanes ,
minibazaars whose multi domed roofs were designed to draw in cool air.
Three remaining domed bazaars, heavily renovated in Soviet times, were among
dozens of specialised bazaars in the town – Taki Sarrafon (moneychangers),
Taki-Telpak Furushon (cap makers) and Taki-Zargaron (jewellers).<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Maghoki-Attar</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> : Between the
two covered bazaars, in what was the old herb and-spice bazaar, is Central
Asia’s oldest surviving mosque, the Maghoki-Attar, a mishmash of 9th-century
facade and 16th-century reconstruction. This is probably also the town’s
holiest spot ; under it in the 1930s
archaeologists found bits of a 5th-century Zoroastrian temple ruined by the Arabs
and an earlier Buddhist temple. According to legend, the mosque survived the
Mongols by being buried by locals in sand. Indeed, only the top of the mosque
was visible when the digging began in the 1930s; the present plaza surrounding
it is the 12th-century level of the town. If you climb the stairs inside the
mosque for a view of the Zoroastrian remains. The charming staff will tell you
that until the 16th century, Bukhara’s Jews are said to have used the mosque in
the evenings as a synagogue. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs is
near the Zargaron or jewellery market which falls on the way to Po-i-Kalon.'</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We visited a shop of master blacksmith. The person in
charge is the 8th generation of master blacksmith.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>‘Po-i-Kalon:</i></b><i> One
of Uzbekistan’s greatest architectural ensembles, after Samarkand, the Po-i-Kalon
houses the <u>Kalon Minaret, the Kalon Mosque, Mir-i-Arab Madrasah.</u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> ‘Kalon Mosque and the Kalon minaret are also quite a
sight to behold as you can walk around this spacious mosque admiring at the
intricate craftsmanship of the Uzbeks .</span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Kalon Minaret was built by the
Karakhanid ruler Arslan Khan in 1127, the Kalon Minaret was probably the
tallest building in Central Asia – Kalon means ‘great’ in Tajik. It’s an
incredible piece of work, 47 m tall and has stood for almost nine centuries. Genghis
Khan was so dumbfounded by it that he ordered it to be spared. Its 14
ornamental bands, all different, include the first use of the glazed blue tiles
that were to saturate Central Asia under Timur. At the foot of the minaret, is
the 16th-century congregational Kalon Mosque, big enough for 10,000 people. Opposite
the Kalon mosque, its luminous blue domes in sharp contrast to the surrounding
brown, is the working Mir-i-Arab Medressa.’</span></i></p>
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of Bukhara.</span></strong></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Ark of Bukhara: </span></i></strong><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The spectacular-looking Ark, a royal
town-within-a-town, is Bukhara’s oldest structure, occupied from the 5th
century right up until 1920, when it was bombed by the Red Army. It’s about 80%
ruins inside now, except for some remaining royal quarters, now housing several
museums’. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">A massive fort is apparently not open
to the public according to the guide.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span>This area is also called Registan of Bukhara. Our guide said lot of treasures were found here.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Bolo Hauz Mosque: </span></i></strong><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB">A stunning mosque with exquisitely
decorated wooden ceiling panels and columns is near the <strong>Ark.’</strong></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8jEvgPpcoyNlorkFcu2JctlikTOsHOLLRKI8OPQ_XyFUhcmaWpmHOXyeY5s2QXPR_wyEylgpGCDQoTxtPSb3otHm3mpKVEKqjYbvs60guAEVgmVgPcidlpMCmHmbg8FLXEfuSdALOi1MIsVpFN2P-x_PCPBze-c--_sbl3f_K0xKPGQX6tmnjxU91Q/s3984/IMG_20221027_122425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8jEvgPpcoyNlorkFcu2JctlikTOsHOLLRKI8OPQ_XyFUhcmaWpmHOXyeY5s2QXPR_wyEylgpGCDQoTxtPSb3otHm3mpKVEKqjYbvs60guAEVgmVgPcidlpMCmHmbg8FLXEfuSdALOi1MIsVpFN2P-x_PCPBze-c--_sbl3f_K0xKPGQX6tmnjxU91Q/w640-h296/IMG_20221027_122425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></strong></span></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Chashma Ayub Mausoleum</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> : </span><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The peculiar Chashma Ayub mausoleum was built from the 12th to 16th
centuries over a spring. Inside is a small water museum.’</span></i></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Ismail Samani Mausoleum</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> : </span><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This mausoleum in Samani Park, completed in 905, is the town’s oldest
Muslim monument and probably its sturdiest architecturally. Built for Ismail
Samani (the Samanid dynasty’s founder), his father and grandson, its intricate
baked terracotta brickwork – disguises walls almost 2m thick, helping it
survive without restoration for 11
centuries.’</span></i></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">With this our walking tour ended and we had lunch at
a wonderful restaurant. After that we went to our hotel and shortly afterwards we
left to see Chor Minar, which is near our hotel.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB">‘Chor Minor: </span></i></strong><i><span lang="EN-GB">Meaning “four minarets”, this charming
little former <em>madrasah</em></span></i><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></em><i><span lang="EN-GB"> now houses a souvenir stall. </span><span lang="EN-GB">This little Char Minar, bears more relation to the Charminar in Hyderabad than to anything Bukharan. This was the
gatehouse of a long-gone medressa built in 1807. The name means ‘Four Minarets’
in Tajik, although they aren’t strictly speaking minarets but rather decorative
towers.’</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzKYpxEqH9cSOKA45jcBK4XiWgJUVWfvNLA4134hO3JnxsGvF0XPmPRCQltmN0wnklTUnE8xCsSVYkRF7D9OkeqHOOXFdiEH8GhWzn_3bNeAwuFxpoARL4sQp194_Tg3vQa1f1KO20uGW6NSbC3bAekzo2FJGEi8GytKsvy3TVIINaXRHinaFqfBBnQ/s3984/IMG_20221027_163153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzKYpxEqH9cSOKA45jcBK4XiWgJUVWfvNLA4134hO3JnxsGvF0XPmPRCQltmN0wnklTUnE8xCsSVYkRF7D9OkeqHOOXFdiEH8GhWzn_3bNeAwuFxpoARL4sQp194_Tg3vQa1f1KO20uGW6NSbC3bAekzo2FJGEi8GytKsvy3TVIINaXRHinaFqfBBnQ/w640-h296/IMG_20221027_163153.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><br /><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB">They
are all within walking distance. </span><span lang="EN-GB">You <span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can</span> see
Bukhara in one full day. Bukhara and Khiva is now connected by a train. <u>If there
is one place you have to skip because of inadequate time, then it will be
Bukhara. </u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">You can spend an entire day just walking around the Lyab-i Hauz square, shopping for souvenirs and
enjoying the traditional food on a roof-top restaurants.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our dinner was arranged by our travel agent at Nodir Devonbegi Madrasah Restaurant - where
we saw Traditional Dance Show.</span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Transportation <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train from Bukhara to
Samarkand: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2-3 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shared taxi from Bukhara to
Samarkand: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bus from Bukhara to Samarkand: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5-6 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train from Bukhara to Khiva: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bus from Bukhara to Khiva: </span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8 hours<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shared taxi from Bukhara to Urgench
(Khiva)</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: 7 hours'<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></h2><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Day 6: Bukhara -
Samarkand (Sightseeing: 6-7 hours) : <i>28<sup>th</sup> October 22</i></span></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">03:30
Transfer to the train station. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">04:29
Transfer to Samarkand by high-speed train "Afrosiyob". <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">06:03 Arrive
in Samarkand. Transfer to the hotel. Leave your luggage at the hotel (check in
from 14:00) and meet the guide at 08:00. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Visit
Gur-Emir Mausoleum, "The Pearl of Central Asia" - Registan Square,
Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Siab Bazaar. Visit Khazrat Khizr Mosque, Mausoleum of
the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis and
Ulughbek Observatory, Mausoleum of Saint Daniel. Visit the "Meros"
paper mill in Konigil village. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Overnight at
the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">'Samarkand is
a definitive highlight of any trip to Uzbekistan.</span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i> Samarkand</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> i<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">s one of the oldest cities in Central Asia and an
unmissable highlight of Uzbekistan. </span>A key Silk Road city, it sat on the
crossroads <b>leading to China, India and
Persia</b>, bringing in trade and artisans, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">half
a dozen religions have found a home in Samarkand in the course of its history,
and today, it’s listed as <strong>‘Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures’</strong> in
the UNESCO World Heritage.</span></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Samarkand, one of Central Asia’s oldest
settlements, was probably founded in the 5th century BC. It was already the
cosmopolitan, walled capital of the Sogdian empire when it was taken in 329 BC
by Alexander the Great, who said, ‘Everything I have heard about Marakanda is
true, except that it’s more beautiful than I ever imagined.’ Samarkand was
called Markanda during the time of Alexander the great.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">From the 6th to the 13th century <b>it grew into a city more populous than it
is today,</b> changing hands every couple of centuries – Western Turks, Arabs,
Persian Samanids, Karakhanids, Seljuq Turks, Mongolian Karakitay and
Khorezmshah have all ruled here – before being obliterated by <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Genghis Khan</span> in 1220.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This might have been the end of the story,
but in 1370 Timur decided to make Samarkand his capital, and over the next 35
years forged a new, almost-mythical city –Central Asia’s economic and cultural
epicentre.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> Timurid Empire, which brought a lot
of the incredibly stunning Islamic architecture found around town today. </span> His grandson Ulugbek ruled until 1449 and made
it an intellectual centre as well. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When the Uzbek Shay-banids came in the 16th
century and moved their capital to Bukhara, Samarkand went into decline. For
several decades in the 18th century, after a series of earthquakes, it was
essentially uninhabited. Finally Russians forced its surrender in May 1868 and
linked it to Trans Caspian Railway 20 years later.'<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">'As one enters Samarkand, the enormity of Timur as the king, the famous
Silk Road, the majestic Registan Square, which was at the centre of crafts and
trade long before the Mongol invasion—all begin to take a grip</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: left;">. </span><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">If Tashkent has gleaming
skyscrapers, designer boutiques, exotic Shashlik joints with museums peppered
all over, then Samarkand is about upholding the culture and the history of
Uzbekistan, whose influence is spread from Delhi to Ankara.’</span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">We reached Samarkand by fast train
at 6.30 am from Bukhara and reached our hotel in Samarkand at 7 am and after
taking some rest in the hotel room (the hotel graciously allowed us early check
in) we were picked up (in Mini Van) from our hotel at 8 am by our tour guide. </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">We started
our tour from Gur-e-Amir.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>'</b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>Gur-e-Amir:</i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> The mausoleum to Tamerlane or Taimur Lang is built in a distinctly
Timurid fashion, with blue onion domes and plenty of elaborate tile work.
Timur’s grave is actually buried in a vault deep below the main mausoleum. </i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The interior of the mausoleum is decorated with gold, jade
and onyx with solid decorative coating resplendent with rich and luxurious
patterns and colours. The domes are decorated with green onyx covered by
ornamental blue and gilded inscriptions.’</span></i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Around 400 metres from it is Registan square.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: red;">Registan/Registon
Square</span>:</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> '<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The first time you see the Registan is a moment you
won’t soon forget! Explore the
remarkable Registan Square </span>- the Pearl of Central Asia<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, a huge marble square with 3 Madrasahs mosques
surrounding it. </span>The 3 madrasahs that make up the Registan are a
sight to behold. <b>Hands down they’re some
of the most incredible buildings in Central Asia. </b>The three grand edifices
here are among the world’s oldest preserved madrasahs, anything older having
been destroyed by Genghis Khan. </span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXC7gLct4SF0kr46GYPbk4S3a53WYV-57rzU0E4kwgzxgK94b9bjXdJZN6r-yMq0rZIArTeCLUSTf4436AgYrlDMulKFGV3O1qa_LoRggi-ItAlqw-ZI92wrwbLi7QLXs53m5gPbVj3zCARtw1593z85iT6LAySyvttTgR0HoCNAIx9wEo8iZfQAGKg/s2048/313385382_10228527385959306_7950664466693427630_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXC7gLct4SF0kr46GYPbk4S3a53WYV-57rzU0E4kwgzxgK94b9bjXdJZN6r-yMq0rZIArTeCLUSTf4436AgYrlDMulKFGV3O1qa_LoRggi-ItAlqw-ZI92wrwbLi7QLXs53m5gPbVj3zCARtw1593z85iT6LAySyvttTgR0HoCNAIx9wEo8iZfQAGKg/w640-h296/313385382_10228527385959306_7950664466693427630_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></b></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRR7QrfTLxQ5-gAQazC9Oj_ACjVIujDHMuZbzxMZSdyMiBc6OHH_G0uFl5S0GmsSaeBrM2bDxpZvyGjcYFlLdp2HveEQ-z0bJRIXYRI-2cTCDZ5XheiK2XC783jb194U2PgtyVua2CYidq6huVXJGaRmF037GtXCIhisFU8yCW_sUZjrz7O50e0Z7SQ/s2048/311979034_10228546136188050_2979329212874969805_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRR7QrfTLxQ5-gAQazC9Oj_ACjVIujDHMuZbzxMZSdyMiBc6OHH_G0uFl5S0GmsSaeBrM2bDxpZvyGjcYFlLdp2HveEQ-z0bJRIXYRI-2cTCDZ5XheiK2XC783jb194U2PgtyVua2CYidq6huVXJGaRmF037GtXCIhisFU8yCW_sUZjrz7O50e0Z7SQ/w640-h296/311979034_10228546136188050_2979329212874969805_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ulugbek
</span></i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Madrasah</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify;">, </span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">on the west
side, is the original Madrasah, finished in 1420 under Ulugbek (who is said to
have taught mathematics here; other subjects taught here included theology,
astronomy and philosophy). The other buildings are rough imitations by the Shay-banid Emir Yalangtush. There is a picture gallery at the Ulugbek Madrasah’s
mosque</span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Sher
Dor (Lion) Medressa</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">opposite Ulugbek’s was finished in 1636,
is decorated with roaring felines that look like tigers but are meant to be lions,
flouting Islamic prohibitions against the depiction of live animals. It took 17
years to build but hasn’t held up as well as the Ulugbek Medressa, built in
just 3 years.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Tilla-Kari
</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Madrasah</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"> - </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">in between Sher
Dor (Lion) Madrasah and Ulugbek Madrasah is the Tilla-Kari Madrasah,completed in 1660,
with a pleasant, gardenlike courtyard. The highlight here is the mosque, which
is on the left-hand side of the courtyard and is intricately decorated with
gold to symbolise Samarkand’s wealth at the time it was built. Inside the
mosque is a magnificent picture gallery featuring blown-up black-and-white
photos of old Samarkand. Another interesting picture gallery is the Ulugbek
Medressa’s mosque.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeWgN7YV96pIAAs2pvIkhJjVIoveMAFtT7fL50GkP6t6Omo8RYcB1W9PSRbPjhHiH0PthS5pp6LELxnR7wAEQbOIY0zw5ZuhCuFiRn9JxF2zZK81aLq__jA28vcB14W6a9ALgRpmBdHcPngwSnXLOef_WGUxueBGU1aMd54F7AHl8DqDMk-_Z3uf74g/s2048/313257173_10228527381439193_5686130863954311902_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeWgN7YV96pIAAs2pvIkhJjVIoveMAFtT7fL50GkP6t6Omo8RYcB1W9PSRbPjhHiH0PthS5pp6LELxnR7wAEQbOIY0zw5ZuhCuFiRn9JxF2zZK81aLq__jA28vcB14W6a9ALgRpmBdHcPngwSnXLOef_WGUxueBGU1aMd54F7AHl8DqDMk-_Z3uf74g/w640-h296/313257173_10228527381439193_5686130863954311902_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></div><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />Many
of the Madrasah’s former dormitory rooms are now art and souvenir shops. If you
come during the day, note that your ticket is valid all day, allowing you to
come back and photograph the complex at the various times of day needed for the
sunlight to be coming from the right direction. However, tell the complex
security guards if you’d like to do this, otherwise they will tear your ticket
and you won’t be able to reuse it</span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Registan
is best seen during either sunset or sunrise. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">They are lit
after dark – which makes it even grander. <i>There’s
also a light show in the evening every once in a while; hang out a bit after
sunset, to see if it’s on.’</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB">Around 300 metres from Registan
is the Bibi Khanym Mosque.</span><i><span lang="EN-GB"> T</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB">he mosque was
finished shortly before Timur’s death.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>‘Bibi Khanum / Khanym Mosque: </i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Once one of the largest mosques in the world, large parts of it were
destroyed over time. Restoration efforts have given it some of its shine back.</i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span lang="EN-GB">Our guide said that Bibi-Khanum,
Timur’s Chinese wife, ordered the mosque be built as a surprise while he was
away. The architect fell madly in love with her and refused to finish the job
unless he could give her a kiss. When Timur learnt that he executed the
architect and decreed that women should henceforth wear veils so as not to
tempt other men.’</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After that we had our lunch
in a restaurant very near Bibi Khanum mosque.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i> </i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b><i>Siyob or Siab Bazaar: </i></b><i>The largest bazaar in the country is right next to the Bibi Khanum
mosque. It’s a great place to buy souvenirs at , sometimes, half or one third
the price. I would suggest to defer the purchase of souvenirs till your reach
Siyob Bazar. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">At Siyob bazaar our group member “Ulug
Bek” aka Gobindo went missing and finally we were reunited later at Shah-i -Zinda</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Then we went
to see the Hazrat Khizr /Khazrat Hizr Mosque, near Siyob Bazar and then
Mausoleum of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov – it was built in
the territory adjacent to the </span><a href="https://globalconnect.uz/uzbekistan/sights/samarkand/the-mosque-hazrat-hyzr" style="font-family: times; outline: none; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Hazrat Khizr Mosque</span></a><span style="font-family: times; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;">.<i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;">Then we visited
the "Meros" paper mill in Konigil village around 9 Km from the there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>‘Meros paper mill in Konigil village</i></b><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> : </i></span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Today, in the village of Konigil near Samarkand, the Meros Paper
Mill operates. Thanks to their efforts, the ancient tradition of making paper
using ancient Samarkand technologies was revived at the local factory.
Interestingly, all production is manual and each guest of the factory can
personally observe the manufacture of paper.The place is picturesque beside the
Siab river. As a raw material, the bark of a mulberry tree is taken. The bark
is peeled from the outside and cooked in a large tub for a long time. Then it
is beaten until it turns into a homogeneous mass in consistency similar to
dough. Next, the resulting "dough" is placed in a tub of water, mixed
and filtered with a special sieve. The strained mass is pressed onto flazelin
sheets. Then the paper is removed from the sheets and dried in an upright
position for 1 day.’</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then we went to see Ulughbek
Observatory. ‘Mirza Muhammad Taraghay bin Shahrukh (bin Sharukh means son of
Shahrukh), better known as Ulubek or Ulugh Beg (1394 –1449), was a Timurid sultan, as
well as an astronomer and mathematician. His grandfather is famous Taimur Lang
and father is Shahrukh. Ulugh Beg was notable for his work in astronomy-related
mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry, as well as his
general interests in the arts and intellectual activities. It is thought that
he spoke 5 languages: Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Mongolian, and a small amount of
Chinese. During his rule the Timurid Empire achieved the cultural peak of the
Timurid Renaissance through his attention and patronage. It was considered by
scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world at
the time and the largest in Central Asia. Ulugh Beg was subsequently recognized
as the most important observational astronomer from the 15th century by many
scholars. He also built the Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420) in Samarkand and
Bukhara, transforming the cities into cultural centers of learning in Central
Asia. <b>The <span style="color: red;">crater, Ulugh Beigh</span>, on the
Moon, was named after him by the German astronomer Johann Heinrich von Mädler
on his 1830 map of the Moon. <span style="color: red;">Ulugbek</span>, a main-belt <span style="color: red;">asteroid</span> which was discovered
on 21 August 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj, was named after him. The dinosaur
<span style="color: red;">Ulughbegsaurus</span> was named after him in 2021.’</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>‘Ulugbek Observatory</i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">is one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, built by Ulugbek on Kuhak Hill in the vicinity of Samarkand in 1424-1428. The observatory contained a grandiose goniometer oriented from north to south - a sextant (or quadrant) - on which measurements were made of the height of the celestial bodies above the horizon as they pass through the celestial meridian. The device is excavated and well preserved in the underground. Here, by 1437, the Gurgan zij (a catalog of the starry sky ) was compiled - in which <span style="color: red;">1018 stars</span> were described. The stellar year length was also determined there: 365 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes, 8 seconds, with an <span style="color: red;">error of only + 58 seconds.’</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">‘However, Ulugh Beg's scientific expertise was not
matched by his skills in governance. During his short reign, he failed to
establish his power and authority. As a result, other rulers, including his
family, took advantage of his lack of control, and he was subsequently overthrown
and assassinated.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Then we visited Mausoleum
of Saint Daniel.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b><i>‘Mausoleum of St. Daniel</i></b><i> (Khoja Doniyor) - According
to legend the ashes of the Old Testament biblical prophet Daniel (Daniyar) are
buried in the mausoleum, the remains of which were brought to Samarkand and
buried by the Amir Timur (Tamerlan) from the city of Susa (the modern territory
of the Iranian ostans of Khuzestan) during his campaign in Asia Minor
(present-day Turkey) in 1399-1404.The mausoleum and the Khoja Doniyor complex
are located in the northeastern part of the city of Samarkand, in the
northeastern outskirts of the ancient city of Afrasiab, on a small hill, near
the banks of the small Siab river.According to the historical books, the
prophet Daniel (Daniyar) was one of the associates of Qusam ibn Abbas, who played
a key role in the planting of Islam in Samarkand and its environs. In
Christianity, the prophet Daniel is one of the so-called "great
prophets", the author of one of the Old Testament biblical books - the
books of Daniel. In Judaism, Daniel is also one of the revered prophets.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Our final destination is
Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis. Our “Ulu Beg” joined us here in Shah-i- zinda, with
the help of Samarkand Police.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>‘<span style="color: red;">Shah-i-Zinda</span>:</i></b><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Necropolis for many a ruler and their offspring. It offers a nice vantage point into the
necropolis.</i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Samarkand’s most moving and beloved
site is this stunning avenue of mausoleums, which contains some of the richest
tilework in the Muslim world. The name, means ‘Tomb of the Living King’. There
is a grave of Qusam ibn Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Mohammed who is said to
have brought Islam to this area in the 7th century. Shah-i Zinda began to
assume its current form in the 14th century as Timur and later Ulugbek buried
their family and favourites near the Living King. After remarkably surviving
more than seven centuries with only minor touch-up work, many of the tombs were
aggressively and controversially restored in 2005. As a result, much of the
brilliant mosaic, majolica and terracotta work you see today is not original. The
most beautiful tomb is the Shodi Mulk Oko Mausoleum (1372), resting place of a
sister and niece of Timur, second on the left after the entry stairs. The
exquisite majolica and terracotta work here – was of such exceptional quality
that it merited almost no restoration. </i><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB">Shah-i-Zinda to my mind is the most stunning place after
Registan.’</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgeYCMTj4cF5YrsBt6it81KTWU58OC8xqg4qWZvfwMjH72l0yyy7X6PdK7DJoq8WnitPf-lps_rtExFxEV-IhkjB9aY_KNc-QEHYznTe0bE3mQmFUimmC1z0Fh9Nnj9mRlbIB5jpiaP15g__AmL1gaQgE45rgAF7dZNF006s6Hr-Dhhge_WkdL5w60g/s2048/313341220_10228527470241413_8835652292032427445_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgeYCMTj4cF5YrsBt6it81KTWU58OC8xqg4qWZvfwMjH72l0yyy7X6PdK7DJoq8WnitPf-lps_rtExFxEV-IhkjB9aY_KNc-QEHYznTe0bE3mQmFUimmC1z0Fh9Nnj9mRlbIB5jpiaP15g__AmL1gaQgE45rgAF7dZNF006s6Hr-Dhhge_WkdL5w60g/w640-h296/313341220_10228527470241413_8835652292032427445_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j6mw6eKWC2z4A-8_yOwWEVqM21MYX5uKH3wgiDk78tiz53IHLw-H6Zts2zSYwhI2FJkw9IdGr75cODaOxguVZExTyQL2vZNyDpMaeaXZzZaraII0JPv29K3QZarFC1DM3JLJO3Pl97Wgx3dukKFiyKvygIegTZF9QIJzUWoJIgAoyQYhW_Y7b99pSw/s2048/313380550_10228527464921280_3632705107771358720_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j6mw6eKWC2z4A-8_yOwWEVqM21MYX5uKH3wgiDk78tiz53IHLw-H6Zts2zSYwhI2FJkw9IdGr75cODaOxguVZExTyQL2vZNyDpMaeaXZzZaraII0JPv29K3QZarFC1DM3JLJO3Pl97Wgx3dukKFiyKvygIegTZF9QIJzUWoJIgAoyQYhW_Y7b99pSw/w640-h296/313380550_10228527464921280_3632705107771358720_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Day 7: Samarkand - Shahrisabz/Shakhrisabz - Samarkand</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <i>(Sightseeing
4-5 hours)</i>: </span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">29<sup>th</sup>
October 22</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></i></b></span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Breakfast at
the hotel.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">09:00
Transfer to Shahrisabz <i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">(85 km).</span></i> Drive
through the Aman-Kutan Gorge and Takhta-Karacha Mountain Pass. On the way stop
to take a view at Teshiktosh (Stone with hole). The film "Apachen"
(1973) was shot on this location - an area that looks incredibly like the
American Southwest. Short stop at the top of the mountain pass. There is a tiny
market where some local dried fruits can be bought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11:00 Arrive in Shahrisabz. Visit Mausoleum of Jakhongir in Dor-us Saodat Memorial Complex, remains </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">of Ak Saray Palace, Kok Gumbaz Mosque.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">15:00 Drive
back to Samarkand <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Overnight at
the hotel<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">On the way
to Shahrisabz (85 km) falls Aman-Kutan Gorge and Takhta-Karacha
Mountain Pass. We stopped at Teshiktosh (Stone with hole). The
film "Apachen" (1973) was shot on this location - an area that looks
incredibly like the American Southwest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We made a short
stop at the top of the mountain pass. There is a tiny market where we bought some
local dried fruits.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">‘Shahrisabz
is a small town south of Samarkand and is a lovely drive from Samarkand with
some spectacular views of – Alpine meadows and mountain steppe (steppe in
Russian means grassland). This is Taimur or Timur’s hometown, and once upon a
time it probably put Samarkand itself in the shade. Timur was born on 9 April
1336 into the Barlas clan of local aristocrats, at the village of Hoja Ilghar,
13km to the south. Shakhrisabz (called Kesh at the time) was a kind of family
seat. As he rose to power, Timur gave it its present name (Tajik for ‘<b>Green
Town’</b>). Most of its current attractions were built here by Timur (including a
tomb intended for himself) or his grandson Ulugbek. Everything in Shakhrisabz is
connected with his name.'</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'Timur's
father Amir Taragai, his spiritual adviser Shamsedin Kulyol and his eldest sons
Jahangir and Omar Sheikh were buried. The name Shakhrisabz is Tajik and means
"green city". The Historic Centre of Shahrisabz was declared UNESCO
World Heritage site in 2000.’</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Ak Saray
Palace - Timur's Summer Palace</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>, the
"White Palace" was planned as the most grandiose of all Timur's
constructions. It was started in 1380 by artisans deported by Timur from the
recently conquered Khwarezm. Unfortunately, only parts of its gigantic 65 m
gate-towers survive, with blue, white and gold mosaics.</i> <i>A new statue of Amir Timur stands in what was the palace centre.’ </i></span><i style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We saw numerous some pre-wedding photo shoot taking
place here.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>‘Amir Timur
Museum : </i></b><i>Housed
inside the renovated Chubin Medressa is this simple museum. Its highlight is a
model depicting Timur’s entire kingdom, from Egypt to Kashgar. Beyond the
boundaries of the kingdom, a yellow line illustrates his ‘protectorates’,
including Kiev and Moscow.’</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>‘Dorus
Saodat Memorial Complex / Khazrati-Imam Complex : </i></b><i>This vast
complex was the burial place of the ruling family and contained a prayer hall,
a mosque and accommodation for the religious community and pilgrims. The main
facade was decorated with white marble and the tomb of Temur is a masterpiece
of art of this period. Dorus Saodat Complex dates from the same time as Ak-Saray. Construction works began in 1379. Today
only the left part of the portal is preserved, containing the tomb of Jahangir,
who was Timur's favourite and eldest son who died at the age of 22. The
mausoleum is also the resting place of Timur's second son Umar Sheikh who was
killed at the age of 29 during the siege of Kurd in Iran. In an alley behind
the mausoleum is a bunker with a wooden
door leading to an underground room, the crypt/burial place of Timur. The room,
is nearly filled by a single stone casket. On the casket are biographical
inscriptions about Timur, from which it was inferred (when the room was
discovered in 1963) that this crypt was intended for him.'</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Kok Gumbaz
Mosque (Dorut Tilavat) Complex : '</i></b><i>This large
Friday mosque </i>(our guide
told us how to know whether a mosque is a Friday mosque or not. If there is a
podium, then it is probably a Friday mosque) <i>was completed by Ulugbek in 1437 in honour of his father Shah Rukh (who
was Timur’s son). The name, appropriately, means ‘blue dome’. The palm trees
painted on the interior walls are calling cards of its original Indian and
Iranian designers.’ </i>We also learnt to distinguish majolica tile mosaic of
Uzbekistan from Persian style.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #595959;"> </span>The name majolica was first used by Italians to describe these
late-medieval and renaissance ceramics. It is thought the term derived from the
early places of production in Malaga and the export route to Italy via the
island of Mallorca in Spain</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;">Then we returned back to Samarkand.
</span></b><span style="text-align: justify;">I missed the
light and sound show, but one of our group members saw it. While our group
members had lunch , I decided to see the place on foot and eat while walking. I
met 2 students, who studies in class 9.
One of their parent works in Moscow and other ones father drives a truck. They
speak English better than most people I met in Uzbekistan. With them I went to
see the Registan and Gur e Emir at night and bought some souvenir and finally
went back to hotel.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'Transportation from Samarkand</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">Train from Samarkand to Tashkent: </b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">2-4 hours</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Train from Samarkand to Bukhara: </b>2-3 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Shared taxi from Samarkand to Bukhara: </b>4 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Bus from Samarkand to Bukhara:</b> 5-6 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Train from Samarkand to Khiva</b>: 12 hours'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">Day 8: Samarkand - Tashkent</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;"> : </span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">30<sup>th</sup> October 22</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow;"><br /></span></i></span></div><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span color="windowtext" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">18:30 Transfer
to Tashkent by Sharq train</span></span></h2><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">22:30 Arrive in
Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Overnight at the hotel<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had a free day today. We got up late and had
breakfast till 10.30 and left for Afrosiyob Bazar to buy some souvenirs. Since
Bappada and Debdatta da had already left, I went there with Gobindo, walking.
We took a different route this time and got to see the Registan from the back
side. After buying some souvenirs from Afrosiyob Bazar, I (Gobindo had already left)
came back to our hotel and left for Train Station to catch the train at 1830
hours. Train Station looks like an Airport. This time we took Sharq Train,
which is not as fast as Afrosiyob or fast train. But the train is very good. We
reached Tashkent at 10.30 pm and went back to the same hotel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">Day 9: Tashkent</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">>Delhi : </span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">31st October 22</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Breakfast at the
hotel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11:00 Transfer to
the Tashkent International Airport. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">14:20 Flight to Delhi<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(above is the tour plan by our agent)</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"> </span></i></b></span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">Day 10: Delhi>Kolkata</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;"> : </span><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: lime;">1st November 22</span></i><i><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB" style="background: yellow;">
<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">22:10 Flight to Delhi</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">01:30 Delhi<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">05:30 Delhi>CCU (7:30
hrs)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">From Dum Dum
Airport, I went straight to my office at 0900 hrs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">'Any Indian looking for a trip abroad should
go to Uzbekistan, notwithstanding the fact that in India’s history books, Timur
will always be the one who plundered Delhi.The Mughal history will always
connect India with Uzbekistan. Nobody can erase this rich historical bond
between us, a historian-cum-guide at the mausoleum said'. <o:p></o:p></span></i><i style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(<o:p></o:p></span></i><a href="https://theprint.in/features/i-visited-the-land-of-babur-and-timur-uzbekistans-national-hero/1141934/" style="color: #d83028; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">https://theprint.in/features/i-visited-the-land-of-babur-and-timur-uzbekistans-national-hero/1141934/</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 13.2px;">)</span></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></h2><div><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8436184008923330606" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 760px;"><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#bomadg.in">#bomadg.in</a> </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times;"><a href="#Uzbekistan">#Uzbekistan</a> </span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#উজবুকinUzbekistan ! ">#উজবুকinUzbekistan ! </a><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#http://www.bomadg.in/2022/10/in-uzbekistan-october-2022.html">#http://www.bomadg.in/2022/10/in-uzbekistan-october-2022.html</a><br /></span></h2><div><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Source:</span></span></div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.emilyluxton.co.uk/central-asia/uzbekistan-travel-guide/" style="color: #d83028; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.emilyluxton.co.uk/central-asia/uzbekistan-travel-guide/</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.mywanderlust.pl/uzbekistan-travel-guide/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">https://www.mywanderlust.pl/uzbekistan-travel-guide/</span></a><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.lostwithpurpose.com/two-week-uzbekistan-itinerary/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://www.lostwithpurpose.com/two-week-uzbekistan-itinerary/</span></a></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.journalofnomads.com/travel-in-uzbekistan-guide/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://www.journalofnomads.com/travel-in-uzbekistan-guide/</span></a></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://againstthecompass.com/en/uzbekistan-travel-guide/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://againstthecompass.com/en/uzbekistan-travel-guide/</span></a></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thediaryofanomad.com/uzbekistan-itinerary/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.thediaryofanomad.com/uzbekistan-itinerary/</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://adventuresoflilnicki.com/uzbekistan-travel-guide/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://adventuresoflilnicki.com/uzbekistan-travel-guide/</span></a></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.bucketlistly.blog/posts/two-weeks-itinerary-uzbekistan#samarkand-3-nights" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.bucketlistly.blog/posts/two-weeks-itinerary-uzbekistan#samarkand-3-nights</a> </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.backpackadventures.org/chimgan-mountains-charvak-lake/" style="color: #d83028; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.backpackadventures.org/chimgan-mountains-charvak-lake/</a></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://globalconnect.uz/uzbekistan/sights/tashkent" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;">https://globalconnect.uz/uzbekistan/sights/tashkent</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lonely Planet, Central Asia</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/" style="color: #d83028; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">www.wikipedia.com</span></a></p></div><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></h2><p></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-41341843022495443322022-10-11T12:00:00.284+05:302022-10-19T00:36:55.020+05:30Maldives on a budget ! <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maldivian Rhaspody ! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From 2nd October to 9th October 2022,
Mohua and I went to Maldives. Since I was not in the pink of health, for last 4
months (since 21st May), due to my knee joint pain, I planned this tour at the
last moment. The plane fare by that time sky rocketed due to the Ukraine war. I
had limited options between Sri Lanka, Burma and Maldives. The visa in Europe was also delayed due to heavy rush (because of revenge tourism after Covid) ! So the
best bet was Maldives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2twwIbxIaELb-8L7r-2htTVeSxM7KNmHHjpoqH6_janwGQwnBgPDHVzOBe3jPZyKoRKl3e9zdFwdo7Rl1tGp5VqJIa7uny3Jl5Y8NNWjZ1LQtcOZZ-251jK7oMm7Ja37mSjbQGO5RAT-WtLKyhb6_AH7XmLCyok5s4r8LTYHYne_ns5p37dHp-Nlsg/s2048/311716281_10228318949308520_742700242082130558_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2twwIbxIaELb-8L7r-2htTVeSxM7KNmHHjpoqH6_janwGQwnBgPDHVzOBe3jPZyKoRKl3e9zdFwdo7Rl1tGp5VqJIa7uny3Jl5Y8NNWjZ1LQtcOZZ-251jK7oMm7Ja37mSjbQGO5RAT-WtLKyhb6_AH7XmLCyok5s4r8LTYHYne_ns5p37dHp-Nlsg/w640-h360/311716281_10228318949308520_742700242082130558_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.10.22 - CCU (2330 hrs) >
Bangalore</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.10.2022 - Bangalore (930
hrs) > Male (1050 hrs)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.10.2022 - Male (1500
hrs) > Maafushi (1630 hrs) - by public ferry</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.10.2022- Maafushi </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.10.2022- Maafushi > Nurse
Shark tour > Maafushi - by speed boat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.10.22
- Maafushi > Adaran Club Rannalhi > Maafushi
- by speed boat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.10.22- 6.5.22- Maafushi (1230
hrs) > Male (1300 hrs)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.10.22- Male (1220 hrs) >
Bangalore (1400 hrs) </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.10.22- Bangalore (2320
hrs) > CCU (1400 hrs - 9.10.22)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.10.2022</span></b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today is Saptami of Durga Puja in Kolkata.
Like every year , Mohua called the car early and we left for airport at 1835
hrs. As usual the roads were very well managed by Police (during this time - Puja) and
we reached the airport by 1725 hrs. We spent the rest of the time in the
Airport Lounge.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.10.2022</span></b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> From Bangalore, we boarded the
flight at 0930 hrs and reached </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Velana International
Airport or </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Male
(pronounced as Maaleyy) Airport (<b>actually this is not Male, rather it is
Hul-hule</b>) at 1050 hrs. The return fare of the plane from Kolkata was around Rs 28,000/-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Maldives has a
remarkably easy visa policy. <b><i>Everybody, including Indians,</i> gets
a free 30-day visa on arrival,</b> provided that they have a passport
valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry, a pre-paid hotel
booking, a return ticket. There is not even a sticker visa . You do not need to carry any photo. <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Negative RT-PCR test is no
longer required -whether during entry or during departure. </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">But, fully vaccinated
certificate and filled up Imuga form (Google it) are must before arrival in
Male. You have to carry the filled up Imuga certificate to CCU/ Male airport.
At the time of departure from Male, you need to fill up Air Suvida form
online, before leaving for India - </span></b><b><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">which we forgot and did it at the
airport. In fact we did not fill up “departure Imuga form” too! But we were not
alone. We did that too in the Male airport. <i>There is no need to do RT-PCR before entering India also - which I think was required previously.</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">At the information counter of Male we were
misinformed that there is no public ferry, because 3rd October is
celebrated as world tourism day. They wanted me to buy the speed boat (Private)
ticket for 25 USD (which takes 35 minutes to reach Maafushi). I did not believe
this information, since only on Friday in Maldives, there is no public ferry
(Govt run - MTCC) - since it is a Muslim country. There is a speed boat counter
in the airport itself. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I met a Bangladeshi and on his advice went
to Male by public ferry by paying 10 Maldivian Rufi-yya (<b>MVR</b>) or 1/20th of Public Speed boat cost. <b>Here 1
USD =15 MVR.</b> You probably cannot pay in US Dollar in Public ferry
terminal. I suspect even that is possible. <b>Everything else,</b> you can pay in USD and the balance
they will pay you in MVR. Even in super market/ restaurant
/ souvenir shops you can pay in USD !! There is a forex counter
in the Male (or Hul Hule) Airport. Thankfully we got some MVR from our money changer in
Kolkata at a 20% mark up that official rate. Now I understand there was no need for that. Normally there is a
public ferry at 1500 hours at Male airport which goes to Gurai-dhoo via Gulhi and Maafushi everyday,
except Friday. Since Male has better connectivity to reach Maafushi, we went to Male
. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the Public ferry we met 3 resident Bangladeshis. It takes 10 minute by public ferry to reach Male. After
getting down at Male - Hul-hule ferry terminal, we went to the Male-Maafushi
ferry terminal - which is just 100 metres from the Male - Hul-hule ferry
terminal. At the ticket counter we met another Bangladeshi, who is also a
traveller (solo) like us, who is travelling to Maafushi. While we are waiting
at the terminal we met a Bengali couple from Dum Dum !! They are going back to
Hul-humale. They have arrived Maldives few days before. They are going back to Kolkata next day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In other words, there is a public ferry at Male which leaves for Maafushi at 3 pm. </span><span>Male-Maafushi ferry terminal is just 100 metres from the Male - Hul-hule ferry terminal.</span><span> There is probably another ferry from Male-Villingili terminal (Villingili is a small Island near Male) which goes to Maafushi. <i>But there is no need to go there, since the </i></span><i><span>Male-Maafushi ferry terminal is just 100 metres </span><span>Male - Hul-hule ferry terminal. At least that is what I did. </span></i><i><span>Some bloggers suggest that you have to take a Taxi all the way to Male-Villin-gili Ferry terminal to take a public ferry to Maafushi. </span></i><span style="text-align: left;">I have no clue why ? Probably because at certain point of time there is a ferry only from </span><i><span>Male-Villin-gili Ferry terminal and no ferry from the ferry terminal I have just mentioned. If there is a confusion you can ask at this terminal. But if you reach Male-Hul-hule ferry terminal before 1500 hours, there is no need to go there. </span></i><span style="text-align: left;">Public ferry is called <b>Dhoni</b> ! The sweeper in this terminal is a Bangladeshi. He took me to a super market in Male , from where we bought some fruits. The helper in this market is also a Bangladeshi !</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 18.6667px;">THE PUBLIC FERRY FROM MALE- MAAFUSHI FERRY TERMINAL (which leaves at 1500 hours) FIRST STOPS AT GULHI, THEN MAAFUSHI AND FINALLY STOPS AT GURAI-DHOO. ALL OF THEM ARE PUBLIC ISLANDS. But the options are limited (Hotel, Restaurant, Tour operators) in Gulhi and Gurai-dhoo. Plus the beach in Gurai-dhoo is not very good. But they are less touristy. But there are some direct ferry service to Gurai-dhoo from Male-Villin-gili Ferry terminal.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hul-hule and Hul-humale are
inter-connected ( I think by reclaiming land). But hul-humale / Hul-hule is connected to
Male by Friendship Bridge (constructed by China). People normally either stay
at Male or Hul-humale, not Hul-hule. There is an aiport hotel in Hul-hule, though, I have read. On the last
day, we have booked a hotel in Hul-humale. Many Government offices have been shifted to Hul-humale. The density of population in Male is one the highest in the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From Hul-hule ( and also from Hul-humale) , you
can reach Male either by ferry <b>or</b> by public bus (fare is same - 10
MVR). Both the bus stop <i>(right hand side of the exit gate of
airport) </i><b>and</b> Hul-hule-Male ferry terminal <i>(left hand side of the exit gate
of airport)</i> are nearby. Just 2 minutes walk between each
other. In Male, bus is available till 12.30 pm at night ! It is a very safe country. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Villingili (Malé)"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline: none;">Villingili</span></a> is a</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n
adjacent Island of Male - only 5 minutes by public ferry. There are frequent (every 10 minutes) public ferries from Male to Vilingili. You can go to Maafushi from Male Vilingili ferry terminal too.</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: Times, serif;"> It is not possible to book the public ferry tickets online, so make sure you arrive at least 20 minutes in advance of the ferry departure time to buy your tickets. They are very punctual. But the public ferries are quite big. I do not think there is no need to panic. There will always be enough seats.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ultimately we left at 1500 hours and
reached Maafushi at 1640 hours. On the way, the ferry stopped at Gulhi Island,
which is near Maafushi. At the Maafushi </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">jetty/harbour point/</span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ferry terminal we were
received by the representative from our Hotel to carry our luggage. There is no
public transport in Maafushi , so it is a common practice for the hotels to
send an Attendant to the ferry terminal to pick up the luggage by a small hand held
cart/thela. Maafushi is around 1.2 Km long and 200 metres in wide. Almost 1/3rd
of the area of the Island is occupied by the largest prison in Maldives. Our
hotel Arora Inn is managed by a Bangladeshi - Samy ! The helper is also a
Bangladeshi - Bakkar ! You can get a reasonably good hotel at 35-55 USD in Maafushi - which is </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">cheaper</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> than many hotels in Mandarmoni ! Samy is very smart. <b>He told me he can book Tours and hotel </b></span></span><b style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">for Indians in Maafushi. </b><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>He can be reached at </b></span></span><a class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+9607838003" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #174ea6; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+9607838003)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">+960 783-8003</span></a> . He seems to be very reliable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlsGGxe0nGywlWLlbs8qwt6VK0GzcPHgmNhNNNmO3s3Ls1fbvnYrrU7ZD8WVUlIgqO1d7Fn0Y9P-JoWTDh4bq6tyXKHmB5BSJNyOsgAHhxzHWf8TMsR2mabyaZ5S8YSJuOSihnPUt1VcUn5Q-PZxxRhnA3uXHe5wdw40ZOvJB4DtxnERgKUKajs1Csw/s2048/311735580_10228317868241494_4892967557934895028_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFlsGGxe0nGywlWLlbs8qwt6VK0GzcPHgmNhNNNmO3s3Ls1fbvnYrrU7ZD8WVUlIgqO1d7Fn0Y9P-JoWTDh4bq6tyXKHmB5BSJNyOsgAHhxzHWf8TMsR2mabyaZ5S8YSJuOSihnPUt1VcUn5Q-PZxxRhnA3uXHe5wdw40ZOvJB4DtxnERgKUKajs1Csw/w640-h360/311735580_10228317868241494_4892967557934895028_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samy - our smart Bangladeshi hotel manager</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6GFapMvMYHM9lmf3UE64IxcAVLpQxEeegQLKdolwPfYGV1VitaKa61J7CQDC512_KB1M0CYWspYoYjTMH-BgR6p8pC3z2JunWwK98jok2vNS7H4DoZEkiVWnLY44ndrpPVtPYU7B3FgcOjztyP9EllMg-PMCINW8Iz1jP1rS4rZc-RsuwLy70hLlIw/s2048/311790584_10228317871121566_29768319197247590_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6GFapMvMYHM9lmf3UE64IxcAVLpQxEeegQLKdolwPfYGV1VitaKa61J7CQDC512_KB1M0CYWspYoYjTMH-BgR6p8pC3z2JunWwK98jok2vNS7H4DoZEkiVWnLY44ndrpPVtPYU7B3FgcOjztyP9EllMg-PMCINW8Iz1jP1rS4rZc-RsuwLy70hLlIw/w640-h360/311790584_10228317871121566_29768319197247590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from our hotel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_3t4NtRKsePaqwx07ugHoA3Qt9vHgrF00VaDiiTDnOzHLqViCgNNWpcgSVmxNydaCPzrQz4Pfb1zA8mqSY6-WVCoM4Upx3XDcSwciRBYmeFeuG5uNkGsjndCLe0gosZS3MdZkDXT2CKgD0iYG4w2vzg-ZqAc5uuLGOyH2xR42vO0i8IssfeYfScqeQ/s2048/311818670_10228317868561502_4488704832647762498_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_3t4NtRKsePaqwx07ugHoA3Qt9vHgrF00VaDiiTDnOzHLqViCgNNWpcgSVmxNydaCPzrQz4Pfb1zA8mqSY6-WVCoM4Upx3XDcSwciRBYmeFeuG5uNkGsjndCLe0gosZS3MdZkDXT2CKgD0iYG4w2vzg-ZqAc5uuLGOyH2xR42vO0i8IssfeYfScqeQ/w640-h360/311818670_10228317868561502_4488704832647762498_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our hotel</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">After checking in we were offered welcome
drink. After that I tried to walk around the Island. But it soon started to
rain, so I had to come back. I saw people playing futsal. We went to have our dinner at a nearby China
Garden restaurant - where the waiter is a Bangladeshi. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our resort is near the prison - on the right hand side
of the ferry terminal - <b>which is on the quieter part of the Island.</b> <b>Most
of the big hotels, restaurants, tour companies, Water sport Companies like
Kaani, Arena etc are on the Left hand side of the ferry terminal. I would
definitely prefer hotels near the prison. The other/back side of the Island is
the dock.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First thing first ! Even if you are on low
budget, it is possible to visit Maldives.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Understand Maldives</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="background: lime; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">HISTORY</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The name Maldives is possibly derived from Sanskrit mālā (garland) and dvīpa (island). The Maldivian people are
called Dhi-vehin. Dhi-vehi is the native language,
though English is widely spoken. I did not meet a single person who cannot converse in English. Dhivehi language is somewhat similar to
Sinhali. Some words are taken from Urdu too. Its script was meant to be secret, apparently. It is very unique.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkY548psYWCs-co4xuXIsP3TbA73TtwN4JV4BrNlk3D0xMPmpiPz2NV_FotyRCjIILZBDyPMBRTODBkbCL1USwsyocBKa1Prz-d_S_Xa53PQx_kIfifuAJO8dVmRpsQHxvvBUwtIF3m1CwF945dRGK-IZNVMH1oL4btQZoaBKigG76wRma8z51zUV8A/s2048/311738204_10228317977124216_2856818700559470941_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkY548psYWCs-co4xuXIsP3TbA73TtwN4JV4BrNlk3D0xMPmpiPz2NV_FotyRCjIILZBDyPMBRTODBkbCL1USwsyocBKa1Prz-d_S_Xa53PQx_kIfifuAJO8dVmRpsQHxvvBUwtIF3m1CwF945dRGK-IZNVMH1oL4btQZoaBKigG76wRma8z51zUV8A/w360-h640/311738204_10228317977124216_2856818700559470941_n.jpg" width="360" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx0oXLUntMCfQW8mYo4IyV6zyFNJ4TDMu4Hoy6JojhcmwJViSp4kIhYj2AbTJ8qv9ooZJC_U8N4VyodwxL_woaCsgPa5ctlTLo_OGMqHtpW5X93pXsz37H5o-PLy9kfIQZ_DtYTPf0aYYZAUwfPErlsoPhW9m8FKzUU4tsFLlDVgBFeRGVymc7URGXQ/s2048/311628508_10228317926202943_5227125820659796081_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx0oXLUntMCfQW8mYo4IyV6zyFNJ4TDMu4Hoy6JojhcmwJViSp4kIhYj2AbTJ8qv9ooZJC_U8N4VyodwxL_woaCsgPa5ctlTLo_OGMqHtpW5X93pXsz37H5o-PLy9kfIQZ_DtYTPf0aYYZAUwfPErlsoPhW9m8FKzUU4tsFLlDVgBFeRGVymc7URGXQ/w640-h360/311628508_10228317926202943_5227125820659796081_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Maldivians look like this</td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The country has an
established history of over 2,500 years, according to historical
evidence. Early settlers in the Maldives were probably Gujaratis
. The </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Mahāvaṃsa"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mahā-vaṃsa</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (300 BC) has
records of people from Sri Lanka emigrating to the Maldives. <u>Mahā-vaṃsa
is the historical chronicle of Sri Lanka written in the Pali language.</u> The
1,400 year-long Buddhist period has a foundational importance in the
history of the Maldives. It was during this period that the culture of the
Maldives both developed and flourished, a culture that survives today. The
Maldivian </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Dhivehi language"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">language</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, early Maldives </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Dhivehi Writing Systems"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">scripts</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, architecture, ruling
institutions, customs, and manners of the Maldivians originated at the time
when the Maldives were a Buddhist kingdom. </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buddhism probably
spread to the Maldives in the 3rd century BC at the time of
Emperor </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Ashoka"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ashoka</span></a></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'s expansion and became the dominant
religion of the people of the Maldives until the 12th century. The ancient
Maldivian Kings promoted </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Buddhism"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Buddhism</span></a></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and the first Maldives writings and
artistic achievements, in the form of highly developed sculpture and
architecture, originate from that period. Nearly all archaeological remains in
the Maldives are from Buddhist </span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Stupa"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">stupas</span></a></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and monasteries,
and all artifacts found to date display characteristic Buddhist
iconography. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The importance of the
Arabs as traders in the Indian Ocean by the 12th century may partly explain why
the last Buddhist king of Maldives, Dhovemi, converted to Islam in the year
1153 approx. Adopting the Muslim title of Sultan Muhammad al-Adil, he initiated
a series of 6 Islamic dynasties that lasted until 1932. Formerly a Sultanate
under Dutch and British protection, the Maldives are now a republic. In 1558,
the Portuguese established a small garrison or trading post in the Maldives,
which they administered from their main colony in Goa. Their attempts to impose
Christianity provoked a local revolt led by Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-A'uẓam and
his two brothers, and 15 years later drove the Portuguese out of Maldives. This
event is now commemorated as National Day.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the mid-17th century,
the Dutch, who had replaced the Portuguese as the dominant power in Ceylon,
established hegemony over Maldivian affairs without involving themselves
directly in local matters.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The British expelled
the Dutch from Ceylon in 1796 and included the Maldives as a British
Protectorate. The status of Maldives as a British protectorate was officially
recorded in an 1887 agreement.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>When the British
became increasingly unable to continue their colonial hold on Asia and were
losing their colonies to the indigenous populations <b>who wanted freedom</b>,
on 26 July 1965 an agreement was signed on behalf of the Sultan by Ibrahim
Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan, Prime Minister and on behalf of the British
government by Sir Michael Walker, British Ambassador-designate to the Maldives
Islands.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<h2 style="background: rgb(246, 255, 236); line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In fact Cholas
from India also invaded Maldives, but they were later thrown out. Cholas also invaded </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatra,
and Java. I have witnessed that when I visited Indonesia, Cambodia.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: lime; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">GEOGRAPHY</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They lie South-West
of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="India"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">India</span></a> . Maldives was for the
most part unknown to tourists until the early
1970s. The Maldives are an archipelago (</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An
archipelago is <b>an area that contains a chain or group of islands)</b></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of
around 1,200 coral islands, </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">grouped into 26 atolls</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
or coral Islands or reefs (</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a chain of rocks or
coral near the surface of water) </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332" title="Islands of the Indian Ocean"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Indian Ocean</span></a>. These
are not single islands, but giant ringlike coral formations, hundreds of
kilometres wide that have fragmented into countless islands. </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Out
of this only </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">200 are inhabited islands and 154 islands are Private
resorts Islands. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The atolls that are
open to tourism are : </span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lha-viyani Atoll (Faadhih-polhu)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Raa </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Maalhos-madulu Uthuru-buri)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Baa </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Maalhos-madulu Dhekunu-buri)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kaafu</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<b>North and South Malé Atoll</b>) - Site
of the capital Malé and the airport,<b> home of most Maldivian
resorts. </b></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maa-fushi,
Gulhi, Gurai-dhoo, <span style="background: white;">Thulus-dhoo</span></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #212121; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">are in Kaafu Atoll. Some people found Gurai-dhoo little disappointing, since the beach is not good.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alifu Atoll </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(North and South Ari Atoll) - To the
west of Kaafu, the second most popular group. It is home to </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mahiba-dhoo
and Ukul-has</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vaavu </span></b></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll </span></i><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Fooli-dhu). It is just South of Kaafu
Atoll.</span></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meemu </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Mulak)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faafu </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Nilandhe Athol-hu Uthuru-buri)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dhaalu </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Atoll </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Nilandhe Athol-hu Dhekunu-buri)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thaa Atoll (</span></i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kolhu-madulu</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;">). Thre is a Gurai-dhoo here - it is different from the one in Kaafu Atoll mentioned above.</span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Seenu Atoll (Addu) - The southernmost atoll,
the second-largest in population and site of Gan International Airport.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qa2HZM6VlQwaSUvcWkRBm3MYpTlLSO3IE1KhGLj4ekB_lfCXvQ365JRTEaQqRI14Yud89XMjsLK_kpME5bgnbQ2oHNMuPv5QARLCggTMj8dWJFtCwFetZsZ9yAV1vIHVAvtmo1-FF2ke0KGEtRDN1h2CXF8_ex12PSVjDgeYjurRkPwT9ICwXfUsgg/s1700/maldives-map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qa2HZM6VlQwaSUvcWkRBm3MYpTlLSO3IE1KhGLj4ekB_lfCXvQ365JRTEaQqRI14Yud89XMjsLK_kpME5bgnbQ2oHNMuPv5QARLCggTMj8dWJFtCwFetZsZ9yAV1vIHVAvtmo1-FF2ke0KGEtRDN1h2CXF8_ex12PSVjDgeYjurRkPwT9ICwXfUsgg/s16000/maldives-map.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Source : Internet)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPujB2tzk7o5WH8jw9Ty3w1imnLcM_UufENqY7_MvX41chy0uPjoZyckpS1TZ5Y2us1gGqD0U3PcGPsRNSfbC2uibySWj30j_7WEaVunG6YLB8QQZHdWYL-hLDxtCgQNjeQ9sAPVKGPG1YiLY6E_-wDdZ5kDQSdUvoIFOpeHc8ZQeEFjGFZ_hjHsppwg/s2500/maps-maldives-atolls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="2500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPujB2tzk7o5WH8jw9Ty3w1imnLcM_UufENqY7_MvX41chy0uPjoZyckpS1TZ5Y2us1gGqD0U3PcGPsRNSfbC2uibySWj30j_7WEaVunG6YLB8QQZHdWYL-hLDxtCgQNjeQ9sAPVKGPG1YiLY6E_-wDdZ5kDQSdUvoIFOpeHc8ZQeEFjGFZ_hjHsppwg/w640-h480/maps-maldives-atolls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The temperature is more less same throughout the year. You should
bring lot of sun cream ! The best 10/20 Public Island are (as per different websites) :</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://londonerinsydney.com/the-ultimate-budget-guide-to-visiting-local-islands-in-maldives/" style="background-color: #fcff01;">londonerinsydney.com/the-ultimate-budget-guide-to-visiting-local-islands-in-maldives/</a> - elaborate<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.traveltrademaldives.com/top-20-local-islands-to-visit-in-maldives/" style="background-color: #04ff00;">traveltrademaldives.com/top-20-local-islands-to-visit-in-maldives/</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://maldives-magazine.com/top-10/top10-best-budget-islands.htm"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: black;">maldives-magazine.com/top-10/top10-best-budget-islands.htm</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.islandii.com/how-to-choose-a-local-island-in-maldives/" style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">www.islandii.com/how-to-choose-a-local-island-in-maldives/</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.myfeetwillleadme.com/the-best-local-islands-in-the-maldives/">myfeetwillleadme.com/the-best-local-islands-in-the-maldives/</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">ECONOMY</span></b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tourism accounts for
28% of the GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange
receipts. Fishing is the second leading sector. Over 90% of government
tax revenue comes from import duties and tourism-related taxes. The per capita
income is around 14,000 USD. So they are 5 times richer than a typical Indian! Over 17 Lakh or 1.7 million tourists visited the islands in
2019. The population of the Island is around 0.6 million or 6 Lakh. Around 20%
are Bangladeshis! There are so many Bangladeshis, some signboards are in
Bengali too !! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDivRFtVmyh6iJLJf-Y9lf52LcxAiyjEvH5VpokINYI4tMt_ek63cwQHPO98lYT-sgCMnbYiGYyg16AMEfw3GwRg6HFDYtwI6K0n-DjawBYOmPmjBK6cxz_qDUcPf0Xza8qrNNoX2FoMfBtlbZDxZ7qeBSUH44Lm1e8tDsSuFbt4Ats70GgkCzZQZrRg/s2048/311697529_10228323433300617_6077926062803650415_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDivRFtVmyh6iJLJf-Y9lf52LcxAiyjEvH5VpokINYI4tMt_ek63cwQHPO98lYT-sgCMnbYiGYyg16AMEfw3GwRg6HFDYtwI6K0n-DjawBYOmPmjBK6cxz_qDUcPf0Xza8qrNNoX2FoMfBtlbZDxZ7qeBSUH44Lm1e8tDsSuFbt4Ats70GgkCzZQZrRg/w640-h360/311697529_10228323433300617_6077926062803650415_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>There are 2 Bangladeshi restaurants in Maafushi Island. I saw few
Sri Lankans, Nepalis, Philipinos, Indians too. You probably do not need to
speak English, if you know Bengali, it is enough, like Rome ! Most of the shops are manned
by Bangladeshis. They can speak local language too. It is somewhat like Italy.
Shops are owned by Italians, but employees are Bangladeshis.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maldivians are entirely
Sunni Muslim, and the local culture is a mixture of South Indian, Sinhalese and
Arab influences. Alcohol, pork, dogs and public observance of non-Muslim
religions are banned on the inhabited/Public islands. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The weekend in the
Maldives runs from Friday to Saturday, during which banks, government offices
and many shops are closed. Their favourite past time is sipping </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 18.6667px;">tea and having beetle nut, since Alcohol is banned !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFY_6XGHwRssr6hGbEADX1xnqwUDhYnB1uPMe4n9eHTt6nVmWhcVljOLkK93aiPkp-fDa7qBEo-yLIjLNd2scuTNE98Ke8--uQimuw2_OB-G2Cnbpcf62VU0RadC5oonZ9uGAgf_r9dcM7SY2o71UA_RT4HBfTh3HoS5pJ_3epEmyhCslNegGOF974Q/s2048/311564938_10228323397699727_8243210756413328509_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFY_6XGHwRssr6hGbEADX1xnqwUDhYnB1uPMe4n9eHTt6nVmWhcVljOLkK93aiPkp-fDa7qBEo-yLIjLNd2scuTNE98Ke8--uQimuw2_OB-G2Cnbpcf62VU0RadC5oonZ9uGAgf_r9dcM7SY2o71UA_RT4HBfTh3HoS5pJ_3epEmyhCslNegGOF974Q/w592-h640/311564938_10228323397699727_8243210756413328509_n.jpg" width="592" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Their favourite past time is sipping </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">tea and having beetle nut, since Alcohol is banned !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are <b>12
airports</b> in the Maldives, out of which 4 are international, and the
rest are domestic airports. But the main airport is Male or </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Velana International
Airport.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.10.2022</span></b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since we had a tiring
day on 3.10.22 (due to long layover in Bangalore) , we decided to take rest on this day and book the tours for the
next day.<b> This is my slowest tour ever ! </b>The breakfast was
part of the hotel deal. The breakfast was quite impressive. After breakfast
Mohua took rest in the hotel and I went exploring the Island. At around 3 pm we
had our lunch at a nearby restaurant - Navio. Post lunch Mohua went with me
to walk around the Island. We met a group of Bangladeshi tourists. But they are
not working class. One of them is a BCS (or equivalent of our IAS). We
met <b>many</b> Bangladeshi tourists throughout our tour. We saw many
people from Delhi, MP, Kerala. But we met very few people from West Bengal.
After chatting for quite some time with them, we had our dinner and booked a
full day Nurse Shark tour (50 USD) from "Salt Beach Tours" Company,
next day. Some Malaysian girls also booked the tour. They
were studying Medicine in India (Bangalore). The guy who booked the tour
is also a Bangladeshi. </span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unlike other countries, all the tour costs same , in
all the tour companies.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There seem to be a cartel. My
hunt for a steal was futile. Only in iCom Tours , Private resort tours are
slightly cheaper (by 10 USD). iCom is a very reputed company. They run speed
boats also. But the speed boat timings with other tour companies do not clash.
iCom will not book speed boats of other companies. </span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But if you go to Salt
Beach Tours, they can book speed boat for all the tour companies.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The food is quite
expensive in Maldives. It is comparable to European price. A chicken fried rice
will typically cost 5-7 USD. I had Mas Huni one day in my hotel during breakfast - which local Maldivians
have in the breakfast. It is made from Tuna fish. </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
had our dinner at an Indian restaurant, </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ocean Vista</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
close to the harbour and it is just beside our hotel. Here you can have Indian
dishes like paratha, dosa, idli and a lot more. The great thing here is you can
pay in Google pay ! We had grilled fish here for 10 USD which comes with juice
and Rice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63RhFvH1M6yk1uVjV02SR1hMFinfEibyLa1eg9UY--ad5vUBSMlJo4ot2hJ2TnkPcMunGiaVBS8b9rFdZMthHmtTu4sCHRGoYm1OFgvnylugAS0QVW9D4Ug6AVLPk5EaYc5bc9v0siArGFiLF83ncLubuoAa1GnAu4kaxRSbXFkFOExtGMRXKDaD5CQ/s2048/311691010_10228317870681555_2655917430791509953_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63RhFvH1M6yk1uVjV02SR1hMFinfEibyLa1eg9UY--ad5vUBSMlJo4ot2hJ2TnkPcMunGiaVBS8b9rFdZMthHmtTu4sCHRGoYm1OFgvnylugAS0QVW9D4Ug6AVLPk5EaYc5bc9v0siArGFiLF83ncLubuoAa1GnAu4kaxRSbXFkFOExtGMRXKDaD5CQ/w640-h360/311691010_10228317870681555_2655917430791509953_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocean Vista</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="background: lime; color: #38761d; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">Where
to Stay in the Maldives?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Basically, there are 2
types of islands here: <b>private and public. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The public islands,
also called “local islands”, meaning there are locals living there. This also
means that there are establishments available to everyone such as grocery
stores, tour agencies, shops, etc. Staying in local Islands is not very
expensive, starting from 30 USD.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The private islands
are invariably occupied by luxury resorts, most of which are open only to their
guests and staff. Some of these private islands are open to non-guests who are
staying elsewhere but on a day tour. The private Islands are very expensive. If
you’re after luxury and privacy and you don’t mind spending much on this trip,
you might want to consider staying at an such resort. Exclusive resorts come in
all forms, too. Some charge thousands of dollars per night (the likes of Four
Seasons). But those in the lower end of the spectrum are slightly more
affordable. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Fiha-lhohi Island Resort </span></b>and <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Olhu-veli Beach and Spa Resort</span></b> offer beach rooms
for only 200 USD (low season) and 300 USD (peak season).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most exclusive resorts
have 2 major types of accommodations: beach/land rooms and overwater
bungalows (<b>water villas</b>). Of course, staying at a water villa looks
tempting, but they are usually the priciest rooms. Those on the beach are much
cheaper.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
online users are to be believed, click the link here are the 6 best resorts, that are on the lower end of the budget spectrum. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2016/07/maldives-resorts-holiday-tours-budget-backpacking-guide-maafushi-itinerary/</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The public/ inhabited islands that are popular among tourists are :</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></span><i style="color: #212121;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Maa-fushi</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in South Male
Atoll. <b>This has become a tourism hub over the past years. We stayed here.</b></span></i></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #212121;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC91HSNF3QUyWr51NFJXKAZT95in7OwaDvpxBZmojcVKcROtfH9wl652JaS4Cgq3GkemVte0j4kg_p3yK9nEDDLxv2TcnHO8yhBmea6Bn8Vcluw4Y1bnwzK8VzmdB04_4FYSSewKdaE-XBqRyO3GW22YehSZNLFakcrutDde_gqO2F-m_yqDOcdoz5bg/s2048/309832156_10228226182029396_1974033956098748899_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC91HSNF3QUyWr51NFJXKAZT95in7OwaDvpxBZmojcVKcROtfH9wl652JaS4Cgq3GkemVte0j4kg_p3yK9nEDDLxv2TcnHO8yhBmea6Bn8Vcluw4Y1bnwzK8VzmdB04_4FYSSewKdaE-XBqRyO3GW22YehSZNLFakcrutDde_gqO2F-m_yqDOcdoz5bg/w640-h360/309832156_10228226182029396_1974033956098748899_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="color: #212121;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL2uG07XGYpFdIEw0FG2bAmI3zDkHwBzFaBzJt13ZE4LGU3PI9U4cJUIp8vpgDiQxT5g5pq1y7h1OyMI2dBKwj7WyG_wsTWn-jUhbasBR9jcQZBe2pte9quRJFsxno2Jh7jn9213AysPJBv39BNdQuik3e9pPhZS9LmQ_grGYvZ4as5o2kfedn1KUrw/s2048/309943353_10228226178429306_7097735773130920359_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL2uG07XGYpFdIEw0FG2bAmI3zDkHwBzFaBzJt13ZE4LGU3PI9U4cJUIp8vpgDiQxT5g5pq1y7h1OyMI2dBKwj7WyG_wsTWn-jUhbasBR9jcQZBe2pte9quRJFsxno2Jh7jn9213AysPJBv39BNdQuik3e9pPhZS9LmQ_grGYvZ4as5o2kfedn1KUrw/w640-h360/309943353_10228226178429306_7097735773130920359_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i><p></p><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #212121; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Thulus-dhoo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Kaafu Atoll</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #212121; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fuli-dhoo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Vaavu Atoll (just below Kaafu Atoll)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #212121; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gurai-dhoo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Thaa Atoll. There is another Gurai-dhoo in Kaafu Atoll</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #212121; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gulhi</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Kaafu Atoll</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #212121; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ukulhas</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mahiba-dhoo</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in </span></b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AlifuAtoll </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Ari Atoll) - To
the west of Kaafu, the second most popular group. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However
Island hopping is very difficult, since ferries are not frequent. So you might
get stuck in an Island. If you have to do Island hopping, better to book Island
hopping tours.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #f6b26b;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332">https://mtcc.mv/schedules-2/</a> </span>. The ferry timings. It is very confusing for the tourists.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Best
Time to Visit the Maldives</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">December to April is
considered “high season,” This period is when the most favourable weather
happens.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>May to November is
considered “low season” — rates are at their lowest — but storms are likely.
For some reason, the prices rise again in August, most likely because of
European summer break.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source :</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="color: #d83028; font-family: Times, "serif";">https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2016/07/maldives-resorts-holiday-tours-budget-backpacking-guide-maafushi-itinerary/</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Times, "serif";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="color: #d83028; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/the-maldives-travel-tips/</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Times, "serif";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="color: #d83028;">https://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/travel-the-maldives-on-a-budget/</span></a></span></b></span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.10.2022</span></b><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 1); font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After breakfast, we went
to the Salt Beach Tour Company's office. The excursion activity started with
a </span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">brief
training</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on how to use fins, life jacket and snorkel gear.
Later we headed to the harbour.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We were a </span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">group of 20 people</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Our
tour starts with </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Manta
Ray</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> watching. But we were told it could not be seen
since the water is rough. Similarly </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dolphins were </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">also
not visible. We were told there is always 50% chance of sighting Dolphin. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we went to see
Nurse Shark. The water was very clear and we could see the Nurse shark
from our boat. The sharks were given fish to eat, by our tour guides. People did
snorkeling with the Shark. Because of my health problem, I did not do it.
But it was quite interesting to see the Nurse sharks from our boat. They are
harmless. The snorkeling guides also took picture of the tourist from under
water. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9FEXF0aqU08nufRKta0rQ1t8MYNEMuJHJxE24l1RPTAFEZItXc29MOuss0-IZ_6VCaadlJvsE_KiuEFqrIvyA3MxX4yypx7UUI1GBquYs7T8fcYrpGtA4ET_GpRAjF2ZmJu-SZUV1W5JH-c8MHxaNcRdnWbkWnSm9Rxfma1tUvfPFNH6avRpAniv6g/s2048/310298279_10228234974169194_2305158632107209382_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9FEXF0aqU08nufRKta0rQ1t8MYNEMuJHJxE24l1RPTAFEZItXc29MOuss0-IZ_6VCaadlJvsE_KiuEFqrIvyA3MxX4yypx7UUI1GBquYs7T8fcYrpGtA4ET_GpRAjF2ZmJu-SZUV1W5JH-c8MHxaNcRdnWbkWnSm9Rxfma1tUvfPFNH6avRpAniv6g/w640-h360/310298279_10228234974169194_2305158632107209382_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we left for </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sting Ray feeding</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at <b>Fuli-dhoo
Island in Vaavu Atoll</b>. The Sting Rays were given fish to eat, by our
tour guides. We took pictures and bathed in the blue ocean.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Maldives is home to countless little sandbanks. It is a submerged bank of
sand in a sea that are exposed at low tide. We had fried rice, fruit
juice, and apple in the lunch at the sand bank. We had good time at
the sand bank clicking amazing pictures. The tour guides took pictures in
the Island. We had to walk in the sea , with 3 feet water, to reach the sand
bank.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCkEigH-y1dbdvv5MWFfPcILpZIwMTge3lEa3Y_dvm1C4r727XWsF5t33wj9aj60NfjQU3TTPVVgmf1NJeqGzvQjP-veQjvjrGzhtQj1GBK489RxViKHrlxavlnReIGOgDQJGUwXik4r4i7MKXf8Nb1apVTj8Cige36df8Eft9GkVBydFE4EwSDaf2Q/s2048/310186970_10228234979849336_1819355683080627161_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCkEigH-y1dbdvv5MWFfPcILpZIwMTge3lEa3Y_dvm1C4r727XWsF5t33wj9aj60NfjQU3TTPVVgmf1NJeqGzvQjP-veQjvjrGzhtQj1GBK489RxViKHrlxavlnReIGOgDQJGUwXik4r4i7MKXf8Nb1apVTj8Cige36df8Eft9GkVBydFE4EwSDaf2Q/w640-h360/310186970_10228234979849336_1819355683080627161_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oopKFA3vT230HHBfEs84gYs5FTy_8AvWx9HcLuYTZSR9OVCveHByoKKmDfXYCUD7D40dEaIRCcU9eCWKJrxHX5WfAf4y1IjJmpLDFSgAY_x2PaYWXVMEay8uhOzxYu7TL_FjVtjws7OFnNosAs2vTyzJJuVUghhxaErBiFAG_Ccdjolq8u-WKihs8g/s2048/310670214_10228234979489327_3636718976624292276_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oopKFA3vT230HHBfEs84gYs5FTy_8AvWx9HcLuYTZSR9OVCveHByoKKmDfXYCUD7D40dEaIRCcU9eCWKJrxHX5WfAf4y1IjJmpLDFSgAY_x2PaYWXVMEay8uhOzxYu7TL_FjVtjws7OFnNosAs2vTyzJJuVUghhxaErBiFAG_Ccdjolq8u-WKihs8g/w640-h360/310670214_10228234979489327_3636718976624292276_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we went back to the Maafushi
Island by 1615 hours. We headed to our room, got fresh and explored more of the
island in the evening. <b>Maafushi </b></span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Island is </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">surrounded
by lovely beaches. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We again had our dinner
at </span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Ocean
Vista</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. We had Dosa and Prawn fried rice. Actually we were quite full after the late lunch. So we wanted to have something very cheap and light. While we were
eating we met a lovely Pakistani couple from Karachi (husband) and Islamabad (wife).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We both had a similar plan to visit a Private Island
on 06.05.2022. But there has to be minimum 4 guests. We went together to iCom
Tours - which sells the cheapest Private resort tours. We planned to go to
Fihaa-lhohi Island Resort for 100 USD, but since they do not allow you to visit
the water villa , we opted for Adaran Club Rannal-hi for 110 USD.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We went to Salt Beach Tour company for collecting the
photos of the day tour, they have taken during the tour - it includes under water photos. It is
free of cost. They transferred the photo to our mobile.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.10.2022</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After quickly finishing our breakfast we reached iCom Tours office at 830 hours and left for the Private Island tour. You have
to bring Passport for this tour. Our speed boat took around 25 minutes to
reach Adaran Club Rannal-hi Private Resort at 900 hours. Normal rules of
Maldives do not apply here. Here you can have alcohol, wear bikini and even
have Pork. In Maafushi, like other public Islands, there is a designated place
called "Bikin beach" where woman can swim in swim suit or bikini. It
is segregated from other part of the Island by a partition ! It is near Kani Hotel. But
here there is no restriction. Some Private Island have separate time zones too, apparently to save day light !!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On arrival we had welcome drink and were told the
rules and regulations. Our boat will come at 1700 hours, so we have plenty of
time in hand. You can have unlimited mocktails, cocktails and buffet lunch is
served between 1230 - 1430 hours. It is a very nice resort. We had lot of mocktails. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we went to the water villa. Since one of the
water villas were vacant, we had a peek into the room and spent some time
there. In fact Mohua laid down at the beach chair for quite some time - it is
kept just outside the room of water villa. In fact you can get down to the sea
for snorkeling from each of these water villas. It was an amazing
experience to say the least. In the mean time I walked around the Private
Island - which is owned by the resort. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since everything from water,
sewerage, electricity is managed/generated by the Resort, it is so
prohibitively expensive. Water villa here starts from 700 USD without food and
transfer. The resort on the mainland of this Island starts from 300
USD without food and transfer. In most Private resort food is very
expensive. So you should go for <b>Full board</b> (all meals) instead
of <b>half board. </b>You cannot go outside the resort for buying
food<b> . In most resorts </b>(not all - you have to negotiate)<b> transfer
from Male airport is compulsory. Depending upon the distance of Resort from
Male, it can be by speed boat or sea plane. It is very expensive. </b>Typically
speed boats charge 125-250 USD per person. Sea plane typically charges 500 USD per person.
But they vary from resort to resort.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The buffet lunch was very elaborate. There was pork
also ! After lunch we laid down at the chair near the beach . I also bathed in
the sea. They were offering Balinese massage and spa at the resort for USD 55
for 50 minutes for day tour guests. The resort is owned by a Sri Lankan and the massage/Spa is
run by a Balinese company. Like any where in Maldives, the ownership has to be
jointly with a Maldivian. Here we did not see any Bangladeshi. The employees
are either Sri Lankan or Maldivian or Balinese.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mjqby7P2MW3T0Hvw7uuMo3cz_sPc87mWXnzP4DBSsdN3FEdk5_3ASK-SC6QQaESL2ftDnxb1kfRRl-YDgk0IIdLQZIWD-Yrts8udvp9Qa73DwRhSa1Tu1sy8TgSajLe_rn9aWjLWRZFuI-p7THIC7D5ZEBckuWPQzq4UfTv76N4tzfZBFQPBfCrTVQ/s2048/311606264_10228318918627753_2135125653096272369_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mjqby7P2MW3T0Hvw7uuMo3cz_sPc87mWXnzP4DBSsdN3FEdk5_3ASK-SC6QQaESL2ftDnxb1kfRRl-YDgk0IIdLQZIWD-Yrts8udvp9Qa73DwRhSa1Tu1sy8TgSajLe_rn9aWjLWRZFuI-p7THIC7D5ZEBckuWPQzq4UfTv76N4tzfZBFQPBfCrTVQ/w640-h360/311606264_10228318918627753_2135125653096272369_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi80dAUMQFUENuDW7VSR-LDFAXNTX2kVJeerzcJ7betzbCzednDaCSI0W-bxP75sFcCNcAfSa5nXAifU7tlh4O8jNjEyW9u-byNGpNW_Cax20Zz3JXbXSy9GxVwB70x1R1Ua-Amxzh51LTUbPzuPHdPjOFLxwaP3sh7Kl5Gwo5QHmb482uYAUHLNkQXw/s2048/311693730_10228318922427848_2941168257601685789_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi80dAUMQFUENuDW7VSR-LDFAXNTX2kVJeerzcJ7betzbCzednDaCSI0W-bxP75sFcCNcAfSa5nXAifU7tlh4O8jNjEyW9u-byNGpNW_Cax20Zz3JXbXSy9GxVwB70x1R1Ua-Amxzh51LTUbPzuPHdPjOFLxwaP3sh7Kl5Gwo5QHmb482uYAUHLNkQXw/w640-h360/311693730_10228318922427848_2941168257601685789_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiTNTQV1fHDsGy6EXZzsiGEQQnE3dxCplJue5hdjTJMfzNGaOFT1OLOmD6nAP5oD1YavCoVKj0PJii8JTYiZ2JDZ5IfU4gMutzwABkX7dLV0oNyTxrKEkRkryxqXwz0WeGzHXCX7BGNqaAHpmtVzDg6NHiTLn354KV7zXZERCOLf6M6o1MDs0ycQ3RA/s2048/311701018_10228318924867909_4391714257758136468_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiTNTQV1fHDsGy6EXZzsiGEQQnE3dxCplJue5hdjTJMfzNGaOFT1OLOmD6nAP5oD1YavCoVKj0PJii8JTYiZ2JDZ5IfU4gMutzwABkX7dLV0oNyTxrKEkRkryxqXwz0WeGzHXCX7BGNqaAHpmtVzDg6NHiTLn354KV7zXZERCOLf6M6o1MDs0ycQ3RA/w640-h360/311701018_10228318924867909_4391714257758136468_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdbyQeN6G6Or199kehra3-kbcffyTxTtAUL2JlYo7ajxn0kgce2k3qx4-kYtvfsiMLbsT2k4SdHNNOzLmHzMwOg2Vffbrngk7RhpwXBEEt5wFqRbRCypj9igXapcrRw24RxxtRj9ejJSHBRLT1mCVek-nwNmxffpjAJ9kfDsqhqZ22-tZ8bta9KhP4g/s2048/311724481_10228318928307995_2384324303531037729_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdbyQeN6G6Or199kehra3-kbcffyTxTtAUL2JlYo7ajxn0kgce2k3qx4-kYtvfsiMLbsT2k4SdHNNOzLmHzMwOg2Vffbrngk7RhpwXBEEt5wFqRbRCypj9igXapcrRw24RxxtRj9ejJSHBRLT1mCVek-nwNmxffpjAJ9kfDsqhqZ22-tZ8bta9KhP4g/w640-h360/311724481_10228318928307995_2384324303531037729_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "serif"; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">At night, one see fish through the glass inside the room</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After having our coffee and snacks in the afternoon beside the sea, we
left for Maafushi. We bought the Public speed boat ticket from iCom Tours for 25 USD
each for next day. Since this is our last day, we chatted with Samy , the manager of our
hotel. We learnt that 3 items are subsidized in Maldives - Rice (5 MVR),
Sugar (8 MVR) and Pulses (10 MVR). We also learnt that after 65 years
every Maldivian is entitled to a Pension of 5000 MVR or around Rs 27,500.
Normally they (Samy) get a salary of 500 USD. His helper Bakkar gets around 350 USD.
He was telling us how difficult it is for him to stay alone.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.10.2022 (Friday)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today after breakfast we left for Harbour to catch a
speed boat to Male Airport. There is no public ferry on Friday. We did
not wait for the last day, since water might be rough and public ferry might be
cancelled. We left at 1230 hours and reached airport by 1310 hours. From the
airport (Hul-hule) we took a public bus to go to Hul-humale. In the bus stop we
met a Bangladeshi Doctor. He is in the Island for 7 years. But he does not
understand the local language, since he has an interpreter, where as Samy has
learnt the local language in 6 months. The reason being he has to learn for
survival, unlike the Doctor. We got down at Phase I of Hul-humale for our
hotel. Phase II is like Rajarhat, New Town,Kolkata. You have to cross the
bridge from Phase I to reach Phase II. There is construction everywhere in
Phase II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We walked
for some time in Hul-humale and then went to the Hul-humale - Male Ferry. As
advised by the Doctor we went to Indira Gandhi Meromrial Hospital at Male by a very comfortable double Decker Bus R1 . You cannot buy ticket inside the bus as on Octoer 2022. This is going to change soon. Either you have a bus card or buy a computerized ticket at a bus ticket
counter before boarding the bus.The fare is 10 MVR. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32xm9swUvPvXcMYRNwplG3e6AJpAfMsZchKv36KzcHcPGMhRcQcNHfqNXx1fiI3pALPng1SVKABXmo90yQoI1vOqEtr_Nwt2aBlrdQZ9iMDmlIAIyooBaHdl_43Uk8lhtFx4gZdK3dQi5NHiPWMKv73VsIrUiCycocQW_Lo42lsdSNfwsxWOxW3Klsg/s2048/311740847_10228317922602853_869367532427692776_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32xm9swUvPvXcMYRNwplG3e6AJpAfMsZchKv36KzcHcPGMhRcQcNHfqNXx1fiI3pALPng1SVKABXmo90yQoI1vOqEtr_Nwt2aBlrdQZ9iMDmlIAIyooBaHdl_43Uk8lhtFx4gZdK3dQi5NHiPWMKv73VsIrUiCycocQW_Lo42lsdSNfwsxWOxW3Klsg/w640-h360/311740847_10228317922602853_869367532427692776_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQjTXHWIdbeyQ8PXFUMT6dITll-nKAEzT6EVySp0WEQDP-MwSZ7gydv7ug8Cpb6RGC8jpuwAdf-M8F3mbitcwFM6uhlrqXWDsAAEw8yvJCYA-2zQu4NULHQzSZlBkVoBgeGC9aQL498vBHJ2HKFyiQctglRONb02ba4l-dDPs1oqqtwanPZ2xWQKDjg/s2048/311737383_10228317921242819_946385016393513272_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQjTXHWIdbeyQ8PXFUMT6dITll-nKAEzT6EVySp0WEQDP-MwSZ7gydv7ug8Cpb6RGC8jpuwAdf-M8F3mbitcwFM6uhlrqXWDsAAEw8yvJCYA-2zQu4NULHQzSZlBkVoBgeGC9aQL498vBHJ2HKFyiQctglRONb02ba4l-dDPs1oqqtwanPZ2xWQKDjg/w640-h360/311737383_10228317921242819_946385016393513272_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The bus stops at West Park - which is in one
end of Male. We had a stroll around the area. It is just beside a public beach.
We saw some impromptu musical programme there on the street. It is very near to
Villingili Ferry terminal. We took a ferry to Villingili by paying 3.25 MVR. We
paid in USD. After spending some time we came back to Male, since it was
already dark. Then we had buffet dinner at the food court at Villingili -
Male ferry terminal for 75 MVR. Like everywhere we paid in USD. The food was so
so. But it was quite reasonable compared to what we paid till date in Maldives.</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we took
another bus to go back to our hotel. I bought some souvenirs for Mohua. Magnets
are very expensive. They are charging 4 USD for a magnet !</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.10.2022 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our flight
is at 1220 hours. After breakfast we left for airport - which is around 15-20
minutes away from the hotel. We reached Bangalore at 2 pm. After a long
layover, we reached Kolkata at 02 00 hours on 9.10.22. But we comfortably got a
pre-paid Taxi even at that time and paid Rs 485 (without any night charge
apparently) to reach Ballygunge.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> To know more , you can read the following :</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Maldives">https://wikitravel.org/en/Maldives</a>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Maldives">https://wikitravel.org/en/Maldives</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: rgb(4, 255, 0); color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">https://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/travel-the-maldives-on-a-budget/</span></a> -
this one is the most detailed.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2016/07/maldives-resorts-holiday-tours-budget-backpacking-guide-maafushi-itinerary/</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/4134184302249544332"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/the-maldives-travel-tips/</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b>#maldives #maldivesitirenary #maldivesforacouple</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-5367832694721986932022-09-01T17:29:00.063+05:302022-09-29T13:04:43.053+05:30Ladakh tour with Havelis of Rajasthan !<p> (Guest writer Reshmi Mukherjee <b>till 4.5.22</b>)</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From 1st May 2022 to 2nd May 2022 Saikat and I, were in
Kashmir. On 3rd May 2022, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sourabh da and his group reached Srinagar and we were
supposed to pick them up from the airport and head towards Kargil, but reverse
happened and they picked us from ghat no 7 of Dal Lake.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">3.5.2022 - Srinagar > Kargil<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4.5.2022- Kargil </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Leh</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">5.5.2022- Leh </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Delhi</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">6.5.22 - Delhi </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">6.5.22- Delhi </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Sikar </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Nawalgarh (overnight bus)</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7.5.22- </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Nawalgarh</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">8.5.22- </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Nawalgarhv</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mandawa </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Nawalgarh</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">8.5.22- Nawalgarh </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Delhi </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(overnight bus)</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">9.5.22 Delh- Kolkata</span></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">3.5.2022</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was raining and
our shikara Jumbo King came late to pick us up from the houseboat. Saikat had
an argument with the houseboat in charge as he was rude. Anyhow we managed to
reach the ghat and we could see Sourabh da waving at us. We
unloaded the luggages from the shikara and loaded in the car. I literally
slipped at the floor while getting down from the shikara, but somehow managed
myself. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They have come in Tata Innova car, since we were six people. So we took our seats, Sourabh da was at the front seat, Saikat
on one side, myself at the middle and Tanhi on the other side and Bappa da and Debdutta
da were at the back and our luggages were tied up on the top of the car. This
time the driver was Rakesh. We started our journey to Kargil at 9.45 am. The
roads were quite congested as it was Eid Ul Fitr on that day. Some of the roads were
even closed as well. We passed through Jammu and Kashmir University to avoid the crowd and it was
a massive campus I could see that the houses in the
city of Srinagar were almost similar in designs and they had rose garden inside their house. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now on our way we halted at </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">around 12.30 pm and</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> had famous kahwa tea and uncle chips and some local salty snacks like nimki. We were planning to have lunch at Sonemarg. We reached Sonemarg at
around 2.30 pm. We could witness the beautiful valley there and we took the
pictures of valleys. It was quite crowded.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPdGqcBgTxuRvoe67MBa2faJxzdKzvpDljeZF3Wh3Tu9lozxWHvGHoVj10vVD_IFkNqHF83FiAqu0-OluiNIRpg86juSivcqq6Xly56eHmLJu2-pWjnjlqNSrVPRZbXIqwsr2_gWvnksI-EWZiaW9HjRwNg3xv6yYx7TxNImyI-tdG-58uETgiIhqqg/s3017/283898873_10227512966879463_5192825005579839838_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPdGqcBgTxuRvoe67MBa2faJxzdKzvpDljeZF3Wh3Tu9lozxWHvGHoVj10vVD_IFkNqHF83FiAqu0-OluiNIRpg86juSivcqq6Xly56eHmLJu2-pWjnjlqNSrVPRZbXIqwsr2_gWvnksI-EWZiaW9HjRwNg3xv6yYx7TxNImyI-tdG-58uETgiIhqqg/w640-h294/283898873_10227512966879463_5192825005579839838_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />We all were hungry, but couldn’t find any restaurants there
and the driver also didn’t cooperated with us. On our way we saw many army
trucks in Sonemarg. Now suddenly at a crossing many cars were stuck and people got down from the cars. We learnt that landslide had occurred near Zojilla pass and we were
supposed to cross the Zozilla pass by 1 pm, but we were already late by almost 2 hours. We waited for near
about 45 minutes. Then they let us go. Now we went ahead to zero point. We
could witness the snow there and all of us got down from the car and clicked
pictures. I was excited to catch hold of
the snow. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFwZKMcHhXLgvIJBUh7LP3y1JUECI4ZCgWvbCHyHQnAEXwbOatcaW8N681UAivJw2chzNAmKKN5NxGtzGdZ_Tc9NcH7uj2y4oWucfW-NCQELlZlIIKKxCT54qE_uhOaxe3j0hdtQhQZ3DZkoYaneS7rtbCZt3QOpbMquFnEQMSsScPtWEAB_ngTHSGg/s3017/283352812_10227512973439627_125373131159121466_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFwZKMcHhXLgvIJBUh7LP3y1JUECI4ZCgWvbCHyHQnAEXwbOatcaW8N681UAivJw2chzNAmKKN5NxGtzGdZ_Tc9NcH7uj2y4oWucfW-NCQELlZlIIKKxCT54qE_uhOaxe3j0hdtQhQZ3DZkoYaneS7rtbCZt3QOpbMquFnEQMSsScPtWEAB_ngTHSGg/w640-h294/283352812_10227512973439627_125373131159121466_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMBQrJgCOMNgibc8xhUcC50tFmk82ZijozN4C_pCHrTZaq_VNE5c87HdwFzRlgWypWId3IKgtRbUP4jSwi0aeJk7eA0Q0tlCUX1vIougRiFHM-2RNRjh2pGgf4-w9aAX1h6QObUS4-jbZIdPzv0kHJf4Snsh745_OtHPuRQuq97Bu6Iz8SF9IiKMJGg/s3012/283588912_10227512979799786_7555607812466094073_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMBQrJgCOMNgibc8xhUcC50tFmk82ZijozN4C_pCHrTZaq_VNE5c87HdwFzRlgWypWId3IKgtRbUP4jSwi0aeJk7eA0Q0tlCUX1vIougRiFHM-2RNRjh2pGgf4-w9aAX1h6QObUS4-jbZIdPzv0kHJf4Snsh745_OtHPuRQuq97Bu6Iz8SF9IiKMJGg/w640-h296/283588912_10227512979799786_7555607812466094073_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">We even asked the driver to take a group picture of ours. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincH3a3JOhHAV01sVkoEqkvZ0zCoixAg5AACyIEx7WSWZcVuLwSKw-8YV6fr0PLTLyJHgrnN_UFNLT1-xc_EJIbK6tRQt4cHQUU14EYpwErIySm0N5ADUsBCxkUOrG2Q-S-v_VQLW7gfPf5mQnHiNHpGB5_XB3Xtr-tM5uSTUQ8DLtgUx2Xbz73-rI5w/s2048/283675294_2128582900656381_1882069233145966089_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincH3a3JOhHAV01sVkoEqkvZ0zCoixAg5AACyIEx7WSWZcVuLwSKw-8YV6fr0PLTLyJHgrnN_UFNLT1-xc_EJIbK6tRQt4cHQUU14EYpwErIySm0N5ADUsBCxkUOrG2Q-S-v_VQLW7gfPf5mQnHiNHpGB5_XB3Xtr-tM5uSTUQ8DLtgUx2Xbz73-rI5w/w640-h480/283675294_2128582900656381_1882069233145966089_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Now we passed by Zojilla pass and the road was not smooth at all and it was meandering.<p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrILUgs2OgE2JI96PM7vKBHAO2y5XlHHS52a2zR_RH5JoO3JZ1KKrOFd8E4h0Iz4jYz1SB2nRRt5xm90mtEo3_f6L0pfdhkBZM0wNC_xh1cnYp76vTbLVCQ_XoJuxS5TwYD4swj_dW2GLi47VSoLDEErn4E4TcZEFy18V0epup2SFPTys4RBm5S1pXQ/s3012/283669878_10227512967199471_3841974896447371340_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrILUgs2OgE2JI96PM7vKBHAO2y5XlHHS52a2zR_RH5JoO3JZ1KKrOFd8E4h0Iz4jYz1SB2nRRt5xm90mtEo3_f6L0pfdhkBZM0wNC_xh1cnYp76vTbLVCQ_XoJuxS5TwYD4swj_dW2GLi47VSoLDEErn4E4TcZEFy18V0epup2SFPTys4RBm5S1pXQ/w640-h296/283669878_10227512967199471_3841974896447371340_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We enjoyed the journey. There was snow on both sides of the road. We could also see the construction site of the Zojilla tunnel. Then we went ahead and again after a point we found the roads were
blocked and this time we got to know another story , that a VIP was supposed to
pass by and that is why the roads were blocked. It is difficult to know which version of the story is true. But in India everything is possible. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We were feeling very hungry as we didn’t have lunch and suddenly I remembered that I was carrying khakra - that was been gifted to us by the gujrati family. It was like heaven for us and
a sigh of relief and I distributed it amongst all and everyone relished it
since all were feeling very hungry. I
noticed that the sun sets quite late there at around 7 pm. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the meantime we reached Drass, apparently the coldest region
after Siberia, where the temperature goes down to say (-) 60 degree in winters. Rakesh,
our driver bought fruits, vegetables and chicken from a shop, which is to be handed over to somebody else. It is quite common here, because of lack of transport in this route. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We went to see the Kargil war memorial, which is also known as the Drass war memorial and it
is a war memorial, built by the Indian army in the town of Dras, commemorating
the 1999 Kargil war in between India and Pakistan. It is located on the
Srinagar Leh national highway. The memorial had the statues of brave heroes who
sacrificed their lives in the Kargil war, including captain Vikram Batra and Operation Vijay was launched by the Indian army
to recapture the territory. Consequently
several fierce battles were fought by the Indian army - finally winning the
war. At the Kargil war memorial, they even showed us one documentary film of
around 8 minute’s duration, showing how the brave heroes sacrificed their lives
for the war. We all watched it and donated Rs 50 at the donation box kept
there in that room. The room was chilling cold.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG__r5bUdndbSYe33_K0azUqc-6sdtW1qWhD_GztLXOssaoGXa9rEC5YAW-E3gP3pFHA3sUy9WZGZu4kAup0QwZCRMcC7CMQGvqJDpa3CZoTPQbKES8SM93olpsqTfzhXhbL7VUCUNEZV4gTo-OKMavM17MnwvnYch3FvrwAqc2xyMbMbFJGAKLVF6w/s3017/283725673_10227512977799736_799671952103286615_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG__r5bUdndbSYe33_K0azUqc-6sdtW1qWhD_GztLXOssaoGXa9rEC5YAW-E3gP3pFHA3sUy9WZGZu4kAup0QwZCRMcC7CMQGvqJDpa3CZoTPQbKES8SM93olpsqTfzhXhbL7VUCUNEZV4gTo-OKMavM17MnwvnYch3FvrwAqc2xyMbMbFJGAKLVF6w/w640-h294/283725673_10227512977799736_799671952103286615_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3UoGP31rSxG_bc3fhjBjBwwzYYER6qPQsjOiqjtgwpueH8DWg3E8QT55tttQM_5On4kMZNjOw5a6L6DSt-ERsGgQkm8moz104ppAUCF52ytk4bi7QV7yvoUB0wLFtmJIdvq_wPvvW4OYYsLSYFWNeuHA2zWBHVzb1Mhgnmg_wosxSrBn9d4yL7rB7w/s3012/283801898_10227512982799861_3921987959285515892_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3UoGP31rSxG_bc3fhjBjBwwzYYER6qPQsjOiqjtgwpueH8DWg3E8QT55tttQM_5On4kMZNjOw5a6L6DSt-ERsGgQkm8moz104ppAUCF52ytk4bi7QV7yvoUB0wLFtmJIdvq_wPvvW4OYYsLSYFWNeuHA2zWBHVzb1Mhgnmg_wosxSrBn9d4yL7rB7w/w640-h296/283801898_10227512982799861_3921987959285515892_n.jpg" title="Vikram Batra died in this hill" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> Vikram Batra died in this hill</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Saikat bought a fridge magnet
worth Rs 70 from the souvenir shop there at the Kargil war memorial and
so did Bappa da. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was getting dark and the
temperature was freezing and we were feeling hungry and we could find
only one eatery opposite Kargil war memorial and we had Maggi there and Sourabh da asked for
omelette - but they didn’t have eggs. We had Maggi with hot and sweet sauce - we had
one and half portions and Debdutta da and Bappa da had two and Sourabh da had
one. Tanwi didn’t come down from the car and Bappa da took the bowl of Maggi in the
car, as she was not feeling well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now again we headed towards Kargil Town.
It was getting dark and suddenly Rakesh took a different road to hand over the items he bought to somebody beside the hill. Now it was really
getting dark and we were worried whether we would reach Kargil at the right
time, but Rakesh assured us that we would reach at the right time. Throughout
the journey, Rakesh played some terrible songs in local language and Punjabi and we were completely bored and feeling even tired
on hearing them; we asked him many times to change the music, but he
didn’t oblige. Now some parts of the road were very bad - though we came
across smooth roads too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now we crossed the POK area where Pakistan occupied Kashmir, this is the name used by India for
the portion of Kashmir under Pakistani administration. Soon we reached our <b>hotel Zojilla Residency</b> at around 8.30 pm. Kargil
is a small town set at the hill top. It is a nice hotel. The
shops were closed because of Eid. It is the only place where you get provisions and there are some hotels too. We checked in to the hotel. It was a decent
one and the hotel was situated on the river side. The weather at night was
quite chilling and we asked the hotel staff about the temperature and they said
that it was near about 7 or 8 degrees then. We checked in to our rooms. Our rooms
were quite spacious. We didn’t unpack much
as we had to leave the next day for Leh. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We freshened up and went to
the dinning hall for dinner. It was a vegetarian buffet spread and the menu
included tomato soup, chapattis, Dal makhni, mixed veg, paneer butter masala
and on special request, they even served
chicken curry for us, but it didn’t taste that well. I didn’t feel like having
it, but Sourabh da offered me to have one and I had one piece but I didn’t
liked the taste. The gravy was too light. I was excited to see the rice pudding
in dessert with fruits in it and I relished that. Saikat didn’t have much for the fear of
acidity. Before dinner we both had Eno to get relief from the acidity problem.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">4<sup>th</sup> May 2022</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We woke up in the morning and
freshened up. We had set the alarm at 5.45 am and I would get up at
5.15 and 5.30 am. I freshened up and made tea in the electric kettle that was
provided by the hotel. I would wake up Saikat and we both would have tea and
freshened up and take our bath. We knocked everyone for breakfast.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We went to the restaurant and saw Debdutta da
had already finished his breakfast. He is a diabetic and it is not advisable
for him to be in empty stomach for long. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The breakfast spread had
cereals, bread, mango juice, masala omelette, paratha and aloo sabzi, bananas,
tea and coffee. I ate bananas and had juice. While we were
having breakfast, sourbah da joined us too and then came Bappa da and Tanwi.
While they were having breakfast, we went to the river side to click pictures.
We all sat there for quite sometime, as the driver came late. He was
supposed to come at 8 am but ultimately he came at 9 am and in the mean time Bappa
da called Haider to enquire about him. Only Bappa da’s BSNL sim was working
there. Rakesh finally came and he loaded the car with our luggages and oxygen
cylinders. We started our journey say at around 9.15 am for Leh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On our way, we stopped at the
nearby market place and asked Rakesh to load some water bottles as it was
mentioned in the package. Rakesh stopped near a shop and he called
Haider for this. He took almost 15-20 minute’s time . In the mean
time Debdutta da and I got down from the car and noticed one local Ladakhi girl and her brother working there as labourers and we both clicked pictures.
They were feeling shy and they kept hiding themselves from us. We somehow
managed to click their pictures. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then we noticed that suddenly
Rakesh vanished in thin air and another driver came in to drive us to Leh. His name was Zakir Hussain and he was Rakesh’s cousin and he was a café owner there. He was a
sober and decent guy, much better than Rakesh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now our next destination was Leh Leh is the capital and the largest city of the region
administered by India as a Union territory of Ladakh. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our journey to Leh started
and on the way we halted at a place called Khatri from where we had kawha and
local bakery biscuits. Sourabh da bought 6 local bakery biscuits and we had it
in the car later on. Then we halted at a Maitreya Monastery that had a large statue of Buddha.
We all clicked pictures there. Then we headed further East.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our next stop was at Fotu La
top, that is the highest point on the Leh and Srinagar road and it had an
altitude of 13479 feet. Fatu La is a mountain pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway in the Zanskar Range of the Himalayas . La means Pass or Mountain. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I wanted to go to the toilet and there were no
provisions of toilet there and the army people allowed the ladies to use
theirs and I did so. We stopped there for a while and Bappa da and Tanwi and Debdutta
da climbed a bit higher but I didn’t because of asthama problem and nor did Saikat
and Sourabh da.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our journey continued and our
next destination was famous <b>Lamayuru monastery</b>. It is a Tibetan buddist monastery in
lamayuru in Leh district, Ladakh. Lamayuru is known for its lunar landscape,
quaintly promoted as a moonscape for tourists. When we reached the monastery,
it was around 1 pm and we didn’t know that the ticket counters were closed from
1-1.30 for lunch. The driver told us to
have lunch down at the market, downhill, but we thought of not wasting the time for lunch
them and instead of that eat lunch at a restaurant, that was there - beside the
monastery. Everyone agreed and we ordered thukpa and momos - as it was a Tibetan
place and we thought of having Tibetan food. They don't serve any meat, so we
ordered egg thukpa and veg momos. Sourabh da was not satisfied with the service - since they didn’t serve any sauce with thukpa and momos although he asked number of times. It was finally given when our lunch is over.
Now after having lunch, we went to the ticket counter and bought
tickets. Sourabh da looked very tired. The ticket price was Rs 50 per
person. We bought tickets and went in. It
was like any other monastery and it had the statue of Buddha and also had old
paintings in it. It took 10-15 minutes to walk around the monastery and then we
came back and took the pictures of the young monks there. They were very jovial and
at the same time a bit shy too. We went to our car and Sourabh da wanted to
capture the picture of a beautiful black and white colour bird there and he did
and so did Saikat in his camera. Photography was restricted inside the
monastery. The whole area looked like Uchisar Castle, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">appadocia.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCAIYwpGzdOIR5a9ctz2jJkyOMWcXkaedLQYMdk_XcvKrZQtI_bVdc5T6C_SfL--t7nBq_rRsd4K6oL8L4Ih0-t704c6iW9v8WxuFJKWaOFoEEa47SEuIwVYWgOmiH33v9qKEvr1kmHZBnLyRFW2g4F86MmlIDeJ0gpNwb2e0-kCPVmi9KfUq8-Rkag/s3012/283401364_10227517706797958_6404462066865432506_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCAIYwpGzdOIR5a9ctz2jJkyOMWcXkaedLQYMdk_XcvKrZQtI_bVdc5T6C_SfL--t7nBq_rRsd4K6oL8L4Ih0-t704c6iW9v8WxuFJKWaOFoEEa47SEuIwVYWgOmiH33v9qKEvr1kmHZBnLyRFW2g4F86MmlIDeJ0gpNwb2e0-kCPVmi9KfUq8-Rkag/w640-h296/283401364_10227517706797958_6404462066865432506_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcvS5M07haLHxwjMGLn5W3wJ6etjHelQX2-RdaCCphByZLtVUZS36JToQoEMFuAZRNZfAcnqZWEsXVJJFBR07XmUn0TJom_55M42PnvFJ75lK5rJDU_Ht_AWL_nZM-bczuyjg-lY-mbcZA9qxJUPq4rUcdN6elBq9-u4cx5mBkC073oMW7qlATTE-iQ/s3012/283727366_10227517703397873_763033279768091382_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcvS5M07haLHxwjMGLn5W3wJ6etjHelQX2-RdaCCphByZLtVUZS36JToQoEMFuAZRNZfAcnqZWEsXVJJFBR07XmUn0TJom_55M42PnvFJ75lK5rJDU_Ht_AWL_nZM-bczuyjg-lY-mbcZA9qxJUPq4rUcdN6elBq9-u4cx5mBkC073oMW7qlATTE-iQ/w640-h296/283727366_10227517703397873_763033279768091382_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wGaz-LrnRzkNZwJsJYVchqJeGkAgt0JeV-TPvZxv-WbwHAxsz585O9nPD9kz3BaFQIhyHhAV6KzS0YbFw3VDsP_c-0fMuiAY4z-OPmibDQTf6phMuTEevNE3n3Y22UhvktEqhAbGa-qPmIbhfKKVzPVDxAFWMNKDalQncPLBtD_weaWuMOjyWnEu2g/s2048/283854107_10227517681197318_4962646928191778400_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wGaz-LrnRzkNZwJsJYVchqJeGkAgt0JeV-TPvZxv-WbwHAxsz585O9nPD9kz3BaFQIhyHhAV6KzS0YbFw3VDsP_c-0fMuiAY4z-OPmibDQTf6phMuTEevNE3n3Y22UhvktEqhAbGa-qPmIbhfKKVzPVDxAFWMNKDalQncPLBtD_weaWuMOjyWnEu2g/w640-h394/283854107_10227517681197318_4962646928191778400_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now we started our journey and
after a while the driver halted at a place called Khalsi for his lunch, which is downhill. The
restaurant where we halted looked impressive and they served north Indian
dishes and thalis and we regretted for not having lunch there, but it would have been too late
then. We preferred to have kahwa there but they didn't have kahwa and so we had
black tea. Now I went to see the local shops nearby and Saikat asked me not to go alone. Sourabh da did not get down from the car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Again we started our journey, after Zakir finished his lunch and our next stop was at the Magnetic hill or Gravity Hill. To the right of the hill is the Indus River. The layout of the hill creates an optical illusion of a hill. The vehicle would move automatically in the reverse direction due to the magnetic property and the driver demonstrated it to us - since we asked him to show it. We later learnt that this is actually an optical illusion. Saikat and I went down to take pictures and I took his picture standing near the bikes there. You can hire ATV motorcycle to go to the mountains.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz0BT9cMJCqygSUSLoICamn_FrLPceHDHwy-4l-W1HFFOhEdRT9f_j6pWx2nDZPsHKyRI0_fSDa6If-kmmsNXNTgNlzYYNRAjVbySYUNRdLwZwjlkh1h4_kXExT360oG7jNNgvrz21Kmo9p28MzO4Lx6_YsOyQDlYfk7ldn8QLk998Mohj5ez4RTuwg/s3012/283896178_10227517718278245_5238932934452343766_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="3012" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz0BT9cMJCqygSUSLoICamn_FrLPceHDHwy-4l-W1HFFOhEdRT9f_j6pWx2nDZPsHKyRI0_fSDa6If-kmmsNXNTgNlzYYNRAjVbySYUNRdLwZwjlkh1h4_kXExT360oG7jNNgvrz21Kmo9p28MzO4Lx6_YsOyQDlYfk7ldn8QLk998Mohj5ez4RTuwg/w640-h296/283896178_10227517718278245_5238932934452343766_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Then we stopped at Sangam Confluence at Nimmu. The confluence is located at Nimmu on Leh-Srinagar highway, it is the confluence of Indus (Sindhu) and Zanskar rivers. Zanskar river coming from Zanskar valley of Union Territory of Ladakh, meets the Indus river at Nimmu and offers a spectacular view to the visitors. Indus is the lifeline of Ladakh which irrigates the dry land of the valley. It is possible to do rafting here.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEaJB9twmJHcZw0lyEnt5E_7IZ5-QvUoKrczwP7jeB9tD6cyGH4rYap9LasHZaQ1ZJevfvbcA_BUpJzYmoJTOZ_u1sCaATE6mRvmoCRcw_Xf-AG5qv2Q5tKApxL7K1jIm8l5-Q5w-r5WCuHoag6U9FO1--caoOjaFSDeIriFUj8m1gmdCrQkrYD-wkw/s2048/283784991_10227517717118216_643279982291016132_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEaJB9twmJHcZw0lyEnt5E_7IZ5-QvUoKrczwP7jeB9tD6cyGH4rYap9LasHZaQ1ZJevfvbcA_BUpJzYmoJTOZ_u1sCaATE6mRvmoCRcw_Xf-AG5qv2Q5tKApxL7K1jIm8l5-Q5w-r5WCuHoag6U9FO1--caoOjaFSDeIriFUj8m1gmdCrQkrYD-wkw/w504-h640/283784991_10227517717118216_643279982291016132_n.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBgSdjdB52FCVyb5soBWls3Mp2JmjtGm2BrrLt1_Eg076nsUxwA5A9h8Y3rJdPWwQj8xOqJmfvu2csF3JawEafVYbaGMZ_o1hfPT80Ooy4u_5nCoySPSdtx_vB28hyQYV9QtX8OiulCSDskzGjGp0aSZLd1pvdU0T1YbH6Nm4EiwjuTnrjjjDbQZnnw/s3017/283439232_10227517698437749_1077234920886446365_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBgSdjdB52FCVyb5soBWls3Mp2JmjtGm2BrrLt1_Eg076nsUxwA5A9h8Y3rJdPWwQj8xOqJmfvu2csF3JawEafVYbaGMZ_o1hfPT80Ooy4u_5nCoySPSdtx_vB28hyQYV9QtX8OiulCSDskzGjGp0aSZLd1pvdU0T1YbH6Nm4EiwjuTnrjjjDbQZnnw/w640-h294/283439232_10227517698437749_1077234920886446365_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWNbTsadTrO0nHG_mPmNoFnjMTwZe9M9j8mt-NDr-h-msQYLB8CE6Yyv94Ow09DqyogAERjt0iJO2nVAqe3zb8VrsrzpfpsJhNpiKR4oZw7CsCKB-ClYbLV3V2baOHiACbnb_HALcq8arHPvTG_UKnhhQVPDBIZEolqkML_xJfKg4AQ3rvFAFzf_Gzg/s3017/283476911_10227517683957387_6485040537880534144_n%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWNbTsadTrO0nHG_mPmNoFnjMTwZe9M9j8mt-NDr-h-msQYLB8CE6Yyv94Ow09DqyogAERjt0iJO2nVAqe3zb8VrsrzpfpsJhNpiKR4oZw7CsCKB-ClYbLV3V2baOHiACbnb_HALcq8arHPvTG_UKnhhQVPDBIZEolqkML_xJfKg4AQ3rvFAFzf_Gzg/w640-h294/283476911_10227517683957387_6485040537880534144_n%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On the way we saw a place called Lunar landscape or Moon land. It looks like lunar landscape and thus the name.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv6gabADpXO7qmCERJgtLqjzqo3h9mTfqEJdJd5VVQTDHzvucpMj9Vyr-k_ngho0Bw0z8XduDltsCPN-ddmR1BNKCBTk3FtVx4G6b8ITSxKBvZnVqJlKqH6voOxiBU6iNaViAGoVMcCDCz6IHF7_RoihnrSQ23BiDGOdMatPlOZ20Z7PxzPEcDQxncg/s3017/283411140_10227517684837409_2191107138704981324_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="3017" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv6gabADpXO7qmCERJgtLqjzqo3h9mTfqEJdJd5VVQTDHzvucpMj9Vyr-k_ngho0Bw0z8XduDltsCPN-ddmR1BNKCBTk3FtVx4G6b8ITSxKBvZnVqJlKqH6voOxiBU6iNaViAGoVMcCDCz6IHF7_RoihnrSQ23BiDGOdMatPlOZ20Z7PxzPEcDQxncg/w640-h294/283411140_10227517684837409_2191107138704981324_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We then halted at Gurudwara Pathar sahib and except Debdutta da, no one went inside. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gurudwara pathar sahib, is one of the most revered place where Guru Nanak , founder of the Sikh religion, is believed
to have conquered a demon. Once Guru Nanak was meditating at this place and
a demon had thrown a big rock to stop his prayers, but the boulder was turned
into a soft wax - and failed to harm him. Seeing this the demon asked for penance
for his deed and Guru Nanak forgave him. The boulder with the imprint of the
body of Guru Nanak and the footprint of the demon is on display in Gurudwara pathar sahib and we had tea and Parle G biscuits there, free of cost.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We again started our journey. We reached Leh in the evening at around 6
pm or so. We checked in to hotel - The Leh. The hotel was really very nice and
they welcomed us by welcome drinks. They served us tea at the reception. We all had milked
tea then. The tea tasted well. After went to our rooms [201, 202, and
203]. Our was room no. 203. We checked in and then Tanwi and I went to the local shops near the hotel and we bought some Tibetan jewellery, I
bought one bracelet and earring for myself. After around 45 minutes Saikat
joined us. We then went to the Leh
market and Saikat bought his much awaited mask at Rs 3800 - the famous mahakal mask and some prayer flag for his friends. The mask was really
impressive. Tanwi bought one T shirt for herself from the same shop. It had
many other Tibetan souvenirs and artifacts - as such most of them were
impressive. Saikat searched for
liquor but he couldn’t find any. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We came back to the hotel,
freshened up and had dinner. In the mean time, we got to know that Sourabh da
was not feeling well and his Oxygen saturation level had fallen down to 73 and he took
rest in his room. We all were worried, he was been provided with oxygen from
the cylinder. He slept in his room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We went to the restaurant to
have dinner. The spread was nice and it had chapattis, veg pulao, dal, mixed
veg, paneer capsicum, mushroom masala and gulab jamun for desert along with
salad and papad. They also served soup and chicken curry. Dinner was served to Sourabh da in his room - but later we came to know that he hardly ate, as he was not feeling well. In fact he took some Oxygen late at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">5<sup>th</sup> May 2022</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now the next day we got up
and freshened up and went to Sourabh da’s room to check his condition and his
oxygen level was around 76, even though he said that he was feeling better.
We all decided that it won’t be advisable to take him to the high altitude and
it is better that he should go back to Delhi or else
his health might deteriorate.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bappa da
suggested that he can stay back with Sourabh da, but Sourbah da didn’t want to
spoil anyone’s trip. So he asked to book his tickets for Delhi and if he felt
better he would go to Shekhawati region in Rajasthan. We were all stunned seeing Sourabh da’s confidence , but after all he is Sourabh da, a very passionate traveler.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Saikat booked tickets for
Sourabh da by Air India flight from Leh to Delhi at a quite reasonable rate. Sourabh
da looked depressed as he couldn’t complete the trip with us and so were we,
but health comes first. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I made tea for Sourabh da and
gave bourbon biscuit to him that I had with me. Bappa da took Sourabh da to the doctor in Government hospital and give him medicines. We were told the Government hospital is quite impressive. T</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">he doctor gave him medicines, deraphylin injection and
oxygen and his Oxygen level reached 99 after 30 minutes. They came back to the hotel and Sourabh
da had breakfast and seeing the bread, he asked whether there is salaami in it </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. In the meantime Sourabh da called his wife Mohua di
but she didn’t picked up the call and then he asked me to try from my phone and
I did, but she didn’t picked up. After sometime she ranged me back and I
handed over the phone to Sourabh da.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then we all said goodbye to Sourabh
da as he headed towards the airport. Bappa da went to drop him and we waited
for Bappa da to come back. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I (yours truly) safely landed in Delhi and went to straight to my friend's house in CR Park. I took airport express Metro and finally got down at Nehru Place. From there I took an auto rickshaw to reach CR Park. Jaideep had reconstructed their house in CR Park. The builder gave them 3 floors of around 1200 Sq ft and the builder kept one flat for him, which was eventually sold for Rs 2.25 Crores or Rs 22.5 Million !! New Delhi has allowed the buildings in CR Park to be made 4 storied. So everybody is doing that in CR Park. There is construction going on all over the place.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I had lunch with them and and met his parents after a long time. In the evening I went to see the markets in CR Park, Kalibari - all the places where I used to go between 1999-2002, when I was working in a Central Govt Co. It has changed a lot. The markets are not recognizable any more. I had to rush back to their house to have dinner with them. Jaideep mostly work from his house (WFH) and his work starts from afternoon till late at night. He has to visit his office once or twice a week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">6th May 2022</span></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">I had breakfast with them and went to Maholla clinic started by Arvind Kejriwal Govt in front of DDA Flat 56 Block, CR Park - where I used to stay, to check my Oxygen level, BP etc. Everything was normal. I was quite impressed with the Maholla clinic. They gave me medicines too - all without any charges. I went to Market 3 and met Mej-da who used to run a street side snacks stall in front of our 56 Block. Now he has bought a shop in Market no. 3. He is doing quite well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">Then I went to Jaideep's house to have lunch. Then I bought night bus tickets to go to Nawalgarh from Delhi. I used Redbus.com website to buy the ticket. I took the bus at 2100 hours from Delhi Cantonment area. The bus is not very good. Since Didi went to Nawalgarh last month, so she gave me the contact number of Sandeep Sharma - One of the most famous guides of Nawalgarh (</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><a class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+919828337483" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+919828337483)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">+91 98283 37483</span></a> / +91 70141 75289</b></span>)<span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">. He arranged for a budget homestay in Nawlagarh - DS Bungalow. The bus passes by Sikar. Some people got down at Sikar. Later I learnt my South Korean friend, Kim Min Young's husband teaches at Sikar. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7th May 2022</span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Since I reached very early in the morning, Sandeep Sharma told me to come to Podar Gate or Poddar Gate in Nawalgarh - where he was waiting for me. It was around 0600 hours ! Everybody seems to know him. He opened the gate of a Haveli - Morarka Haveli. The key was with him. He told me to wait there till somebody comes to pick me up from a homestay - DS Bungalow. At this hour no homestay would allow me to check in. He is really a nice and helpful person. Without his help, I would have been in deep trouble. Somebody came to pick me up at around 9 am from the guest house with his bike. The homestay is owned by Bunty. Because of Covid they have suffered a lot. It was recommended by French, Israeli and Korean Travel guide. So many foreigners stay here. But no foreigners came here in last 2 years. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ib-iSRSkuOTSvCbLRykXKtElSwrCCLZyiUnSB5nUgCla2vAcaWcdz6dWk08n8PHH31t1xoLk0aZknyj7R5R74LwNRkhfDRsD3-9Inbv0NhofVYlCSO8YPtoRpX9cZXbXKHtZJdKCUK4jWdXJjgj9h6tIBsHLrpotaMdVSuKObIgNL9ahNeYnNEREZQ/s2048/287067726_10227632418425677_4895090168058451438_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ib-iSRSkuOTSvCbLRykXKtElSwrCCLZyiUnSB5nUgCla2vAcaWcdz6dWk08n8PHH31t1xoLk0aZknyj7R5R74LwNRkhfDRsD3-9Inbv0NhofVYlCSO8YPtoRpX9cZXbXKHtZJdKCUK4jWdXJjgj9h6tIBsHLrpotaMdVSuKObIgNL9ahNeYnNEREZQ/w640-h480/287067726_10227632418425677_4895090168058451438_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCDw0t8nbc29ld-rckG5ApCLh30kGJcOrsxB-gS8_0UL8pga74dvr8KYM7u2dovKYpKze-JaAkp5b-H6fpu6iUFAU-KyO0BRPNCn02lhnIXfzkrB2-pWI67cw6Gpf_LgtTWWzK0MmcnbelXYCTn1rJz1zBqni9XmzFiAjvkbhf6xN_JGl4G0sE7kUhg/s2048/287117494_10227632417665658_6887276783160645323_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCDw0t8nbc29ld-rckG5ApCLh30kGJcOrsxB-gS8_0UL8pga74dvr8KYM7u2dovKYpKze-JaAkp5b-H6fpu6iUFAU-KyO0BRPNCn02lhnIXfzkrB2-pWI67cw6Gpf_LgtTWWzK0MmcnbelXYCTn1rJz1zBqni9XmzFiAjvkbhf6xN_JGl4G0sE7kUhg/w640-h480/287117494_10227632417665658_6887276783160645323_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had Chanch (Salty Lassi),
Roti and Achar as breakfast. They served tea too. After taking some rest, I
left for exploring the havelis by foot. I took a shared auto to reach a place
near Poddar Haveli.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know Sekhawati</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The semi arid region of North Eastern Rajasthan (erstwhile Rajputana) is
known as Shekhawati. The territory derives her name from the Shekhawat Rajput
clan scion Maha Rao Shekha Ji, who established his rule in the 15th Century. After him , his offspring flourished the land with
different forms of art and culture for centuries, thus it is called
Shekhawati (The garden of Rao Shekha).</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Shekhawati includes <b>whole</b> of Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts, along with parts of Churu, Jaipur, Alwar & Nagaur. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">Shekhawati has the
greatest concentration of painted forts, chhatris (cenotaphs), temples and
havelis (mansions) in the country. In fact, this is also the largest collection
of murals in India.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The earlier frescoes
in this colourful fantasy world were financed by the Shekhawat Rajputs and
later the wealthy business class of the Marwar region – the marwaris –
patronized the art. Apart from adding vitality to the flat landscape, the
frescoes are an interesting documentation of the history of the region. Some
of the flourishing towns were <b>Nawalgarh, Mandawa, Sikar, Ramgarh,
Fatehpur, Lachhmangarh, Churu, , Jhunjhunu.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although the idea of
frescoes might have been imported from the Mughals, it reached a completely
new form in the hands of the artists of Shekhawati, where the West fuses with
the East and <b>mythology</b> is at peace with <b>cars, aeroplanes and balloons. I learnt that the artist at that point of time never saw a train. So they had to go outside Sekhawati to see how a train looks like, before drawing.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the reign of Rajputs, came the British. The latter patronized
their own kind of trade which required the marwaris to rush to fresh pastures
like Calcutta and Bombay. <b>Thus the beautiful Shekhawati towns gradually came to
be abandoned.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It is only in the last two decades that the Shekhawati region
acquired a fillip, with its art being the central focus and the children of
the house of Maharao Shekha Ji are now back, opening their dusty family castles
and turning them into hotels.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Many of the
famous businessmen in India are from Shekhawati.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source : <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/536783269472198693"><span color="windowtext">https://www.shekhawati.in/about-shekhawati/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: red;"><b>Nawalgarh and
Mandawa are probably the most famous one - where tourists visit. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The crown jewel of Shekhawati - Nawalgarh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nawalgarh is located 100 km away from
Jaipur and is the first town of repute as you enter Shekhawati from Sikar
road. Located midway between Jhunjhunu and Sikar towns, Nawalgarh is the crown
jewel of the Shekhawati region. It was also the hometown of some of India’s
biggest industrialists’ families and thus had the most ostentatiously painted
mansions. However very few of them were in very well preserved condition and a few of them were
professionally run as Hotels.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Founded by a Thakur Nawal Singh Bahadur in 1737 AD, Nawalgarh was a
fortified town with high walls which had been surmounted by 4 gates or Pols.
Iron gates made these entrances nearly impenetrable and the Bala Kila Fort
occupied the center of the town. Fatehgarh Fort stood outside it and the
well-laid-out lanes were interspersed with markets and havelis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Traditional havelis in India were typically built around a courtyard and different parts of the haveli were designated for different activities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since the purdah system in those times was observed strictly, a zenana (ladies
section) was built specifically for the women folk. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Men would discuss important
matters of business in the guest rooms or baithaks. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The havelis adorn fresco
paintings of Hindu deities, animals, British and Indian rulers and interesting
historical instances. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The 3 types of Fresco art that you’ll majorly see in
these parts are : decorative, descriptive and portraits. </b>Wooden doors and windows
feature vibrant images of animals, flora and geometrical patterns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anandi Lal Poddar
Haveli </span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Poddar
Haveli is one of the finest that Nawalgarh had to offer. An excellently
restored haveli - famous for its intricate frescoes. It houses the Dr
Ramnath A. Poddar Haveli </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/museum"><span color="windowtext">Museum</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> which was
originally built in 1920. This is one of the few havelis in Shekhawati that
have been restored to its original glory. The murals include scenes from the
life of Krishna along with more modern subjects including steam trains. The
haveli also houses a small series of exhibits showcasing various aspects of
Rajasthani life. For a small ticket, you are taken around on a guided tour
by Sunil Ji who is passionate about showing the Rajasthani culture. I had a long chat with him. Sandip ji has told me about him.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;">Do not miss this video, where Sunil ji explains everything very nicely.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLOm5XXRfd1ULXtWL_2roYEIliTrwwx9iHE2PtlqYIC6W-ecflzXqRBxGSDSdBd12LfEJjZ8l-WLm5cGPKRTk2NYhb6ze1kmVhVMqVDQY8V-8S3TmzG52mh4xNJl4j9N2bcj7yBCRPQ9QgLFzNxH1LBf3gtmLg-VZfFF4SXvOvSoi-grWB7XVs7lnWA/s2048/281795446_10227482470837081_4924797217118882715_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="946" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLOm5XXRfd1ULXtWL_2roYEIliTrwwx9iHE2PtlqYIC6W-ecflzXqRBxGSDSdBd12LfEJjZ8l-WLm5cGPKRTk2NYhb6ze1kmVhVMqVDQY8V-8S3TmzG52mh4xNJl4j9N2bcj7yBCRPQ9QgLFzNxH1LBf3gtmLg-VZfFF4SXvOvSoi-grWB7XVs7lnWA/w296-h640/281795446_10227482470837081_4924797217118882715_n.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g49j5qXxBTM&t=100s" style="background-color: #01ffff;">https://www.youtube.com</a><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">It’s 750 paintings are well preserved and documented. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.3pt; margin-bottom: 11.7pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 20.1pt; margin: 20.1pt 0in 11.7pt; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Cultural Museum :</u> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The upper rooms of the
Haveli have been converted into a museum showcasing different cultural aspects
of Rajasthan like:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bridal dresses of
different communities of Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Head gears of different
communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Models of famous forts
of Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Different miniature
painting styles of Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Handicrafts of the
desert state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Musical Instruments of
the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gems & Jewellery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Festivals of
Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gandhi Room duly
reminds you of the roots of these Havelis during the Indian Independence
movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.3pt; margin-bottom: 11.7pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 20.1pt; margin: 20.1pt 0in 11.7pt; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Paintings :</u> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some of the painting
series you should not miss at Poddar Haveli are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jayadeva’s Geeta
Govinda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10 Mahavidya painted
in chambers around Baithak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lakshmi on top of the
Baithak door.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mahabharata Chaupar
game painting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">False windows that
create symmetry, with people peeping through them as if they are wondering –
who is this visitor in our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Festival of Gangaur
with all its details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A long stream engine
driven rail along with a scene depicting the construction of the railway line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A portrait of British
as well as Indian traders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Large portraits of the
contemporary elite on the outer walls.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 53.6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWASqSe0HNiBunL_obwMFJTLPK0yXKDMBk0iYU6PoPpk5n4Kr7O0KHdXrhD1U1HkpBuCM-PNKJfp5QkrVR1ZdKUBF6SGoASRi20ROa8mwrcQDkhu60PA7uvPjjwS50255aL9CpKXAqdHqnWKi_yo9VnjVBjEJGL4o47-z2tBBjlVOoFfPvWxOcl7VVXw/s2048/281864153_10227482433956159_8106591849770301600_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWASqSe0HNiBunL_obwMFJTLPK0yXKDMBk0iYU6PoPpk5n4Kr7O0KHdXrhD1U1HkpBuCM-PNKJfp5QkrVR1ZdKUBF6SGoASRi20ROa8mwrcQDkhu60PA7uvPjjwS50255aL9CpKXAqdHqnWKi_yo9VnjVBjEJGL4o47-z2tBBjlVOoFfPvWxOcl7VVXw/w640-h296/281864153_10227482433956159_8106591849770301600_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mbi-4v139UovXt9JhPkuHxBqUqZ8y64oBNdY0GV6f4e3Ufunu-g27JW2Ttv9lcvnG3V6U29nklXaLkDMu2VYeEm3NbSTeoUVRiZYYTqAk6TFGJWMLWpfJQAbObLnj5Kd02Ld9jGyXly4dyRflS6PhHMQoXHSS_iz3mcs7VNMk6JcMqKSOiKioE0vTg/s2048/281765564_10227482432036111_6389004855959536087_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mbi-4v139UovXt9JhPkuHxBqUqZ8y64oBNdY0GV6f4e3Ufunu-g27JW2Ttv9lcvnG3V6U29nklXaLkDMu2VYeEm3NbSTeoUVRiZYYTqAk6TFGJWMLWpfJQAbObLnj5Kd02Ld9jGyXly4dyRflS6PhHMQoXHSS_iz3mcs7VNMk6JcMqKSOiKioE0vTg/w640-h296/281765564_10227482432036111_6389004855959536087_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 25.1pt; margin-bottom: 14.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 22.6pt; margin: 22.6pt 0in 14.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Other Havelis in
Nawalgarh :</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><i>Moraka Haveli </i></b><span style="background: white;">- Its principal
courtyard has murals of Shiva, Parvati and Krishna, and a </span><i>baithak</i><span style="background: white;"> (a lounge or sitting place) in traditional
Rajasthani style. The door leading to the inner courtyard is a fine work of
art. It is in front of Poddar Haveli.</span><br />
<br />
<b><i>Bhagton ki Choti Haveli </i></b><span style="background: white;">-
Located near the market, this </span><i>haveli</i><span style="background: white;"> boasts of a different and varied selection of murals, including a
European-style angel and Queen Victoria, and there is Krishna and Radha on a
swing. There is one painting of seven women in the shape of an elephant.</span><br />
<br />
<b><i>Aath Haveli Complex </i></b><span style="background: white;">- An
eight </span><i>havelis</i><span style="background: white;"> complex,
although only six of them were completed, here are some of the finest murals in
a range of styles in Shekhawati. The Muraka Haveli has a richly painted
exterior, with elephants, horses and a pair of fine blue carriages plus
miniatures showing scenes from the life of Krishna. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Other havelis of note are Khedwal Haveli, Kulwal
Haveli, Surajmal Chhauchharia Haveli, Pannalal Mansingka Haveli, Khokhani
Haveli and the Jodhraj Patodia Double Haveli. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white;">The Krishna Temple here dates
from the 18th century and has some delicate </span><i>chhatris</i><span style="background: white;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I saw most of these havelis walking and explored the town.<br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">There is a wide range of accommodation available
for all budgets in Nawalgarh. In the afternoon I left for Roop Niwas
Kothi, where my sister stayed few months back. It is at the end of the
Nawalgarh. It is managed by the royals of Nawalgarh - is a luxurious hotel where
you can unwind and experience Rajasthani hospitality at its best. The lush
surroundings of the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.6667px;">Roop Niwas </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">Kothi, a beautiful esplanade, and an inviting pool make
this Kothi is an ideal homestay for visitors. If you’re interested in horse,
don’t look any further. In the afternoon there is a horse show. For residents it is free of cost. Roop Niwas Kothi is one of the oldest hotels that offer
an authentic horse riding experience. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyD-9mrhvu2pd53EdXdWPuY3yv7Se-1pJ1_fBOWkFnwZcfTQmCB-F5KQwrkqiXCZRXLY4VtrlNi-4wm8asfuuKhDFJTQflG4OIKEiIOUVabpJBV6vNBIUhBYjiA61WxeWrRt_1GLlAB5-kAsCRlaU9sEUf8psFNEd1rXgQp4swVWYqVEkqV2WoDNKjPA/s2048/281537902_10227482445116438_1601579734740948970_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyD-9mrhvu2pd53EdXdWPuY3yv7Se-1pJ1_fBOWkFnwZcfTQmCB-F5KQwrkqiXCZRXLY4VtrlNi-4wm8asfuuKhDFJTQflG4OIKEiIOUVabpJBV6vNBIUhBYjiA61WxeWrRt_1GLlAB5-kAsCRlaU9sEUf8psFNEd1rXgQp4swVWYqVEkqV2WoDNKjPA/w640-h296/281537902_10227482445116438_1601579734740948970_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">https://www.redcoral.in/artistic-nawalgarh-treats/</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/Nawalgarh/Nawalgarh/ps56498789.cms</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">http://www.maverickbird.com/india/the-crown-jewel-of-nawalgarh/</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;">I had upset stomach, so I had dinner at my homestay after coming back from Roop Niwas Kothi.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">8th May 2022</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today after breakfast I left for
Mandawa by local bus. Apparently the only direct bus left for
Mandawa, before I reached the bus stop . I had to change one bus at Mukandgarh to reach
Mandawa. It is around 28 Km from Nawalgarh and took more than 1 hour to
reach. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">The town of Mandawa evolved as a
trading outpost on the ancient trade route between China and the Middle East in
the 18th century. The ruler of Nawalgarh, Thakur Nawal Singh built a fort here
to protect the town. Over time, this village attracted a large number of
merchants who travelled the Silk Road. They ended up building beautiful homes
and turned a trading town into a settlement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">After reaching Mandawa I met a guide,
Abhishek (</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/536783269472198693"><span color="windowtext" style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">+91 88904 08310</span></a>)<span style="background: white;"> who charged less than what he normally charges (i.e. Rs 200) to show most of the places
in Mandawa. At the end of tour he took me to a shop where I bought one 'throw' for my bed. Mandawa is a popular place for shooting. The shooting of PK took
place here. They showed me the exact location. Since it is less crowded
compared to Nawalgarh, probably it is a better place for shooting. Without a guide you will have problem in locating all the havelis - since maps are not available.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">The places to see in Mandawa are :</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">1. </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">Mandawa fort or castle</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"> is one of the
prime attractions of Mandawa. Mandawa fort was built in 1755 AD by Thakur Nawal
Singh who was the first descendant of Shekhawati region. The Mandawa fort has
now has been converted in to a heritage hotel where tourist can stay and enjoy
the sheer luxury experience of Rajasthani culture and heritage. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK28mXWU3MrA-sXjuY9LPc4DJJJvcqsgsl0IsMUdt2obhfxsvKGa_ESv2XjfqCylN6DxKGeWxgQ5uuKktEYbIokPgeazw5288RqmexqRwXjCXc-3WhlJNsNN6U3OpGxqQztGme8Ef2AaLGqSFODCVRkO1vXpSAi7zdUlI4AT_Kln8uv6i0A3lIty8fKQ/s2048/282559387_10227487500042808_1774307109834548856_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK28mXWU3MrA-sXjuY9LPc4DJJJvcqsgsl0IsMUdt2obhfxsvKGa_ESv2XjfqCylN6DxKGeWxgQ5uuKktEYbIokPgeazw5288RqmexqRwXjCXc-3WhlJNsNN6U3OpGxqQztGme8Ef2AaLGqSFODCVRkO1vXpSAi7zdUlI4AT_Kln8uv6i0A3lIty8fKQ/w640-h296/282559387_10227487500042808_1774307109834548856_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<b> The Hanuman Prasad Goenka Haveli<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Hanuman
Prasad Goenka presented a true example of Rajasthani art work and heritage.
This haveli was built by the famous business family “Goenka” in the 19<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">th</span> century. This beautiful haveli consists of beautiful painting, carvings, arches, pillars and courtyards. Here you will
find the beautiful paintings of Lord Shiva sitting on Bull , Lord Indra is
sitting on the elephant and many other mythological characters. This haveli is having special courtyards, spacious rooms and walls
painted with frescoes. This is one of the prime attraction of Mandawa town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Saraf
Haveli</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Mohanlal
Saraf Haveli Mandawa is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Mandawa.
This haveli was built in 18<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">th</span> century. In Mohanlal Saraf Haveli you will visit
beautifully carved archways, intricate designing beautifully carved windows
showcasing a vintage charm of Rajputana era. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Gulab Rai Ladia Haveli</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Gulab Rai
Ladia Haveli is one of the most famous palatial <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6488910512367311524/536783269472198693"><span color="windowtext" style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">haveli of
Mandawa</span></span></a></span></b>. This is a perfect example of art,
architecture and heritage of Rajput rules. The main attraction of this haveli
is wooden carved gates and latticed windows. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Murmuria Haveli</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Murmuria
Haveli is one among the top attraction of Mandawa Town. This unique haveli
built by the traders of this town during 18<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">th</span> century. This
haveli is famous for depicting the beautiful paintings, ancient sculptures of
gods and goddesses along with freedom fighters and political leaders. The
beautiful paintings includes the paintings of cars. George V, Jawahar lal Nehru
sitting on horse and lord Krishna with his cows. You will also see a long
painting of train, where a crow is flying on the top of train engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The Chokhani Double Haveli</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Chokhani Double
Haveli was built by the famous chokhani family who was the rich merchants of
that time. This double story haveli built in 1910 by the two brothers of
Chokhani merchant family. This beautiful house built in two different wings - housing paintings of British soldiers, Lord Krishna, cars, Peacock, wrestling
scenes, hunting and Rajasthani traditions. <b>When I visited this place</b>,restoration work was going on in one of the havelis. Other haveli was not
resorted by the other brother. So they are a study in contrast. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU_HSzmlXqxGrwypm01SF1UVRiuNvI5E8tKcigFgZce7vQriPpglgEF26wsCDPZBcU510Wf1-sUGnIFnXK5Sa_fWVcltappLnKcDH3OWedyfHRYGcbdJyAEF3Lry6_MyNmyktRIv2JmV8vju5egyE-qpj8vMT7RTxRLuGr3k6PfmEyAypv-52UcfTkQ/s2048/281984896_10227487511883104_8384539017012510895_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU_HSzmlXqxGrwypm01SF1UVRiuNvI5E8tKcigFgZce7vQriPpglgEF26wsCDPZBcU510Wf1-sUGnIFnXK5Sa_fWVcltappLnKcDH3OWedyfHRYGcbdJyAEF3Lry6_MyNmyktRIv2JmV8vju5egyE-qpj8vMT7RTxRLuGr3k6PfmEyAypv-52UcfTkQ/w640-h296/281984896_10227487511883104_8384539017012510895_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(<b>Source</b> :https://www.samedaytours.in/blog/top-things-to-do-in-mandawa-tour/)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mandawa is relatively
smaller placed compared to Nawalgarh and takes lesser time to visit. But if you are on your own, you may miss many havelis - unless you have lot of time in hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Again I took a bus to
go back to Nawalgarh and reached before evening. I did some birding at the backyard of Bunty's house. If you are scared of dogs, then you have to be bit careful to stay in this haveli. After having my dinner, I took
the night bus to reach Delhi. Bunty's son dropped me at the bus stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">9th May 2022</span></span></span></b></p></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span face="open sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.6667px;">In the morning I reached Delhi and reached Jaipdeep's house by Metro. After having lunch I left for Delhi airport to catch flight to Kolkata. There I met Bappada, who has returned from Ladakh.</span></span></span></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-66357920671075361602022-04-26T13:20:00.074+05:302022-09-01T17:30:55.629+05:30<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span style="color: red;">Bandipur and Nagarhole jungle safari <span style="background-color: white;">- short</span><span> Tour Diary</span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe;">14/04/22 </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; text-align: justify;">: CCU (Kolkata) </span><span style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>></b></span><span style="color: #202122;"> Bangalore - reached at 0810 hrs </span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe; text-align: justify;">></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: justify;"> Bandipur </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; text-align: justify;"><b>(By 13 - seater </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; text-align: justify;"><b> Tempo Traveller – Rs 25,000 for 4 days)</b></span><b style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></b><b style="color: #202122; text-align: justify;">- </b><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Sleep at </b><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bandipur</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><b> Evening</b></span></span><b> safari at Bandipur at 1530 hrs (time taken to reach is 5.30 hours )</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;"> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe;">15/04</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">: </span><span style="color: #202122;"> </span><b style="color: #202122;"> Bandipur (Morning) and left for Nagarhole (2 hours away) for </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">Evening Safari - </b><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Sleep at </b><b style="background-color: transparent;">Nagarhole</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe;">16/04</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"> : </span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;"><b>Nagarhole</b> (Morning - 600 hours ) and </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">Zone 4 (Evening 1500 hours) - </b></span><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Sleep </span></b></span><b style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">at </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">Nagarhole</b></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe;">17/04/22</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"> </span> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">: </span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><b>Nagarhole</b> (Morning - 600 hours )</b> : </b><b style="color: #ff00fe;">></b><span style="color: #202122;"> Bangalore airport (boarded plane at 2000 hrs)</span><span style="color: #202122;"> </span><b style="color: #ff00fe;">></b><span style="color: #202122;"> CCU</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">14<sup>th </sup>April 2022</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are a group of 9 people. Mohua will join us from N
Delhi (where she went for official work). Didi, Anindya, Sheta and Rai will join us
from Bangalore itself. They went to Bangalore on 13.04.22. Sovon, Arun, Sanjit
da and I left for airport (CCU), early morning by Uber .
We reached airport in 35 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX3tNDOsvZbB0qDgwWpTMxZpVMF0t1OeA72kk5TF3vXTg1zFiel7SeyPJDg46vFr6d2zv6eC0kK2pCNVkXoxx9ANMKW7D-wjE0diZasTfAERUhcm8jNkSUrZBi4VEKLx-QUvO6mgv1-KntLcbJz4wOHFoJlN3ugq9oCuE97VUYb7gaFWNgsojo6x-Xw/s1728/278800875_10227347952474206_1292021496283874787_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX3tNDOsvZbB0qDgwWpTMxZpVMF0t1OeA72kk5TF3vXTg1zFiel7SeyPJDg46vFr6d2zv6eC0kK2pCNVkXoxx9ANMKW7D-wjE0diZasTfAERUhcm8jNkSUrZBi4VEKLx-QUvO6mgv1-KntLcbJz4wOHFoJlN3ugq9oCuE97VUYb7gaFWNgsojo6x-Xw/w640-h480/278800875_10227347952474206_1292021496283874787_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However there was a crisis on 12.04.22. We were supposed to use Gozocab for our tour. But Gozocab
informed us they could not arrange Tata Winger for us, due to huge rush. So at
the last moment Anindya arranged a Winger, but we had to pay more. Our
starting point is near Bangalore University campus, where Anindya is staying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the airport we reached the Bangalore University
campus by a car provided by Gozocab. For that we paid Rs 1100. Mohua and Didi
reached in time. We left at around 1000 am . We had to reach the Bandipur resort
(Jungle Lodge and Resorts Ltd <b>or JLR</b> - <b>owned by Govt of Karnataka</b>) before last safari
car leaves. We reached at around 3.30 pm. Strangely you cannot check in to their resort before
1 pm ! So you have to wait if you reach early. We had to skip the lunch and kept our luggage in the Tata Winger, because
there is no time for check in. Since we were 9 people, one full safari car was
allocated to us. The entry point is around 10 km from our resort. It rained
heavily after we reached the forest. Therefore it was difficult to take
pictures. We saw a Tiger, but could not take any picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the Safari we came back to our resort and had
some snacks. I went to see a documentary on Dhole (wild dog) in an auditorium
inside the resort. The food served in the dinner was sumptuous. But it is very
expensive. We paid Rs 12,036/- for 1 day - Viceroy package for 2 people. If you
have extra person (Didi stayed in our room) , then you have to pay at the
counter. There is no need to pay for the extra person. In all the rooms, there is enough place to accommodate another person. So 3 people can easily stay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both Bandipur and Nagarahole are
easily accessible by road, between 60 and 70 kilometres from Mysore, and around
210-225 kilometres from Bengaluru. Both forests
are part of the Nilgiri Biosphere reserve and are divided by the Kabini River,
which flows through the forest. Both the forests of Bandipur and Nagarahole
were famous hunting grounds for the Maharaja of Mysore, which was then
converted into Tiger Reserves. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kabini is an area in the south of the
Nagarahole Tiger Reserve and National Park. Because of the Kapila river ( also
known as the Kabini river) and the famous </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kabini dam</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, this area of the park is commonly known as Kabini. But technically,
Kabini comes under Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bandipur is the larger forest at
about 874 sq. kilometres, whereas Nagarahole clocks in at just under 650 sq.
kilometres. </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Kabini reservoir separates the two
parks. <span style="background: white;">Bandipur is located at an extremely
interesting juncture in the Nilgiri Biosphere, bordering </span><b>Mudumalai</b><span style="background: white;"> and </span><b>Wayanad</b><span style="background: white;">, where the forest is extremely dry and arid, almost
akin to a scrub jungle, at a higher altitude than Nagarahole.</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bandipur is a forest with rocky
outcrops and thick vegetation, with the grasslands at the hilltops providing
the only relief from the dense cover of wildlife that envelopes the
forest. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTd1TbELBuxv4KSJU5HwBut6NrkixEYH6_muRKEX2yq1giUhKzc2H02Pi82o2F-tqxYV5X62Vtj1uQ7Glsfl1PRYbS8OH3-vtG1cehn1ZUzY7xBtztF4wiUxVj5TV5rbxw9yvuhpRC8kax4jHo0yVz0NW8t6u5WPHz9NGEtonlX7kO1ebukibd4LNubA/s1388/278665524_10227301713198253_6572061326339222333_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1388" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTd1TbELBuxv4KSJU5HwBut6NrkixEYH6_muRKEX2yq1giUhKzc2H02Pi82o2F-tqxYV5X62Vtj1uQ7Glsfl1PRYbS8OH3-vtG1cehn1ZUzY7xBtztF4wiUxVj5TV5rbxw9yvuhpRC8kax4jHo0yVz0NW8t6u5WPHz9NGEtonlX7kO1ebukibd4LNubA/w640-h296/278665524_10227301713198253_6572061326339222333_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nagarahole, on the other hand,
consists mainly of moist deciduous forests, interspersed with teak and
eucalyptus plantations, and is at a lower altitude, with open areas, <b>which
makes it easy to spot wildlife.</b></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The resident wildlife in both
Bandipur and Nagarahole is very identical, with both parks being havens for
rare, majestic and elusive animals like Tigers, Leopards, Asiatic Elephants,
Gaurs, Dholes (Indian wild dogs) etc.<br />
<br />
Both parks are venerated Big Cat kingdoms, though the dynamic of sightings has
shifted over the past 2 decades. In the early 2000s, Bandipur was the go-to hub
for cat sightings, especially tiger sightings in South India, while Nagarahole
could boast very few sightings. However, about 10 years ago, Kabini rose to
prominence as the <b>best place to photograph Leopards</b> in South
India, with iconic images of Leopards on trees, climbing, and even hunting
began to make waves throughout the country. The latest addition to the
Kabini Hall of Fame, the phantom <a href="https://www.toehold.in/travel/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2020/09/black-panther-scape.jpg"><b><span color="windowtext">Black</span></b><span color="windowtext"> <b>Panther</b></span></a>. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A likely major factor to the
increasing frequency of sighting of cats in Kabini is the absence of
highway traffic unlike Bandipur, which has always been a major menace , because
of tourists driving through the forest on the way to Ooty. We booked our
Safaris in Bandipur and Nagarhole (not Kabini). Kabini is prohibitively
expensive - even more expensive than Masaimara . In Kabini, boat safari is
possible. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">All the booking are done from <a href="https://www.junglelodges.com/resort/jlr-kings-sanctuary/">https://www.junglelodges.com</a> (for Nagarhole ) and for Bangipur from <a href="https://www.junglelodges.com/resort/bandipur-safari-lodge-bandipur/">https://www.junglelodges.comafari-lodge-bandipur/</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">We had to call their Manager Salma at her
mobile for clarification (given at the website) In </span><span style="background: white;">Bandipur, t<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">here
are resorts like Serai</span></strong></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1golSTND2tSCc6h98lw2gS9mf5FmwHmsLjXtxtjucj-g/edit" style="box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank"><span color="windowtext" style="background: white;"> </span></a><span style="background: white;">, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Tusker
Trails</span></strong>,<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Dhole’s Den.
But I think booking the safari is simpler, if you stay at JLR</span></strong> . Some of the safaris are part of the package. You do not have to do anything.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 15 resorts where you can stay in Kabini is <a href="https://www.toehold.in/blog/where-to-stay-in-kabini/">https://www.toehold.in</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: arial;">(source : <a href="https://www.toehold.in/blog/kabini-or-bandipur-five-things-to-consider/#:~:text=The%20advantage%20of%20Kabini,with%20summers%20yielding%20peak%20sightings.">https://www.toehold.in</a> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: arial;">.)</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">15<sup>th </sup>April 2022</span></span></b></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the morning the safari car leaves at 6.15
am from the resort. The sighting is not that good. We saw common birds and
animals. The safari is over by 9.30 pm. After the safari we went back to our
resort and had our breakfast and left for Nagarhole. On the way to Nagarhole ,
Kabini forest falls on the left hand side. It takes around 2 hours to reach Nagarhole from Bandipur.</span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After reaching Nagarhole, we had our lunch
and left for Safari at 3 pm. The safari area is quite far. It takes almost
45 minutes to reach there. We left the forest around 5.45 and reached the
lodge by 6.30 pm. So we have counted that actual time allotted for
Safari is not even 2 hours.We did not like it at all. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In Nagarhole they do not have zones like
Ranthambore. All the Safaris take the same route. so there is no mad rush for
booking the zones, unlike Ranthambhore. Now we understand why Bandipur and
Nagarhole is not so popular among wild life enthusiasts. We did not see many
tourists unlike Ranthambhore or Tadoba or Jim Corbet. After some time you get
bored of the predictable terrain. We booked 2 nights (4 safaris) in
Nagarhole - which is a mistake. We booked Maharaja package for 2 nights and
paid Rs 30,609 including GST for 2 persons. Didi paid extra for the additional
person, since she stayed with us like Bandipur (Mohua, Didi and I) In the
evening I saw a documentary in the open lawn. The dinner is
sumptuous. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; text-align: left;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">16<sup>th </sup>April 2022</span></span></b></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the morning the safari car leaves at 6
am. The safari ends at 9 am. Since that actual time allotted for
Safari is not even 2 hours, I would not recommend people to go to either
Bandipur or Nagarhole. We did not go to Kabini - so I cannot comment. But
again, considering value of money, I would not recommend Kabini to
anybody. Kabini is the most expensive. It is even more expensive than Nagarhole.</span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">After returning back to our resort we had our lunch and left at 3
pm for evening safari. The road to the safari gate is not good. Today we saw Elephant,
Malabar giant squirrel, Gaur. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbvy0n6cHzgLpLf626KD3nmqoh680-ziOXbvHnK02uclwxgTnE_VKqs5RL9EhXFam5587zWiGJiXTSUA_XbfhyelraMwzmK9vrnIZ0a6XphGqfMhcUL0mWf9iXTKIW3aqy43NUvmw4T2rNPIqBdBgj7Mi5oWtoUI8gfCxjmS9O7DWlLvAcRsXg9JTew/s1728/278477052_10227347968914617_6431098904226973130_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbvy0n6cHzgLpLf626KD3nmqoh680-ziOXbvHnK02uclwxgTnE_VKqs5RL9EhXFam5587zWiGJiXTSUA_XbfhyelraMwzmK9vrnIZ0a6XphGqfMhcUL0mWf9iXTKIW3aqy43NUvmw4T2rNPIqBdBgj7Mi5oWtoUI8gfCxjmS9O7DWlLvAcRsXg9JTew/w640-h480/278477052_10227347968914617_6431098904226973130_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux3eCbU5HGneRpvkqsj25qdwz6FtsX9drRMNWJHVtbGA8W_RukxAhBjw_WLH3TpYRcn1_D6RMN3obiRnHaywooRW_9Rm6Fk66XtP4EPeEdOT3h_ZIj9kDRJD941fExDmKYsCzMaoLsJDd-oK2rfmGr12_28Wo3dAhK4caLKGmPnrOuRkj7R9xKWT4oA/s1728/278773794_10227347971594684_3223063483006400320_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux3eCbU5HGneRpvkqsj25qdwz6FtsX9drRMNWJHVtbGA8W_RukxAhBjw_WLH3TpYRcn1_D6RMN3obiRnHaywooRW_9Rm6Fk66XtP4EPeEdOT3h_ZIj9kDRJD941fExDmKYsCzMaoLsJDd-oK2rfmGr12_28Wo3dAhK4caLKGmPnrOuRkj7R9xKWT4oA/w640-h480/278773794_10227347971594684_3223063483006400320_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEire75rhfhsjOv_9i6BZ68pAYlz7N0oGFbGMctB2b6qPeNKmAf0yxDnih4NzXHmJrUHEnDAHLMZxIy26xobVYUQeJTd62TuTdYpXjyJV9IhhSMxyxUMKEGFgvkn5EQc2WGw-gaflzMSxQeI6HsjWe9aYUmxx34gKFCNW7sDy66pQ5C8CW8K0yhutaATJA/s1728/278813170_10227347967834590_7323647992717931199_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEire75rhfhsjOv_9i6BZ68pAYlz7N0oGFbGMctB2b6qPeNKmAf0yxDnih4NzXHmJrUHEnDAHLMZxIy26xobVYUQeJTd62TuTdYpXjyJV9IhhSMxyxUMKEGFgvkn5EQc2WGw-gaflzMSxQeI6HsjWe9aYUmxx34gKFCNW7sDy66pQ5C8CW8K0yhutaATJA/w640-h480/278813170_10227347967834590_7323647992717931199_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN_Yg_TPVlDscV9pH998eC5uDMzQAafy5FFuD5a2TduBDnYmdbblAq8Lf64AgAmakoyvdZgRJd6oQX9SB5ogC_Q6PEq5JHEZ4Y06JZp49gGmOfQifG7gtE5SiPqOXLfnIi7RKtwZQEswZsROLjV649QzSYsOO0-6xe9vI2CvnndsbK4Hsa-_tPg06bw/s1728/278910702_10227347963314477_8337036299733215620_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN_Yg_TPVlDscV9pH998eC5uDMzQAafy5FFuD5a2TduBDnYmdbblAq8Lf64AgAmakoyvdZgRJd6oQX9SB5ogC_Q6PEq5JHEZ4Y06JZp49gGmOfQifG7gtE5SiPqOXLfnIi7RKtwZQEswZsROLjV649QzSYsOO0-6xe9vI2CvnndsbK4Hsa-_tPg06bw/w640-h480/278910702_10227347963314477_8337036299733215620_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNNxBuEXqGdQCAz8uoQZL3-gaUOzHS_VpFmFnEihM4D2goewS5XhuBJN2PEF65xclOh2a4soeO6E-AK8P4jtL5M-FATqI-gRzwBTmKCzuFaUAo00EovbtFC4lPbUtNmQ4Rn6uUlX3J300s30-7dCqIhkVaTJpBFqWTgQUdzL66Nc2_x5AwM5io1YJfw/s1728/279098273_10227347948794114_170707817900354499_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNNxBuEXqGdQCAz8uoQZL3-gaUOzHS_VpFmFnEihM4D2goewS5XhuBJN2PEF65xclOh2a4soeO6E-AK8P4jtL5M-FATqI-gRzwBTmKCzuFaUAo00EovbtFC4lPbUtNmQ4Rn6uUlX3J300s30-7dCqIhkVaTJpBFqWTgQUdzL66Nc2_x5AwM5io1YJfw/w640-h480/279098273_10227347948794114_170707817900354499_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">17<sup>th </sup>April 2022 </span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Today most of the team members opted out of the
last safari of the day ,because of the predictability of the terrain . So
we had to settle for Canter today. In fact today's safari is not part of the tour package. We had to pay around Rs 2500 for today's safari. Only
Aninday, Rai and I left for the safari. Today I saw </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 115%;">Striped Necked Mongoose apart from Malabar giant squirrel, </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Streak Throated Woodpecker and Darter. We did not see any
Dhole.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial; line-height: 115%;">After the morning safari we left for Bangalore. Didi has already left, since she has to reach Chikmagalur coffee Plantation. Her friend will join her from Bangalore. Sovan and Arun bought some Sarees from Bangalore with the guidance of Mohua. Our flight is at 10 pm. So we had time to go the market.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial; line-height: 115%;">We reached Kolkata at around 1230 pm.</span></p><p></p></div></span>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-40215331044844781592022-02-16T18:22:00.019+05:302022-03-11T13:20:29.302+05:30Khali Kotrakhali Tour ! (in brief) <p><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"> <b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">05.02.2022 (Saturday) Kolkata – Canning – Kotrakhali – Canning- Kolkata</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> </span><b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">06.02.2022 (Sunday) </span></span></b></span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Kotrakhali - </b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">Canning – Kolkata</span></b></span></p><div><br /></div><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We were planning for quite time to go to Kotrakhali . <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025; font-size: medium;"></span></p><h3 style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">Itinerary</span></strong></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">Day 1: Kolkata (0640 hrs by Local Train)- Canning (750 hrs) - Kotrakhali (45 minutes) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times;">Day 2: <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">Kotrakhali (13010 hrs) - Kolkata</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: times;"><span>There are various ways you can reach </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">Kotrakhali.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .05in; margin: 0.05in 0in 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">By Train </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times;">: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Catch</span> a<span style="font-weight: normal;">ny train which goes to Canning. From Canning Bus stop, share Trekker goes to Kotrakkhali in around 1 hour for Rs 40. If you hire an Trekker/auto (which resort Manager, Debashish Sen, can arrange for Rs 300. It takes 45 minutes)</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-weight: normal;">. There are train every 30 -40 minutes in the morning.</span></span></h3><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://erail.in/trains-between-stations/ballygunge-jn-BLN/canning-CG" style="background-color: #fcff01;">https://erail.in</a><br /></span></span></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">The Canning Bus stand is </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">adjacent to the railway Station</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">.</span></span></p><h3 style="background: white; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .05in; margin: 0.05in 0in 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;">By Road: <span style="font-weight: normal;">From Science City, go to Malancha via Ghatakpukur. From Malancha take a right turn towards Sonakhali / Gadkhali, taking Basanti Malancha highway. <i>To go to Gadkhali, you have to cross Basanti Bridge from Sonakhali and after another 20-25 Km you will reach Gadkhali - from where most of the steamers for Sundarban leave. If you cross the river at Gadkhali, you will reach Gosaba.</i></span></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i>But for Kotrakhali, you need not go upto Sonakhali, you have to take left turn from Atharo Banki Post office / Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank and take another left turn from Pani-khali Bazar. </i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i>Or you can also take left turn from Sonakhali - but then you have to driver longer. </i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i>It will take around 2.30 hours from Science city, I am told.</i></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">04.02.2022 (Saturday) </span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We finally reached the resort at 900 hours. It was the house of Lawyer from Kolkata - who died in 2019. His wife is looking after the resort. There is a pond / bheri nearby. The whole area was developed by the lawyer family. We were told, they spent lot of money to develop this place. But they incurred huge loss during cyclone. It is a quite a big property with 3 ponds and lot of place for gardening/farming. There are many birds inside the complex. Especially Pied Kingfisher. I would highly recommend this place.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1tPZxk7aOnr10qkfOpFSiMKdd_gGv2tgFGwUNXxiXRjokOt7nHSrLIUXSWWkA5pVHpNsZsI78d9S0LKKN9damPGgahmT037rvnwiqNxuxWqM8W_JyMmG2ty2AeC3gIGpmJIQ5W3HKtQTCovO8rPt6AIewqOeYHn9IlfWSPdvoxB7c7YtiUTztImY2Q=s3984" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1tPZxk7aOnr10qkfOpFSiMKdd_gGv2tgFGwUNXxiXRjokOt7nHSrLIUXSWWkA5pVHpNsZsI78d9S0LKKN9damPGgahmT037rvnwiqNxuxWqM8W_JyMmG2ty2AeC3gIGpmJIQ5W3HKtQTCovO8rPt6AIewqOeYHn9IlfWSPdvoxB7c7YtiUTztImY2Q=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is managed by </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">http://www.getlost.net.in/</span><span style="background-color: white;">. A one day package costs Rs 1250 with accommodation and food (breakfast, lunch, dinner) per person. You can contact Subhangshu or Sintu. They have a knack for finding out completely unknown places and start eco tourism in truest sense of the term. Their website is testimony of that fact. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There are 2 rooms in the resort. It is ideal for 6 people, in total. We were 5 (Subir da and his wife, Sabyasachi da and my family).</span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Orientation<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">The resort <b>is just on the bank of Dana river</b>. There is a jetty nearby (250 Metres from the resort) to go to the other side - which falls under Gosaba block. Kotrakhali is in Basanti block. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTEw-6xz-iNlftDJJWUCXwP_E-X8o19lMUdxCfz7ro3_z722C8gvNqOJ7VRfI5U5KQr_ljbdhQg-BsGk84SwL_GUjMZivK8u0ov5kRcei4k1iYiQAYHK6-joEha7yZATLm2BT-bEQwSfuworgFb5hki7RT1FrJBFct6rVuelEIzBBD4BN_8GKzr0zL8w=s3984" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTEw-6xz-iNlftDJJWUCXwP_E-X8o19lMUdxCfz7ro3_z722C8gvNqOJ7VRfI5U5KQr_ljbdhQg-BsGk84SwL_GUjMZivK8u0ov5kRcei4k1iYiQAYHK6-joEha7yZATLm2BT-bEQwSfuworgFb5hki7RT1FrJBFct6rVuelEIzBBD4BN_8GKzr0zL8w=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Then we went to Auto Stand/Bazar/Ferry ghat to spend some time. It is a very quaint place. There are no other resorts there. </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">In the lunch, we had fish and in the dinner we had chicken. In the evening, snacks were also served. The behaviour of the Manager (who is also a teacher in the local school) and caretaker is very courteous. We chatted quite some time in the evening sitting in the balcony. I bought some Rosogolla fresh from Chulla.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">They can arrange Berbeque Chicken for an extra cost.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">05.02.2022 (Sunday) </span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After spending some time near the river, we were back to the resort. In fact we bought some crab from the bheri for Rs 50 from Hannan Dhali (</span><a class="VL8GHd" href="tel:+918001853373" jslog="24337; track:click,impression" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #174ea6; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+918001853373)" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">80018 53373</span></a><span class="uFNHRc" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.025em; line-height: 1rem; text-align: left;">)</span><span style="font-size: large;">. They told me to call before coming, then they can set aside fish for us. It is better to come during "Kotal". </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After having our breakfast, we left for Canning. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The same auto picked us from the resort. We paid Rs 600 (300+300) for the total trip.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></i></span></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-8110681538869567412021-12-10T17:59:00.077+05:302021-12-21T11:51:34.484+05:30Hornbill festival in Nagaland - detailed diary<p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">03.12.2021(Friday) Kolkata (CCU) – Dimapur – Kohima –
Kisama – Kohima</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We (Mohua and I) were
planning for a long time to go to Nagaland during Hornbill festival. A little
nudge from Sudipto did the trick – since he is also coming with his team from Culture
Monks. Hornbill festival is held at Kisama village, which is near Kohima. Most people
stay in Kohima.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: medium;"></span></p><h3 style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">Itinerary</span></strong></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">Day
1: CCU (0550 hrs by Air India)-Guwahati- Dimapur (0830hrs hrs) to Kohima… Half
day at Hornbill Festival venue, Kisama.</span><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Day
2: Full day at Hornbill Festival venue, Kisama <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 115%;">(<i>In the </i><span style="background: white;"><i>Morning one can start the day by exploring <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kigwema </b>village – 4 Km from Kisama and
get some idea about the village life where you’ll come across huge wood
carvings in front of rich men’s houses. After which one can spend the
rest of our day in the Hornbill Festival.</i>)</span></span><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Day
3: Khonoma village, Dzuleke <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and</b>
Kohima city sightseeing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Kohima Night
Bazaar - <span style="background: white;">You shall see people selling different
items from Christmas decorations to chicken barbecue/Pork skewers/dog meat. One
of the most interesting aspects of the carnival is the whole street being
flooded with people taking their family and friends for fun and dinner</span>).<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Day
4: Kohima- Dimapur -CCU<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #222222;">ILP for Nagaland</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">:</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;">Indian tourists need inner line permits (ILP)
for Nagaland. (</span></span><span style="color: #444444; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times;">Foreign tourists do not require permit to travel in Nagaland. But they have to register at the local police station within 24 hours of their entry into the state. They must keep extra photo copies of their Indian visa and passport page to submit at the police station.)</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #444444;"> You can get the permit
<b>online</b> or at designated offices in Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati or at Dimapur on
arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you could not make it
earlier, the best way is to reach Dimapur and visit the DC office as early as
possible, so that you get sorted by noon. You need valid ID and photographs. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We have done it online - </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow;"><a href="https://ilp.nagaland.gov.in/">https://ilp.nagaland.gov.in/</a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #444444;">.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> It takes only 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The process is not
very strict for tourists and I have seen that they become lenient during the
festival. In the airport they were only insisting the Covid Vax report. They
did not check ILP for most people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are various
ways you can reach Kohima</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: times; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025;">Air:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: times;">Kohima does not have an airport of its own. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The only airport in Nagaland is in Dimapur
- </b>which operates daily flights from Kolkata and other cities like Delhi,
Bangalore and Guwahati. Dimapur has a major Army base. From there, Kohima is
at a distance of 74 kilometers -it is a 2-2.30 hours</span><a href="https://www.savaari.com/dimapur/book-taxi" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1fa8d9;"> </span></b><span style="color: #5d5d5d; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline: none;">Taxi ride</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: times;">. Now the road is much better,
than what it used to be. We left Kolkata by 5.55 am flight to reach Dimapur (via
Guwahati) at 8.30 am. The Shared Taxi costs Rs 350 (standard rate) from Dimapur
Rail station. But in that case you have to back track. It is better to hire the
taxi from Dimapur airport to go to Kohima to save time. For this you need to talk to
co-passengers who are also going to Kohima. Unfortunately due to pandemic there
are not too many tourists. You can expect to pay around Rs 500-600 per head
from the airport by shared Taxi /Van, unless, you want to waste precious time
to go back to the town (Taxi stand at Rail station) in Dimapur. We hired an Alto with another person and
paid Rs 2500 for the car.</span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Train: </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">Kohima does not
have a Railway station. (Elevation of 4738 ft). The nearest one is
in Dimapur, which has direct connections to Kolkata and Guwahati. The journey to Kohima from Dimapur is of course quite picturesque. </span><span style="color: #444444;">The Dimapur taxi stand is </span><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal;">adjacent to the
railway Station</span><span style="color: #444444;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .05in; margin: 0.05in 0in 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="mw-headline"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">By bus<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">By bus Kohima is connected to <a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Imphal" title="Imphal"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">Imphal</span></a>, </span><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Dimapur" title="Dimapur"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dimapur</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">, </span><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Guwahati" title="Guwahati"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Guwahati</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">, <a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Tinsukia" title="Tinsukia"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">Tinsukia</span></a> and
other major cities of North Eastern India. The bus journey from Kohima to
Dimapur is 2.5 to 4 hours (depending on the bus).</span><span style="color: #444444;"> The Dimapur bus generally drops you at old NST bus
stand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black;">By Road: </span></b><span style="color: #444444;">NH
39 connects the major North-Eastern states. However NH 29 connects Kohima
to <a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Dimapur" title="Dimapur"><span style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dimapur</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">On the way to Kohima, we had Pineapple. Pineapple
in this region is very famous. It was really good. We also took a short tea
break too. We finally reached the resort at 1130 hours. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Orientation<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">Oking hospital (or nearby TCP point) is the heart of the City (where
we stayed - in Tipfu lodge). To the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">South</b>
of Oking Hospital is War Cemetery (250 metres), BOC<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (take a bus from Oking by paying Rs 10, to reach BOC - from there you
get Share Taxi to go to Kisama)</i> & Kisama (12 Km) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and</b> to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">North</b> is NST
Bus Station (300 metres) and from there further 300 metres is Naga bazar. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #202122;">Most
of the resorts are near TCP Gate/Oking hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">Understand
Hornbill festival and Nagaland</span><span style="color: #202122;"><o:p style="background-color: white;"></o:p></span></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">The Hornbill Festival is named after the hornbill – the birds
widely respected and depicted in the Naga folklore and songs. Ironically, the
bird is almost extinct in Nagaland due to excessive hunting and killing, a
culture that is deeply ingrained. The feathers of the hornbills were used as
decoration in the headgears of the Naga warriors and people. The government had
tried to persuade the tribes to use fake feathers instead of killing the birds
for long, but did not quite find success. <b>Naming the festival as Hornbill
Festival was one of the steps in the process. </b></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;">Nagaland is known as land
of festivals. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">The Hornbill Festival
runs from December 1, which is also the <b>Nagaland Formation Day</b>. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #474747; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Hornbill Festival is a 10 day cultural extravaganza held
every year between <strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">1-10 December</span></strong> to
encourage, nurture and promote the rich, vibrant and diverse culture of Naga
tribes and people. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #474747; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">It is the land of folklore and fables and of the brave
warriors and hunters who have been eulogized by the folk songs of the
land. Hornbill Festival is the celebration of all these and more. </span></i><strong style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #474747; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The festival celebrates the 17 tribes of
Nagaland through music, dance, art, food, attires, traditional sports and more.
Conceptualized by the Government of Nagaland, the festival first started in the
year 2000</span></i></strong><i style="font-family: times;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #474747; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #474747; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="https://www.taleof2backpackers.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">https://www.taleof2backpackers.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/</span></a></span><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: times;">During the festival, you can get up close and personal with
17 major tribes of Nagaland – all in one place – instead of visiting 17
places. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #474747; font-family: times; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">And then there are around 66 sub-tribes as well. The sub-tribes also
have their own dialect. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">All are having their own
languages, culture, apparels and more importantly head gears. The ethnic and
cultural diversity here is mind blowing; they live in different parts
of Nagaland. They have </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">significant populations in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The names of the tribes are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Angami – Ao – Konyak – Lotha - Sumi – Sangtam - Chakhesang – Chang –
Dimasa Kachari – Garo – Khiamniungan –– Kuki –– Phom – Pochury – Rengma ––
Yimchungru – Zeliang <o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbIYH_pX6GTenN-JX6V99F1SELbUwcR5auxb139kntCngXtg_fQGWW9TqIiP-iKewRwD33eKoAJWBrSOdq-Mpks_6105TutunPNZPJu-tB50pKvSia22xUlqhUpeMYXb6FXputY_Wymr1d49vaL1at4FOqWk9IF_EZBgnFWVXyDMpTtSGULAMdDrqc1Q=s2914" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2914" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbIYH_pX6GTenN-JX6V99F1SELbUwcR5auxb139kntCngXtg_fQGWW9TqIiP-iKewRwD33eKoAJWBrSOdq-Mpks_6105TutunPNZPJu-tB50pKvSia22xUlqhUpeMYXb6FXputY_Wymr1d49vaL1at4FOqWk9IF_EZBgnFWVXyDMpTtSGULAMdDrqc1Q=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><p></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">Among these Angami, Sumi,
Lotha, Konyaks are dominants tribes. The so called seven sisters are very different from each other. While in Nagaland you come to see different tribes with their unique cultures. In Maipur Vaishnavite culture is predominant. Again Meghalaya is famous for being a </span></strong></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; text-align: left;">matrilineal society.</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; text-align: left;"> </span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; text-align: left;">Ulupi, the daughter of Kauravya, the king of Nāgas, she was among the four wives of Arjun. Arjun has another wife from Manipur - Chitrangada. Ulupi married Arjuna when he was in exile, and with whom she bore his son Irāvān. She played a major part in the upbringing of Babru-vāhana, Arjuna's son with Chitrāngadā. So the history of Nagaland and Manipur is part of folklore of ancient India. Interestingly there is a community called Bishnupriya in Manipur, who consider their lineage from Arjun/</span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Babru-vāhana</span><span style="color: #202124; font-size: large; text-align: left;">.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></strong></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">Interestingly there was a very famous Naga
footballer called T Ao, who played for East Bengal in 1950s. Everybody seems to
know him. Possibly because a tournament is named after him.</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #464545;"><i>Post noon, there is a lunch break. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is the perfect time to try some local delicacies and better understand the culture of the
North-Eastern tribes. At 1:00 p.m., the order of the day resumes, and
there is a plethora of Talent Hunt and shows.</b></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #464545;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nagamese is the common lingua franca in Nagaland among different
communities - who all have their own unique dialects - untelligible to others. Nagamese is almost like Assamese.
So as a Bengali it is not very difficult to understand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Tourist in Nagaland is in nascent stage. The domestic
tourist inflow in 2017 is only 1 Lakh. International tourist inflow is only 4%
of that.</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sl. no<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Domestic<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Foreign<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">January<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3579<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">114<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">February<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3381<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">122<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">March<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">5854<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">158<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">April<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">5727<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">169<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">5.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">May<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4363<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">93<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">June<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2906<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">85<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">July<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2689<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">55<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">August<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3089<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">74<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">September<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3121<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">67<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">10.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">October<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6986<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">116<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">11.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">November<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8096<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">328<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">12.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">December<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13,567<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">384<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Hornbill Festival<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">38,700<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2401<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 142.5pt;" width="190">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1,02,062<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 84.75pt;" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4166<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I think because of bad road condition
and ILP, not too many tourists travel Nagaland.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">We were tired and after some rest, we left for Kisama village at 1.45
pm. We took a bus (Rs 10, no tickets were given) just in front of our hotel and
got down at BOC (auto stand).</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq8nTa2ikHIVNbIo0i3KnnUI2KWh-uVRHPNaHbMgWpeuv6FR1kVFZ-AwE3eLyYD_ggkYAsf3Xfjkilqkyqs4dqmtQycke3WzT_9dpARk8NtB8oi7PndfWfneq1Tft0rlZQsG0noKWSszD9yfOTFbPUdS6u5r9Wpr5xZUsq5xX7leMcxh7JIGIJggMIvA=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq8nTa2ikHIVNbIo0i3KnnUI2KWh-uVRHPNaHbMgWpeuv6FR1kVFZ-AwE3eLyYD_ggkYAsf3Xfjkilqkyqs4dqmtQycke3WzT_9dpARk8NtB8oi7PndfWfneq1Tft0rlZQsG0noKWSszD9yfOTFbPUdS6u5r9Wpr5xZUsq5xX7leMcxh7JIGIJggMIvA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /> <span style="color: #444444;">It
is around 12 Km from Kohima. The shared Taxis to Kisama and other nearby
villages are available from<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #444444; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">BOC. The shared Taxis
(Maruti Alto) will take Rs 70 per head</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">. </span></b><span style="color: #444444;">You can also get Share Taxi to Kohima
from BOC or NST (which is near Oking Hospital). On the way we were stopped by
Nagaland Police, since our Taxi did not have permit to go to Kisama. The Police
came to us and said something, which I have never heard in my 20 years of
travelling from a man in uniform – India or abroad. “You must be very upset, that we have stopped the
car. Actually he does not have the permit. We will get another car for you!” In
fact they were not rude even to the Taxi driver! <o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #202122;">Venue of Hornbill
Festival: </span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">The
designated Hornbill Festival venue is the<b> </b></span><strong style="font-family: times;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #444444; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">Kisama Heritage
Village</span></strong><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #444444;">. </span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">Daily performances begin by 1000 hrs till 1200 hrs and
from 1300 hrs<b> </b>to 1430 hours. You
have to buy entry tickets daily, for Rs 50 and for digital camera (non DSLR Rs
50) at the gate and pass through the security check. One may feel little hot during
the day, but it is always advisable to carry the jacket/sweater, since the day
ends by 4.30 pm and is quite chilly.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL6dSf4yDp-qwrSXxTFQ3vANd1NYiT8TjeE-Phu7iIJ1208qIETD8JHe3AdE1wWC5K-VTVA42W6VizGFgywJqgxjsPV6m-6tFfl8ffJ_EjMcd0NZky_SLshsXWDDIaWguVOQUnngJclt9Lapchg3k_Uqcufb7ufFTzE-VV7lzB4lDxZBsxxO0WlASziA=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL6dSf4yDp-qwrSXxTFQ3vANd1NYiT8TjeE-Phu7iIJ1208qIETD8JHe3AdE1wWC5K-VTVA42W6VizGFgywJqgxjsPV6m-6tFfl8ffJ_EjMcd0NZky_SLshsXWDDIaWguVOQUnngJclt9Lapchg3k_Uqcufb7ufFTzE-VV7lzB4lDxZBsxxO0WlASziA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYoH7H-gj4odlTGqEBH3jQURWuXRVgDzdg-uM2p1XzuarwUG0IPRpM4yIlifJ4jPQxFxL2t2ECG_eatG9t_qxRrzKeRRywyYbvZFTq58D-J1m5GyuzVv8UYeSVF3cyyaE0AuwyhUrMO0-eZwxT2YQ022ON1ErFWKuhaL_6lq6mvegZFtweBHrLaMtZkg=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYoH7H-gj4odlTGqEBH3jQURWuXRVgDzdg-uM2p1XzuarwUG0IPRpM4yIlifJ4jPQxFxL2t2ECG_eatG9t_qxRrzKeRRywyYbvZFTq58D-J1m5GyuzVv8UYeSVF3cyyaE0AuwyhUrMO0-eZwxT2YQ022ON1ErFWKuhaL_6lq6mvegZFtweBHrLaMtZkg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;"><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">We reached the venue at around 2.30 pm. By that time the programme for the day is over!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #c00000; font-family: times; text-align: justify;">But generally the festivals are more or less same every day. So there is no special day !</span></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">But
there were lot of actions at the Morungs, which is still going on</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: times;">. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: times;">Tourists are welcomed warmly to the traditional
huts (Morungs) of each of the 17 tribes, where you can sit with the elderly
people of the tribe and interact with them. One should explore the Morungs of
each tribe, which is just behind the amphitheater/ stadium (you have to go
uphill). There are traditional shops at the Morungs, from where you can buy
items produced by the tribals. However items on sale are prohibitively
expensive. We hopped from one Morungs to
another. Although the programme has ended in the stadium, it was still going on
in different Morungs or Akhras. We spent rest of the time over there.</span></span><p></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #464545;">Make sure to feast on traditional food
of Nagaland. Staple food served is the aromatic brown rice and slow-cooked
pork. </span><span style="color: #444444;">They normally serve
Naga chilies (bhoot jalokiya) with rice. You can also get </span><span style="background: white; color: #464545;">slow</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;">-cooked
pork accompanied with bamboo</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;"> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">beef
pickles</b> and of course the </span><a href="https://blog.savaari.com/hornbill-festival-rock-and-rice-beer/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #5d5d5d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">rice beer</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;"> and superhot <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Naga
chili chutneys</b>. The most popular cuisine is probably Sumi cuisine. Alcohol is
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">banned in Nagaland</b>. It is more of an
underground activity. </span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;">Nalga coffee is quite famous. It is exported to many countries. Unfortunately I could not try Naga coffee.</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Then we had
our lunch beside Konyak Morung. There are some vegetarian stalls too (there is
even a Gujarati stall, from where Mohua had her lunch). I had bamboo with rice and
smoked Pork (small portion). The rates were fixed - Rs 300 ! Very expensive.</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Also, music is an integral part of the
festival. Western music has always been very popular in the entire Northeast in
general and a Rock Concert is always expected here with a lot of bands from all
over the region taking part. Generally it is held during evening after
the daily performances are over.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #5d5d5d;">After that we went to the 'Bamboo pavilions', where various
tribal artifacts were displayed. They are prohibitively expensive. Hardly anybody
bought anything. Then we went to the organic food stall and had kiwi juice. Kiwi
is surprisingly cheap in Nagaland. After that we left for Kohima. After
reaching Kohima (BOC stand) we came to our hotel by bike Taxi, by paying Rs 50
each. Normal Taxi would could cost Rs 100. Then we had dinner at the Night
market at NST, which is very near to our hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #464545;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/">https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/</a></span><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">04.12.2021(Saturday) Kohima – Kisama – Kohima</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We
reached the festival ground at 11.15 am by Share Taxi. In the Taxi we met two
young Naga students – one of them is an Anthropologist. I learnt lot of things
from her. We reached the ground at the right time. All the tribes congregated for a photo
shoot. It was a great opportunity for me to take the photos. After the photo
shoot was over, it was lunch time; we went to the Morungs and spent some time
there. We skipped the lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">After the lunch break the programme
started at 1 pm at the venue and continued till 2.30 pm. Different tribes
performed their traditional sports/games of tug of war, high jump etc.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfzUnb9SP1KqGInXwV3YA-pLlmWaUU57rOnvwXXD32oFIjeHqTVFHIQn8BIuSyc6Vb1pTFS1ZYfpJPSwsWPPYyLT_bso5PU__uBHxZgaZ7apfkYbb1cEzNj0jL21FGa0IN5DsNld4TyS5kUsl1H0383s0Wjg9nwK8hkUSr02Sp2qJoEzdsI5VgcR5ZFA=s3984" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3984" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfzUnb9SP1KqGInXwV3YA-pLlmWaUU57rOnvwXXD32oFIjeHqTVFHIQn8BIuSyc6Vb1pTFS1ZYfpJPSwsWPPYyLT_bso5PU__uBHxZgaZ7apfkYbb1cEzNj0jL21FGa0IN5DsNld4TyS5kUsl1H0383s0Wjg9nwK8hkUSr02Sp2qJoEzdsI5VgcR5ZFA=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR_nzVjRd7rXiSVr46ByCXlkT64B-VZ7yJ8a0qd0uscsvO4HZaTdwIDvF-fxbR0TrQ0sJCevV00JEkkshnP7yOR8vFCx7bFiXPcyYuGOKjmwI1Mmw2ad7JdC3xhIx2xjt8DONyy2rAVK-lDe_SfujRuFqrVIlnwAsJzYpQRqHh2mDCf9a4fR-LgJuuNA=s2376" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2376" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR_nzVjRd7rXiSVr46ByCXlkT64B-VZ7yJ8a0qd0uscsvO4HZaTdwIDvF-fxbR0TrQ0sJCevV00JEkkshnP7yOR8vFCx7bFiXPcyYuGOKjmwI1Mmw2ad7JdC3xhIx2xjt8DONyy2rAVK-lDe_SfujRuFqrVIlnwAsJzYpQRqHh2mDCf9a4fR-LgJuuNA=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></div><br />From
there I went to another venue, where Naga wrestling was going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the programme was over, I went back to the
Morungs to have lunch and spent some time at the Morungs. After the days programmes
are over, activity shifts to Morungs. I also had rice beer and some Eri-worm
from Garo Morung. </span><span style="background: white; color: #5d5d5d;">I really liked Rice beer from Garo Morung. Thankfully Rice beer is not banned !
The rice beers are served in a bamboo cup (Rs 100). </span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh07vthtrhx0a70e3f-aasmKqlz5lK9mEGvzdKtdzLfa0o0ZbdAW1_uRTBt-w5KXQ4k6RQ4GFEetEU_waZ0Ug5z8RIwjW0Pynh4MrAsFaP1JmgsICtDNN2RNtRGsbMIntPeqy0YqE9OcUt9T0z380qLB_Kef3Oq8gNwxDrF0aGUVqWJrx4bEr1QQwHWLw=s3984" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3984" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh07vthtrhx0a70e3f-aasmKqlz5lK9mEGvzdKtdzLfa0o0ZbdAW1_uRTBt-w5KXQ4k6RQ4GFEetEU_waZ0Ug5z8RIwjW0Pynh4MrAsFaP1JmgsICtDNN2RNtRGsbMIntPeqy0YqE9OcUt9T0z380qLB_Kef3Oq8gNwxDrF0aGUVqWJrx4bEr1QQwHWLw=w296-h640" width="296" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOTpH00o6oOjJbMnZ5j4nVYamvGkcXlYltTcXsc74YbRj19uNRzjTj0Z-GLFJZa-__TLFiOR6I__wV7HIQMx0UMOCMwSrk19p2LIxh9aENATiuPtIafHkSrBgelgGzFOjo2mahVXZ4pYWM-wRrH50H8F-teQYeCUAwZNgbO32TAPPAAyZzMKplHB1gcg=s2878" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOTpH00o6oOjJbMnZ5j4nVYamvGkcXlYltTcXsc74YbRj19uNRzjTj0Z-GLFJZa-__TLFiOR6I__wV7HIQMx0UMOCMwSrk19p2LIxh9aENATiuPtIafHkSrBgelgGzFOjo2mahVXZ4pYWM-wRrH50H8F-teQYeCUAwZNgbO32TAPPAAyZzMKplHB1gcg=w410-h640" width="410" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>Then
we went to see the Naga art at Artsy Naga. I was really impressed by their art.
I chatted with the curator of the make shift Art gallery. He was so happy
talking to me, that he gifted me a small canvas – which was actually reserved
for a bureaucrat!</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Then
after spending time at 'Bamboo pavilions', where Mohua bought some handicrafts,
we left for Kohima.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where to Stay near Hornbill Venue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">During Hornbill Festival tourists from
all over world flock Kohima and it can get crowded. Also, Nagaland in general
is costly. There are many hotels and home stays in Kohima city but they will be
pretty expensive. But the most popular stay option is to </span></i><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #444444; padding: 0in;">camp
around Kisama</span></i></strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">. These are not permanent places but
various camping companies set up these tents during the festival. Also, a few
local guesthouses or home stays have come up in the nearby areas of late. I
personally stayed in one called </span></i><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #444444; padding: 0in;">Vicha Paying Guest</span></i></strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> in
Kigwema and had a good experience. In general, it can get expensive unless you
are in a group.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/</span></u></b><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">05.12.2021(Sunday) Kohima – Khonoma – Kohima</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">We
went to see the WW II cemetery and see the nearby village of Khonoma village.
It is called the Asia’s first green village. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">The WW II cemetery in Kohima is
pretty famous. You will find the names of soldiers -English, Indians – Hindu, Muslim and
Gurkhas in the cemetery – all in separate designated zones. The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Battle
of Kohima</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> was one
of the most epic battles during World War II. Kohima War Cemetery is on
Garrison Hill. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth Graves
Commission. For over a month, Japanese troops (along with INA) battled British
Indian troops at a small bungalow (The Deputy Commissioners Bungalow.) in
Kohima. The battle, known as the Battle of the Tennis Court, was the turning
point in the fight against Japan (with INA) and the bungalow still stands in
this state capital. The Tennis Courts are now a part of the Kohima War
Cemetery. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #313131;">Fought in one of the world’s most inhospitable terrain, it
took a huge toll in terms of men and resources wherein more than 150,000 people
died on the Indo-Burma frontier as a direct consequence of the war.</span> In
the course of the war, the Nagas gave a mixed reaction where it participated on
both sides of the camps. The Nagas living in proximity with the administrative
centre of the British government had greater involvement with the British and
those farther from the administrative seat, who felt lesser influence of the
British, were drawn more towards or had developed stronger intimacy and
relationship with the INA-Japanese.</i><span style="background: white; color: #313131;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Although
it is considered as a victory for British India, it is actually a defeat of
Indian National Army. I do not find any reason why we shed tears for this
memorial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #333333;">To know more read - <a href="https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/01/24/subhas-chandra-bose-and-ina-in-naga-hills/">https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/01/24/subhas-chandra-bose-and-ina-in-naga-hills/</a></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">We
did not have time to visit Kohima Zoo, where you can see the rare Tragopan bird
- which is also the state bird of Nagaland. And Mithun, the state animal. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">We did not have time to go to Bara Basti - supposedly
the second largest village in Asia.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Most
of the Nagaland shuts down on Sunday. (So there is no Naga Bazar on this day. </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">You can find nearly anything that is living
and moving here in Naga Bazar on sale. Nagas have a wide-ranging cuisine encompassing the
entire spectrum of living things). </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">I am told most of them go to the Church onSunday. Different tribes
go to different Churches – since the language spoken in Baptist church of
Angami tribe will not be understood by Baptist from Ao Tribe. Similarly follower
of Seventh day Adventist denomination of Angami tribe, will not to go to a
Baptist Church. Most of the Nagas are Protestants.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">We hired a Taxi (Alto) for Rs 1400 to go
to Khonoma (and back to Kohima) from the War cemetery. It is around 20 Km from
Kohima. The road surface has completely eroded. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">Various small villages around Kohima have become tourist
attractions. Villages like Khonoma (Dzuleke – which is further away from
Khonoma) located in the 20 Km radius of the city and are must for all
travelers. But ( Touphema - another tourist hot spot is on the other side) it is difficult to cover both Khonoma
and Touphema in one day. So we settled for only Khonoma. Khonoma<span style="text-align: start;"> is an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angami_Naga" style="text-align: start;" title="Angami Naga"><span style="color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none;">Angami Naga</span></a><span style="text-align: start;"> village</span>. This quaint village is located near the
Indo-Myanmar border. It has </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">approximately </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: times;">600 households.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> The fierce
Angami warriors of Khonoma made a name for themselves in the history of the
resistance to colonial rule in the 19th century. Agriculture is organic
and people mostly practice terrace farming.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_cEGIFBz-dW6csbiDcAHQvgALueevhzLnooelSx6mRzxsFJsclpcGJJaoyerYl6Jak2zl5BJh-FoSW-mkYaplNsMwIAA4pz2wA1oQ23xq5p-zNh7rbfZmS34PuyStunjuXQFTaFKf0Ni60em2Q-K2mEvhFUxh1aeRXE2xJ9jz_oDFRFdbqnpmS372og=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_cEGIFBz-dW6csbiDcAHQvgALueevhzLnooelSx6mRzxsFJsclpcGJJaoyerYl6Jak2zl5BJh-FoSW-mkYaplNsMwIAA4pz2wA1oQ23xq5p-zNh7rbfZmS34PuyStunjuXQFTaFKf0Ni60em2Q-K2mEvhFUxh1aeRXE2xJ9jz_oDFRFdbqnpmS372og=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWeRureZ0gCJMf4xIKYzmj2lepXJD7T2aHYyTZl_gJu3VBKUMaRYFEgsVqQxTWyIwX41N6_0gTsR7ZJIwF8M_pemcWjE2L2VLYcn6d92Z_TtSlVdOctFTRwMPWCLJR9hWKK6XZ2WHa0AekjaVREzvWVBq5YdDPPsjV0II3AY56Q4M5hNvArsbmpPPPvg=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWeRureZ0gCJMf4xIKYzmj2lepXJD7T2aHYyTZl_gJu3VBKUMaRYFEgsVqQxTWyIwX41N6_0gTsR7ZJIwF8M_pemcWjE2L2VLYcn6d92Z_TtSlVdOctFTRwMPWCLJR9hWKK6XZ2WHa0AekjaVREzvWVBq5YdDPPsjV0II3AY56Q4M5hNvArsbmpPPPvg=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYv5LjE6uDljffa9cU_WZar2AR0wn86OJ_lCzU-DX4uQpXY0hZgAuFJCzcMekcfHwgBm8r-ecWdkUI8VPSLrrIbN3clmpz0Z_ZZbRkM61WZMYfd0-xkhsF8u4N4vQth8D-487dXSy-SSF0KmW2hPJgSsmvjpirdP55G64BPw3boXZCm7aizoTZ8zXONw=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYv5LjE6uDljffa9cU_WZar2AR0wn86OJ_lCzU-DX4uQpXY0hZgAuFJCzcMekcfHwgBm8r-ecWdkUI8VPSLrrIbN3clmpz0Z_ZZbRkM61WZMYfd0-xkhsF8u4N4vQth8D-487dXSy-SSF0KmW2hPJgSsmvjpirdP55G64BPw3boXZCm7aizoTZ8zXONw=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After
spending some time in Khonoma, I decided to come back, because of dearth of
time. In the meantime I made new friend in this village, who works in BRO –Border
Roads as Security officer. People generally understand English. There was no
time to go to Dzuleke- which is further 19 Km from Khonoma. While coming back we stopped at a view point - where I found this. I found Nagas extremely courteous.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaJz1OcmA1Rh9kweAYM7xvQ8dDO_aOWzOB7uBDIrDgDBN0W3uI3X_qs1PlBcKM3ek-GYsT5GbRSYyUHq22vCCQIo_Gg5Hi9npbTfCa-JrAFFLkLlcBjel5PLfmx1S3m_ch0zkAAS-BB0gHo74Q1cEBVwL3Qhskv4UG6Sq5CKHtateohkPPMcSRL1UQ3Q=s1447" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1447" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaJz1OcmA1Rh9kweAYM7xvQ8dDO_aOWzOB7uBDIrDgDBN0W3uI3X_qs1PlBcKM3ek-GYsT5GbRSYyUHq22vCCQIo_Gg5Hi9npbTfCa-JrAFFLkLlcBjel5PLfmx1S3m_ch0zkAAS-BB0gHo74Q1cEBVwL3Qhskv4UG6Sq5CKHtateohkPPMcSRL1UQ3Q=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhxNmPeOfDq2YfWqa6J4rlyvcWpbMuzm9aY7Ub11IcgZ-vQsDaEzJ4kqASuDESPCtm-OuYi1Yi3dUeAo9Gxq_NWTtkOlFLr83soPKS6rNXpa1xNTL4-WQiTdBSYJjiGPyfWBUU51xRph-lZo2OPZTukYOrcwDSt2s-OVZNrV2g8nQd3cVnR4xA0snmIA=s3984" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3984" data-original-width="1840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhxNmPeOfDq2YfWqa6J4rlyvcWpbMuzm9aY7Ub11IcgZ-vQsDaEzJ4kqASuDESPCtm-OuYi1Yi3dUeAo9Gxq_NWTtkOlFLr83soPKS6rNXpa1xNTL4-WQiTdBSYJjiGPyfWBUU51xRph-lZo2OPZTukYOrcwDSt2s-OVZNrV2g8nQd3cVnR4xA0snmIA=w296-h640" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">After some time,
while we were half way to Kohima, we had a flat tyre and we got a lift from a
person resident of Kohima, who works in Municipal Corporation – he was coming
from Khonoma.</span></div></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After
dinner we went to the night market for dinner. Mohua had her lunch from Dominos
and I had lunch with Pork/Chicken skewers/ Kebabs. We had some Phucka/Pani Puri
at Night market. It is certainly different from the one we have in Kolkata. Before
we could finish our dinner, Police closed the night market, since there is a
killing of 14 civilians from Konyak Tribe at Mon District by Indian army. It is a
case of mistaken identity and there will be candle light procession. We were
planning to visit our good friend – Phejin Konyak in Mon district on the last
day of our tour – which we later dropped, since it is quite far from Kohima. She
has a wonderful resort in his village, which is highly recommended by Lonely
Planet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://konyaktearetreat.com/" style="background-color: #ffa400;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">https://konyaktearetreat.com/</span></a><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: aqua; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">06.12.2021(Monday) Kohima – Dimapur – CCU (Kolkata)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">We
did not understand the gravity of the situation the previous day. We have just heard about
some death. A Band was called by Konyak Students Union</span>. The Manager of
the hotel said, nobody will go before 12 noon! Somehow we managed to come to
Dimapur, after reserving a Taxi near our Hotel. We were stopped number of
times. The driver would stop at several places and said he will not go any
further. We finally got hold of a black flag and attached it in front of the
car. After lot of persuasion, the Taxi driver finally agreed to drop us at
Dimapur. We had to pay Rs 3,000! Our flight is at 1220 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Accommodation (</span></u></b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/homestay/">https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/homestay/</a></span><span style="color: #444444;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Solano</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Name of the Accommodation</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Address</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Contact no /Email address</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pusa Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Near VIP Guest House , Minister Hill Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436275266</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Imchen Guest House </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Above Monkhola Bridge, New Minister Hill, Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7641008442</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sun view Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lower lerie colony near Sashi Temjen Fair price shop,
Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436005493</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:akelio@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">akelio@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sapu’s paying guest house </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Aradura hill near state mental hospital Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9856521843</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:sapuinn@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">sapuinn@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">5</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pienyu Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">D Khel Kohima Village near Khedi Baptist Church
Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8638746560/9436005337</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:neiphreupienyu@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">neiphreupienyu@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I.K Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Below youth Net main office Billy graham Road Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7005262462</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:ikpvtltd@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ikpvtltd@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">West view Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pereza Colony,Near Directorate of Fishery &
Aquatic </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436018426</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:Rukhonokhate@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Rukhonokhate@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Gen-teel Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Middle PWD Colony below chief engineer office Kohima</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8974798515</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Visa Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Near VIP Guest House Minister Hill </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9774015787</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:visahomestay@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">visahomestay@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">10</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nu Hamdi </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">H.NO 94 Upper Agri Colony near Stella Hr.sc .School
Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8794529448</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:marmidifoe@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">marmidifoe@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">11</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sasukini Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lower Forest Colony ,Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7085189840/8837406657</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:lizamichaelaye@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">lizamichaelaye@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">12</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Morung lodge </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Opp Oking hospital Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8132062853/0370-2292280</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="mailto:nino@explorenagaland.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">nino@explorenagaland.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://www.explorenagaland.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">www.explorenagaland.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13 </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Explore Nagaland </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Opp Oking hospital Kohima</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8132062853/9089948353/8837024431</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:explorenagaland@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">explorenagaland@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;">, </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.explorenagaland.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">www.explorenagaland.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Punyu Paying Guest </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lower bayavu Hill, Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9378062901</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:megopunyu@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">megopunyu@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">15</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Capital view paying guest </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pezhu hill near science college Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9856848644</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">16</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Central guest house </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Daklane, below NST ,Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8974518665</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:vecutotenenu@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">vecutotenenu@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">17</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Eco stay Hostel </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">TCP Gate Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7005916834</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:ecostayhostel@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">ecostayhostel@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">18</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Home lodge </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">New Minister hill, Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8575709460</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">19</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sichi bed & Breakfast</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Krouliezou Colony</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9402830469</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Neo residential Guest House </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lower bayavu Hill,Kohima </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">0370-2260564/946605667</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:kevirio@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">kevirio@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">21</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">South view Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha ,KigwemaVillage near Naga Heritage Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9774652282</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:ciibukhieto@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">ciibukhieto@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">22</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Greenwood Villa Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8787396634</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:explorenagaland@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">explorenagaland@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">23</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lalhou’s Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9612873026 </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">24</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Vale’s Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">25</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pine Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha, Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9383313053/8257823351</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:Kevipino222@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Kevipino222@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">26</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dawn Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">85758226863</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:Rovitonoyhoshu221@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rovitonoyhoshu221@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">27</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Vilano Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7630918951</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">28</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Japfu Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8731053304 </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">29</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Cedar homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8787726123</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">30</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Abhi Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7005329043</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">31</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Vicha Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha, Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7005130393/9436437930</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:Vpgkigwema0@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Vpgkigwema0@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">32</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kezie Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha, kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">33</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sobu Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9856141673</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">34</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Hills Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kipfuzha,Kigwema Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9612888938</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">35</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ura Cottage </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Phesema </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8837304758</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">36</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Meru’s Cotttage </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7085852227</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">37</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Savino Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9612639455</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">38</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Megoki Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8413820777</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">39</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Alder cottage </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436077721</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">40</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Iralu’s Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7630919064</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">41</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Hill view Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8119890171</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">42</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pier’s Vintage </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9383343807</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">43</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ecotone Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Khonoma Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7085820016</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">44</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tuse Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dzuleke Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436008243</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">45</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Zevino Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dzuleke Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436008243</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">46</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kevisono Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dzuleke Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436008243</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">48</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Keviletono Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dzuleke Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436008243</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">49</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sotuno Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Dzuleke Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436672663</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">50</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sokhrie Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Science college,Jotsoma</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">51</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Camp Dazϋk and Homestay</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Chuchosu Jotsoma </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8730063997</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">52</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Uvie Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Phezhϋ Jotsoma </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436077241</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">53</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Beth – haran homestay</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Lerie Colony Sector </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> House No 696 Ward -16 </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8974237394</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">54</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Longchen Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">House no 75 Sector B Near Old airport Aoyimti
Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8974790220/8638803298</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:ajmynsong@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ajmynsong@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">55</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Jungjung Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">H.NO 27 Darogapathar, Dimapur 2 ½ Mile </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8638803298</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">56</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Trinity Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kuda C Khel , Half nagarjan </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7005166609/8131859688</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:anangjam@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">anangjam@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">57</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Hesso villa Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nepali bosti Dimapur </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8787528631</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:Hvhomestay@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Hvhomestay@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">58 </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Weaver’s Place </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Diezephe Village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7723974510</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:contactexoticecho@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">contactexoticecho@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.exoticecho.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">www.exoticecho.org</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">59</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">India paying guest House </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Purana Bazar Police point </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436432209</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">60</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Marvel Guest House </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Pentacostal Church Alongmen War,</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tongdentsuyong Ward Mokokchung </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">7085578530</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">61</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Zunhebo Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">D.C Hill west Zunheboto </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436008035/8036008036</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">61</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Rezeu Residency Guest House </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nokzai Colony below Govt.High Secondary School,
Peren </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8974311441</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:rezeuresidencypen@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">rezeuresidencypen@gmail.com</span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">62</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Campsite Yedikha </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">NH2,Campsite Yedhika,Zakhama </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9856845544/9856276384</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:campsiteyedikha@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">campsiteyedikha@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">63</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Vinnogi Resort </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Block colony new site Mon Town </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436424210</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:vinnogiresort@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">vinnogiresort@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">64</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Beth Harachah </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Kacharigaon Village Dimapur </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9436894624/03862-2295390</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">65</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nicky home </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Suhoi village </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8014955902</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">66</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Liaki Homestay </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Forest colony </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9862077415</span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #263039;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">GOVERNMNET APPROVED TOUR OPERATOR –
The list is given here - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/travel-operators/">https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/travel-operators/</a>
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<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">What to see around Kohima apart from
the Hornbill Festival? </span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">(<a href="https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/">https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/</a>
)<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.75in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">There are several things you can do around Kohima apart from
the festival. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Dzukou Valley &
Japfu Peak Trek</u> : </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">Dzukou is probably the best short
treks in the entire Northeast and the trekking point is barely 20 KMs from
Kohima city and barely 10 Kms from Kisama Hornbill venue. </span><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It has one of the most unique landscapes
with no parallels.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Sources: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blog.savaari.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/"><span style="background: white;">https://blog.savaari.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/"><span style="background: white;">https://travellingslacker.com/hornbill-festival-woodstock-of-north-east/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><a href="https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/about-us/">https://tourism.nagaland.gov.in/about-us/</a><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thirdeyetraveller.com/hornbill-festival-guide-2018/">https://thirdeyetraveller.com/hornbill-festival-guide-2018/</a><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Kohima">https://wikitravel.org/en/Kohima</a><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.taleof2backpackers.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/">https://www.taleof2backpackers.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/</a><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blog.wego.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/">https://blog.wego.com/hornbill-festival-nagaland/</a><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2018/03/who-are-bishnupriya-manipuris.html">http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2018/03/who-are-bishnupriya-manipuris.html</a><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><p></p></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-79834425112474738992021-11-26T16:46:00.021+05:302021-11-26T23:32:46.207+05:30Baranti tour <p> </p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: lime; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">19.11.2021(Friday)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kolkata – Asansol – Baranti (Muraddi or Muradi Lake or Baranti Lake)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Normally I hate to miss any extended week-end. Since 19<sup>th</sup> November is Guru Nanak’s
birthday (national holiday, on Friday), I planned to go to Baranti or Boronti. There are various ways
you can reach Baranti.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; tab-stops: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Bus :</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
took Volvo bus (Greeline – quite good) from Esplanade at 700 hrs (few also leave
from Karunamoyee Salt Lake) by booking ticket from Redbus website. I paid
around Rs 500 and got down at Cheliadanga, Asansol at 1130 hrs. You can call
your Resort / hotel to send a car<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for Rs
1200/1500 , depending upon the size of the car. But the cheapest and
interesting option is to take an auto rickshaw (my driver was </span><a href="tel:+917001560952" target="_blank"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #2962ff; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><span data-tooltip="Call phone (+917001560952)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Paul
Francis - 70015 60952</span></span></a><span class="ufnhrc"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #5f6368; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1rem; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span>) </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">after getting down at Asansol (last
stop Cheliadanga). I paid Rs 700 for little more than 1.30 hours journey. Other
drivers were asking more than Rs 1000 !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; tab-stops: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #333333;">Train :</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #333333;"> Nearest Railway station
to Baranti is Muradi, which is well connected by local trains from both Asansol
and Adra. But Asansol has more options than Adra to reach Muradi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Black Diamond /Rupashi Bangla Express etc
leaves from Kolkata/Satragachi for Asansol/Adra. From Muradi the auto will take
Rs 150 approx to reach your hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; tab-stops: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Car :</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #202122;">One can
drive down from </span><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata"><span style="color: #202122; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kolkata</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #202122;"> (around 263 km, 5–6 hours). You can read </span><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Baranti"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Baranti</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #202122;"> to
know the details.</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #202122; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Understand<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">The main tourist attraction of Baranti or
Boronoti is Baranti Lake, which is also sometimes referred to as the Muradi or
Muraddi Lake. It is a man-made lake – which apparently came up in the year
1975, I am told, to store water for agriculture. Baranti is surrounded by
Hillocks and Forest. It has all the right ingredients to be considered an ideal
retreat. It checks all the boxes ! You can come here with your family as well
as friends. Not only is the place quiet and secluded, can you indulge in
fishing, bird watching too. The place is yet to become another Digha ! There is
a 1 km long irrigation project dam, between two small hillocks, Muradi Hill and
Baranti Hill. Baranti is in the vicinity of Ramchandrapur Irrigation System (RIS).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVJjwEKVHXUt_OfHdMDSmxTVHUY0wOukpZRKVHvR6jjqHTrrgEg0dihtwRhI9nEHUzW2hBthAZSRWchQLrJV8MAco1nj7KF6Fv0s0X4qoSqW7gKLA4g2vJvgComCIApPDbqDP1BPL0NH_/s2612/IMG_20211120_165138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2612" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVJjwEKVHXUt_OfHdMDSmxTVHUY0wOukpZRKVHvR6jjqHTrrgEg0dihtwRhI9nEHUzW2hBthAZSRWchQLrJV8MAco1nj7KF6Fv0s0X4qoSqW7gKLA4g2vJvgComCIApPDbqDP1BPL0NH_/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_165138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt9bidKUnc0rAlONm-XQhc6MjXqmEraBNZ0r6CBylmZn9n6hIyzf1H0OgChB5unHoreDz_hkU8idQnn07y7cnqZf-jQuic4pvNvaCSy7J01WgidsaBNfZVQYwp15g0HgLNrdZxEiEUt4g/s2609/IMG_20211120_165738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt9bidKUnc0rAlONm-XQhc6MjXqmEraBNZ0r6CBylmZn9n6hIyzf1H0OgChB5unHoreDz_hkU8idQnn07y7cnqZf-jQuic4pvNvaCSy7J01WgidsaBNfZVQYwp15g0HgLNrdZxEiEUt4g/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_165738.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #202122; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Orientation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: medium;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">North Eastern side</b>
of the Lake is called Manpur – where there are only two resorts – Palash Kunja
(I stayed here) and Megh Roddur. They are around 350 metres from the sun set
point, where people congregate during sunset. These two resorts are nearest to
the sunset point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sunset point is the centre of activity of Baranti. </b>But you won’t be
able to see the Lake from these resorts, since they are in a low lying area.
But you can see the hill.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #202122;">Most of the resorts are in the</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202122;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">South
Eastern side</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.
This side is called Baranti ! Lake Hill Resort offers the best view of the Lake.
Other resorts (except Baranti Village resort and Spangle Wings Resort) do not
have any Lake view. Some of them do have view of the Hill. But not the Lake,
except Palash queen, to some extent. Most of the pictures given in various
websites are not actually correct !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: medium;">The other side (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">North
West)</b> of the dam/lake is Muradi, There are 4 resorts - Allure de
Baranti<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Baranti Eco Tourism <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government accommodation, but privately run –),
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>both are having very good view of the
Lake. This side is nearer to the Muradi rail station and other facilities. There
are some other resorts also in this side, without the view of the Lake , but
has a good view of the Hill/ forest – Mahulban Resort and Green Park Resort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: medium;">Apparently the oldest resort, was a residence of a Doctor –
Akashmoni – whose view is now guarded by Lake Hill Resort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/JdoY6JGKg7vMqFwg8"><span style="background: white;">https://goo.gl/maps/JdoY6JGKg7vMqFwg8</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Attractions of Baranti , apart from the Lake<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Village - </span></b><span style="color: #202122;">You go to a tribal village. As you
interact with them, you discover rural lifestyle and its closeness to nature.
As you walk along the red roads, you’ll see the mud houses, some of them are
painted beautifully.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Forest - </span></b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The deep green forest is home to several trees
and shrubs. These include Bamboo shrubs, Sal, Piyal, Amloki, Bahra, Haritoki,
Neem, Palash, Teak and Mahua.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">
</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Apart from that, the
forest is home to several animals which include wild boars, foxes, rabbits,
wolves, porcupines, deer and plenty of birds. You’ll also find butterflies in
several bright colours. I have seen Rufous Treepie, Bee eater, Dove and white
breasted Kingfisher.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hills - </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;">Baranti Hill is one of the hills among the hilly ranges
in Purulia.</span><span style="color: #202122;"> There are some
small hillocks around the Muradi lake, including the Muradi hill or Gorongi
Hill and the Ramchandrapur Hill. The place is, in fact, part of very hilly
terrain of Purulia.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Panchakot hill is clearly visible behind </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Muradi hil</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">/Gorongi
hill on a clear day. A few miles apart lies the Biharinath Hill, which falls in
the Bankura district of West Bengal and is the highest hill of that district. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: medium;">The
Joychandi Hill is also a prominent tourist spot (the auspicious Joychandi
temple is located on the top of this hill) which is situated at a distance of
21 kilometres from Baranti. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1HZ1gA7-n_E7dF91senZwEpBz-sgSZPbDmJxWRk0wjlmiXroCrQUI7aHJOtw1d_VpdmtEsZJm5pTgdQuq-ttM1pGmL8tk05HA6fQYUHOfsjnWvHPENUROBzxcSb_XPIMTx-yWzgegB4s/s2609/IMG_20211120_165941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1HZ1gA7-n_E7dF91senZwEpBz-sgSZPbDmJxWRk0wjlmiXroCrQUI7aHJOtw1d_VpdmtEsZJm5pTgdQuq-ttM1pGmL8tk05HA6fQYUHOfsjnWvHPENUROBzxcSb_XPIMTx-yWzgegB4s/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_165941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: medium;">On the first day, I reached the resort after 1330 hours. I
was tired and went to see the sunset and roam around Baranti, to have a feel of
the place. I saw there is a Shack - which sells Palm juice from 6.30 am in the
morning. It is just opposite Palash Queen resort, near the lake.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: lime; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">20.11.2021 Baranti (Muraddi Lake) – Biharinath-
Saltora- Baranti<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">You
can do a Trip to Susunia Hill and Biharinath Temple by hiring an Alto/any small
car for Rs 1800 from the resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normally
people do this trip on the first day, after taking lunch and leave by 2 pm . Susunia
Hill is 45 Km from Baranti. The drive to Susunia Hill through the village roads
with mud houses on both the sides will give you a feel of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>life there. It will take around 1 hour to
reach there. From Susunia one<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can go to Biharinath
Temple and come back to the Resort. Since I have more time, I decided to do it
on the second day. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">One of my friends in-laws
stays near Baranti (Saltora). His brother in Law (Mejda) came to pick me up and
take me to Biharinath temple and then to their village</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The best thing was the picturesque route to Biharinath.
We spent some time over there, clicking some pictures and visiting the temple.
There are some shops nearby selling Khaja, Samosa etc. The hygiene factor is
questionable. We did eat a Khaja – which is of course nothing great.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQtmoT3iq-T7twlp8zHQGe6FeY8ktJY2xBMDZqLtEonKQIsGVwcVeBV0DCkhgbWFCHdUxesEjjgumU-akmvxpMlx0YiegYYnASjfmfxqiFVFEdKgcuYYBpCuaSyy4rtDyWv7b6I4R_Dn6/s2609/IMG_20211120_111930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="1205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQtmoT3iq-T7twlp8zHQGe6FeY8ktJY2xBMDZqLtEonKQIsGVwcVeBV0DCkhgbWFCHdUxesEjjgumU-akmvxpMlx0YiegYYnASjfmfxqiFVFEdKgcuYYBpCuaSyy4rtDyWv7b6I4R_Dn6/w297-h640/IMG_20211120_111930.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: medium;">If
you’re energetic, you can enjoy a 9 km trek from Baranti to
Biharinath hills and enjoy the panoramic view of the hills. The Murardi
lake has a grand view from the top. We trekked for around 10 minutes from
Biharinath temple and returned back.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: medium;">Then
we went to see the Biharinath Eco Tourism Resort nearby – where Mejda has an
acquaintance – who is the key person of this resort.. The resort, I must say,
is really impressive with Biharinath Hill at the back drop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcNbPR_VWB68KganBZSnuRgljqx0HHsZOytSXqQ0UpkTWA6PZ8NESLZAOfOX8dxRoEn0IoN32qTxNXNi3uGME6CGKVEQb0cVXhm4AySphLNr-LkYmNyfI0_oRiO8O6sH_GND53zclOaQl/s2609/IMG_20211120_135325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcNbPR_VWB68KganBZSnuRgljqx0HHsZOytSXqQ0UpkTWA6PZ8NESLZAOfOX8dxRoEn0IoN32qTxNXNi3uGME6CGKVEQb0cVXhm4AySphLNr-LkYmNyfI0_oRiO8O6sH_GND53zclOaQl/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_135325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">But it is quite
expensive. The minimum tariff is Rs 4000 + extra for food. <a href="http://biharinathecotourism.com/"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-decoration-line: none;">http://biharinathecotourism.com/</span></a>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">. We went inside the resort and chatted with Maheswar Babu. Since he was
limping, I recommended a very good Orthopedic Doctor (our family friend) who is
with Bankura Medical Hospital. He went to Vellore without any benefit. (update
: He went to meet the doctor on Monday). This resort is near Burpur and nearest
train station is Asansol.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Then
we went to my friend’s in laws house and had lunch there. Since Rash festival
is going on in their village (Saltora) , we went to see two Puja Pandals.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55GWPeiWdqYdrCjwY1so0sLsNGuD0cqCekswXYS_LJKd2WSj_nOBwtOgHKfRE30Kn3-gNm3e43y3Jz26agzIib4BFTxwAskaKtpOTD2rjBcP8k921uQhF-QMoGagFUuLiON908bUVv0_4/s2609/IMG_20211120_155114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55GWPeiWdqYdrCjwY1so0sLsNGuD0cqCekswXYS_LJKd2WSj_nOBwtOgHKfRE30Kn3-gNm3e43y3Jz26agzIib4BFTxwAskaKtpOTD2rjBcP8k921uQhF-QMoGagFUuLiON908bUVv0_4/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_155114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eOZlb8_npmVL-yz70cfWSUkmWV22xtzbY6sQHdoDytyZNB_W3gTWRmgK0IyRZoymDdmf6fLHF_btZ2-UyRD2cuh2WfKyf6IAZdktkjX3l4nbG2GmFywiwOc7ZrUSN6po2BbW6Qi7LgV3/s2609/IMG_20211120_154545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eOZlb8_npmVL-yz70cfWSUkmWV22xtzbY6sQHdoDytyZNB_W3gTWRmgK0IyRZoymDdmf6fLHF_btZ2-UyRD2cuh2WfKyf6IAZdktkjX3l4nbG2GmFywiwOc7ZrUSN6po2BbW6Qi7LgV3/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_154545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After
that we left for Baranti and reached in25 min , just in time, at 4.25 pm to see
the sun set. People come between 4-4.30 pm to see the sunset. Today being
Sunday, I saw lot more people, then yesterday. Most of them are from Kolkata.
Not local, for sure. There is literally traffic jam at the sun set point.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNghcGCIl-IHjt6quROyrEV22RrN3ejjTfiNdvHgmP9_zHyucdhguec4NeOt6Ikpyu1VetgKEZp69WZMoXUxZJfcBoqXFd1_vREpK1T-4o0COtZlSREVayAh7E_YAyj9K61ZnsK3RxyjGj/s2609/IMG_20211120_163039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNghcGCIl-IHjt6quROyrEV22RrN3ejjTfiNdvHgmP9_zHyucdhguec4NeOt6Ikpyu1VetgKEZp69WZMoXUxZJfcBoqXFd1_vREpK1T-4o0COtZlSREVayAh7E_YAyj9K61ZnsK3RxyjGj/w640-h296/IMG_20211120_163039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: medium;">My
resort (Palash Kunja Resort)is located in a very peaceful location.
Recommendable. Some of the rooms have Hill view. But you cannot see the lake
from the resort, because of the high embankment. The rates are Rs 1500 + Food
(Rs 450/-). The owner is from Barrackpore and most of the residents are from
Barrackpore. They have recently bought the hotel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrKndlTVP-PiGES8V6kUywpi05ahs5bxi6AUEXGZS2WUtymv4kuZdptb9DvLNQ3hhwmSNAW-A2KiZbwfz9FQbpzSmd4og34MGnPUNGWWGj13V06XmtDcz-UqWKgJLFZbQtKoEJ-2Zf1Jt/s2609/IMG_20211121_082540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Our Resort" border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrKndlTVP-PiGES8V6kUywpi05ahs5bxi6AUEXGZS2WUtymv4kuZdptb9DvLNQ3hhwmSNAW-A2KiZbwfz9FQbpzSmd4og34MGnPUNGWWGj13V06XmtDcz-UqWKgJLFZbQtKoEJ-2Zf1Jt/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_082540.jpg" title="Our Resort" width="640" /></a></div> Our Resort<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The owner was also present
during my visit. I met a nice person from Barrackpore - who owns one of most popular hotels in Barrackpore – Trident
Hotel. They went to <a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/purulia-tour-the-ultimate-guide-to-ayodhya-hills/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-decoration-line: none;">Ayodhya Hills</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">.
It took almost 3.5 hours for them to reach there, I was told. Baranti Hill is one of the hills among the hilly ranges
in Purulia. One of them is </span><a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/purulia-tour-the-ultimate-guide-to-ayodhya-hills/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-decoration-line: none;">Ayodhya Hills</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">. </span><a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/purulia-tour-the-ultimate-guide-to-ayodhya-hills/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-decoration-line: none;">Ayodhya hills</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> is
one of the most popular destinations, in the entire district of Purulia.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: lime; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">21.11.2021 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baranti
(Muraddi Lake) – Joychandi Hill- Garh-panchoko- Panchet- Asansol<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In
the morning at around 7 am, I went to the lake side to buy some Palm juice or
Khejure tosh @ Rs 20 for a full glass and @ Rs 10 for half a glass. The first
one seemed to be bit diluted. But the second one was quite good (just came
fresh from the tree). I bought some palm leaf from a child, who in no time
transformed a palm leaf to a work of art (for Rs 20).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HckjGul8xmlFZDhgktUgtljrW9zwA4dEYcdrYeBQhCbEdzuIrAD-FHT_Pm4bb0EYTqFM_QEl_BvBClxASo9UhiWh4xgJ9fTeFaX325iTmgQbN0NHG9pXekaHtsFOiFlmAPgxMTHW7xh1/s2609/IMG_20211121_073143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HckjGul8xmlFZDhgktUgtljrW9zwA4dEYcdrYeBQhCbEdzuIrAD-FHT_Pm4bb0EYTqFM_QEl_BvBClxASo9UhiWh4xgJ9fTeFaX325iTmgQbN0NHG9pXekaHtsFOiFlmAPgxMTHW7xh1/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_073143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCSaI_WFFelDmb8oniaY5k_qXcAFNaD6HiQZURgdOUgUj_RFubaEu3gekohN9DBv9_eGTCqhgzyn3e_msGryFpXuCD_VaX1GALPtEIK_0VPOXF-my3Ak5rBAP_03NGAil4uAT4xjGC4HY/s2609/IMG_20211121_071153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCSaI_WFFelDmb8oniaY5k_qXcAFNaD6HiQZURgdOUgUj_RFubaEu3gekohN9DBv9_eGTCqhgzyn3e_msGryFpXuCD_VaX1GALPtEIK_0VPOXF-my3Ak5rBAP_03NGAil4uAT4xjGC4HY/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_071153.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">Today
being my checkout, I had<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>already had
planned to explore Panchet Dam, Garpanchkot, Joychandi Hills. My bus is at 4.10
pm from Asansol. After having breakfast, I left for the Joychandi hills at 9.45
am. I booked the car for Rs 2100. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">1.
Joychandi Pahar – 25 km<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">2. Garh
Panchkot - 20 Km, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">3 Panchet
Dam - 27 Km<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">3.
Maithon - 58 Km<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">4.
Raghunathpur – 20 km [It is famous for beautiful Tasar shari]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1f2025;">I skipped the first popular destination , </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kalyaneswari Temple, after reading
the blog of </span><a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/"><span style="background: white; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“
Truly speaking, it seemed more of a Business Hub instead of a Temple. At every
step there’s one person asking for money (so called donation) to allow us
proceed further. Although we skipped through them and finally went inside
for <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Darshan</span>. The business
is stronger there, and they would demand more money (more donation) for
offering your prayers. Believe me, this is the only reason, I avoid going to
temples and putting in money to these Businesses out there.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/reasons-why-joychandi-pahar-should-be-part-of-your-purulia-trip/"><b><span style="color: #cf4d35; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Joychandi
Hills</span></b></a><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Only
25 km from Baranti, this beautiful spot is famous for the shooting of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hirak Rajar Deshe, by Satyajit Ray. The main
attractions of this place are the Chandi temple and the Semaphore tower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hills around Joychandi Hills have lot of
character. No wonder, Ray chose this as his location for shooting. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Semaphore, popularly known as visual
telegraph or optical telegraph, was a most popular communication technology in
the pre – telegram days. It is a system of conveying information by means
of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or
paddles. The signals were observed from the next tower by means of telescope
and relayed on to the next tower.(</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><a href="https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/baranti-boronti-an-amazing-weekend-destination/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/baranti-boronti-an-amazing-weekend-destination/</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">) <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Y</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">ou</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> have to climb around 500 steps to
reach the top. The steps are nice. If you take it easy with some halts. then it
is not be at all difficult. There is a wonderful view from the top.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://1o3vdmf7elw1cmvz02dbd6qu-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kalyaneswari-temple-1.webp"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbTH6wMAPt3E8eFnqnn6P0ycdzp7iDsP8rm4Bc-YXdVyVVyeQiIRuJLW38wQHPIXP7wIolvUf0YSHBTI2Op9CsChb74H8_ngMCSyo6R4axkKeFXnWNkbY6vUXM7khBhSrN2QJkEKQmmb6/s2609/IMG_20211121_112243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbTH6wMAPt3E8eFnqnn6P0ycdzp7iDsP8rm4Bc-YXdVyVVyeQiIRuJLW38wQHPIXP7wIolvUf0YSHBTI2Op9CsChb74H8_ngMCSyo6R4axkKeFXnWNkbY6vUXM7khBhSrN2QJkEKQmmb6/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_112243.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5uYpcLQukP4RC80Y1y4XY8_IAZ_xNiT2SWpuPUk0pFQiOGT0oGUgSWKenQbg9irXzbCKhGI5ebYD5gYmbhXuKbzc6XLJwinGBFrB6EDgULBtP46JnZk2431W1NVCpD90UNXbAboMAgvJ/s2609/IMG_20211121_113423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="1205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5uYpcLQukP4RC80Y1y4XY8_IAZ_xNiT2SWpuPUk0pFQiOGT0oGUgSWKenQbg9irXzbCKhGI5ebYD5gYmbhXuKbzc6XLJwinGBFrB6EDgULBtP46JnZk2431W1NVCpD90UNXbAboMAgvJ/w296-h640/IMG_20211121_113423.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xYhne_32AcLbS-6SedS5M-iYOI9XIVHtrgdwi6RkRR_i04Gl5h0XOtCuCVOw6Tuu_2tIvj9UeIbGrAJ5KlUMsevrsD4gkR0bgUwltxxmZ2jUYaaMJIi-quT2WTSNWuS22klswE83vazO/s2609/IMG_20211121_112236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2609" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xYhne_32AcLbS-6SedS5M-iYOI9XIVHtrgdwi6RkRR_i04Gl5h0XOtCuCVOw6Tuu_2tIvj9UeIbGrAJ5KlUMsevrsD4gkR0bgUwltxxmZ2jUYaaMJIi-quT2WTSNWuS22klswE83vazO/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_112236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Anyway, after </span><a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/reasons-why-joychandi-pahar-should-be-part-of-your-purulia-trip/"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline: none;">Joychandi Hills</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">,
we left for Garpanchkot (or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Garh
Panchkot).There is a wonderful WBFDC Lodge at Garpanchkot. The place is
actually the ruins of Panchkot Palace - resulting in from Bargi attack. The way
to Garpanchkot was splendid ! After reaching </span><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">G</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">arpanchkot,
I went for trekking towards the Panchet hills. It is a very steep trek. There
is no stair case, unlike Joychandi Hills. There is a chance you might get lost.
I saw some old tribal woman, who seemed to me to be a guide. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">According to the blogger Krishnendu </i></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">( <a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</a>
) ,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ Then we proceeded towards
exploring the area. Two aged grandmothers approached us for helping us explore
the place and being guiding us. Though we well understood their intention, but
didn’t resist keeping in mind their age and scope of employment at such region.
Not only that, the positive side is their enthusiasm at such age and believe
me, Bong Grandmothers are an expert on telling stories. They really walked us
through each and every spot around the ruins and explained things in details.
The simplicity and personal touch in them really fascinated us. We happily
handed over a note of Rs. 50/- to each of them, although we never discussed any
amount beforehand. You see, I personally feel, paying them (whatever the amount
is), is much worthy over paying the same amount at such temples like
Kalyaneswari. “</span></span></i></div>
</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jQyYG8IT-Jm0MQDfWHeMCr0AyU2BSdZLhxeRYhwG3M_-Hbq-UAJRe7040NwAAdw5KRlIo_FylXwBz3Wwv8lUuA2fdlF2fBT7ovCdOXIGtDwAcsl2tGWmiKUJ_fNfUHKeSxBsVAVrpamg/s2612/IMG_20211121_131635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2612" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jQyYG8IT-Jm0MQDfWHeMCr0AyU2BSdZLhxeRYhwG3M_-Hbq-UAJRe7040NwAAdw5KRlIo_FylXwBz3Wwv8lUuA2fdlF2fBT7ovCdOXIGtDwAcsl2tGWmiKUJ_fNfUHKeSxBsVAVrpamg/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_131635.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">After
some time, I decided to come back, because of dearth of time. Then I had much
lunch near the Terracotta temple. There are 2-3 shops which serves lunch. The
WBFD bungalow also serves lunch (even for outsiders) at an exorbitant
price.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">I must tell you, this place has
completely transformed in last 12 years. I came here in the year 2009.There are,
now, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">shops all around the temple. The
serenity of the place has completely lost. Most of the pictures you see of
Garhpanchokot are old pictures. To me the place has lost, lot of its charm.
This is what mass tourism does to a place.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large;">After
finishing my lunch there, we proceeded towards Panchet Dam. The famous Panchet
dam is at a distance of 27 km from Baranti. Panchet Dam was the last of the
four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley
Corporation (DVC). It was constructed across the Damodar River at Panchet in
Dhanbad district</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v6uwxkdDOqPHhos0AZ-OpfxXtVUAw1WL2hjCRShAV4EGIoHA3hBdwMOpJ4re4ZGz6pnSu6Z8JWCtbzrIhyphenhyphenE0lOug9XNupcV88J1XgsRq2wu81EAwYkw6iFLrlEbGte8Uu8B6awiDQupi/s2612/IMG_20211121_150654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2612" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v6uwxkdDOqPHhos0AZ-OpfxXtVUAw1WL2hjCRShAV4EGIoHA3hBdwMOpJ4re4ZGz6pnSu6Z8JWCtbzrIhyphenhyphenE0lOug9XNupcV88J1XgsRq2wu81EAwYkw6iFLrlEbGte8Uu8B6awiDQupi/w640-h296/IMG_20211121_150654.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">I
did not have time to go to Maithon Dam. It is around 15 Km from Panchet Dam.
Maithon Dam is more interesting, without any doubt. It takes around 1 hour to
reach Asansol at top speed from Panchet. We were almost missing the bus ! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Accommodation <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">It typically ranges between Rs 800—Rs 2500<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Lake Hill Resort : </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Tel: 95649-25872 / <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>94322-96178/99325-42601/ 8372-875617</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">According
to blogger Krishnendu</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;"> (</span><a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">
) </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">“ I’d give it a 5* eyes closed. Out of all the
options available, this is the best considering the location and view it
offers…. …The place itself is very clean and well maintained. Needless to say,
one can spend whole day sitting in the balcony, gazing at the breathtaking
view.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mr. Pulak - owner (For Booking) –94322-96178, Email
– </span></i><a href="mailto:pulak3398@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pulak3398@gmail.com</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> | <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">Mr. Birbal (Manager cum Caretaker) –99325-42601
/ 8372-875617 / 95649 25872<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">Rabin (Driver who picked us up from Asansol,
arranged by Lake Hill Resort) : -91-83487-29426<br />
Lakkhikanta (Driver who took us for Sightseeings on both days, arranged by Lake
Hill Resort) : <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;">+91-86702-64149. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">(</span><a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Akashmoni Resort </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tel: 8017215958. Akashmoni, has positive
reviews . However the Lake Hill Resort has come up in front of Akashmoni,
blocking the view. Now Lake Hill Resort offers the best view. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"> <a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</a>
)</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">This is also a very popular resort at Baranti. Similar to
Palash Bari, this resort also offers basic cottages. However, a basic rustic
accommodation does not appear to be misfit amidst the virgin nature of Baranti.
This resort is also very close to the lake so if you prefer staying near the
lake you may opt for this hotel near the Baranti dam. The resort is surrounded
by Sal and Segun trees. There are three semi-deluxe cottages in this resort.
Also, there are two deluxe cottages. All the cottages are fitted with a double
bed and an attached washroom. The deluxe cottages also have geysers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Phone: 8017215958 (9:00 AM to 9:PM), Email: </span></i><a href="mailto:neelakash889@gmail.com"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">neelakash889@gmail.com</span></i></a></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/176836-baranti-travel-guide-a-budget-weekend-tour-from-kolkata"><span style="background: white;">https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/176836-baranti-travel-guide-a-budget-weekend-tour-from-kolkata</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Palashbari Ecological
Resort :</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tel: 9831507644 /<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">90516 16012 Email address: </i></span><a href="mailto:palashbari73@gmail.com"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">palashbari73@gmail.com</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">This one is the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>iconic resort of Baranti. I have personally
stayed here for 2 nights and quite liked it. The Palashbari resort at Baranti
is situated over a vast area of 7 bighas. The property has nearly 1600 Palash
trees (Butea Monosperma) in its compound, hence the name ('bari' means house in
Bengali, so literally the name of the resort means 'House of Palash'). So it is
kind of a mini forest itself. In the month of March, when the Palash flowers
bloom all around, the entire resort becomes red which is surely a great sight
to behold. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you want to see the Palash
flowers in full bloom, I would recommend this resort. </b>However please note
that you cannot have a view of the lake. The lake/dam is located at about 10 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minutes walking distance from this property.
It has basic rooms fitted with vitrified tiles with attached toilets. There are
10 rooms in the Palashbari Ecological Resort, Baranti. These rooms are fitted
with geysers and water purifiers. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Check-in time is 11 am
and check out tim</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.5pt;">e is 9 am. Their registered office is at Baguiati, Kolkata,
near the Baguiati Big Bazaar Bus Stop.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/176836-baranti-travel-guide-a-budget-weekend-tour-from-kolkata"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10pt;">https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/176836-baranti-travel-guide-a-budget-weekend-tour-from-kolkata</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.5pt;">My input: The rates
here quite reasonable and the resort is quite organized and quick to reply your
queries over whatsapp<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Ankhaibari Resort</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> : </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tel: 9818827720. Considering
the merits of the Ankhaibari resort at Baranti, location is, of course, a plus
point. This resort is located at a prime location surrounded by tranquil mother
nature. They have an in-house restaurant where Indian and Chinese foods are
available. There are air-conditioned lake/dam facing rooms. If you are looking
for AC Hotel in Baranti, the Ankhaibari resort is a great option. All rooms
have attached bathrooms with geyser facilities. Fooding and lodging come as a
package. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
The check-in time for Rooms is 10.15 a.m. and Check-Out Time is 9.30 a.m. For
tents, the check-in time is 9 am and check out time is 8 am. Mobile:
9433304643, 9609811544, 9800420013 , Email: barantiankhaibari@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Spangle Wings Resort Tel: 9830341377.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Megh O Roddur. Tel:
9932611915.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">The Palash Kunja. Tel: 9051302925.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Baranti Wildlife and Nature Study Hut. Tel: 9830085483, 9239060292</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Banabithi Baranti. Tel: 8296730165.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Mahulban. Tariff: Tel: 9830312333.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Monpalash Resort. Tel: 9732038397, 9062768434.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Album Resort. Tel: 8768008689</span></i></b><span style="background: white;">. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Allure de Baranti :</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;">This
one is the closest to the dam. If you are coming from Muradi, this is the first
hotel you will come across.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.8pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
:</span></b><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The words in
italics are taken from one of these blogs or sources mentioned below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.indiamike.com/india/west-bengal-f32/baranti-sweet-little-hamlet-in-natures-lap-t176151/#post1469025"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.indiamike.com/india/west-bengal-f32/baranti-sweet-little-hamlet-in-natures-lap-t176151/#post1469025</span></a><span style="color: #1f2025; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10pt;">https://krishnandusarkar.com/trip-baranti-garpanchkot/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bongbackpackers.com/baranti-a-perfect-weekend-trip-from-kolkata/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 10pt;">https://www.bongbackpackers.com/baranti-a-perfect-weekend-trip-from-kolkata/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1f2025; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">BCN</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.10</span></b><b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 2</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Full day city highlights of BCN</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">BCN</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Costa Brava Tour : BCN- Blanes-LLoret Del Mar- Tossa
Del Mar-BCN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">BCN</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BCN -Montserrat- BCN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">BCN</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BCN to Granada (by Train+Bus)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Train</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Granada city tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Granada</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Granada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Granada</span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 22.1pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; height: 22.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; height: 22.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; height: 22.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Granada–Ronda (3 hrs by Train)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; height: 22.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronda </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronda > Seville ( 4 hrs by train ) >
city tour <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seville</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">18.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seville city tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seville</span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seville–Cadiz (1.45 hrs by Train) at 6.40
am<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cadiz</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cadiz -Jerez de la Frontera<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #660000; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cadiz</span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cadiz > Cordoba (2.15 hrs by train) at </span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.55 am</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Left luggage at Cordoba</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">22.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cordoba to Madrid by at 1.00 am<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Madrid</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">23.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Madrid-Toledo (</span></b><b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">city of El Greco</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Madrid</span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">24.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Madrid-</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cuenca Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Madrid</span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 16<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Madrid<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Madrid</span></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">26.10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Madrid (at 8.30 am ) >Frankfurt>
Delhi <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Plane</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: magenta; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">27.10.21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day 18<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 250.2pt;" valign="top" width="334">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Delhi > CCU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">Kolkata</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"> </p></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">09.10.2021</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Six of us were supposed to travel to Spain during
Durga Puja. But none of them could go, except me ! One of them lost his
passport. A family of 3 could not go, since their mother was sick. Another
person did not get the visa. It was rejected on 8.10.22. By mistake he showed
Current Account of Bank, though he is going on a tourist visa. However I got to
know from my Spanish teacher (Bengali), that Spain 's visa is rejected quite
often. Even my visa came quite late. Please remember VFS does not process visa
for Spain. It is BLS International (BLS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LTD, Spain Visa
Application Centre, 61, Panchkuian Marg, Paharganj, New Delhi – 110055, Near
R.K. Ashram Marg Metro station, Next to
metro pole No. 5). Their Kolkata office at
Camac Street has closed down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since I am one of the very first
travelers doing international tour, after the covid, I had to travel without
any forex card. It was not available anywhere. Even after frantic search in
Axis Bank or HDFC Bank office in Kolkata and New Town, I could not get one. I
had to use my Indian International Credit card. I was bit scared, whether I would
be able to use it in Spain. Thankfully there was no problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My flight was at 1346 hours by Go
First airlines from CCU and reached Delhi at 1600 hours. I left home at 1040
hours from my home. It did not take too much time to reach airport, since the
road was empty. After reaching Delhi (T-1), I left for my uncle's house at
Vasant Kunj by bus/auto. I chatted with them and had dinner and finally they dropped
me at the airport - T3. I can carry maximum 8 Kg as hand luggage. That is, as
per rule, you are allowed upto 8.9 Kg (it should be less than 9). Plus a laptop
bag is allowed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My flight was at 2.50 hrs next day. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.10.2021</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
plane left at least 30 minutes late from Delhi. I got down at Frankfurt airport
at 820 hours (instead of scheduled 750 hours) . I was supposed to
leave Frankfurt at 0945 hours and reach Barcelona at 1115 hours. Spain is 3.30
hours behind India. The transit time between two flights was only 1.55
hours – got reduced to 1 hr 25 minutes ! But there was a huge line for baggage
checking and immigration control. I decided to change the wrist watch time,
after reaching Barcelona - <b>which was a mistake. </b>I should have changed it at
Frankfurt and then again at Barcelona. I missed the connecting flight at 9.45
hours, though I tried to go faster, skipping part of the queue. Had the time
displayed right time, I would have acted <i>little earlier</i>. But I was not the only
one who missed the flight. There was another flight at 1105 hours. They
(Lufthansa) re-booked a ticket without any charge. You have to tell at the
counter “please re-book it”. Then they will not charge anything. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Later
I learnt it is very common for people to miss the fight at Frankfurt.
There are not many staffs at the airport to guide us, unlike India,
presumably because labour cost is very expensive.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Finally
I reached Barcelona at 1250 hours. It takes 1.30 minutes to reach
Barcelona from Frankfurt. I took an airport express Bus for standard 5.9 Euro
and finally got down at the heart of Barcelona at Plaça de Catalunya in 30-35
minutes. It is like Esplanade of Barcelona. But by mistake, I got down at
Espanya, due to communication gap - which is 1 stop before Plaça de Catalunya.
They told me to take a bus initially. But later they told me to take another
airport express bus, since I came by that bus. The old ticket is still valid
apparently. I took the airport express bus from the Red light at Espanya.
Though the next airport bus did not let me in, the second bus allowed me - since
I told them, I got down here by mistake. You cannot use airport express bus twice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyways I
walked for 10 minutes from Placa de Catalunya to reach my hotel at La Rambla or
Les Rambles. I am staying at La Rambla. It was somewhat like the old
Boulevard of Gariahat. The car plies in two sides of La Rambla. This is a very important location. Though
crowded with tourists, Les Rambles is tree-lined and beautifully laid out. All
along the way, you will meet with interesting street performers, some of them
doing stunts, some of them costumed and some of them offering to do pencil
sketches. All the important places of interest are nearby - within walking distance.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
manager of the hotel is a Pakistani from Punjab. So he talks just like a Punjabi.
He told me I am giving you a better room since you are from India. It is small,
but cute room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know Spain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
history of Spain is oldest in Europe - it has the oldest human settlement –
42,000 year ago. Even in Egypt the ancient period is 5000 BC. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We all knew about the cave art of Altamira. The
people who drew the pictures at Altamira cave , went to North Spain from
Africa through the strait of Gibraltar in 3000-8000 </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">BC. Gibraltar is still under British. Morocco is very near Gibraltar.They were called Iberians.The Iberians were an ancient people who lived on the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula (south western Europe. ). They were descendants of North Africans, Mediterranean cultures, and local native groups. North Africans were followed by Celtics, Phoenicians (Lebanon), Greek, Carthage and finally Romans. Iberia Peninsula means Spain and Portugal.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"> Iberian food means food from Spain
and Portugal.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
name of Spain (España) comes from Hispania, the name used by the Romans for the
Iberian Peninsula and its provinces during the Roman Empire. The etymological
origin of the term Hispania is uncertain, although the Phoenicians referred to
the region as Spania (meaning "Land of rabbits"), therefore the most
accepted theory is the Phoenician one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
those days, just like Middle East of today, Spain is the place where you get
oil. Even today, around 50% of olive oil comes from Spain. A road went straight
from Spain to Rome. Germanic tribe (Vandals) who conquered Western Roman Empire,
conquered Spain after 40 years, around 400 AD. Germanic tribe does not mean
German people only. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Muslim
Berbers and Arabic people collectively called Moor, conquered Spain after
another 300 years i.e. 700 AD. In the
early 8th century, most of the Iberian peninsula was conquered by the Umayyad
Caliphate, and during early Islamic rule, Al-Andalus became a dominant
peninsular power centered in Córdoba. This period is the dark age of Europe ,
but that is the golden age of Spain - when Moors controlled South Spain or Al-Andalus.
The Moors controlled Spain for 700 years. They made a huge library. People all
over the Europe came to Spain in those days to study. Nalanda of those days was
in Muslim Spain. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">Many Arabic term was incorporated in Spanish ie Kamiza, Pijama , Pagar.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">known as the “father of algebra”, a word derived from the title of his book, polymath </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Al Biruni were
all most learned people of that era. </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Unani was evolved during this period. Southern Spain has a distinct culture –
since Moors ruled that part of Spain.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Several
Christian kingdoms emerged in <b>Northern Iberia</b>, chief among them León, Castile,
Aragon, Portugal, and Navarre made an intermittent southward military expansion,
known as Reconquista, repelling the Islamic rule in <b>Southern Iberia</b>, which culminated
with the Christian seizure of the Emirate of Granada in 1492. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
1469 marriage took place between Isabella I, Queen of <b>Castile</b> and of
Ferdinand II or Fernando King of <b>Aragon</b> : between the Castile region and Aragon region
(two regions sharing the border). They got united by matrimonial alliance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
dynastic union of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1479, often
considered the <b>formation of Spain as a country</b>, was followed by the annexation
of Navarre and the incorporation of Portugal during the Iberian Union. The Spanish
king, through the Spanish Inquisition, forced the Jewish and Muslim minorities
to <b>choose between conversion to Catholicism or expulsion</b>, and eventually most
of the converts were expelled from Iberia through different royal decrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
1492 the last Muslim king of Granada surrendered to the Christian king. In fact
1492 is a very important year, when <b>Columbus reached Bahamas</b> and thought this
is America. They bought gold from Peru, Guatemala, Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyways reconquest or reconquista was completed in
1492 (started from 800 AD).</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
expulsion of the Moriscos was decreed by King Philip III of Spain on April 9,
1609. The <b><i>Moriscos were descendants of Spain's Muslim population who had been
forced to convert to Christianity.</i></b>Between 1492 and 1610 alone, some 3,000,000
Muslims left or were expelled from Spain</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">After,
another 700 years, from 1469 onwards, it was under the Catholic King. In 1898
there was a disastrous battle between America and Spain. <b>That was the beginning
of the end of Spanish empire. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">However in 1936 Spanish civil war
started</span> E</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ventually in 1939 under the Dictator Francesco or Franco, civil
war ended, after Franco’s victory. He was supported by Fascists and Nazi and
those who were defeated, were supported by Russians and Communists. Around 3.5
Lakh Spanish was killed by Franco. He died in 1975. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Franco
bombed the Guernica in North Spain in autonomous <b>Basque country</b> near Bilbao. It
is like Kashmir of Spain. Atletico Bilbao is part of this region. They do not
think of them as Spanish. They have a <b>distinct language</b>. North West of Spain is
<b>Galicia region</b>. They too have a <b>distinct language. </b>Catalonian language (spoken in
Barcelona) is somewhat similar to Spanish and French. The region of Catalonia
has two official languages.The Catalan independence movement seeks the
independence of Catalonia from Spain.</span> Rest of
Spain speak Castilian i.e. what is known as Spanish language. There is nothing
called Spanish language actually! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bilbao
was conquered by Franco after bombing and killing lot of people in Guernica. Then
Picasso drew Guernica after that event as a mark of protest against war. I
saw Guernica in Madrid ( before that I saw it during Durga Puja inside a Pandal, Behala
Nutan Sangha (opposite to Behala Nutan Dal !!). It is Monalisa of the modern
art. It is a huge canvas – 11.5 ft in length and 30 ft in width. Famous
painters like Goya , El Greco (of Toledo – who was born in Greece , but spent last
37 years in Spain : is the architect of
the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Renaissance" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start;" title="Spanish Renaissance"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Spanish Renaissance</span></a>) are from Spain. Apart from that there is
Picasso, Miro, Salvador Dali (Figueres) - all part of Catalonia. Miro drew the
logo of world cup football in 1982. The most famous architect of the world is
probably Gaudi (1852-1926) – his <b>Modernista</b> style in Barcelona draws many
tourists to Barcelona. Spain made lot of money during the time of Gaudi
because of looting around the world. With that money, the rich asked Gaudi to
make their building. However the artistic style <b>Art Nouveau</b> was developed in and around Madrid around 1900. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Due
to Franco's declining health, Juan Carlos began periodically acting as
Spain's head of state in the summer of 1974</span>. In 1975 Juan Carlos was
given succession by Franco. Carlos
was able to recover Spain and in 1977 after election, Spain became republic
again. Carlos was present during 1982 world cup. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
1977 Spain became part of NATO. Though during the Iraq war, they refused to
join NATO. The area of Spain is 5 Lakh sq km ie 5.5 times West Bengal and 1/7th
of India and population is 4.72 Crore , vis a vis 5.9 Crore of Italy and 6.8 Crore of France. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There
is 15% unemployment rate in Spain. Its per capita income (nominal) is much
lower than Germany,England or Scandinavian countries or even <i>France (44,000
USD) </i>at 31,000 USD approx. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
planned to go to Cathedral first. I asked the Pakistani Manager how to reach the
Cathedral. Surprisingly he does not know this, though he is staying in
Barcelona for quite some time . Bangladeshis are much smarter. Cathedral is not
very far from here. Basically he has no interest in these things. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After
I got down from the hotel, I saw a restaurant "Raja" owned by a
Pakistani just beside our hostel. Apart from Indian food, you also get Falafel,
Durum. I was quite hungry. I had both Durum and Falafel.
By that time, it was almost 2 pm. Most of the super markets are manned by
Pakistani. I saw few Bangladeshis too. They are from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Just
like Italy, I saw many people from Indian sub continent. But the only
difference is they are not Bangladeshis, but Pakistanis from Punjab (Pakistani
part) - they look like Indians. I was told there are some Indians too - though
I could not find them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Not
many people are wearing mask. They are wearing once they are inside a Museum.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Today I mostly walked in nearby
areas - part of old Barcelona. I started with Cathedral- Cathedral de
Barcelona, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia. Do
not confuse Barcelona Cathedral with the La Sagrada Família Basilica. It is a
Catholic church located in the Gothic quarter of </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"><a href="https://www.barcelona.com/" target="_blank" title="Barcelona"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Barcelona</span></a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It was built in the 13th century on the ruins of an old Romanesque
church. Barcelona Cathedral has impressive Gothic architecture. It also houses
many treasures, including paintings, sculptures, and ancient manuscripts. But
it was closed, when I went there. I saw it from outside. But I have seen many
cathedrals like this in Vienna, Austria. So it is nothing new to me. But
it is nice for a first time tourist. Nearby is Museo de Historia. The aim of
the History Museum of Barcelona is to preserve the rich heritage of Barcelona. That
was also closed. Is it probably because of corona ? The nearby Placa del Rei or
King’s square, is nothing very special. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then
I went to Picasso Museum or Museo de Picasso. The Picasso Museum is a
must-visit for art lovers. The Museum houses a vast collection of the artist's
work, including paintings, drawings, and engravings. Its highlights include an
extensive collection of his early works. It is allowing people by batches due
to Covid, I guess. Since it had its quota of guests for the day, no further
tourists were allowed. There is a nice park called Parc de la Ciutadella, where
there is a lake. It is a very idyllic and probably the greenest oasis in
Barcelona. It invites you to relax and to go for long walks as well as for a
picnic. You can also use a rowing boat on the lake. In the lake there are many ducks . There is a
Catalan parliament beside the park. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When
I reached Basilica de Santa Maria Del Mar - which is probably better than the
Cathedral, it was already dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then
I saw Mercat de la Boqueria on La Rambla, while walking. It is a popular food
market. I did not go inside. It is very near my hotel. Tomorrow I plan to go to
Costa Brava, which is French Riviera.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Today
I had Paella de Valencia from an Indian restaurant. Paella is from Valencia
region. Typically it costs 16 Euro. There is an offer in the restaurant for
9.90 Euro and I had one espresso coffee for 1.5 Euro. ie. 11.40 in total.
I had sea food Paella. but they did not give/have Calamari. The typical Indian
attitude of not informing the clients that they do not have Calamari -
though I asked about the ingredients.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: yellow; color: #ff00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: #FCFF01;">11.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
must also tell you that Italy is relatively cheaper than Barcelona. But coffee
is generally cheaper at 1.5 Euro. Paella is typically 10-16 Euro. But for
budget traveller one can have Salami. I had Salami for 1 Euro (60 gms) -
very good taste. I also bought white chocolate from another super market.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
planned to see Antoni Gaudi’s creations. The fact that Barcelona is unique is
because of Gaudi’s architecture. There is a place/district called<b> </b></span><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">L'Eixample (pronounced
'lay-sham-pluh') is a showcase for Modernista architecture. Gaudi was born in 1852
and died in 1926. He was a devout Catholic. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Gaudí
put his imagination and talent at the service of the Catholic faith. </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The most famous one is La Sagrada Familia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> My initial plan was to go to Costa Brava. But
all the shops were closed (or at least did not see any shop). Only Govt tourism
office runs tours to Costa Brava. They have their office at the basement of Plaça
de Catalunya. I went to their office running, since I was late - to
start the train tour at 8.00 am. Even the information counter was
closed. Then I planned to use the service of other private tour companies. But I
could not find any such Company. Is it possible that they do the tour through
the Govt run company only ? I wandered at Plaça de Catalunya twice. Finally the
office opened at 8.30 am. Later I was told that due to Covid
there is no Costa Brava tour. I bought one tour of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=572463874&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN898IN898&sxsrf=AM9HkKkGFU-_qOEKAZAj5k_o2SGNq9vsHw:1697008544389&q=Montserrat&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd5d-7ue2BAxWGSGwGHaZcAnUQkeECKAB6BAgIEAE"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Montserrat</span></a> tour
for 50 Euro on 13<sup>th</sup>. I bought one ticket of La Sagrada Familia for
28 Euro. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
learnt at the information counter that one train leaves from Plaça de Catalunya
itself and stops at Blanes – which is a station in Costa Brava region. This
tour will be taken by local train, (not part of any guided tour). From
there one can go to Tosa De Mar by bus. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.75pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> After this information, I left for Casa
Batlló. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">It is located on
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeig_de_Gr%C3%A0cia" title="Passeig de Gràcia"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Passeig de Gràcia</span></a>
. This is a unique house – made by Gaudi. The owner,</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> Josep
Batlló</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> , did not like the existing style. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Originally,
the building was built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortés (one of Gaudí’s
architecture professors). In 1903 it was purchased by Mr Josep Batlló y
Casanovas.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> Mr Josep Batlló
granted full creative freedom to Antoni Gaudí, putting him in charge of a
project that initially entailed demolishing the building. However, thanks to
the courage shown by Gaudí, the demolition of the house was ruled out, and it
was fully reformed between 1904 and 1906. The architect completely changed the
façade, redistributing the internal partitioning and converting the inside into
a true work of art. This signature style is copied everywhere in Barcelona. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">At the same time,
prominent architects were also reforming other houses that, at the time, were
competing for the urban awards convened by the Barcelona City Council. These
houses are also in the modernist style and along with Casa Batlló, they are
currently part of a unique group formed by <b>Casa
Amatller</b> ( <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">by the architect Josep Cadafalch)</span>,
</span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Museu del Perfum</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> (which is in
between Casa Amatller and Casa <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mulleras</span>)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">, <b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Casa Mulleras</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
(Enric Sagnier) and <b>Casa Morera</b> (by
Lluís Domènech i Montaner)</span> .These 4 houses are joined together like the
houses in Delhi and is called "Block of Discord” , since they
have no common pattern. As the four architects' styles were very
different, the buildings clash with each other and the neighboring buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
entre fee of Casa Batillo is<b> 39 Euro</b> ! The most expensive entry
ticket I have ever bought for a house. But the house is unique. There is no
option to go inside </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Casa Amatller</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">or </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Casa
Morera</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. The audio guide is made wonderfully, almost
seamlessly. The moment you reach a certain spot, audio will start talking ! Then I followed the walking tour given by
another travel book.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There
are many interesting houses on the way. Then fell on the way Casa Mila (nick
named La Pedrera (stone quarry) because it resembles an open quarry ) - a
building designed by Gaudi and commissioned by Pere Milà. The name, ‘Casa Milà’
comes from the fact that it was the new home of the Milà family. Casa Mila is
Antoni Gaudi’s most iconic work of civic architecture due to both its
constructional and functional innovations. It was Gaudi’s last work of civic
architecture and represented a break with the conventions of his day.<b> </b>Due
to Covid they are not allowing any person at that point of time. But I was told
to come at 1 pm, which is not possible for me !</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
I proceeded towards <b>La Sagrada Familia</b>. There is a time of entry at
1.30 pm. On the way falls a very nice Hospital Sant Pau - founded around 600
years ago. I reached there at 1.10 pm. But I had no time to go inside the Hospital.
I heard, if I am late by 10 minutes then the ticket will be cancelled. So I had
to skip the hospital. So I left for <b>La Sagrada Familia</b>. It is a
unique church. It is still under construction for nearly 140 years, and has
become one of the most visited monuments in Spain, receiving 4.7 million
visitors in 2019. There will be 18 towers – height according to the importance.
The towers are dedicated to important biblical figures: 12 apostles, 4
evangelists, 1 Virgin Mary, 1 Tower of Jesus. Jesus Christ’s tower is the tallest, followed
by Mary. I have not seen anything like this. Initially intended to be a simple
Roman Catholic church, the church ultimately became the most prominent example
of Catalan Modernism. Pope Benedict XVI declared it a basilica in 2010. The Basilica
exemplifies Gaudí’s philosophy that nature is the work of God. Gaudí sought to
combine biblical allegories with complex natural symbols like organic,
geometric shapes which are prominent in every column, pinnacle and stained
glass window of the basilica. The "Belgium glass" inside the church
is very different. The play of light on this glass is very unique. At the time,
Gaudí was also working on Casa Milà (La Pedrera) and when that was completed in
1912, he focused exclusively on the construction of the Sagrada Família.
Gaudí realized that the construction of the Sagrada Família was such an
ambitious project that he certainly would not see its completion in his
lifetime. In fear of the project being stopped after his death and once the
church acquired its worship function, Gaudí decided that, instead of building
the central nave, he would start on the external part of the church. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
had seen similarly interesting and differentiated church in Brasilia by Oscar
Niemeyer. But it is more of a geometrical pattern. <b>What Niemeyer has
done for Brasila , Gaudi has done it for Barcelona.</b> Niemeyer
said, who said a church should look like other churches. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then
I went running to the Hospital Sant Pau. But it was already closed . On Mon -
Fri the hospital is closed at 2.30 pm. I saw it from outside , and is very
interesting. I took pictures from outside. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
I planned to go to Camp Nou, since I saved some time here. It is the famous
stadium of Barcelona. I am told it is the most visited place in Barcelona. The Yellow
line of metro - L3 line takes you to last station, Palau Reial .From </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the metro station you have walk for 7-8 minutes to reach Camp Nuo. In
the metro, I met a Bangladeshi (Mamun Khan) who was going to Plaça de Catalunya
(or Esplanade of Spain). He told me, if you stay here for 3 years, then they give you residential card.
He told me that Spanish people are very generally very nice. He has opened a
restaurant nearby and gave his email id and phone no. He told me near Las
Ramblas there is a Bengali neighbourhood. They are either from Dhaka or Sylhet.
There are 3 mosques. Even there is one mosque at La Ramblas. But there are many
Punjabis from Pakistan in La Ramblas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways,
the museum is very nice, needless to say. It made me sad that why we could not
make anything like this. Barcelona was started probably by a Swiss person,
Joan Gamper in 1899, along with 5-6
Catalans and rest from some other countries. So Mohan Bagan is even older!
Everything was displayed very artistically. I saw the pictures of La Masia
Academy. La Masia Academy is near Camp Nou. Previously the stadium
was in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Les Corts</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> . Later it was shifted to Camp Nou, when there was a need for a bigger
stadium. <b>But they do not practice in Nou
Camp.</b> Only the matches are played here. We went inside the ground. <i>Since they do not practice here , it helps
to protect the pitch. </i>They were selling grass of the pitch inside the Nou
Camp ground, apart from some other memorabilia. They sell lot of
souvenirs - which is very expensive. The entry fee is very high -
29 Euro. A cap costs 25 Euro. Basically they are exploiting the
sentiments of fans. The souvenir shop is huge, in two tiers - jersey, T shirt,
key ring, mug, pencil, pen - you name it, it is there. They have fan clubs in
80 countries - Cuba, Kosovo, New Calendula etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After that
I took the metro and got down at Liceu Metro station. Actually Las Ramblas or
La Rambla boulevard connects <b>Plaça De
Catalunya</b><i> (where there is Plaça de
Catalunya Metro [like Esplanade] and
train station called <b>Estacion de Nord</b> [like our Sealdah,
for local trains], nearby) </i><b>with</b>
the <b>Port</b>. I think the boulevard is
around 800 metres. There is a metro train in the middle of boulevard (somewhere
between Plaça de Catalunya and Port). It is called Liceu. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now there
is a major train station called </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sants Estació</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - which
is like <b>Howrah station</b> of Kolkata.
At the boulevard, I met a Bengali (Bhaben) from Kalyani. He is here for nearly
10 years and stays with 4 people in a flat. He also told me after 3 years they
get a temporary resident card. They pay a Rent of 200 Euro per head i.e. 800
Euro for 4 people i.e. Rs 70,000/- + Electricity bill of Rs
10,000. He has his wife and son in Kalyani. He used to work in Restaurant in
the boulevard of La Rambla. Now he got a better job in a Super market. Since
one of his friends has taken a leave, that is why he
is substituting him today in La Rambla. I also learnt that car here
is not very expensive. You can get a car for around 4,000 Euro or Rs 350,000. A
bike will cost 1500 Euro. The cost of petrol is around 1 Euro. There are 3
varieties of Petrol : (-) 1 Euro, 1 Euro and (+) 1 Euro. So it is quite
cheap, compared to average earning. That is why hiring a car in Spain is not
expensive. But since I am only left with 1 member, out of this 6 person group,
I did not think of hiring a car.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today I
had Paella and 3 types of Tapas in an offer for 12 Euro - Patatas Bravas (Aloo
Tikki), Pimenta (Chilli), bread with Tomato (which they changed on my request to
Olive). I had sea food Paella. Bangladeshis are working here as chef. He told
me the Spaniards own typically 4-5 shops, but it is mostly manned by
Bangladeshis, like Italy ! </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: yellow; color: #ff00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: #FCFF01;">12.10.2021</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: yellow; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Today I left for Costa Brava,
which is French Riviera or </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 10.5pt;">Côte d'Azur</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"> of
France. </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the tourism Deptt at Plaça De Catalunya, they told me to buy ticket
upto <b>Tossa De Mar</b>, instead of buying
the ticket upto Blanes. There is a metro station as well as train station at Plaça
De Catalunya. The local train stopped at least 20 stations - it is like local train stations. The distance is only 70
Km. On the right hand side of the train is Mediterranean. But unlike French
Riviera there is no marriage of sea and mountain. The mountain is somewhat
far away. We saw mostly the beach. So it is not as stunning as French Riviera. I
reached Blanes by train. Then I got a bus from the Blanes station, which took
me to Lloret de Mar. On the way to Lloret de Mar, I saw
marriage of mountain and sea. So the view here is much better than Barcelona to
Blanes. I reached Lloret de Mar at 11.10 hrs. From Lloret De Mar ,
the bus will leave for Tossa de Mar at 1150 hours, which is our final
destination. At the Lloret de Mar, I saw a shop called <b>Ganeshay (or Ganapati ?)</b> - it is run by a person from Jaipur. He
told me there are many Indians here, especially from Agra. They are speaking in
Hindi. But they all know Spanish. Mar means Sea side. eg Playa means beach in
Portuguese. Lloret de Mar has a nude beach - which I did not know. When I went
to the beach, I saw a lady sunbathing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since it was time for the bus to Tossa
De Maar at 1150 am, I could not explore the city much. At the bus stop they
gave me a map of the city. There are many shops like Sorrento of Italy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The history of Tossa is around 500
years old. There is a nice light house. While going to the old part of the
city, I found it similar to Positano. There is a nice view point at Tossa de Mar
at the old part of the city. From there the sea looks like Azure. I had a
wonderful Mixed fruit juice for 3.5 Euro (mind it, the Euro costs 86 Euro now
!). The bigger one costs 4.5 Euro. I had a gelato also for 2 Euro. Normally it
is 2.5 Euro elsewhere. I also had a cup of coffee for 1 Euro, which is
cheaper than other places. I also had a big sausage. I had to skip lunch. I
spent around 3.5 hours here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the way back, I went to Blanes via
Lloret de Mar and from their I took train to reach Barcelona. Since I could not
find the train ticket in my pocket, I had to buy the ticket again for 7 Euro.
Later I found the ticket in my bag ! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the way to my hotel, a lady asked
me , if I want to have massage and spend some time with her. I said no. Tomorrow
I had a Montserrat tour. I went to the Information centre to get the
information (once again), since I have some time in my hand. I was told
near <b>Arc de Triomphe</b> there is a train station called </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Estació Nord</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <b>From
there the bus to Montserrat will leave.</b></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today I had sea food Paella once
again. I also had the famous cocktail - Sangria for 5.5 Euro. I had some
Pasta and Patatas Bravas. They give Mayonnaise and tomato sauce in Patatas
Bravas.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #ff00fe; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: #FCFF01;">13.10.2021</span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 27.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My bus to Montserrat would leave at 10 am. So I had
some time. I left my hotel at 8 am to see the Port Vell, which is towards right
from our hotel (towards left is Plaça de Catalunya), where there is a very big
statue of <span style="color: #4d5156;">Cristobal Colon</span></span> or
Christopher Columbus. The height is around 5 storied building. Just after that
is Port Vell. I saw in the map it is possible to go to Arc de Triomphe from
this side too, instead of going back to Placa de Catalunya. On the way I saw
Santa Maria Del Mar. It is one of the most perfect examples of Gothic
style architecture . It was built in just 55 years, from 1329 to 1384, and is
the only surviving <b><span style="background: white;">church in the
pure Catalan Gothic style.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally I reached Arc de Triomphe,
little late. Somehow I had to rush to reach the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Estació de Nord</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at the nick of
time. It is around 150 metres from Arc De Tromp. I reached exactly at 10 am.
The bus left just after that. The bus is not full, probably because of Covid
effect. There are people from Bolivia, Nicaragua and Argentina. The guide spoke
in Spanish and English simultaneously. Normally I have seen the guide talk in English.
But since Spanish in national language of 21 countries - so it is different. Invariably
there will be some Spanish speaking tourists. Normally any sign board in
Barcelona is written in 3 languages - Spanish, Catalan and English. It appeared
to me there is not much of difference between Spanish and Catalan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Montserrat is around 50 km from
Barcelona. Within 1 hour we reached Montserrat. Here the patron saint of
the Basilica is Sant Jordi (in Catalan) or St George (e.g. Jordi
Alba of Spanish Football team). The guide said Napoleon came here and stolen
everything from the Basilica. So everything was destroyed. It was constructed
in 1592, 100 yrs after Columbus reached Bahamas in 1492. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We reached here (Basilica) by
funicular train - which is free. It is used only for short distance. Then there
is another steep funicular, by which you can go to the further top, by paying
12.5 Euro.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When we reached the Basilica ,
a program was going on , so we could not enter there. Guide said we can go to the
Museum - which is nice. It is a small museum. - entry fee is 6.5 Euro. In the museum
cum art gallery, I saw pictures of some very famous artists like Monet, Manet,
El Greco, Pissarro, Degas - but only 1 or 2. After seeing the museum it was
already 1 pm. The basilica has opened. The frontal part of the Basilica is not
very special. But inside the basilica is interesting. Here the virgin Mary is
unique - black in colour - which is a specialty. It is called Black Merry. It
is very important for Catalonians. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Basilica is surrounded by sedimentary
rock, somewhat like Morocco in Dades Valley. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">When
referring to Montserrat, people consider that it is more than just a Monastery
- Montserrat is a whole mountain.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The setting of the church is very unique.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I took the funicular to go to the
top. This funicular is called Sant Joan Funicular (it is St John in English). It
is very steep - around 80 storied building - 250 metres. There is a great view
from the top. You can walk for 15 minutes from the top to go to the church of St
Joan and there is another church called Sant Jeroni, which is another 15 min walk. I did not go
there till the end, for want of time, since the next funicular will come after
30 minutes and I would have missed the bus. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We left for Barcelona at 3 pm. After
reaching Barcelona, I left for Museu Picasso de Barcelona, almost running,
since I have to take the train at 9.30 pm. On 10<sup>th</sup> I could not enter
the museum due to some restrictions as a result of Covid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are 15000 pictures of Picasso,
I am told in this museum. There are pictures during various period starting
from young age to old age: cubism, blue period, rose period, dove
series in Cannes. He spent some time in Barcelona also. The Picasso in this
museum is very different from what we know. It starts when he was only 15
years. He was born in the year 1881 in Malaga and died in 1973. His paintings, when he was very young, was very different. In
fact there is an impressionist style art also, and if it is not told that it
was drawn by Picasso, you will think it was drawn by Van Gogh. Before he
adopted his avant-garde style, he was like any other good painter and one of
his paintings at the age of 15 (1897) is astonishing - like Raja Ravi Varma !
He also made some jewellery when he was young. The entry fee of the museum is
only 12.5 Euro, which is much less than other museums. The reason is, the most
famous ones are not here. This is more about how he evolved.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://museupicassobcn.cat/en">https://museupicassobcn.cat/en</a> .</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My bags were already packed (and
checked out in the morning) and went to the guest house just to collect my
luggage. I told the Pakistani manager, that I want to go to </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Estación de Sans</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. But he misguided me again, by
telling me to go to a wrong Station. It was very surprising that while
Bangladeshis are very smart and invariably give right direction, Pakistanis
generally give wrong information ! I told him, probably it is better to
take the metro from Liceu. I took same L3, from Liceu - which I took to go to
Camp Neu last time, to go towards Tarragona (but I have to get down at </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Estación de Sans</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> or Sant Estacion railway station, after
Tarragona). Sant Estacion is just like an airport. Anyways I Took
the train at 910 pm and got down at <b>Madrid Atocha Rail </b>Station at
1200 pm, late at night. The bus station to go to Granada is around 1.9 Km.
<i>There are not too many trains which goes
to Granada</i>. In fact I bought a ticket from Barcelona to Granada - <b>but the ticket I got is a combo of Train
and Bus</b>. So I took the metro, again at Madrid Atocha, to go
to the bus station; for that I took <b>blue line</b> to get down
at <b>Pacifico</b> <b>metro</b> <b>station</b> after 1 stop and then took a
circular line (<b>ash line</b>) of <b>metro</b>
to go to <b>Estacion de Sur</b> (South),
unlike Sud in Belgium. The card at Madrid metro costs 1.5 Euro and ticket
costs 2.5 Euro. This card will be useful, when I go back to Madrid. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The bus station is nearby from <b>Estacion de Sur</b>. Here I met a
couple. They went to Palermo (Sicily) and are coming back from a
conference. They took me to <b>La Para de
Autobus</b> or <b>bus stop</b>. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I reached Granda at 6.30 am. They guided me to take 33 no. bus . The fare is 1.4 Euro. It was more or less dark, when I got down at Constitution Centre - 7. I met a person from Kerala, who helped me to find my hotel. I did not have much time to chat with him. But the hotel was closed. Thankfully an Argentinian girl came out of the hotel. I got to know from her (she understands little Englsih) the wifi password and entered the hotel. Then using google translate I chatted with her and asked her to contact the receptionist of the hotel - who told me you can keep the luggage , but you can check in only at 3 pm. I told her, I will come at 10 am. But she insisted that I cannot check in at 10 am. Inside the hotel I met a Moroccan. He does not know English. I used google transalate to talk to him in Arabic. I showed my blog to him and told him how much I liked Morocco. I told him about Said Ouita - famous athlete and Bouderbala - famous footballer. I was able to touch his heart. He offered me tea and banana ! He stays in Belgium. He has come here to travel. I went to the toilet at the bus stop. It was very clean. Then I bought some snacks. I had it in the hotel and in the meantime, got I my mobile/ Camera charged at the airport. I left for the city at around 9.30 am. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is a wonderful kitchen in this hostel.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Granada is city where the Moors (Arabic and Barbers came to Spain via Rock of Gibraltar) resided last before finally leaving Spain. The Christian Kings recaptured , as a result of Reconquista, Granada last of all. As a result this bears the Moorish culture and architecture best of all the places in Spain. This region is called Al Andalus or Andalusia. Granada is probably the most interesting region in all of Andalusian region. This place is very different from anything I have ever seen in rest of Europe.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">First Iberians came to Spain in around 5000-8000 BC through Rock of Gibraltar (very near Morocco) . It is under British and British Pound is used in Rock of Gibraltar. Similarly in Morocco in the Ceuta region is under Spanish. From Cadiz you can hear the Azan from Morocco, I read ! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After Iberians, came Romans whose stayed till the 4th Century AD approx. After that Germanic tribe occupied Western part of Roman empire (except Constantinople). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>After another 300 years , around 700 AD almost whole of Spain came under the Moors. Apart from this </span></span><span>Tunisians/ Carthage, </span><span><span>Celtics, Phoenicians, , Greeks also went to this region. During Roman empire all the oils used to go from Spain. During that time Spain was like today's Middle East. But after 100 years from 700 AD the Christians started attacking Moors called Reconquista. Finally in 1236 Cordoba came under Catholics or Castilian king. After another 12 years Seville came under Castillian King. It took another 250 years before Granada fell under Castilians. Roughly between 1250 to another 250 years ie till approx 1500 was the <b>golden period</b> of Moors in Granada under Md Ibn Yousuf Naser or Nasirid empire- became an independent emirate - resulting into construction of Alhambara, Al Cabza. A civil war took place in 1482 - who will sit in the throne for Nasisrids. Then soon after wards Christians took over Moors. </span></span><span>Castilinas thrown Jews, Moors and Moriscos (</span><span>Muslim </span><span> converted into </span><span>Christians</span><span><span>) by 1492/1509 ??. There fore this 700 yrs of dark age of Europe is Golden age of Spain. Specifically last 250 years was golden age, when People used to come to Spain from all over the world - for Education from Europe.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Granada is the country of Garcia Lorca. Probably he was murdered during the time of Franco by his men for his anti government propaganda.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today there was some confusion regarding which bus to take to go to Alhambara. Nobody was able to guide me initially. I took bus C32 to go to Alhambra.It is possible to walk also - that will take long time. It is situated on a hill. C32 is bigger that Tempo Traveller, but smaller than a mini bus.The roads to go to Alhambra was very narrow. So a normal bus cannot go.After this bus, there is not enough space even for a bike in the road. That is why this special bus. It is somewhat similar to Lapa region of Rio or Sirinc of Izimir. People stay along the hills, like our hilly states. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Just like Rio's favela's location in the mountain/hill ,here also the Moorish white (white is considered good/ pobitro ) houses are in Albasin region in and around the mountain. You will Albasin along the road.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The entry fee is 16 Euro. </span><span><span>I under estimated Granada since I have been to Morocco. But here it is really grander than Morocco. Al Hambra is a big area divided into 3 parts - Al Cabza, Generalife (Jinan Al Arif - garden of God , like Mughal Garden of Kashmir) and Al Hambra. The Reconquista's made a flat hoist at Al Cabza. <br /><br />First I went to Generalife, then I went to Alcabza and finally Al Hamra. Generalife and Alcabza is not exceptional. There is a specific time to reach Al Hamra at 1630 hours.Since I had some time, I went to see the statute of Carlos and the Palace. It was made in 1527. It is beside Al Hambra. There is a wonderful reflection of the Palace on the water. </span></span><span>But one thing is very annoying here - they were asking for Passport and Ticket (I bought tickets for all zones), every now and then. </span><span> Here the audio guide is not that good like Casa Batillo in Barcelona. Here you will not be allowed to enter before 1630 hours by the system. There is full of Zali work. There are numerous houses. The workmanship is amazing. The basic style is same. </span><span>There is Portico and Thakur Dalan. The mosaic work is amazing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The mosaic work found here is reflected in every restaurant and hotel in Granada.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then I had to rush to the hotel before 8 pm, otherwise the receptionists will leave and I wont be able to keep my luggage in the room. Then I went to see the nearby places, after keeping my luggage. Here check in time is either at 2 pm or 3 pm generally. I went to see very nice Cathedral de Granada nearby. There is a madrasa nearby. But the madrasa here has not been converted into a Church/Cathedral, unlike other places. But the madrasa has become an office. I saw the madrasa/ office also. There is Real Catalicos (or Royal Chapel ) nearby . Real Madrid means Royal Madrid. (O Rei means King Pele in Portuguese) Reis Catalicos or Catholic Monarch is the resting place of Fernando and Isabel. <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>There is a market nearby - St Augustine - mini version of Grand Bazar of Istanbul or Souk of Morocco/ Egypt. There is a Plaza De Rambla also where you get very nice Chorizo at the famous Cafeteria Al Hambara. Then I went to see Flamenco Dance. Though the most famous one is in Jerez de Fronterra But it has already started. So I could not see it. So I went to have the famous Tapas as Calle El Vira. There are numerous Tapas Shops. </span></span><span>With 1 Beer they give 1 Tapas. </span><span><span>There are various types - Grande - Large, Media - Medium and Picolo ? Small . I had small one for 9 Euro. There are assortment of 6 items in it - Iberian Ham, Salmon, Tuna, Sausage etc . They also give a Garlic bread (kind of thing). Then I had Sangria at another place " much cheaper for 2.4 Euro , unlike 6.5 Euro in Barcelona. Intially they did not give any Tapas . When I pointed out, they also gave a Tapas (with Potato, Boiled egg and chicken) free. Here bus fare is cheaper than Barcelona (2.4 Euro : for 10 rides together it is 11.5 Euro) - it is 1.4 Euro here. Another thing like Barcelona water is good here. So there is no need to buy water here. It is safe to have tap water.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>It is very important to learn the numbers from 1-12, if you are travelling a foreign country since time of the watch is till 12. If you know upto 10, then it is very good. But upto 12 is even more useful. (uno, do, tres, quatro, sinco, sies, siete, ocho, nueve, dieze, once, dos. Fifty is also very imp : sinquenta ie tres sincquenta. Also it is important to know the place you want to visit : Quero ir Al Hambra - I want to go to Al Hambra. Similarly it is important to know : Where is the bus stop : Donde esta La Parada Autobus. When will the shop open / close : Open is Abierta, close is ..... . Many a time when we reach we find something is closed. So it is important to know when it is open. Name of the week is very imporant - Domingo - Sunday, Lunes - Monday, Saturday - Sabado : especially these 3 days are very important. Train Station - Quero ir Train estacion. Not expensive - No Caro. Big - Grande, Very big - Mas Grande, Small - Picolo or No Mas Grande, Set meal all inclusive - Todos/All , Ticket - Billet (In Portuguese it is probably Billeta. Probably same in Italian or French). Super Market is also very important , because food and water is very cheap there - Super Marcato (Donde esta Marcato - where is market ?) yes - Si, No - No. Thanks - Gracias, Por favour - excuse me, before asking somebody, Sorry/ - Perdon, </span></span><span>Derecha </span><span> - Right, Left is </span><span>Iquerda</span><span><span>, straight - Todo Recto, Time table - Horario (Donde Esta Horario - where is time table) . Water is Agua. Good Morning - Buenos Dias, Good evening - Buenos Tardes - evening and good Night - Buenos Noche (Notte in Italian). Mr is Senor (Monseur in French), Mrs is Senora. Very good is Muy Bien. Bien is good. While eating - Bebita - Drinks, Comer - Food. No Bebita is no drinks. Ham, Salami is same . Chicken is Pollo (spelling Poyo), Mutton is Carne de vaca, Fish is Pescada, Potato is Pata, Patata Brava is French Fries, ATM is Cajero. But everybody understands ATM. Quenta Custo - what is the price, similar to Portuguese. If it is closed today, people will say Manyana ie come Tomorrow. Another very important thing is Habl</span><b>a</b><span> Ingles - do you know English ? I do not know spanish - (Yo) No hablo Espanyol. Do you (Tu) know Spanish - Tu hablo Espanyol. I normally say Hablo poco Espanyol (I know little Espanyol). (Many people know Amor is love, Friend is Amigo - but these are not of much use !) . Usted is formal of "You". Como Esta Usted - How are you ? This is very common. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Hola - Hello is very very common. Beer is Cerveza and Wine is Vino. Toilet is Los Servicios or Asios. Normally it is Los Servicios , but in my hostel is written Asios. . Normally in Europe you have to pay for toilet - typically 50 Cents or even 1 Euro. Here in Spain it is normally free. I have not paid till date. Age is also very important. In Monteserrat they were asking a French person - Anos ? ie. age ? But could not understand. Since if you are above 65 in Monteserrat it is concessional. In Brazil for example , there is no ticket required in metro if you are above 60. Small road is called Calle. Important or long road is Carretara. </span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Here they are following masks strictly in enclosed area. They are showing in sign lanaguages whenever mask falls below the mouth. Here sanitizer quality is good. But smell is like Spirit before they apply injection. But in public places nobody is using Mask.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15.10.2021 </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Yesterday</span><span style="color: black;"> I have seen the most important things of Granada. But due to Covid, many tours were cancelled - Olive oil tours , Al Puzaara : This is near Sierra Nevada mountain range. So I decided the see the town even more closely. I went to the place , which is famous for Bull fight. It was also closed. I saw some Churches, Monastery. In the meantime , the memory card of my phone was exhausted, so I came back to my hotel to replace it and then I left for Albacin. This is an old Moorish quarter. Before it was recaptured by the Reconquistas, the ordinary Ordinary Moorish people used to stay here. They are all white washed. The location of the houses make it even more interesting - it is on the mountain, some are of them stay in a cave. (somewhat like Cappadocia). I went to a place called, Sacramento - where are many cave houses , where Flamenco Dance takes place. you have to walk some time to reach here. Most of them will start at 9.30 pm. Probably it will end at 1130 pm. It is not safe as per LP to be so late. Mugging take place. It is completely deserted place at night. It is somewhat deserted even in the day time. There are many Arabic people here. So I dropped the idea. While going to Albacin, I saw a place at the base of Alacin, where Flamenco dance will take place. I saw Flamenco later there @ 17 Euro. While coming back I read in my guide book that there is a place called Mirador San Nicolas, where there is a church and there is a wonderful view of Al Hambra. Alhambra is on the other side of the mountain. After reaching I saw many people waiting here for the sunset and the wonderful view. I would have missed unless I read it LP at the last moment. Some Arabic people were singing a song - Habibi , from this Moorish quarter. There is a cafe also.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">Before the Flamenco dance starts,</span><span>I had to buy some Boomerang at the nearby market. So I went there running.</span><span style="color: black;"> While I was going to the market, I saw a plaza </span><span>nearby, </span><span><span>where 3 young guy (one is singing, another one is playing guitar and the other one is dancing) and 2 girl are doing Flamenco Dance. Lot of people gathered to see it. When I came back from the market, I saw another group singing and doing Flamenco dance. So even if you do not want to pay, if you sit here , you will be able to Flamenco Dance. The place where I saw Flamenco dance has been recommended by Tripadivsor. I have to go little early so that I sit in the front sit. The dance takes place on a wooden Floor. It is meant for Flamenco dance only. When somebody is dancing on the street , they carry a wooden plank for the dance. The Reconquista (Isabel and Ferdinand) was shown through Flamenco. The music is similar to Arabic. The dance took place for 1 hour. I found it quite interesting.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today I went to another Tapas bar and paid 8 Euros - combinado or combination of any 6 Tapas items you can choose. They also served sweet red wine. I enjoyed red wine. When I came back to hotel, I saw the Moroccan guy. I chatted for some time with him. Tomorrow I will take train in the morning.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today I reached Ronda at 11 am. I had to change the train at Antequera Santa Maria. Since the check in is at 2 pm, so I kept the luggage at the hotel and left to the city. First I went to Plaza de Toro. Toro means bull. Ronda is the birthplace of modern Bull Fight or spiritual capital of bull fight. The Bull ring is from 1785. Bull fight no longer takes place here. It is important for documentation purpose. It is used for an important public function. What I learnt is bull fight did not start in a day. It started initially as a game. The Moors were attacked , the King said people must have horse. In the bull ring Horse has a place in history. The Spanish horse is world famous for its good breed. The King Philip in the 16th Century told everybody, if you have power maintain the horse and he stressed on proper horse maintenance. He also ensured proper breeding. That is why the best horse today comes from Spain. The Second oldest horse school for equestrian is in Ronda. He introduced horse training and breeding. One or two years before it started in Austria. Previously a person was in horse and fought with bull. The fact that the matador is on the ground is a relatively new thing. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span>Even Assyrians also had bull fight. The previous bull fight used to between a person riding a horse and a bull. The king of Hafsburg dynasty, Austria was a great fan of bull fight. Apart from him, Ernest Hemingway, Orson Wells used to like bull fight a lot. Their statute is there in Ronda. The main theme or logo of Ronda is bull fight. It is projected as a bull fighting city. I saw the Plaza de Toro and there is a museum where everything is displayed very nicely. </span></span></span></span><span>As per the museum, this bull fight existed for time immemorial. </span><span><span>There is a video of horse training, bull rearing up, history of bull fighting etc. There is "still picture" exhibition also. The bull fighting does not take place in Barcelona any more due to public protest. The last bull fight takes place on 12th October every year. This bull fight is basically culture of Southern Spain/ Andalucia. There is bull fight in Madrid also. The bull meant for bull fight, is given complete freedom and allowed to roam for 3 years . Whereas the beef is kept in captivity before they are killed. The person who is pro bull fight says that till the bull is ready for fight , the bull is given freedom, unlike beef which kept in captivity before killing. If matador dies from the bull fight then the bull is freed. und openly. </span></span><span> The pictures of bull fight is everywhere. The picture/ advertisement of first bull fight is also displayed. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>Ronda is also very famous for a bridge. Many people come to just to see the bridge. It is Bridge over El Tajo gorge - 120 Metres/360 ft tall. It is very unique. The gorge divides the city into 2 parts - old city and old city. My hotel is in new city. (</span></span><span> </span><span>But in reality everything is old city.) The bridge is called Punte Nuevo or New Bridge. In Italian also bridge is called Ponte. It took 40 years to construct the bridge. The water flows below 120 metres. It is quite interesting. There is a church called Santa Maria da Mayor. previously it was a mosque. Then Christians ( or called Catholic Kings) started reconquesta. First they captured North. The Moors were then in South. Slowly the South also got recaptured : Ronda, Seville and finally </span><span><span>Granada.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In Indian context,say, only Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala (not even AP) was left to be recaptured. In 1492 when Granada came under Catholic Church, few years before that Ronda was captured. After Ronda only Granada was left to be recaptured. There was a water source. The Moors deployed Christian slaves to get water from water mine. To get the water from the gorge below, they made a tunnel. The water is of very great importance. Similarly in Fatehpur Sikri Akbar abandoned the place for want of adequate water. Similarly, here also, the Catholic monarchs captured the water source form the Moors during the reconquista. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times;">Then I went to Banos Arabes. I had to 4.5 Euro enter - quite expensive. It is nothing but Hammam. The Arabs learnt about Hamam from the Romans. There were 3 chambers - hot water, cold water and steam bath. The Arabs constructed it in 13-14th Century. There is a video on that Hammam which is free with the Banos Arabes. After Banos Arabes, I went to see Santa Maria de Mayor Church which was converted from Mosque. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>Then I went to see the Old city or La Ciudad. It is also an area of white washed house. Then I went down to </span></span><span> till the bottom of the gorge/ bridge. By the time, I reached the bottom, it was dusk/twilight. I had to pay 8 Euro to go down. The view is very nice. Ronda is an important historic city and is located on a strategic location. However the Church and Cathedral's are mostly free. But otherwise entry fee is on the higher side.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The tail of bull killed after bull fight is a delicacy. It is called Robo de Toro. </span><span> </span><span>I had it today. The mutton is quite soft. It tasted quite nice. The restaurant was also recommended in Trip Advisor. It is on the same road as Plaza de Torros. There is a wonderful picture of Bull Ring inside the restaurant.</span><span>Large portion is 14 Euro. I had small portion - for which I paid only 3.5 Euro. I was almost full with the small portion. There are many places where they make Orange Juice . It seems it is widely available. In Barcelona (La Rambala) I had fresh Orange Juice (in a bottle) in a shop for 2 Euro. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is hardly any Indian tourist.I met a Sikh, who is from Canada. I met one Bangladeshi from New Jersey and one Sri Lankan - New York. Only in Granda on the last day I saw some young Indian. But I did not have the chance to talk to them. It seemed to me they are probably working in IT. In any case in Europe there is hardly any Indian tourist. The hotels here are mostly on Al Andulus style.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tomorrow I have train at 7.58 am.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17.10.2021</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">I had breakfast at the Ronda station. I had Orange juice and Bocadillo or sandwich (not exactly like our sandwich. Probably our sandwich is called Tostada). Bocadillo looks like the oval shaped garlic bread , which we get in Kolkata. There are lot of stuffings inside sandwich/Bocadillo - there is Ham inside. I am having lot of Porks here. The place where I had breakfast inside the station is so wonderfully decorated that you will be left speechless. There are lot of pictures of bull fights or matador and painting by famous artists like Picasso depicting bull fight.But all of them are themed on Bull Fight.</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Today the train was late by 5-7 minutes. I had to change the train at Santa Maria. On the way to Seville , I saw Olive Plantation all around. </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">I reached Seville little after 12 pm. The hotel is not very far. So I walked all the way to the hotel.There is a tourist information centre at the train station. They gave me a map and gave direction of my hotel in the map. Seville is an amazing place to say the least . For some reason it is not very well known in India. People only talk about Vienna, Rome, London. Seville is at par with them. It has a very old history. </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">As per folklore it was founded by Hercules. During the time of Iberian, it was a very important city. Later it was under Roman. At that time it used to be called Hispanic ??. The real development started during Islamic era in the 11th century. First it was Abbasid dynasty (11th century), then came Almohad (12th Century). </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">But by 1248 Seville came under Castilian king Fernando. After another 250 years, when Columbus in 1492 found New World and lot of expeditions were made in South America, then Seville was given </span></span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span>monopoly by the king for this Spanish trade, because of its strategic location. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Unfortunately half of people died in the year 1649 ? and river Rio Gaudalquiver got silted, and as a resulted the capital was shifted to Cadiz in 1717. Seville is the capital of Al Andalus. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span>The Church in Seville is the largest Gothic Church in the world, it is the largest I have ever seen. The Church was constructed between 1434-1517 ie it took almost 83 yrs. It was closed today. But you can see everything outside. </span></span></span><span>The Giralda or Bell Tower is huge - 104 m tall. It was the minaret of the mosque.</span><span> The mosque was made by Almohad Ruler. When it came under Fernando in 1248 , it was converted into Church. </span><span>There is hardly anything left of the mosque.</span><span> It is said the grave of Columbus is here. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Greek ? Pattern decoration of the Bell tower is apparently the perfect Islamic architecture of Spain. Some local people went inside during the Church. I was not allowed to go inside since I have camera with me. Basically they are not allowing the tourists. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is orange trees all over Spain.Even in the old city where there is little space ,still there is a orange tree. Even the oranges are lying on the road - nobody is picking it up ! I have seen same things in Morocco. In Morocco orange juices are really cheap - say around Rs 40. Here it is 2- 2.5 Euro (1 Euro @86 INR). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Then I went to see the Alcazar. The entry fee is 13.5 Euro. The word Alcazar means Fort. All I knew is there is an Alcazar show in Pattaya, Thailand. Just like, there is nothing called Kremlin. There is Kremlin in each big city of Russia. It is somewhat similar here. It was started in the year 913 AD under Muslim rulers and it was changed/renovated number of times. Then it used to be called Al Mubarak.In 12th Century Almohad dynasty further increased / expanded it. It was later captured by Fernando III in 1248 and converted it into a residential building.At different point of time different kings extended it . This Alcazar and Al Hambra Palace has lot of similarity. Both are equally stunning. There is similar kind of work. In fact in some rooms , Fernando accomodated the workman/craftsman from Al Hambra during construction. The Cordoban Governor used it during 10th Century. In 11th extended under Abbasid ruler - they called it Al Mubarak. Although Fernando captured it, it was actually Pedro who really added value and beautified it. One of the rooms had Gothic architecture thanks to the </span><span>Alphonso, </span><span>son of Fernando . So it has lot of architectural styles or </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span>mishmash</span></span><span>. So there is a marriage between Christian and Mudejar (or Moorish architecture). One of the kings was very modern and hired craftsman </span><span> </span><span>(Al Hambra) </span><span>from the king of Granada , Mohammad Said ??. Md Said is mostly responsible for decoration of AlHambra. Apart from that he brought craftsman from Seville also. The most beautiful room is called Palacio de don Pedro. In some places of the Alcazar it is written Allah is great . In some places Pedro almost converted himself to God and written accordingly, similar to the Pharaos of Egypt.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>After this I had some time in hand. Here also there is a bull ring called Plaza de Toro de </span><span>Real (or Royal) Mestanza</span><span>. The bull fighting here in this arena is the ultimate for a matador. Though Ronda is oldest. It started around the same</span><span> time of Ronda. There are lot of Barroc architecture. The bull ring is based on Baroque architecture. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>There is a Gua del quiver river nearby where cruise which takes place here. </span><span>I did not have time to do it.</span><span> </span><span>There is a Toro de Del Oro, beside the place where the cruise starts. </span><span> Torre means Tower. Oro means Gold. It means Golden Tower. It is similar in Portuguese and French. </span><span>Apparently the molten Gold brought from plundered Peru (Inca) and Mexico (Aztech) or Guatemala (Maya) is kept here.</span><span> Concerts take place here. There was a concert going on, so I could not enter. It is just beside the river. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The cathedral here is located in Santa (Santa means female and San means male) Cruz Barrio. Barrio means neighbourhood. The Santa Cruz Barrio is a Jewish quarter. The lanes are narrow, similar to Ronda. They are white washed. There are lot of Baroque architecture here. The tile/ceramic work / plaster work of Alcazar is displayed throughout the city, inspired by Alcazar. There is not only tile or ceramic work, there is wonderful work of plaster too. Almost every house has been inspired by Alcazar of Seville. So every city has retained its unique signature style of its main landmark. We have seen it in Jaipur, somewhat. There is a restaurant here which sells different kinds of fish. I opted for combinado or combination of fish - anchovies, Gambas (Prawn), squid, Calamari etc - which were </span><span>marinated with corn flour and then </span><span>fried . I asked for some Chilli or Pimento with Pollo (Chicken). They served in a conical paper plate - similar to our jhalmuri in local train ! They charged 7.5 Euro for the fish and 3.5 Euro for the fist. This was for my dinner.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">18.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>I had a good nights sleep after some time, since I do not have lot of activity. </span><span>Yesterday I have seen more or less important places in Seville. Since the Cathedral was closed yesterday , I could have gone there again. But I skipped it. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Normally the interior of the Churches follow certain pattern, except probably the church in Barcelona by Gaudi or church in Brasilia by Oscar Niemeyer or Belgium glass church in Paris. Rather I decided to see those places , which normally I would not have seen. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I could not find Hospital de Los Venerables in map. Probably it is closed. I went to a place to buy stamps for my friend. Partha. Even that was closed. I went to see Parca de Maria Lucia near South of Centre.The park is quite nice. There are lot of birds - especially Duck. It is very near to Plaza de Espana. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then I went to see Plaza de Espana. There are lot of Govt offices here. I saw many people, immigrants, waiting in Govt offices for long term visa. It is around 100 years old. But the whole area looks grand. The coat of arms of all the districts (?) of Spain is painted on ceramic tiles on the walls of Plaza de Espana. It is more than a Plaza. Somewhat like our Parliament Bhaban - but this is semi circular. I bought 2 paintings from a Peruvian artist at Plaza de Espana. Two paintings are very common - Matador and Bailar (Flamenco dancer). I bought one pencil sketch also from another person.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We saw a Flamenco Dance here in Plaza de Espana. The girl you did the Flamenco dance asked me to send the video at caro.rapinii@gmail.com . We all gave donation in their donation box. Lot of people gathered to see the dance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>If you do not want to spend money on Flamenco</span><span> show, you can see it in the street and in many touristic places. I do not think you will miss out anything if you do not see the Flamenco dance on the street. They are quite good. In a typical Flamenco show one person will sing. one person will play guitar and normally</span><span> a boy and a girl will dance. So it is typically a team of 4 person. Apparently Plaza de Espana is famous for impromptu</span><span> Flamenco dance . </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>I sat there and spent some time there. Since I had time I could spend some time in a slow pace. </span><span>Ideally one should spend 3 days in each place. On first day you acclimatise</span><span> with a city and its localities and on the second day, you can plan some organized tour or travel in slow pace and third day you can leave the city. But time is always a constraint !</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>Interestingly</span></span><span> I did not see any Bangladeshi or Pakistani here (and Ronda and Granada) unlike Barcelona. Rather I saw Arabs, Morocco, Syria, Lebanon. Moorish and Mudejar is same. Mudejar means those Muslims who stayed back in Spain. I met a Moroccan guy near Plaza de Espana. I bought a bag made of cork from him.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then I went to see the Flamenco dance museum. It was not very easy to find , since the lanes in old town are very narrow - which makes it even more difficult. It seemed to me that probably a local sim would have been handy. In the museum I learnt that Flamenco dance was influenced partly by Cuban (?) /Mexican (?)/Caribbean dance form and partly from Oriental dance form and also African drum beat. A very famous Flamenco dancer made this museum. There are many schools of Flamenco dance like Benaras Gharana, Maihar Gharana, Bishnupur Gharana, Jaipur Gharana, Punjab Gharana, Gwalior Gharana. There is hardly any crowd today. I asked a person in the museum that the person who sings with Flamenco dance, does not seem to sing in Spanish. It seems they are singing in Arabic. He said they are singing in Andalusian dialect - which is not vastly different from Castilian. The pronunciation is different. But apparently Andalusian dialect has more Arabic words compared to Castilian. The song during Flamenco dance will be seem like you are in Morocco or Syria, for example. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Then I went to a place called Metrapol Parasol. It looks like Mushroom .It has a very interesting architecture like Mushroom and honey comb. Today I had food at a very nice restaurant chain - Coffee for 1 Euro, Sangria for 1.5 Euro Euro and Morcia or blood sausage (similar to the one in Manipur) for 1 Euro and Salami or Sachillon. Every day I had Pork. I bought the famous Iberico Ham on the way to the museum for 3.5 Euro - quite expensive. But it was not that good. Since Iberico Ham is famous, I tried it number of places. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This is all about Seville. The old town can easily be covered by foot. I did not travel by bus even for one day. There are two main road - Avenue Menandes de Palayo and the other one is Avenue de la Constitucion. These two (parallel) roads are inter connected by Calle San Fernando. (Calle means small road). It is like an U. If you know these 3 roads, then you can understand the city routes of Seville very clearly. You can reach any place if you know these roads. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>The train is at 6.40 am to Cadiz. The train station is little less than 15 minutes walk from the hotel. The name of the weeks are on the basis of planet e.g. Thursday or Brihospoti is Jupiter. If you think logically then it is not very difficult to understand. ok ok is bale bale. for is por. aqui is here. Ued is short for </span><span>Used or</span><span> formal you . It is useful in maps - where they write </span><b>Ued es aqui</b><span> ie you are here. In Italy grocery shop is alimentary , in Spanish it is alimentacion. They use Pronto a lot. If you know this then it will be easy to travel. Some part of Morocco is exactly like Spain. In fact there are two territories which is controlled by Spain.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Cadiz has a very interesting city with lot of history. z is pronounced like c. Circus is Zirkus and Churroz is Zurros ! It is located just beside the sea. It is located very strategically near Morocco. </span><span>In 1717 i</span><span>t was one of the most important cities of the world. When the capital was shifted from Seville to Cadiz its importance grew even more. Columbus did 2 expeditions (he did many more) from here - one of them being to the New World. It is at the confluence of Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean ocean. The good were transported to North America Central and South America from here. The people of Cadiz were very modern, since they interacted with many people. They even travelled upto Philippines. That is why Philippines was a colony of Spain. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>There is a tall tower (Torre Tavira) from there the merchants used to look around if any trouble is brewing and there is a wonderful 360 degree view. </span><span>I went to the top of the tower for the view (paid 8 Euro).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In those days, the ground floor was used as office , 1st floor was for residence and top floor was for servants. The roads are very narrow in Cadiz. There is a nice Baroque cum Neo Classical Cathedral here. It is quite big.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is a museum here. A Lot of artefacts were discovered here. The Iberians came to Cadiz from Africa in the year 8000 BC. The Phoenicians ( or People from Lebanon, who are very good at Seafare) came here even earlier. Even Romans came here. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>So all the artefacts from Iberian, Phoenicians, Roman period were found in and around Cadiz </span><span>(ceramic plates, cups were found)</span><span> </span><span>. Many Roman sculptures were found. Even some Egyptians</span><span> artefacts were also found. There is a Roman Theatre also. However I could not go there. The oil used to go to Rome from here. Since h</span><span>ere most of the places are closed at 1 pm due to Siesta. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There are 4 walking tours here. I did 2 tours here. I could not do another 2, since it is very difficult to find the routes, since the roads are too narrow. I walked around the same road again and again. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In the morning in the Pension they serve Coffee and muffin. Then I went to Jerez (pronounced Kherez) da Fronterra. <span>It took 40 minutes by local train. I left by train at 8.20 am. It is very nice. There is a bathroom even inside the local train. The only thing point mentioning is that chair can't be reclined. There is <b>no</b> family space, with table in the local train, unlike long distance train. I paid 4.25 Euro for one way.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After getting down, I had Spanish Omelette or Tortilla de Patata (Oueva means Egg and Patata means potato) at a restaurant near the station for 1.6 Euro. They make it beforehand and cut a portion of it to the clients. I also had coffee (1 Euro), Orange juice for 1.2 Euro . I paid 3.8 Euro in total.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I also tried Processed Pork in Jerez. It is quite expensive. Nothing exceptional.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I went to a market which falls on the way. I normally like to go to a market and see menu card of a restaurant. The price and items tells you a lot about the economy. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Orange is not expensive. It is Rs 130 per kg : quite cheap compared to their purchasing power. Most of the vegetables are within 2-3 Euro. Pomegranate and Apple is within 2 Euro. Pollo or chicken in around Rs 300- 350. Octopus is within Rs 350-450 Kg. Tigre or Tiger Prawn is 8 Euro , Anchovies is 5 Euro. They are even selling fish egg for 7 Euro. Sardine is 2.5 Euro. Puntelitas is baby squid - which is 10 Euro. Fish Fillet is 6.8 Euro.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Here people do not say Buenos Dias or Buenos Tardes unlike Bon Jiorno etc in Italy . Everybody says Hola only, instead of </span><span>Buenos Dias or Buenos Tardes. I have seen hardly anybody using camera for taking picture. Everybody is using phone camera.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Jerez is part of Seville. Seville is capital of Andalusia. This region is called Andalusia or Andalusian region - which is written everywhere - including on the bus.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Jerez is famous for 3 reason - horse , Sherry (a kind of wine) and spiritual capital of Flamenco. But if you ask somebody where is Jerez , nobody will understand. If you say Cathedral, then also they wont understand, you have to say Kherez, Lacatedral. No th of Cathedral !</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is a nice Gothic Cathedral here. I saw it from outside. Similarly there is a Bodega (Sherry Cellar) and Alcazar just beside it. I did not go to this Alcazar , after 2 Alcazars in Granada and Seville. Otherwise it would have been repetitive. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>First I saw the cathedral and then I went for the Bodega tour just before the start of the tour. The tour takes place every house or so. The bodega shows that Ayrton Senna, Omar Sharif, Milton Friedman has visited this Bodega (wine cellar). The guide was continuously spoke in German, Spanish and English. We learnt that Sherry does not have its age, written on it. since new and old wine is blended to make wine. We saw 4 cellar. One of the visitors said he has 1000 wines in his house. He has a company too. I met a German lady, around 62, who is alone. She is an architect cum Interior designer. We had Sherry together. Her boyfriend is doing bike tour in Tarifa (very near to Morocco - apparently Azan can be heard from Morocco) , which is famous for kite surfing. They are staying at Tarifa. Jerez is also known for Kite surfing. We were taught how Sherry is made. It is a 200 year old tradition. The cheapest entry ticket is 18 Euro - with which you can visit 3 cellars. It is 24 Euro, if you want to visit 4 cellars and taste sherry from all the 4 cellars. I opted for the second one and tried 4 different sherries. They served snacks - akhrot, Khamon or Ham, Sausage and salami with the sherry. The ham sometimes look like Salami. Sometimes Sausage looks like Salami. I have to ask my m</span><span>y friend Belen from Cuenta about this. Without a local people it is risky to be too experimental. It is often difficult to understand if any pork item is ready to eat or not. She has sent me a ticket for Cuenta by whatsapp, so that I can visit her place. I have to ask her about it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Two sherries were sweet - which I liked it. Other two were not so interesting. The whole presentation during sherry tasting is very nice. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After that I went to Alcazar and saw it from outside. Then I went to a Flamenco museum. It is also closed due to Siesta at 1400 hours. This is a very big problem here Jerez and Granada. I did not find this problem in Barcelona. I went to the information centre at 2.30 pm. for map Even then it was closed. It is open between 0900-1430 hours. So it was difficult to reach the horse location without map. So I skipped it. This small town is quite charming. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I also planned to go to Arcos de la Frontera. My friend Dodi Fog told me I should go there to see the white town or Pueblo Blanco. Moorish people considered white very sacred. There are many pueblo blancos in Spain. Arcos is very beautiful. The train and bus station is co-located. I reached bus station at 4.30 am. The bus will leave for Arcos at 5 pm and then 7 pm. It takes 30-40 minutes. There is no train to go to Arcos. The last bus will leave Arcos at 8.30 pm from Arcos. So I had to drop it. Initially we planned to go there by Car. Since I went alone, it is not feasible. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>So I went back to Cadiz reluctantly. There are 4 walking tours in Cadiz. I did not only 2. But there is no white town here, unlike Granada/ Ronda. </span><span>Today I took the route along the sea. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Most of the houses are Baroque architecture. Some of them are Rococo too. The architecture of Church here is different. Then I went to Flores Plaza. The fish is very famous in Cadiz. Fritueria de Pescada - Fish Fry. I had Orange juice , Tapas and Sangria ( for 2.2 Euro). In most of the places they are not giving Tapas invariably with Sangria. This is not very clear to me. Here with Sangria they gave a salted cookies. I had to buy Tapas separately. I am having wine with the expectation that they will serve Tapas - but that is not the case most of the time. There are 3 types of rates - It is 1.5 Euro for Tapas or small quantity. It is half racion - 4.5 Euro and Racion is 10 Euro. I also had Sortida or assortment of Fish for 5.05 Euro. I would not say very expensive. I did not try Pizza here - since it is not local. However I had to buy Durum once or twice - since it is like a roll and easy to carry in train and you can eat while you walk.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Cadiz is very important in maritime trade. Just like Greenwich Mean time , there is Cadiz Maritime time - since 1717 when the capital was shifted from Seville to Cadiz to trade with America. Wherenver a ship goes, you have to tell its position relative to Cadiz. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I could not go to "Copacabana beach" of Cadiz for want of time.Otherwise it is not famous for beach.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today I left for Codoba by train. Since I will not stay in Cordoba, I kept the luggage at the left luggage facility in the bus station. There is no left luggage facility in the train station. The bus station is just beside the train station. There was apparently no free space in the automatic left luggage of the bus station. They thankfully accommodated for me in the only manual left luggage facility available there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">First I went to mosque or Mesquita in Cordoba. The double horse shoe shaped arch are there inside the Mequita. There are pictures of Jesus and Mary inside the Mesquita. It looks really nice. I underestimated it. Now it is called Lacatedral. Since it now Siesta time, we were requested to leave politely. I had to finish the last part faster. If you say Gracias, they will say Nada (da nada) ie no mention. The entry fee is 13.5/12.5 Euro. The Alcazar is just behind it. Only 5.5 Euro. But it is very ordinary. Some Roman tiles were there in the Alcazar. It was once the Capital of Moors and also capital of Roman Province in Spain. So the place has great significance. It was re-captured in and around 1250 by Isabel and Fernando captured it. So its history is 250 years older than Granada. It is quite different from Granada. I liked Cordoba a lot. Initially I was in 2 minds about coming to Cordoba. There is an equestrian show here. I bought ticket for the show. It is quite expensive - 16.5 Euro. It is an historic place. There is one show per day. There is a Synagogue in Toledo and Cordoba. Rest of the synagogues were destroyed. There is a jewish quarter. There is a house visit tour - Patio tour. I did not have time for that. There are also white towns and old town here also.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I went to a Flamenco museum, but it was closed. The place where Flamenco show used to take place before Covid, there is a place called Thieves den. In Don Quixote Thieves den has been mentioned. Cervantes used to come here and mentioned Thieves den in his iconic book - which is located here. There is a Bella Art museum at this place. I took pictures from outside. I have to reach Equestrian show 15 minutes before the start. The show is nothing exceptional. After the show I reached the bus station and took my luggage and had dinner in the bus station.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">22.10.2021</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>I left for Madrid by bus. The bus left little late at 2 am instead of 100 am. It was good for me. I reached in the early morning at 8 am. I made a metro card for 12.5 Euro for 10 rides. My hotel is near Metro Puetro de Sole or Sole. It is the most important station. </span><span>It is considered as ground Zero of Madrid. Everything is measured from here. It is like our Esplanade. </span><span>The hotel is near to this metro station. They allowed me to check in early probably because there is less rush. After checking in I immediately left for Segovia and Toledo tour. But I found the tour bus has already left. Again I came back to hotel and got freshened up. The term Madrid came from Arabic term Magrit or water channel ? Madrid was a swamp. There is not much of history. Moors tried to capture it without success. Then they left for South. Nobody knew it before 1309 . When Philipe II sat in Spanish throne in 1556, he made Madrid its capital in 1561 due to its central location. Muslims used it as Garrison. It is like any nice city of Europe. There is Palasio Real or Royal Palace (entry fee is 12 Euro) or Kings palace. You are not allowed to take picture. It is comparable to Hafsburg Palace or Versailles. There are around 50 rooms. There is a picture of Goya. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Unlike signature cathedrals of other cities , here the cathedral is nothing special - not like Cadiz or Seville or Granada. I learnt even inside the Church is not very grand. So I skipped it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Then I did the walking tour starting from Plaza de orient, Palacio Real, Cathedral, Garrison. </span><span>The Moors created a wall for their Garrison. There is a market called Marcado San Miguel. This is </span><span>food court basically . It really looks nice and grand. There is a Tapas Bar too. </span><span>Then I went to Plaza Mayor. There is food all around that. Then I went to Chocoloreria San Gines equivalent of our Flurys. I had their famous Churoz with Chocolate sauce. They gave one extra churoz to me free cost, since I had finished it , before finishing the Chocoloate. They normally give 3 Churroz. I paid 4 Euro for the Churroz. Then I went to see the San Gines Church. The walking tour ended at Convent de la des caisus Reales. It was closed due to Siesta at 2 pm. Then I went to see the museum. There are 2 famous museums here - Picasso Museum and Museo Del Prado (Flemish collection, Velasquez etc). I did not go to Del Prado, since I have been to the best ones. So I decided to go to the other museum - museum of Picasso at Centro de Arte Rene Sofia. The picture of Guernica is there. Some pictures of Dalis is there. The length is at least 11 ft and breadth is huge. The entry fee is 10 Euro. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>When Germans bombed the Guernica of Basque country in 1936 (?), at the instance of Franco, </span><span>many people died. </span><span>Picasso drew it as a protest against war. It is the Mona Lisa of Modern Art. </span><span>There is only 2nd and 4th Floor. You cannot take picture in Picasso museum's 2nd floor. You can be taken picture only in 4th Floor - there is not much in 4th Floor. </span><span>I complained to a lady in the tourism office. She agreed to me. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Then </span><span>I went by metro to Parque del Beun Retiro near Prado museum. It is somewhat like our Dhakuria Lake. Boating is done here.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Then I went to La Latina - where you get Tapas. But I could not find it and I was short of time.</span><span> Then </span><span>I saw a Bangladeshi Alimancion or marcado or Super Marcado. There I met a person from Comilla, Bangladesh. He has a restaurant Kebab nearby. The son has passed MBA. He knows Dharmasagar of Comilla. His father has alimentary shop / restaurant for quite some time. The Manager is from Dhaka. I bought roasted chicken and had it in my home.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You can cover Madrid in one day. There is an interesting observation as night grows, around 10 pm onwards Africans come and sell their items on the main square - like Rambala of Barcelona. I saw similar thing in Sole. They place a bed cover and sell jersey, hat, bet. There are ropes at the end of the bed sheet. If Police comes they will run within seconds , like a Runner of Sukanta Bhattacharya ! The Bangladeshis said they do not like to work or nobody like to take them unlike Bangladeshis - such is there reputation. They are on high alert the moment they see a Police.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">23.10.2021</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>I left for Cuenca. This is home town of Belen. </span><span>She is right now in England.</span><span>Belen has bought the train ticket for me. It falls within Castilia la Mancha region. It is a very fertile region. It is a Saffron growing area. It is also famous for wines. Maximum qunatity of wine is grown here. The highest quantity of wine is grown here. The fictional journey of Miguel Cervantes - Don Quixote starts from here. There are lot of wind mills here - which I could not see for lack of time.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><span>It has similar Reconquista story. Here also church was constructed above the mosque. There was some Jewish settlement also. Since it is in the North, it went under </span></span><span>Catholic Monarch much earlier i</span><span>n 1150s, than the Reconquista took place in South.. Not many tourists comes here , though it is a world heritage site. It tooks over 2 hours to reach.. The city is the meeting point of deep river gorge . The river flows at the bottom. </span><span>The partner (Alberto) of </span><span>Belen's (she is from this city) </span><span>sister came to receive me with a pram. They have a 2 yr old baby. Since her sister is appearing</span><span> for an important exam, that is why she could not come. </span><span>Alberto took me to the old city. Belen bought the bus ticket for me. </span><span>When I was having coffee with him, Belen's mother also came and took the pram from him. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>He had shown the old city to me. He took me to a museum which is famous for abstract art. He also took me to Casa col Gadas - the most famous picture post card spot - the house is hanging along the cliff. He took me to a restaurant and told me that Belen has booked a meal for you (14.5 Euro).You don't have to pay. This is the first full course meal (I had Plate of the day - Plata del dia), of this tour and that too during lunch time ! The restaurant is beautiful. Since he had some work , he bid me farewell. Then I then saw the whole city on my own. Belen said there is a famous food, which is found only in this city only. But unfortunately</span><span> that was not there in this restaurant. When I was waiting in the tourist information centre for a map (they explained me everything nicely), he bought a tinned food for me, speciality of this place (which Belen told me), which was </span><span>not available in my restaurant.</span><span>My bus was at 8 pm and fare was 31 Euro with return fare. I returned home late at 1030 pm.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">24.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>There is a major problem due to reschedulement of train. </span><span>I had to check out of my hotel with my luggage ,since they will not keep the luggage in the left luggage facility of the hotel till 7 pm when I come back (more so since the shift will also change). I was not allowed to keep the luggage in the new hotel so early at 9.30 am (check in is at 2-3 pm), So I took the luggage with me desperately, otherwise I will be stuck. I had plan to go to Segovia and Toledo. </span><span> I learnt that the twin city tour is not </span><span style="text-align: left;">available on this date. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span> So I opted for Toledo -which is more interesting and it is part of Castilla La Mancha. This region is famous for the novel Don Quixote. I was told while buying the ticket, that you cannot keep the suitcase in the bus, whiele doing the tour. So this is a major crisis. I had no option but to take the luggage in the bus and carry it with me during the tour and will face the consequences - Que sera sera !</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Thankfully I met a person from Peru, they were also carrying a luggage. That made my life easier - since they know Spanish. Ultimately we were allowed to keep my luggage.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Toldeo is famous for Synagogue (one of the two places where is a synagogue), Islamic or Moorish architecture (Mudejar) and Church . Moreover it is also famous for La Pancha. This tour is quit cheap - only 25 Euro.Though distance is not much.It took only 1 hour to reach. They stopped us at the right place so that we can take some photos.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">First we went to see the cathedral. It is quite nice. It is very nice. Toledo was capital till 1561. This church was also constructed on a mosque.There is also a fort/Alcazar. We saw church with Mudejar architecture. By 1.10 we were free and the lady guide told us, we had time till 4.30 pm - which is free time.I got a map from the tourism office and my book has a route for walking tour. It is always better to follow the organized/walking tour. You get to see the town in a short time, without backtracking. The importance of Toledo lost importance gradually.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There are two food items in Toledo which is very popular. One of them is a sweet.I tried the sweet. I did not have time for Khusma-sus ??. since, I have to be back to the bus by 4.30 pm. In fact I skipped the lunch. There is a nice gorge here also and there is a great view from the gorge. I had time to see it, thanks to the walking tour. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When I reached the new hotel, I saw the hotel has been shifted ! So I had to shift to the new hotel with lot of difficulty. They told me they tried to contact me. I met an Argentinian guy. He has a plan to catch the flight. He is from Buenos Aires, but works in a Pharmacy company's administration department in Germany. My initial plan was to go straight to the airport, by checking out of the hotel at 12 pm at night. My flight is early in the morning. Since I met him and he speaks Spanish, I decided to tag with him.he has to catch an early morning flight at 7.10 am and my flight is at 0830 am.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is a place called Cibeles, from where you will get bus 2330 hours onwards, for the whole night, every 30 minutes. The bus leaves from Atocha train station (our Howrah station) and goes to airport via Cibeles (around 5 minutes from Atocha) after every 20-25 minutes. However after 2330 hours, the bus leaves only from Cibeles. It reaches airport in 30-40 minutes time.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today I had Chinese for the first time, from a Filipino restaurant. Philippines was their colony previously. There are some Filipino here. The price is really cheap. By paying 3.9 Euro I had my dinner. On the way back, I saw a Bangladeshi mini Market. The owner is from Sylhet. He has the tone still today. He was in Kuwait for 23 years. He is now lamenting for coming to Spain. He said his shop's rent is relatively cheap @2000 Euro. The width of the shop is around 6-7 ft but it is quite long. There is another Bangladeshi shop nearby whose rent is even higher. He said in Madrid there are many Bangladeshis than in Barcelona. Most of them stay near La Latina. There are around 50,000 Bangladeshis in Spain. There is even a Bengali newspaper in Spain. His son is staying with him and studying Spanish from College for 2 hours. He plans to study Bachelor degree in Technology.He has not taken admission yet. A typical Bangladeshi earns around 1200-1300 Euro here. This is the standard rate. He is quite old.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Today I bought some Pan/bread (looks like Hodt dog) and some Iberio Pork (Cerdo) for tomorrow. Then I went back to the hotel for taking some rest. We will catch the bus early in the morning.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>In Carrefour (second or 3rd largest French retailer after Walmart) they make very nice orange juice in a bottle for 1.5 Euro. Here people are awake up till 3-4 pm. On Friday or Saturday they are awake till 5-5.30 pm. It is mayhem. There are broken bottles all over the place. Thankfully the glass did not pierce my shoe ! The garbage basket is over flowing. In the morning a water jet is used to clean the street and move the broken glass and packets ahead, so that they are accumulated in one place. A simple broom will not do. It seems to me they are into too much into partying. The way they shout in the Friday and Saturday night , is something to be seen to be believed. If you are so undisciplined it is difficult to progress. It is difficult to believe how some desolate streets in day time are converted into part zone. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">They place table all over the place.</span><span style="text-align: left;">The Spanish people own lot of property and employ Bangladeshi for the shop /and take rent at the end of the month.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span> </span></span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25.10.2021</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Cibeles in a huge place. </span><span style="text-align: left;">It is a huge plaza.</span><span style="text-align: left;">There is a metro station here called Banco Espana. I left little early with my Argentinian friend. We took the bus together from Cibeles.Then I was standing in the queue at the airport, when they asked for my RTPCR test. I told them, I have done </span><span style="text-align: left;">full vaccination </span><span style="text-align: left;">in India and done my RTPCR test on 8th october 2021. It is negative. They said without RTPCR you wont be allowed to board the plane. You have to do it again.I could have fainted. It was very very stressful. Somehow I recovered and sat on a chair. I was not allowed to board. Thankfully since it Lufthansa , they rescheduled it free, next day . When I reached airport it is 4 am. Vaccination will start at 7.30 am. After waiting for some time, they said those who have done it online will be done first. But online is difficult for me, since everything is written in Spanish. If there is small mistake then you might lose 100 Euro for the fees. So I decided to do it off line. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Thankfully there was not much delay. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If you want the report after 12 hours, then you have to pay only 56 Euro. Otherwise you have to pay 100 Euro. You have to register in suvidha portal - newdelhiairport.in. So you cannot afford to wait too long for the report. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">After I finished everything there is a phone call from office today (Monday, 25.10.2021). The Board meeting will be held on Friday (29.10.2021). I called my PA and did everything over whatsapp from the airport and sent the notice to the Directors. There wont be any internet once I am out of the airport. I have to book a hotel again. The Bangladeshi person owning the minimarket told me before leaving for airport that there is a small place to stay and sleep in his shop, so you can come anytime. That turned out to be of great help. I bought an airport express bus ticket to go to Cibeles , by paying 5 Euro. I took Granvia and went back to the shop by taking Calle Ottazella ?. They received me warmly on learning everything and allowed me to keep the luggage and chatted with them for a long time and got to know their life story. I learnt how much they spend here per month to survive. The house rent is 300 Euro, Food is 150 Euro and Electricity bill is 100 Euro etc. In total they spend 650 Euro per month. They put sticker on everything. It is sold on a reasonably high mark up. Almost nobody checks the real price or nobody bargains . Though there is a Carrefour nearby, many people do not go there for one or two items - otherwise they have to stand in the queue. Since this is mostly a hotel zone, most of the customers are not repeat customers. The keep the shop till 3-4 am. It is not easy life for them. The Spaniards give it for rent to these Bangladeshis. I learnt many things from them. Since he was a legal immigrant for initial few years, so he has lost out on Pension front. Now he earns a Pension of 500 Euro. In fact I saw his son has learnt Spanish reasonably good. The standard dialogue in the shop with the cusomter is Algo Mas (anything more). The anwser is nada mas (not any more).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">I had lunch from the same chinese shop. When I came back it is 4 pm (1600 hrs). The shop was closed by that time. I was completely petrified - what will happen to my luggage ? Bad things came to my mind. Did they vanish after talking nice things. May be they have gone for lunch -since they take lunch little late. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The mental condition was such that I did not feel like going out to see the city today. I do not even feel like eating those , which i could not eat till date. I just roamed some placed nearby. But my mind was in a different place.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Internationally travellers would be required to upload lot of information (Passport copy, RTPCR test report, full vaccination etc). </span><span style="text-align: left;">There are lot of critical information to be filled up - for which it is possible to have two different </span><span style="text-align: left;">interpretations</span><span style="text-align: left;"> and there is space constraints too and it has to be done in pdf - not so easy to do it in phone. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The size cannot be more than 1 MB. </span><span style="text-align: left;">After lot of effort , we could not do it. The son of Bangladeshi owner also tried to do it for me. Even he could not do it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">26.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Finally I had to wake up Mohua at 02 00 am in India to do it for me from India. I was told I have to do RTPCR again in Delhi. I was scared, since I will miss the plane again in Delhi. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">I did not want to be late. </span><span style="text-align: left;">I left for airport little early. Everything went well. From Madrid I reached Frankfurt in time. When I was in Frankfurt, there is another call from my office, which said that the Board meeting has been postponed and will be held . My PA said,our MD was looking for me. Our JMD called over whatsapp and told me that the meeting was pre-poned from Friday to Thursday (28.10.2021). Again I had to call my PA and do the needful and send the notice to the Directors. For that I had to allow the passenger behind me in the boarding line to go ahead and I was probably the last one to enter the Plane. Once I enter the plane there will be no wifi.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #01ffff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(1, 255, 255); color: #ff00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">27.10.2021</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">From Frankfurt I reached Delhi at 1 am. I had already booked my slot between 0200-0300 hours , by paying Rs 500. </span></span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">I was suppose to catch the plane at 8.30 am. </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">But I learnt it is not required, since I have full vaccination. Othwerwise it would have been difficult.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I reached Kolkata in time and went to the office straight from airport.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p></p><p></p>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-55955566673170998812021-04-30T15:01:00.127+05:302022-04-19T15:21:44.667+05:30RENDEZVOUS WITH RAN-THAM-BORE TIGER RESERVE- THE SO CALLED ‘GHIN DHAAR GAYA SAFARI’<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">RENDEZVOUS WITH RAN-THAM-BORE ( Ranthambhore ) TIGER RESERVE- THE SO CALLED ‘GHIN DHAAR GAYA SAFARI’ - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Ran-tham-bore Tour Diary</span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(guest writer Reshmi Chakraborty, with some input by Sourabh)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; font-size: 12pt;">08/04/21 </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;">: CCU (Kolkata - fare 3904/- only) </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>></b></span><span style="color: #202122;"> Jaipur at 2030 hrs </span></span><b style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: 16px;">></b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> Sawai Madhopur </span><span style="background: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;"><b>(By shared vehicle – Rs 4500 in 2.30 hrs)</b></span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> - Sleep at </b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sawai Madhopur</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; font-size: 12pt;">09/04</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;">: </span><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">- </span><b style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> Zone 3 (Morning) and </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Zone 4 (Evening) - </b><b style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sleep at </b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sawai Madhopur</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ff00fe; font-size: 12pt;">10/04</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;"> : </span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Zone 5 (Morning) and </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Zone 4 (Evening) - </b><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sleep at </b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sawai Madhopur</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt;">11/04/21</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt;">: </span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Zone 2 (Morning) : </b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Sawai Madhopur </span><b style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: 16px;">></b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Jaipur (Visit Gaitore Chatri and Hawmahal)</span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> </b><b style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: 16px;">></b><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> CCU</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">{ </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: 16px;">We (Sourabh) did the same tour again between 17/3/22-20/3/22 with my sister, my wife and my relatives in Delhi . We were 9 people</span><span style="color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">.}</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Forest
was not a preferred destination for me or of Saikat , so generally we don’t plan for a forest
trip. Little did we know, this is going to change forever ! It was in the year 2011, when we planned for Nainital trip and it was then
when we paid a visit to Jim Corbett National park or any forest for the first time. We went there with the
expectation that we would be able to sight tigers, but unfortunately we
couldn’t. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Our
very own Sourabh Da, our friend, philosopher and guide, I can say, had
arranged for a Jungle safari and it was the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. Actually we were supposed to go for this trip in 2020, but due to the lockdown, the trip got postponed (we got the refund from airlines, but safari booking was put on hold). The trip got rescheduled this year. Last year we had lost hope whether we would be able to make this trip anymore, because of Covid. We never expected that
this year, we can make it. This trip would have been probably cancelled at the last moment, due to the imminent second wave, but for the persistence of Sourabh da. In this trip we were six members,
myself, Saikat (my husband), Sanjit Da ,Sourabh Da, his wife Mohua di and Arun. But Mohua di
could not make it , because a Board Meeting was called at the last moment on 9.4.2021. So we
were five.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe;">8<sup>th </sup>April 2021</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our date of journey was
fixed on 8</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: large;"> of April 2021, it was a Thursday.</span><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">We booked our tickets in Indigo airlines from
Kolkata to Jaipur. The fare was really cheap around Rs 7000 with return ticket.</span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
didn’t carry much luggage because it was a trip of just three days. We carried
two backpacks. Saikat came back from office in the afternoon at around 2.30 pm as we
had to start for airport by 4.30-4.45pm. So after he came back, we started
getting ready and did our final packing and took
the blessings of God and our parents and left for the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had to pick up Sanjit Da from his house; so
we booked Uber and went to Sanjit da’s house to pick him up. The Uber driver
was very aggressive and was not willing to go to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sanjit Da’s place as it was not mentioned in
the destination. He argued with us and finally agreed to go there. The distance between the two house is not more than 350 metres though. We reached Sanjit
Da’ place at around 4.45 pm and waited downstairs in the cab for him, he came
down after 5 mins. He was dressed up like a true traveller, carrying huge
backpack in his back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Anyways, we started from his place for the
airport .On our way we discussed about various trips that he and we did. Sanjit
Da shared the experience of his Russia trip with Sourabh Da and how they ate there
at the cheapest rates and they literally witnessed Russia walking, whenever possible (since if you don't walk, you cannot really feel the country) and how
the country is so well organised. He shared his experiences. He also visited France with Sourabh da.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
reached Netaji subhash Chandra Bose domestic airport at around 5.45 pm. There
was enough time for us. We had planned to eat something at the airport as we
would not be able to have dinner, since we have to travel late at night to reach our destination at 1 am. So three of us went to the lounge after security check in. The
escalator to the lounge floor was out of order and so we climbed it up. We
reached the lounge and at the lounge one person could dine in one card. Sanjit
Da earlier also said he has no apetite and he was not willing to have
anything. On reaching the lounge he said he didn’t have the lounge card as well. But fortunately Saikat carried 3 cards for three us. How
could we relish our food, if one of us could not eat, because he was not granted permission to enter the lounge ? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In
the lounge they had huge spread - fruits, juices, orange and lemon, fried idli,
Pav Bhaji, hariyali chicken pakoda, chicken biryani and pastries along with soft
drinks like coke, fanta, sprite and coffee and tea . And also pocket mazaa
and some breads were there - which we didn’t have. There was even pasta and sandwich. We made a cardinal error of not surveying the spread and then we had hariyali chicken
pakoda, chicken biryani and pastries along with soft drinks ( I had
fanta and Saikat had coke). Arun came after sometime and then came our tour leader Sourabh Da</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">We all met at the lounge.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Arun ate same as what we ate and
he even had fried idli, Sourabh Da also ate almost the same thing. All of us
picked (</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">surreptitiously</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">) pocket mazaa for our journey from there. Pastries were
tasty, the food was good. We spent almost one and half hours there at the
lounge. We were pulling Arun’s leg regarding his diet and he would keep
us telling that he is on a diet and he eats less carbs and all - but that day he
relished almost everything, saying that he doesn’t impose any restrictions on
tours. Anyways, thereafter we headed downstairs towards the boarding gate.
Meanwhile two smokers’ - Sanjit Da and Saikat went to the smoking
zone and Arun and Sourabh Da and me, the non-smokers headed towards the
boarding gate.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thereafter we
waited for the boarding gates to open. Meanwhile we took the sanitization kits
and face shield and Saikat took the PPE kit, since he will sit in the middle seat and I didn’t miss
the chance to take his picture in this attire.</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">Our seat number was 21B and 21C. One was aisle and the other one was middle seat - where Saikat
sat and wore the PPE kit and as usual Arun changed his seat
from his own and shifted at the side of Sourabh Da. Our flight departed on time
at 8.30 PM.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">We landed in </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px;">Jaipur Sanaganer domestic airport</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"> at around 10.15 pm. We had to show our covid -ve reports at the airport. Our car was
pre-booked, which will drop us to our destination at Sawai Madhopur - which is around
185 Km from Jaipur and it takes around 2.30 hours. It is possible to go to Sawai Madhopur by Train also from Delhi.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
we proceeded towards the exit gate of the airport where our car,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toyota Innova ( </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">RI25 TA-9990) </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">was waiting for us
and the name of the driver is Vijay (Mob - 9928757573) . He
came before time and we started our journey without further ado. </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">The road is quite exceptional.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sourabh Da was at the front seat since he has a back ache and Arun, Sanjit Da and Saikat in the
middle seat and I took the back seat along with the luggages on one side. The
driver was good and played some good songs. He drove so smoothly that none
of us realized that the vehicle was moving at a speed of 100-120 kms most of the time. Arun
asked the driver to play some local Rajasthani song called ‘Kesariya’ and he
obliged. Everyone started clapping and dancing and we were really enjoying the
journey. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2qG_c8VusxrYhmx4BDPsHe58tGuXjssvG8Q_cxeZwxpo9u3CVwBZ8KJUaRxkxHF9yGmGb53Uh6DChcak9NPWHJ4eeYDVo3oBbFXxDmxv_SHj8BlxxIJMmhqVFKcJ6c1e-xw4Wu4tVVUa/s960/173354808_1822532081261466_5067110961667339187_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2qG_c8VusxrYhmx4BDPsHe58tGuXjssvG8Q_cxeZwxpo9u3CVwBZ8KJUaRxkxHF9yGmGb53Uh6DChcak9NPWHJ4eeYDVo3oBbFXxDmxv_SHj8BlxxIJMmhqVFKcJ6c1e-xw4Wu4tVVUa/w400-h300/173354808_1822532081261466_5067110961667339187_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Sanjit Da wanted to have tea and the driver parked the vehicle near a local highway dhaba called Shri dev Narayan Bhojnalya and we all had Kulharwali Cha there. We paid only Rs 20 for the pretty big Kulhar and the person there greeted us so well that Arun asked for more tea </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">…….. and he gave more tea not only to him but to everyone and that too without charging </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">extra</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. The tea was really tasty, fresh and energetic and Saikat had the wish to eat local Rajasthani food from there as some people were having - but none of us agreed, as it was too late then - already 12.30 am and also our stomach was full.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;">Let me tell you a very useful information. Booking in Ranthambore is very difficult , it is apparently like Tatkal ticket of Railways ! We have not taken any chance and Sourabh da took the help of his trusted friend Avijit Ganguly, who also publishes a wild life magazine called Aranyak, to book the safari and book the home stay of Hemraj. Hemraj is a friend of Avijit. He is doing the booking professionally. His number is - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2962ff; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left;">89101 11675 and email id is </span><a href="mailto:avijitwildlife@gmail.com" jslog="24336; track:click" jsname="xvr5H" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #2962ff; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span data-tooltip="Send email" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">avijitwildlife@gmail.com</span></a>. Almost all the blogs we read on Ranthambore, has a common complaint, poor sighting of tiger, because of getting allotted a bad zone. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However for direct booking you can click here <a href="https://forest.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/forest/en/citizen-services/safari-zoo-ticket-booking.html#" style="background-color: #01ffff;">forest.rajasthan.gov.in</a>. There are numerous guest houses in Sawai Madhapore (the place where people stay to visit Ranthambore National Park). If you have no booking for a guest house, there is nothing to worry. I have no doubt you will get one, after reaching Sawai Madhopore. The tariff of Hemraj's homestay is Rs 4,000 for two people per room, ALL food inclusive.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe;">9<sup>th </sup>April 2021</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now our journey started after the tea break. There were very
less traffic as we had heard that night curfew had been imposed, but the
dhabas were open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was enjoying
my back seat journey. We reached Sawai Madhopur at our home-stay sharp at 1 am. The
name of our stay is "Tiger Home" and it was owned by very well-known naturalist
- Mr. Hemraj Meena (you will find it in Trip Advisor). It was his home, which he has converted into a home-stay and
the home had 10 rooms in 3 floors. There was a big dining hall in the
ground floor after the entrance and also the kitchen was adjacent to it. Now
the person at the home stay took us to the first floor where three rooms were
booked for us. Sourabh Da and Sanjit Da stayed in one, we are in one and Arun occupied one room. Our and Arun’s room was side by side and Sourabh Da and sanjitda’s room was
just at the right hand from the stairs. There was a huge passage in the middle
where a sofa set was there with a centre table and a giant screen TV. The room size was quite big and as also the attached bathroom
size.The room has almost all
the amenities like table, chairs, decent size cupboard and bed and dressing
table and side tables near the bed side. The room had a huge balcony where
chairs and centre table was placed and sourabh-da’s room shared the same balcony
with us. But we could not make proper use of such
a nice balcony as we safaris took most of our time. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now after checking in everyone wanted to take a small nap as it was already 2.30 am and we were
supposed to get up by 4.30 am. I don’t know about others but I couldn’t sleep
at all. I unpacked by baggage and I just lied down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I got up at around 4.15 am. The people at the home stay served us tea and biscuits. They made
very nice tea and served us Good Day biscuits. Soon our safari jeep has arrived. W</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">e are supposed to do 5 safaris in total in two and
half days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Our safari jeep was green colour Maruti Gypsy and later on I realized that all the safari vehicles are exactly same - they can carry
six people excluding the driver and the guide who occupied the front seats. The
weather was <b>quite cold </b>at 6 am in the morning and I wished that I had
something to protect the coldness. Me, Saikat and Arun sat in the middle seat and the
seniors, Sanjit Da and Sourabh Da were at the back seat. The name of our first
guide was Subhas and he was a very nice and humble person and so was the
driver. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Day 1 - </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1st safari - Morning safari - Zone 3</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
road from our home stay to Ranthambore was marvellous and it was surrounded by
hills. We enjoyed the open jeep ride and the cool breeze. We could see some
local Rajasthani handicrafts shops on the way. It
was around 15 Km journey and the roads are really good. We reached Ranthambore Tiger Reserve gate at
around 6.20 am. The guide got down from the jeep and did
the formalities. The local vendors were selling caps, hats and face masks,
which is like piece of cloth that would protect one from the heat of the sun. I
asked the price of the caps - they asked Rs 100 for one and another one Rs 300 and some even
400.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Then we headed towards the safari. The forest was surrounded by hills, so the moment
we entered the main gate of the forest, we could see hills all around and the Ranthambore fort as well. It has undulating roads just like the hilly areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGclIQCasrix4PcdYYF5pqOY9asDpWD6-A7R1pFJi3_DQlDfU6thN_MeLgjy9VAjvXHNJ-Gn3d29qoyjGpIWx5giee6ohptKHhSzkaCDsBq_5kdBoAx9GF9P1MSp15y-rEqzLhUuD0jfW/s1728/181139893_10225304196101574_6138327813986100171_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGclIQCasrix4PcdYYF5pqOY9asDpWD6-A7R1pFJi3_DQlDfU6thN_MeLgjy9VAjvXHNJ-Gn3d29qoyjGpIWx5giee6ohptKHhSzkaCDsBq_5kdBoAx9GF9P1MSp15y-rEqzLhUuD0jfW/w640-h480/181139893_10225304196101574_6138327813986100171_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><div style="font-size: 14pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ranthambore National Park is one of the most renowned national parks in Northern India. It area is 392 Sq Km </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">(Jim Corbet is 1318 Sq Km, Kanha is 940 Sq Km,Kaziranga is 859 Sq Km, Tadoba 625 Sq Km,Jaldapara 216 sq Km, Masai Mara is 1500 sq Km).</i><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The park is located in the Sawai Madhopur district of South Eastern Rajasthan.
It is considered as one of the famous and former hunting grounds of the Maharajas of Jaipur. Today the Ranthambore National Park terrain is a major tourist attraction and it is one of the favourite destinations of the
wildlife photographers. It is home to the most famous tiger of the world - Machli. Its landmark includes the Ranthambore
fort at the hill top and Ganesh temple and Padam talao Lake. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxk7RF31AWu1jkbbqCjBaiIroKFWpj0NOPTlT-oiFVN8e9ks8web0IPHz-WZZVWEQmbt3C9ok2POeNVMej1rmodu1vl1iI6DNe-VhuFEiz1zhdn8ZbMwXzYxF0OxbwQODkKoFWthFMfhJ/s403/p+180908499_10225304139300154_5049203561884928677_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxk7RF31AWu1jkbbqCjBaiIroKFWpj0NOPTlT-oiFVN8e9ks8web0IPHz-WZZVWEQmbt3C9ok2POeNVMej1rmodu1vl1iI6DNe-VhuFEiz1zhdn8ZbMwXzYxF0OxbwQODkKoFWthFMfhJ/w640-h480/p+180908499_10225304139300154_5049203561884928677_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">National Park protects </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Flora (plant), fauna (animals), landscape, historical objects</b>, unlike Wild life sanctuary (e.g. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary) </span><span style="background-color: white;">which protects </span><span style="background-color: white;">Animals, birds, insects, reptiles. The restrictions are much less in Wild life sanctuary and and open to </span><span style="background-color: white;">general public. </span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">IUC </span><span style="background-color: white;">has defined NP as Category II type of protected areas, whereas WLS is </span><span style="background-color: white;">Category IV. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The Protected Areas are declared under </span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Biosphere Reserve are </span><span style="background-color: white;">Notified areas which cover a larger area of land, which may cover multiple National Parks, WL Sanctuaries as well. </span><span style="background-color: white;">It is internationally recognized within the framework of </span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme. </span><span style="background-color: white;">There are 18 Biosphere Reserves in India.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Sundarban is a biosphere reserve.</span></span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
on day 1 of our safari our destination was zone 3. Now the forest has 10 zones : 1-5 are the core zones and 6-10 are the buffer
zones. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We went to Rajbag zone. During our journey we had sighted varieties of
birds and peacock. Usually peacock is one of the most common bird that we get
to see in Rajasthan. We spotted numerous Sambars . The sambar is a large deer native to the Indian sub-continent and they
are even found South East Asia also. They are usually
the victims of severe hunting and favourite hunt of tiger. <span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIqLULHXmmyVLlukemwdQxXKheL0jjIMrIeGMHXPtgKVbqqHQ_eEuhXEReD_b8-3xs845RX1OYz8izCKNp-MBdV9OprQJbFTvYs02QetdhT1vfhTvMLXEfyegBjCVW5Y2T-uSE1HbSujv/s403/178071506_10225256280423712_6302521599402630081_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIqLULHXmmyVLlukemwdQxXKheL0jjIMrIeGMHXPtgKVbqqHQ_eEuhXEReD_b8-3xs845RX1OYz8izCKNp-MBdV9OprQJbFTvYs02QetdhT1vfhTvMLXEfyegBjCVW5Y2T-uSE1HbSujv/w640-h480/178071506_10225256280423712_6302521599402630081_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sambar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTY2Ofp1XA-zI9jenaVlvexxVTAFP-5BS8UndpQHYGjz-1DzDjgPKarSyNrq7b8NBSUyO83zDVCDh0uLoDnfiY34MVcMNu4RfZFugs6C3SSjex8Z2s3sLX-PHt8Z6yPzmH0NqzC6HTzGl_/s403/175171592_10225201638137689_6393009985982030409_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTY2Ofp1XA-zI9jenaVlvexxVTAFP-5BS8UndpQHYGjz-1DzDjgPKarSyNrq7b8NBSUyO83zDVCDh0uLoDnfiY34MVcMNu4RfZFugs6C3SSjex8Z2s3sLX-PHt8Z6yPzmH0NqzC6HTzGl_/w640-h480/175171592_10225201638137689_6393009985982030409_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Heron</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>On
day 1 at zone 3, we saw T-121 - which is a rarely sighted tiger . Usually the tigers are known with names as well as numbers , in
the forest, for ease of identification. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the forest one can spot a tiger site
by just following another safari jeep. If you see many jeeps standing at
the same spot, you can be pretty sure that a tiger has been
sighted. We reached the spot and watched its movements for more than an one hour . We clicked thousands of pictures there and I
took a video of its movements. She ignored the sight of the humans and sat for a while and then started moving towards the
bushes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwpD-baB1Xj3I5yx2NJuOBD11eRWvo2ygqtp-aOiWItC0H9zvEdEmeOXNkZltANcOXu4iedfWIYB2WOPkqBuwt5ARNOgg1AXmos4NrjgSzz2AUxPr5a0dFV4XnSjgDx8jJb9kTcRQEka3/s1728/s1+182096808_10225329067363340_4371364353156031444_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwpD-baB1Xj3I5yx2NJuOBD11eRWvo2ygqtp-aOiWItC0H9zvEdEmeOXNkZltANcOXu4iedfWIYB2WOPkqBuwt5ARNOgg1AXmos4NrjgSzz2AUxPr5a0dFV4XnSjgDx8jJb9kTcRQEka3/w640-h480/s1+182096808_10225329067363340_4371364353156031444_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"> T-121</span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then we
headed forward with the desire to watch even more tigers. The tigers have their
own separate territories. The guide took us to another territory but we
couldn’t find one. On our way we saw Hanuman langurs and we passed by the lake and saw
many birds like Bunting, Brahmani Starling as well.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6LMMxFEwzBnf5W1vdox4LwCiNQYqluMiOkCjY4kyiPfCE7KQ8kk6lD0IsuGwV-nozfvfXh2SDt4Nry3sYqdGpGiMAcENGniULesvg3zECakidKzX4G7R3N9M9lB_u8Q0ys6XevbB-uIn/s403/hl+176328415_10225234365755859_3577197433905390200_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6LMMxFEwzBnf5W1vdox4LwCiNQYqluMiOkCjY4kyiPfCE7KQ8kk6lD0IsuGwV-nozfvfXh2SDt4Nry3sYqdGpGiMAcENGniULesvg3zECakidKzX4G7R3N9M9lB_u8Q0ys6XevbB-uIn/w640-h480/hl+176328415_10225234365755859_3577197433905390200_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Grey Langur or Hanuman Langur<br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ztgjf9K-FaSzwFj_W-CY0V1THocZWacSEBOKSN4lQMUJcB__ncckeEwls6BjpUiEM2AxvZkGeaI_Fp7viTLcjK9yqKHJGEgBD0hkH4HTGp0V0E4Ma0sYjT1YyY_GuwFRnE_BeLMqwXXX/s417/bs+174622382_10225201645297868_2893128152026105866_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="417" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ztgjf9K-FaSzwFj_W-CY0V1THocZWacSEBOKSN4lQMUJcB__ncckeEwls6BjpUiEM2AxvZkGeaI_Fp7viTLcjK9yqKHJGEgBD0hkH4HTGp0V0E4Ma0sYjT1YyY_GuwFRnE_BeLMqwXXX/w640-h462/bs+174622382_10225201645297868_2893128152026105866_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brahminy Sterling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdldjS1NIgzHHW3jlZYyWxIocNNY5yuPS2Meg5rSkWMnFGfbnPLN5fFbXJ9TCOHgEKw-Db9l0wNAXO4Pptcs7gagoZ0vvcECeURREn3ehLcTW-CB5ZPZ-FmnjhrxAmmjZY7uWSq65z366/s403/b+175589556_10225214819187207_2303927442441096982_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdldjS1NIgzHHW3jlZYyWxIocNNY5yuPS2Meg5rSkWMnFGfbnPLN5fFbXJ9TCOHgEKw-Db9l0wNAXO4Pptcs7gagoZ0vvcECeURREn3ehLcTW-CB5ZPZ-FmnjhrxAmmjZY7uWSq65z366/w640-h480/b+175589556_10225214819187207_2303927442441096982_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crested Bunting</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Sourabh Da is quite obsessed with birds. We even took a photograph of
all us in the jeep in the midst of the forest where the jeep stopped at a
place. We asked our guide Subhash to take our photo. I even took his picture as well. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now each safari was of 3.30 hours
duration. So in the first safari we spent almost two hours sighting Tiger and the next one hour we saw birds and crocodiles, owls.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXysxYO150hLNbFLDaotDbDHPPlqBhJwV8su37jLlt3Xq4UXuUOnHA69qOB8RYHncCY14VEam-xZcDfliwWbanV4cX5maPrHfhjD7xcOY2d4YrXUKb_530tP_kreKaXhHMhoo2g1lshyphenhyphenwz/s403/o+1+176345201_10225220663293306_6821895237053381307_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXysxYO150hLNbFLDaotDbDHPPlqBhJwV8su37jLlt3Xq4UXuUOnHA69qOB8RYHncCY14VEam-xZcDfliwWbanV4cX5maPrHfhjD7xcOY2d4YrXUKb_530tP_kreKaXhHMhoo2g1lshyphenhyphenwz/w640-h480/o+1+176345201_10225220663293306_6821895237053381307_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted Owlet</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM3ZEjh9H15Z0xAz3OIcrvHSk-ffl8z6Xfvc-IYtOexkgzMpMvgHNFZEfkkA3mI_RyKVPlIJMHzJorPer2afCZ9a4GritrpTQJ5dAwvlXktdRlmALBc7iFHPkJWc-itkVr3_xXwlEVJiH/s403/c+172571265_10225181510634514_4671585660775480727_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM3ZEjh9H15Z0xAz3OIcrvHSk-ffl8z6Xfvc-IYtOexkgzMpMvgHNFZEfkkA3mI_RyKVPlIJMHzJorPer2afCZ9a4GritrpTQJ5dAwvlXktdRlmALBc7iFHPkJWc-itkVr3_xXwlEVJiH/w640-h480/c+172571265_10225181510634514_4671585660775480727_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Crocodile</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now sharp at 9.30 we had to exit the safari gate or else fine would be
imposed on the vehicle. So we left the forest sharp at 9.30 am and that’s how
our morning safari ended. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05b2RXFul6xNRUZxcSMB10UhOYxx6UsuSTzZ50TzyEerur9HCE388WZlHxox9O9CU0s_n1RuVpkrYBeSL8KrKbm3j6fZQuMmlJwTy_m6uqXQ2vXQeqpWawwBo09BRUY7nQQxJ3u9lAGVO/s370/d+176835782_10225256290303959_1858569106911388369_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="370" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05b2RXFul6xNRUZxcSMB10UhOYxx6UsuSTzZ50TzyEerur9HCE388WZlHxox9O9CU0s_n1RuVpkrYBeSL8KrKbm3j6fZQuMmlJwTy_m6uqXQ2vXQeqpWawwBo09BRUY7nQQxJ3u9lAGVO/w640-h520/d+176835782_10225256290303959_1858569106911388369_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then we headed towards our home stay. On reaching we
thanked the guide and the driver. We</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> reached the home stay at around 10 am. Now on reaching our home stay breakfast was ready to be
served in the dining hall at the ground floor. Here we
met the cook Dhanraj Prajapat.
He warmly greeted us and was a very jovial person. The table was huge - 12 sitter. We were five and we were joined by a Mr. Sudhir Shukla - who
had come from Bombay and would be staying for near about a month ! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now let me tell you the
breakfast menu. It included kharbuja (watermelon - cut into pieces), bread , butter, mixed fruit jam, potato cutlet - which
was cylindrical in shape and omelettes and tea . You can eat as much you want , without any limitation. Everyone was pleasantly surprised by their hospitality. We had tummy filled breakfast for about 45
minutes and chatted for some time after that. We even asked one attendant who
was there with Dhanraj to take group picture of us with Dhanraj. He did that. We really
enjoyed talking to him. Now it’s time to take some rest, as we didn’t sleep over
night and we need to get ready for the next safari in the evening. </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Dhanraj explained to us what are the options for lunch/dinner and decided accordingly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
went to our respective rooms and Saikat took a small nap, while I couldn’t. Our lunch was to be served by 1.30 pm, as our afternoon
safari would to start at 3 and we were supposed to leave by 2.30 pm. Now we took
our bath and I even washed my clothes and hanged them in the huge balcony. Then we all went to the dining hall. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Actually Arun went before us and had already started taking lunch as he was feeling very hungry. Dhanraj had
already told us the ‘lanch’ menu</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. Actually he would
pronounce lunch as ‘lanch’</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. The food was ready
almost 15 minutes before lunch. The menu had long grained basmati rice,
chapattis (which were phulka like, but were very soft and smooth) , dal fry, aloo
ki sabzi and chicken curry, salad, papad and curd. The taste of the food was
great and very homely like, especially the dal and sabzi. Chicken curry was hot and spicy (khara masala flavour, as they say) with Rajasthani chillis.
It was red in colour. In Rajasthan, I saw, they don’t use green
chillies, rather they use red chillies. Hemraj-ji met us at the breakfast table and Sourabh
Da insisted him to come along with us some day for a safari. To our utter
surprise he said that he would come with us on that day only, for the afternoon
safari. We were thrilled on hearing this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Day 1 - </span></span></b><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2nd safari- a</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">fternoon safari - Zone 4</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We got ready after lunch and headed towards the jeep for the afternoon safari with Hemraj-ji as our safari guide. We sat in the same position like
before . On our way Hemraj-ji informed us about the history of forest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
in this safari we went to zone 4 which is also a Core zone. Like the earlier one we
sighted sambar deer, spotted deer, peacocks, and varieties of birds and then at
a spot we sighted Riddhi tigress (T124). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmIdbJLj3B19BLTShpyxCCsC5z4Exlq8Jv9Q4cLHSj0QWgoz6jWdUWCVt4jPgcpA3M58pe4o5FyN21M1AxCo-chLxxHSw0HpWOY82EarxfFk0aStW7c_SUvJlY5h3v3-ZEFpxtqk5J-AU/s315/sd+177801018_10225256291263983_7770312171663104125_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmIdbJLj3B19BLTShpyxCCsC5z4Exlq8Jv9Q4cLHSj0QWgoz6jWdUWCVt4jPgcpA3M58pe4o5FyN21M1AxCo-chLxxHSw0HpWOY82EarxfFk0aStW7c_SUvJlY5h3v3-ZEFpxtqk5J-AU/w622-h640/sd+177801018_10225256291263983_7770312171663104125_n.jpg" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted Deer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2Y6iywSEorv90eZHNtchh1ZrPS2Mfq06BouPYaNOXSdjORotnJNLNp2S3yzqQDGA7PeGeY2Eq9wkk2hxTjbEcgglbFBxP5tHY7sVYCF6541bsU-4-vY4ttTlsPEFUmFEgu5mViJzIg45/s403/e+176255394_10225234395236596_392925642201670034_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2Y6iywSEorv90eZHNtchh1ZrPS2Mfq06BouPYaNOXSdjORotnJNLNp2S3yzqQDGA7PeGeY2Eq9wkk2hxTjbEcgglbFBxP5tHY7sVYCF6541bsU-4-vY4ttTlsPEFUmFEgu5mViJzIg45/w640-h480/e+176255394_10225234395236596_392925642201670034_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted Stork</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdys2LaiyiCcs59f_IetGnUovaUcyfu6OwJu610YcIrhSsabKakGosG8V3MQ-1EKOE04tdh7W-yLZjhyphenhyphen6S65mvfdEluWSL6iXKliJxnLReZbRJpqWzcuJQBLYOe_59xA1cgM6RvrOIRXo/s403/p+176782437_10225234400556729_7172049024799494719_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisM6zUD1wNpoVZ29KLFQhfdKU_rhmdcmk8RDse_V7YBE8aqkZneFBUXPcy8Tfo1dXj8ysWnw1f4i_DHosuLF_vse543dwRJnhASMQYQPc2cR4LAg9qBUDcZWBV3n3JsRRe3Ldwd3_Qj4pP/s403/t+176702907_10225220528329932_4045204606867288469_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisM6zUD1wNpoVZ29KLFQhfdKU_rhmdcmk8RDse_V7YBE8aqkZneFBUXPcy8Tfo1dXj8ysWnw1f4i_DHosuLF_vse543dwRJnhASMQYQPc2cR4LAg9qBUDcZWBV3n3JsRRe3Ldwd3_Qj4pP/w640-h480/t+176702907_10225220528329932_4045204606867288469_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian Thick-Knee</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkJYqyU9F8_T4ZmnZj4bwmUfy0IsHfeEiQ4yNppOJDfpiTDO_eiw0A28i9p1YhCfhCLHYF8VYrOzwBGFDvxJ_eCC34iUfQZERaq9Vtgf4b9-9XZnetz6cou53nkZBWqd5ywL0ULJxxpl/s403/w+176340093_10225220413207054_8159112335728042395_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkJYqyU9F8_T4ZmnZj4bwmUfy0IsHfeEiQ4yNppOJDfpiTDO_eiw0A28i9p1YhCfhCLHYF8VYrOzwBGFDvxJ_eCC34iUfQZERaq9Vtgf4b9-9XZnetz6cou53nkZBWqd5ywL0ULJxxpl/w640-h480/w+176340093_10225220413207054_8159112335728042395_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Rumped Flame Back Woodpecker</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>T-124 - Riddhi is great grand daughter of Machli - T 16. </span><span>Riddhi is daughter of famous Tiger T-84 : </span><span>Arrowhead. Arrowhead is daughter of Krishna - T19.</span></p></span><span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Krishna (T19) and Sundari (T 17) are daughters of world's most famous tiger T-16 (Machli - who died in 2016). By the end of 2014 there were well over 50 tigers in the Ranthambore whose lineage is from Machli.</span></span></span></span><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.ranthambhoreguides.com/tigers/riddhi" style="background-color: #fcff01;">ranthambhoreguides.com</a><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #050505; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span>Riddhi is a daring tigress and is trying to establ</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span>ish
her territory in the jungle, keeping herself separate from her mother. We
spotted Riddhi under the shade of tree and Hemraj ji would keep on telling her
history. She had cut her tongue in a conflict with some other tigress.</span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC2JF9QkbDazZJLpFqizqosqoT3ZLUvKNBUHEbcZhyphenhyphenUKiMFmdUnTL40ApUx49j9ftrDSgtNoTNBRoZMicaYtePFN9E6sbWmSkTa0Jsal9McGj5CYEz14wVPagc_gc1__DpLjgkhGbF8jb/s1728/s2+.1+181903518_10225321883583750_6258105170479225378_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC2JF9QkbDazZJLpFqizqosqoT3ZLUvKNBUHEbcZhyphenhyphenUKiMFmdUnTL40ApUx49j9ftrDSgtNoTNBRoZMicaYtePFN9E6sbWmSkTa0Jsal9McGj5CYEz14wVPagc_gc1__DpLjgkhGbF8jb/w640-h480/s2+.1+181903518_10225321883583750_6258105170479225378_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">Riddhi tigress - T124</span></span></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She sat
there under the tree for almost half an hour and then she crossed the road. She
passed in front of our gypsy and went to the other end. She went down then
towards the water bed as she was watching a herd of sambar deer at the opposite
end. Maybe she had the intention of hunting. She observed them for a while and
then we saw she crawled down and started taking a nap. Now this incident
happened for near about two hours. Then on our way back we even sighted an owl
sitting on a large whole on a tree branch. It had its eyes closed and we even
took its snaps.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8A4JQQDvkzmHhPXyFOgvCZQnwgLZNK-g_t0fLPOCuJPzGbn_JKCe3KNxpQ1Vjo_uzRDVNYRdNCIj3x9diVg43CQyPXe3NITCH2bfEPGe-1v7sMIV2uTRbG1DyTuEkDJBbwE0N7NW-ZRq-/s403/o+175845024_10225220700894246_3044911010267582671_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8A4JQQDvkzmHhPXyFOgvCZQnwgLZNK-g_t0fLPOCuJPzGbn_JKCe3KNxpQ1Vjo_uzRDVNYRdNCIj3x9diVg43CQyPXe3NITCH2bfEPGe-1v7sMIV2uTRbG1DyTuEkDJBbwE0N7NW-ZRq-/w640-h480/o+175845024_10225220700894246_3044911010267582671_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collared Scops Owl</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Sourabh Da got bit restless since all we were watching is tiger - what about other wild life ?</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now
it was time for us to leave the forest as it was almost 6.20 and safari was supposed
to end at 6.30 pm. On our way back we saw one local wine shop, but we wanted a foreign
liquor shop and Hemraj-ji said that there is a shop 2 km from our home
stay and he asked the gypsy driver to drop us there and we came back walking. We went to the wine shop and took one
bottle Blender’s Pride whisky and one bottle Kingfisher Ultra-Beer for me.
Sourabh wanted to have Breezer - that too Jamaican flavour one; but breezer was
not available there. Now meanwhile when we were purchasing, Sourabh Da wanted to have sugar cane juice (‘ganne ka ras’ as they say in
the local language). It was around 300 meters walking distance from the
wine shop. Sourabh Da and Arun went to have it. Meanwhile we had finished
purchasing the liquors and we started walking towards our home stay as it was
already 7 pm and we were too tired, as we didn’t had proper sleep the previous
day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
we checked in to our home stay and went to our rooms. Then we freshened up and sat in the passage sofa to have drinks. Sourabh
Da and Arun also joined us even though they didn’t drink. Sourabh Da had asked Hemraj-ji to play some documentary of the tigers on the TV. While
enjoying our drink we witnessed the life history of Machli. She was named as Machli due to the fish like markings on her face and she was named as the
tigress queen of Ranthambore. She dominated at the the prime zone within Ranthambore national park. In her 19 years of life (1997-2016) Machli
attacked crocodiles, defended cubs from males and managed to survive with one
eye. She died at the ripe age of 19 years - which is quite unusual. Typically a tigers live 15 years. When she died gun salute was organized. The documentary was made by Nalla Muthu and his driver cum drive was Hemraj !! It was shown in National Geographic channel and won many prizes. It was documented over a period of 10 years , I think - till the date of its death !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
time passed by while watching the documentary and then it was the dinner time. Dhanraj
came upstairs to inform us that dinner was being served. Now on that day we had
ordered for famous Laal Maans(local delicacy, mutton cooked in red gravy) in dinner.
Then the dinner was served sharp at 9.30 pm. Arun <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would as usual go early and start eating. They had
served the same thing - that is rice, dal, chapattis, aloo ki sabzi and Laalmaans
along with salad and curd and papad. It is "eat all you can" ! We all relished dinner very much and after having
dinner we went to our rooms and went to sleep and we set the early morning
alarm at 4.45 am, since we had to start for the morning safari the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe;"><sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">10th April 2021 </span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><b style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> Day 2 - </span></span></b><b style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">3rd safari- Morning safari - Zone 5</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
on the third day of the safari also we all woke up early, freshened up and
had our tea and biscuits. I was the first to get ready and then Saikat and Arun
got ready and then Sanjit Da and Sourabh Da was the laziest amongst us all. On
this day the water drained out in the tank by the time Sourabh Da went to the bathroom and therefore he could not get ready in time because he was stuck in the bathroom during nature's call !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But any how we got ready by 6 am
and boarded the gypsy. On this day the gypsy driver was Salim and he welcomed
us. Salim said that we should
reach on time. In the morning time
while going to the safari it was really cold and chilling and both the seniors,
Sourabh Da and Sanjit Da wore jackets to beat the cold. Sourabh Da covered his head with a gamchha (towel) . Sourabh da’s look was quite funny. Salim went down from the gypsy to do the entry formalities.
Me and Sanjit Da purchased safari caps with Ranthambore tiger reserve embossed
on the cap. We bought it for Rs 100 each. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We really enjoyed the ride from the main gate to the actual entry gate and saw the fort
and passed by it. The terrain is quite unique. Unlike Jim Corbett (but similar to Kanha) all the gates are the same location. So it is convenient for the tourists. We saw hanuman langurs on our
way and they were loitering on the roads in search of food. Now we reached the
entrance to <b>zone 5</b> of our safari . On this day we were supposed to go to zone 4 in the evening. On entering we saw 3 dancing peacocks together, sambar deer and birds chirping
and Sourabh Da would start clicking pictures, the moment he saw any bird,
he would ask the driver to stop and start clicking pictures from various
angles. When we said that let’s go and have to see the tigers, he would say
‘tiger se ghin dhhargaya’</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> . This was his statement
line in the whole safari.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT7nj6F7hxElXMNSINUI7jqI9DL7yHkSaHkDlAwWDQq2_komSgtBihD0bQcK7mQNR5Bp9Zj2ot6B54mzyoO8mq-SMioo7Ew8JQPW3b9CfnPyT9YmL9baMyDtn-z_vnsRYb8Lc_wlNoGqN/s411/s3.6+177684554_10225256328304909_4402492873231907855_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="411" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT7nj6F7hxElXMNSINUI7jqI9DL7yHkSaHkDlAwWDQq2_komSgtBihD0bQcK7mQNR5Bp9Zj2ot6B54mzyoO8mq-SMioo7Ew8JQPW3b9CfnPyT9YmL9baMyDtn-z_vnsRYb8Lc_wlNoGqN/w640-h498/s3.6+177684554_10225256328304909_4402492873231907855_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">We spotted two tigers (T103 and T112) mating.
Now to our utter surprise when we were watching the mating of tigers, suddenly we
could saw a leopard that crossed the road at the back side of our gypsy. This
was in Bakola area. </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"> </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">It had come to drink
water from a reservoir there and was returning to its place. He went up towards the hill. I got quite nervous as I didn’t ever see such
sight in my life. I never imagined that I would see a leopard from such short
distance. Sighting a Leopard is rare, more so at this time.Since Leopards hunts at dusk. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">Now, just opposite to this we could see the tigers mating but we could
not get a great view of them as they most of the time camouflaged with grass. We had a good view only when they go up occasionally. </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">We couldn’t get
proper glimpse of the tigers while mating and it is also generally forbidden
not to disturb them at the time of mating. </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"> </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">We stayed at the mating sight nearly two hours almost. We could see the other tourist were savouring some snacks and
tea or coffee and were waiting to catch a glimpse of the tigers. If this is not enough, while sitting at the jeep at the same position, we saw mating of tiger, road crossing by a leopard </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">and within 10 ft </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">from us we saw Lapwing mating ! </span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">Selim at least 5 seconds before the mating, actually told us from the appearance of the birds that the Lapwing will mate! Selim is also a very experienced guide, working since 1989 ; he was initially the guide of Nalla Muthu for 1 month, before they parted ways and then Hemraj took over. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Our gypsy driver adjusted the position of the vehicle going forward and backward so that we can have a better view - since there are at least 7-8 cars who were all jostling for right position. In the mean time Sourabh Da’s cap fell on the ground after getting hit by the branches of the tree. Sourabh Da was worried as to how to get the cap, as he purchased it the same day. He even wanted to get down from the gypsy to get his cap, but we all opposed. Now driver of another gypsy watched the whole incident and he was kind enough to say that he would get his cap, without getting down, by adjusting his vehicle. He later handed it over at the main gate.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoltvxHrmojgHaHxzQi2V2i2LlzbMzsdr3Isoe_z1Q8zUWtj51vR4LD6Cm6zf4jiU-qEJkQ4U-uxZwdYZmJvj_UJ2uRP2Pe3IADOQfXXA5n_fiJGK78HE3zTOkGNMsbsaoZ1gGCJOodg4D/s2048/s3+176582922_10225230310934491_6493819860034538357_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoltvxHrmojgHaHxzQi2V2i2LlzbMzsdr3Isoe_z1Q8zUWtj51vR4LD6Cm6zf4jiU-qEJkQ4U-uxZwdYZmJvj_UJ2uRP2Pe3IADOQfXXA5n_fiJGK78HE3zTOkGNMsbsaoZ1gGCJOodg4D/w640-h426/s3+176582922_10225230310934491_6493819860034538357_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"> Mating of Lapwing</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">T103 and T 112</span></b><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;">T-103 is Gimel </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.ranthambhoreguides.com/tigers/gimel" style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.ranthambhoreguides.com</span></a></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">T-112 is Caduceus,
whose mother is Krishna </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.ranthambhoreguides.com/tigers/caduceus " style="background-color: #fcff01;">www.ranthambhoreguides.com</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Krishna (T19) and
Sundari (T 17) are daughters of world's most famous tiger T 16 (Machli - who
died in 2016). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.ranthambhoreguides.com/tigers?page=1" style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.ranthambhoreguides.com</span></a><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tigers are not social
animals unlike Lion. They are generally solitary animal. The only social links
are those of a mother with her offspring. Tigress reach sexual at 3 or 4 years
of age. Tiger reach a little later at 4-5 years. Mating occurs at any time of
year, although in regions with tropical climates, mating happens more frequently during
the period between November and April, when temperatures are colder. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Females advertise
their readiness to mate. A few days before she enters estrus (the time when a
female is receptive and capable of conceiving young), the female will
scent-mark her range more frequently with a distinctive smelling urine. During
estrus, the female may frequently vocalize throughout the day to attract a
male. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the tigress,
copulation is a painful act, since the male’s penis has structures like spikes,
although the process is repeated several times during the heat period, that is,
5 or 6 days. It is common for a male to mate with several different females
during its lifetime as long as he is healthy. Copulation requires the tigress
to assume a vulnerable position. During ejaculation the male lets out a sharp
cry and takes hold of the lose skin folds on the neck of the female. This
exposes her neck to a bite and possible instant death. The reason for the neck
bite is to ensure both are in the correct position at the time of climax, but
there have been instances where a mistake by an inexperienced couple has led to
a death. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After conception, it
will take 3 to 3.5 months for the offspring to be born. The gestation period
usually lasts these months, translated in approximately 93-112 days. The size
of the litter is usually 2 or 3 puppies (although they can be up to 7) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Source: </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/tiger/reproduction/">https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/tiger/reproduction/</a>,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.tigers-world.com/tiger-reproduction/" style="background-color: white;">https://www.tigers-world.com/tiger-reproduction/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: small;"> , </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/mating3.html" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/mating3.html</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
we left the mating site as the tigers didn’t come out from the shades of the
grasses, but they roared and we could catch a glimpse of one
of the tigers, but we could not take a great picture. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now we
went ahead and passed by the different areas of the forest. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now in the meantime
the driver stopped at a place where we can go to the loo. Saikat took my picture keeping the terrain at the back side,
even Sourabh Da also took many pictures as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw king fisher, Drongo, Bunting birds, Snake bird and bulbul as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT53ri9lFYEPLQRU0GPh-39SJO1JE7dhTuw15tQhZLrLIBapbv9MgfQWLq7O7ftH2MkVxqi53g53Lz5oPmEjwydCxw0jk75-uvtQUXBgmlsO6Wp2u8eTMhy61cGSF9gSPkgN93724Y3Cp/s403/k+176001783_10225220314564588_4980427999231588044_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT53ri9lFYEPLQRU0GPh-39SJO1JE7dhTuw15tQhZLrLIBapbv9MgfQWLq7O7ftH2MkVxqi53g53Lz5oPmEjwydCxw0jk75-uvtQUXBgmlsO6Wp2u8eTMhy61cGSF9gSPkgN93724Y3Cp/w640-h480/k+176001783_10225220314564588_4980427999231588044_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pied Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6717kiNVv9pNb2wK-sUb8SYrBttXsHtDvaxoDM43UvWXweaKyjlVNRkS5MUI5ZG9DkEpqZtn41lTDnfBl3GYubPlu2fECVT3ZtO20PSBY3cYsyoemhYn12HQNGdym9TlM4JCXnkpu74b3/s526/182012897_10225304186341330_6709239576825889142_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="526" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6717kiNVv9pNb2wK-sUb8SYrBttXsHtDvaxoDM43UvWXweaKyjlVNRkS5MUI5ZG9DkEpqZtn41lTDnfBl3GYubPlu2fECVT3ZtO20PSBY3cYsyoemhYn12HQNGdym9TlM4JCXnkpu74b3/w640-h384/182012897_10225304186341330_6709239576825889142_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />We left the spot again and
proceeded ahead and we passed by a lake and saw varieties of birds there and Sourabh
Da was excited to see so many birds and continued saying "tiger dekh dekhke ghin agaya" </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98Bee4f_dgz_SlkNrh6d1GDGKc7PF2gM1iKPCHdosPLluroGAYnEMjqKsv4xVDkWgc87vLXi6N_ASjUoEI7rYxJiKGaM4WwbVUfCjFhaSOuAOKiFPNLTrb-V-Ev02zDDDl1xJFOYd1Ogi/s403/l+181763727_10225304138900144_7322950276801377364_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98Bee4f_dgz_SlkNrh6d1GDGKc7PF2gM1iKPCHdosPLluroGAYnEMjqKsv4xVDkWgc87vLXi6N_ASjUoEI7rYxJiKGaM4WwbVUfCjFhaSOuAOKiFPNLTrb-V-Ev02zDDDl1xJFOYd1Ogi/w640-h480/l+181763727_10225304138900144_7322950276801377364_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We also saw langurs
there and they would sit like a human being. Our safari ended at 9.30 am and we
proceeded towards our home stay.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
it was the time to eat breakfast and as expected it was served on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today the breakfast menu included toast with jam and butter, poha (made very nicely) and boiled eggs and water
melon juice along with tea. They served us one glass of juice each and Arun as
usual asked for another and he had two and when we asked for two, no more was
left. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We all had breakfast and then went to our rooms to take rest. After a
while we had our bath and came down to have our lunch. The previous day we had
asked Dhanraj if he could make Dal baati Churma for us just for the sake of taste, but
he said that it can’t be made in small quantity. So we asked
everyone whether they are willing to have it for lunch, Arun and I were willing
to taste the local cuisine and the rest didn’t, but they agreed at the last
moment. So accordingly dal baati, gatte ki sabzi and garlic chutney was cooked
for us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
lunch was served and it was good. But I didn’t like the
baati, I liked the dal and gatte ki sabzi. I even didn’t like the garlic
chutney </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">at all</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">as it had the raw smell of garlic. The baati was not cooked well. I just had a bit of it and so also Arun and Saikat. I had the rice with dal, curd and salad, so also did Saikat
and Arun. To our utter surprise Sourabh Da relished the dal baati
and he was the one who had it the most. Even Sanjit Da had rice, but Sourabh Da
didn’t have rice and had only dal baati. We had too much curd and only little was
left for Sourabh Da and Sanjit Da. We asked for more curd but they didn’t have anything left. But Sanjit Da is quite sporty and he didn’t mind
anything.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Day 2 - </span></span></b><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">4th safari - Evening safari - Zone 4</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Our gypsy came at the right time . This time our guide’s
name was Guddu. He was a young man but looked very arrogant and aggressive. We started our safari sharp at 2.30 pm and Sourabh Da started pulling the
leg of the driver, like he did for everyone and everyone laughed at his jokes
and pranks, but Guddu was a bit serious and he didn’t take it sportingly.
Even the driver was also very much arrogant. Now we reached the entrance
gate and I bought another hat for Rs 200 and so did Sanjit da for his son. Mine is military green colour and sanjit-da’s is white in
colour.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">Now in this safari as usual we
saw all kinds of animals and the guide made us roam with the gypsy for near
about an hour and then suddenly we got the sight of </span><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">T-102 - Graffiti S </span>at Zone 4</b></span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">. We waited there for almost an hour.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TJas3AC9CEFbJO9Sh8PCVJUSFXQLyV56dICjjY2tvUBFr1QvEHed5lDXy0AhNTkv5nDyWiA8v8daQVdAncntaUXGuuk9qR73_dkiVusChfB-j-0sZHm1zLUsu8QMSYgKVf-IJdrQLaUp/s4608/IMG_4708...+%25283+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TJas3AC9CEFbJO9Sh8PCVJUSFXQLyV56dICjjY2tvUBFr1QvEHed5lDXy0AhNTkv5nDyWiA8v8daQVdAncntaUXGuuk9qR73_dkiVusChfB-j-0sZHm1zLUsu8QMSYgKVf-IJdrQLaUp/w640-h480/IMG_4708...+%25283+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span><b style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> T-102 - Graffiti S</span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MHu5P4Ab_RjgxAb2lRhGsRXNEII9RRJLpO5vola6dM8TbmrP-jqmo7vd6pRz2Mf864XxsXo3JayDn9qjCt3gW84XPIcB5WbjhMJ0w7NbAqq7w8dSifYshHXcsvbjmJr1d5kW8aQXJtvl/s4608/IMG_4684..+%25281+%25285%2529....JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MHu5P4Ab_RjgxAb2lRhGsRXNEII9RRJLpO5vola6dM8TbmrP-jqmo7vd6pRz2Mf864XxsXo3JayDn9qjCt3gW84XPIcB5WbjhMJ0w7NbAqq7w8dSifYshHXcsvbjmJr1d5kW8aQXJtvl/w640-h480/IMG_4684..+%25281+%25285%2529....JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><b style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> T-102 - Graffiti S</span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa0X36Dm2-JiCBHWx0gr-JRo7h7KkSadKVNfFnEcpPtaUvK4R2l3W2jWU-1DmRHL_Fz2ev7Dve79WMLN1SNCJ-B5hnNbebCArLMOpXZQzc31GCRLrB-glatK2xlW-EoW249-vJRuLzOwg/s4607/IMG_4676...+%25284%2529...JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3455" data-original-width="4607" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa0X36Dm2-JiCBHWx0gr-JRo7h7KkSadKVNfFnEcpPtaUvK4R2l3W2jWU-1DmRHL_Fz2ev7Dve79WMLN1SNCJ-B5hnNbebCArLMOpXZQzc31GCRLrB-glatK2xlW-EoW249-vJRuLzOwg/w640-h480/IMG_4676...+%25284%2529...JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><b style="color: red; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> T-102 - Graffiti S</span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">She was sitting
under the shade of the tree which was in Zone 4 and just on the opposite side, we could see another tiger </span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">Siddhi T 125 ???</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"> - who is the child of Arrow head. She was in zone 5. It was sitting beside a small pond - cooling its body temperature.</span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUgu9RfUmJNg_MLlFAHzoztO457HUIC1Tr0uNm9JzURPVqfmSd5XKICJ8b7Lv7E0BXzTM2PzhEX9tGDjkW8-1vjI_WebYuFVV7zIuoFxserLdP8asCecfD5xvkU8YTd-YZB3YdAv9v5TZ/s4608/IMG_4926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUgu9RfUmJNg_MLlFAHzoztO457HUIC1Tr0uNm9JzURPVqfmSd5XKICJ8b7Lv7E0BXzTM2PzhEX9tGDjkW8-1vjI_WebYuFVV7zIuoFxserLdP8asCecfD5xvkU8YTd-YZB3YdAv9v5TZ/w640-h480/IMG_4926.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">Siddhi T 125 ???</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">Now we were supposed to go to zone 4 and Guddu was worried that, if we strayed from Zone 4 to Zone 5, then the forest officer and ranger might impose fine on them. We saw Mr Sudhir Shukla (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/superboredbrahmin/" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">superboredbrahmin</a> - his instagram account) , co-resident of our home stay, all alone in the gypsy. </span></span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">We
clicked pictures of <span style="background-color: #01ffff; font-size: 18.6667px;">Siddhi T 125 ???</span> as she was lying down near the water bed. The forest
officer was standing there and he asked the vehicles - which does not have permit for Zone 5, to move from
there. In the midst Saikat had a mild argument with the driver as the driver
was quiet rude and arrogant. But anyways we turned the gypsy to the opposite
zone and from there we went for some other sightings. We later learnt that the driver and guide might be fined for going to a different zone.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We went near the lake and
saw marsh crocodiles there and spotted many birds
there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy8p5od38KWZmWqgbZj0LDa_Zln8mtZ80TGNpteUR8IvRVF6u2jUYdDQmFq2EizrOtRacC5LyzZgrISMDGfB1-eyZAtXq2ANxD2E10vTWD1bvzrlGScckOCeHUXd1oJdgHqRCqBpk9bjk/s403/c+172634452_10225181510834519_6956820880832272944_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhy8p5od38KWZmWqgbZj0LDa_Zln8mtZ80TGNpteUR8IvRVF6u2jUYdDQmFq2EizrOtRacC5LyzZgrISMDGfB1-eyZAtXq2ANxD2E10vTWD1bvzrlGScckOCeHUXd1oJdgHqRCqBpk9bjk/w640-h480/c+172634452_10225181510834519_6956820880832272944_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGrtqNgLnmV24zKw0lYsb6Q5TT9RGdUZaNzb7izG24XNgG2fTKrU9o4vpBb339U87PaZDBlKrdgKGEs7-XVzPo2I1gxBqn1e633QIfKfmfOgQMeboltRAvQleg1eHc9qx6G9qj5nZeU75/s403/stil+178195182_10225262129569937_3765836088694300740_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGrtqNgLnmV24zKw0lYsb6Q5TT9RGdUZaNzb7izG24XNgG2fTKrU9o4vpBb339U87PaZDBlKrdgKGEs7-XVzPo2I1gxBqn1e633QIfKfmfOgQMeboltRAvQleg1eHc9qx6G9qj5nZeU75/w640-h480/stil+178195182_10225262129569937_3765836088694300740_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black winged Stilt</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeOKCW6mKF47yweeoAdTREHrGgd0CLZKXAO28HV4ENVC1dMNZBL1ke1v3VjZUDBUuCgqbT-4F-mD54_qKqLXhmwg0JkaREYq9r3K1pZw7XrFgduFDGcJsQZ6y2NCtgdKYcGb_4rlwYHiK/s403/t+177482160_10225262217052124_1139241763708464485_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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On our way we met a forest ranger and he was standing in the middle of nowhere with his bike. Guddu talked to him </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">in local Rajasthani language</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> for a while about other sightings of the day. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We saw T-124 - Riddhi again from a long distance, just beside a stream.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwnXdZn3EffQnpizhPYGpPqmNmLcTDMem4b0h9cHomXr258aM6oc0A2RDGLkGmsuOFsWAu5bqExmKrrXqNNnsilC0Nh4NiFUpXCTs3z3XGfvsZEYmmSwGyPwZ_8ZaDqDf6JR76zI66v41/s4608/IMG_5135.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwnXdZn3EffQnpizhPYGpPqmNmLcTDMem4b0h9cHomXr258aM6oc0A2RDGLkGmsuOFsWAu5bqExmKrrXqNNnsilC0Nh4NiFUpXCTs3z3XGfvsZEYmmSwGyPwZ_8ZaDqDf6JR76zI66v41/w640-h480/IMG_5135.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;"> <b>T-124</b></span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now again, we went back to the same spot
where T-102 was sitting . After sometime we saw her
crossing the road to Zone 5 - which is our no-go Zone. Everyone thought
that the tigers had the intention to fight but they didn’t. We waited for the
fight, but she trolled the place calmly and came back to Zone 4 and again lied
down under the shade of the tree. Other guides beside our gypsy said, that they have no more energy left to fight in this hot climate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We started for our home stay and Sourabh Da had ganne ka ras,</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">again,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> near the main gate - which he missed the previous
day. No one else had. We asked Guddu, if he could take us to the wine shop as we
planned to take beer, but he refused as they are apparently tracked through GPS and they are prohibited to go elsewhere. They both were quite rude. Then at the turning point
of the road to our home stay, Saikat got down from the gypsy and walked
to the shop to get beer and I bought one bottle for me. We came back to our home stay </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">walking</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
went to our room freshen up and then had drinks. Sourabh Da had bought tandoori
chicken from a shop . We had asked for some bhujia along
with drinks, which the Dhanraj served us. In fact evening snacks is part of the deal. Dhanraaj arranged some cold water in a flask for us and kept it in the unused kitchen on
the floor where we stayed. Now after the drinks, we
went for dinner at around 9.30 pm. Arun as usual was in a hurry to have dinner and
go to sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The menu for the dinner was local fish which we asked Dhanraaj the previous day and he willingly obliged us with the same and he said he would make single
bone fish for us : "rou fish" as they say. We had rice, dal,
chapatis and aloo ki sabzi along with curd, salad and papad. We refused to
eat chapattis as we were having fish. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sanjit Da, being a fish lover, had almost 7-8 pieces of fish. We all had one piece I guess and I didn’t have a full piece even; I just had a very little portion of the fish like Sourabh Da. The gravy was quite
tasty. I felt that they used the same spices to make the chicken as well as
fish gravy. But I don’t know about Laal mans, as I didn’t taste it. Saikat
said, after eating, it does not have the original Laal maans taste. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">That day everyone got emotional sharing their ups and lows of life, about their children
and all. Sanjit gave some tips to Arun how to bring up his child. More d</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">iscussion followed after dinner. Sourabh Da initially looked a bit upset
and later on it transpired that he was upset because of Arun’s certain behaviour in the morning and he
asked Arun that he should learn sharing with others. If you are in a group, you should see whether everybody is getting their share or not. Then things got
normal after that. I got even few pieces of advice from a gentleman like Sourabh
Da, he asked me to have my own contribution in the family expenses, even if it is small one and also act rudely if anyone asked about not having kids - since it is a very personal matter and there is life beyond kids. And the sole purpose of living is not only to have a progeny - which most people think. Most people's life revolves around a children in India. In the process they never live a life of their own and become depressed when the child grows old and have life of their own. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">He said that one
should know how to enjoy their lives and always live in their own terms and not bothered about what other people say. I was
very impressed with what he said. I gave sweets to them, which my in laws had packed for us for this trip. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-size: 14pt;">11th April 2021 </span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Day 3 - </span></span></b><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">5th safari- Morning safari - Zone 2</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This was our last day and we decided to make the most of it. I had packed my
bag mostly on the previous day. Now we got ready as usual after having morning
tea and biscuits and departed sharp at 6 am for the safari. On this day our
guide was Nagender. Our safari zone was zone 2 . Nagender was an
experienced person and has been in the safari for the past 15 years and he
was working there as a freelancer. He shared his experiences with us. Now on this day also we spotted sambar deer, peacocks as well as
langurs and varieties of birds. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLS6CGliwPXndjw24HzmvGyec3gkwbkxBho4DDQfcX_pSIENbggzzrUXaGFTRuzTiloU7OwCkpHkJrTMZO419KgSXZ-TxvLzUCiMsXfWu9oQurrBw0W70DSKEd66Ri6U23UDkkgxreOTM/s403/g+176566240_10225220256683141_7568082367359986563_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLS6CGliwPXndjw24HzmvGyec3gkwbkxBho4DDQfcX_pSIENbggzzrUXaGFTRuzTiloU7OwCkpHkJrTMZO419KgSXZ-TxvLzUCiMsXfWu9oQurrBw0W70DSKEd66Ri6U23UDkkgxreOTM/w640-h480/g+176566240_10225220256683141_7568082367359986563_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Indian monitor Lizard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After searching for quite a bit we again spotted
tiger T-57 - <b>Singsth</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36cp_47dA6xkDjNnkBcvysvVwHYVM0fAsMT2WWvJfFX3i4-Hs97-_6glmNybVxERGGD-r1_1mSapS__oyJKVm-81sH3n9tkTDD0LIY37pFLQLni1f4OPsFYrHMybMSQ7pDmFykeFM9ZHX/s1728/185629568_10225382844827743_8231550026898296090_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36cp_47dA6xkDjNnkBcvysvVwHYVM0fAsMT2WWvJfFX3i4-Hs97-_6glmNybVxERGGD-r1_1mSapS__oyJKVm-81sH3n9tkTDD0LIY37pFLQLni1f4OPsFYrHMybMSQ7pDmFykeFM9ZHX/w640-h480/185629568_10225382844827743_8231550026898296090_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> <b> T-57 - </b></span><b style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Singsth</b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This one laid down in the bushes. Now let me tell you here, we
were the first ones to spot this tiger and others halted at the spot seeing us.
Every one of us tried to take snaps, but one could not get good pictures because of tress.</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
even spotted the brown fish owl today. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now
before this let me tell you that I found zone 2 to be the best one in terms of
the natural beauty and roads also. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtIWTXz4e3D7lsKdFMEoaEEF-X3M1FQmCmKbYtjDsO1IddqilWhD78XRA4UBg6aHiIRIiUkh-DZ6FFufzOUuYHEfPvAhhmOYFkzfAIpp1-qdKLlTOdbFCBVgNirJCzYdow5JJOgx2BbtW/s403/p+182392692_10225304152940495_5095353982405525804_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtIWTXz4e3D7lsKdFMEoaEEF-X3M1FQmCmKbYtjDsO1IddqilWhD78XRA4UBg6aHiIRIiUkh-DZ6FFufzOUuYHEfPvAhhmOYFkzfAIpp1-qdKLlTOdbFCBVgNirJCzYdow5JJOgx2BbtW/w640-h480/p+182392692_10225304152940495_5095353982405525804_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s-7bqJdGm2tTBZWnevS5Bg23qVmoAlzq2lu2YVLrp8_GPiawhcGWNPE7cwIG9Ux1PbQP0VSnKLhX9XMTDRhz4kmCBGAe__u8xgz8CNjWMhM4pQ3SIAfixCiZMA2E41WAuW3Mwzs6KLVf/s403/p+181351961_10225304198381631_5904809964329637895_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s-7bqJdGm2tTBZWnevS5Bg23qVmoAlzq2lu2YVLrp8_GPiawhcGWNPE7cwIG9Ux1PbQP0VSnKLhX9XMTDRhz4kmCBGAe__u8xgz8CNjWMhM4pQ3SIAfixCiZMA2E41WAuW3Mwzs6KLVf/w640-h480/p+181351961_10225304198381631_5904809964329637895_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjki8dCuU2m6Keli0YzTOTjpwLu8BMYIyUXZ_xXMBU2sxxqA6yCv06i_Ep8vQVfUesB23eH9Wk2YUI9xa345lYk1EQRgAt2uJC7VUBGqU-gbsJdcRnOlwyCpq2y1op30Hhn_maviEP216u2/s403/p+180997986_10225304151180451_8128848670717208860_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjki8dCuU2m6Keli0YzTOTjpwLu8BMYIyUXZ_xXMBU2sxxqA6yCv06i_Ep8vQVfUesB23eH9Wk2YUI9xa345lYk1EQRgAt2uJC7VUBGqU-gbsJdcRnOlwyCpq2y1op30Hhn_maviEP216u2/w640-h480/p+180997986_10225304151180451_8128848670717208860_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpXx6FXAE8DO92SWUyJqyUmELcFpbfgs4h8muferi2PMMajsnlFLxXalR-kUsCjyFoilRyuYzpm0noGJhooc8AM6hvkfpLZtGQW478a5W1gC826tvXLcS0op66CCs9upAqzukfWwaeTcs/s350/g+181871174_10225304146540335_6001488436463717917_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="350" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpXx6FXAE8DO92SWUyJqyUmELcFpbfgs4h8muferi2PMMajsnlFLxXalR-kUsCjyFoilRyuYzpm0noGJhooc8AM6hvkfpLZtGQW478a5W1gC826tvXLcS0op66CCs9upAqzukfWwaeTcs/w640-h548/g+181871174_10225304146540335_6001488436463717917_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Summary of the other zones :</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Zone 3 - Most scenic....From the main entry point (on the LHS is zone 4 and 5, on the RHS is zone 1 and 2) you have to go further to reach this gate - which is frequented by villagers for the temple. All other Zones from Zone 1-5 , except Zone 3, can be entered from the same location. Padam Talao, Fort is on this side.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Zone 2 (behind fort rampart) there is a very thrilling ride. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Zone 1 towards the village.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Zone 4 steepest climb. Large plateau on top </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">It may be noted that there are 5 more zones in Ranthambhore. Zone 6-10 are on the RHS side of our Resort. While Zone 1-5 is on the LHS of the Resort. Zone 1-5 is the most prized zone.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">While moving around guide explained us the
history of this forest as to how this forest used to be the hunting ground of
the kings and even queen Elizabeth also hunted there in the year 1961.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;">The Ranthambore fort is some thousand years
old and it has one Ganesh temple also.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now we had to go back and we departed the zone by 9.30 and reached our
home stay by 10.15 am. That day we had to check out and leave for Jaipur as we
had to catch our flight to Kolkata in the evening. We had asked Dhanraaj not to
serve us breakfast on that day, but brunch which he obliged willingly. He had
made for us rice, chapattis, dal, potato curry, chicken and salad and he even
cut water melons for us. He was very polite, bit effeminate. I didn’t have chapattis
on that day but only rice, as we had to travel long distance. Now after lunch
we paid Mr. Hemraj Meena the balance dues for the trip and
also paid Dhanraaj Rs 500, as we all were satisfied by his hospitality. He
asked us to visit again. It may not be out of place to mention that you should pay a tip to the guide, if you see a tiger in the safari. Needless to say we had to pay for every safari !!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I also gave some sweets to Dhanraaj to have it and asked him to share
this with others. He thanked me. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now
it was time for us to leave the place and we all were depressed, as we didn’t
feel like leaving. But can’t help. Now we started in the Toyota Innova car, arranged by Hemraaj-ji. He had come to see us off and I suggested, we should take a
picture with him </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">along with Dhanraaj</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> . We asked the car driver to
take a snap.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o5CYYzb-C7VbHi0e5xTaPl1-id_FFPzZNhR2mIehOAVl783f14TX24i0gIRzZAXkx1V0lrooxdYx33K5YENvJGuUcjSabv10H6jNnU2fAb0YAY07GoY8rNgB9fz7ZWmHgF277y121Z9N/s1440/172773858_10226056795587444_4722385911725479224_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o5CYYzb-C7VbHi0e5xTaPl1-id_FFPzZNhR2mIehOAVl783f14TX24i0gIRzZAXkx1V0lrooxdYx33K5YENvJGuUcjSabv10H6jNnU2fAb0YAY07GoY8rNgB9fz7ZWmHgF277y121Z9N/w640-h360/172773858_10226056795587444_4722385911725479224_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Before leaving, me and Arun even took snap of Hemraaj-ji’s certificate of being awarded the best guide of Ranthambore. Now we all thanked Dhanraaj and Hemraaj-ji for their
hospitality and they asked us to visit again. Now we bid adieu to Sawai Madhopur!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 14pt;"><b>(In March 2022 we did a night safari for which paid Rs 3000 to Hemraj. It is very interesting !Night safari is done in the Buffer zone, along Zone 4. We saw a leopard (we did not see the kill , but heard the scream of wild boar) and 2 hyenas eating a buffalo. )</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
started for Jaipur and every one of us started feeling sleepy as we all had eaten stomach filled lunch. Now except Saikat all of us took a
light nap. Sourabh Da was in the front seat, Sanjit Da and Arun in the middle
and me and Saikat at the back. Sourabh didn’t want me to sit at the back as I
chose the back seat on our onward journey as well, but I didn’t have any problem
as such.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I
gave the idea that since we will have some time in our hand after reaching Jaipur, since our flight was at 8.30 pm, so can we explore some parts of Jaipur, to
which everyone agreed. Now Sourabh Da negotiated the rate with the driver for
two hours, to which the driver agreed. We reached Jaipur at 2 pm and Sourabh Da
had decided that we would first be visiting the Gaitore ki Chhatriyan (the burial
place of the maharajas).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Chhatri are elevated, dome-shaped pavilions with in Indo-Islamic architecture - Originating as a canopy above tombs. </span></span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px;">Chhatri are found particularly within Mughal architecture. The most notable surviving examples today are to be found at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra. </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 18.6667px;">Chattris have also been used in Rajasthan and other parts of the Indian Subcontinent by both Muslim and Hindu rulers. <b>Its origins are, however, Indo-Islamic. </b>Sourabh Da as has seen one of the best Cenotaphs or Chattris in India at Orchha.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatri#:~:text=Chhatri%20are%20elevated%2C%20dome%2Dshaped,Islamic%20architecture%20and%20Indian%20architecture.&text=Its%20origins%20are%2C%20however%2C%20Indo,a%20basement%20with%20several%20rooms." style="background-color: #f6b26b; font-size: 14pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org</a><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was all made in marble and it had the touch of the
Mughal architecture as well. The location of the cenotaph is mesmerizing. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It is located </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the foothills of the Nahargarh Fort. </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At the checking gate Saikat by mistake had left his cap with
the person at the gate, which he returned to Saikat, when we were leaving the place.
We could see some girls doing shadow dance practice there inside the premises.
It was a calm and quite place. I took many snaps and so did everyone and I even
took the picture of the famous four</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> (Sanjit Da, Sourabh Da, Saikat
and Arun).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YeUPe4uBRZycqC8OinRYebnmHZLUesqLhUQiJs-2PsRYQCq4yl7vMsYEbvpaPrsXNkUyLZQ7M86OF1ZhOypppVEVwTQY8etlZ6t0PPLYJtkShTzrM5YOPgEXc0nkqu29nQm7qXbrlWxf/s1728/182163667_10225307150615435_8342676350024465521_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YeUPe4uBRZycqC8OinRYebnmHZLUesqLhUQiJs-2PsRYQCq4yl7vMsYEbvpaPrsXNkUyLZQ7M86OF1ZhOypppVEVwTQY8etlZ6t0PPLYJtkShTzrM5YOPgEXc0nkqu29nQm7qXbrlWxf/w640-h480/182163667_10225307150615435_8342676350024465521_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcE3hDUbtBREYY-9hsBTH9VBzwFBbBIr_cUp2qefHR6Du6frAr1gX1NmIOWhuW7d2TPQ835U0TXl1x8AWnZbqTMVoidiwNcrRmSJd0zCdgnJaD4qS_JWjg2n5Kf5q8-7i68LAfalC21po/s403/g+180488509_10225307157455606_1293014318913802897_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcE3hDUbtBREYY-9hsBTH9VBzwFBbBIr_cUp2qefHR6Du6frAr1gX1NmIOWhuW7d2TPQ835U0TXl1x8AWnZbqTMVoidiwNcrRmSJd0zCdgnJaD4qS_JWjg2n5Kf5q8-7i68LAfalC21po/w640-h480/g+180488509_10225307157455606_1293014318913802897_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then
we headed to another spot discovered by Sourabh Da and it’s called as Isarlat or Sargasuli Tower and from here one can get a panoramic view of the Jaipur city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We halted there and only Sourabh Da ad Arun
went in and we three waited for them as we didn’t feel like climbing the
stairs. It is a pillar like structure. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now say within 10 minutes or so, they
both came down and pulling our legs saying that they went up in the elevator
but this is not the actual truth. The truth as they had to climb stairs and pay
<br />Rs 50 too..hahaha !!!! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5wQ5wnX0Yq-VuRQ4uzPUd8P1LpL8YeCN3dTFTgkaln9E-V8wO9EZgQf2wowKoTc-tKivvjvki0tJgvIVkH2tlSBWdJBCdqhXTT78FuqMQDGP2V5hgsdPZt_HWUEtRXNfq8qk469QhcrE/s1728/181343242_10225307151215450_367139579395673512_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5wQ5wnX0Yq-VuRQ4uzPUd8P1LpL8YeCN3dTFTgkaln9E-V8wO9EZgQf2wowKoTc-tKivvjvki0tJgvIVkH2tlSBWdJBCdqhXTT78FuqMQDGP2V5hgsdPZt_HWUEtRXNfq8qk469QhcrE/w640-h480/181343242_10225307151215450_367139579395673512_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_c8csKmgxyG6xrq30QCNHp6wFnV3NLWJT3hpQZ7v1ZloaC6v_CYCkrLKVbBiz1vC0KdtdZysk6qTovDse1BZrdi0qhybvDpuXorOhbW5iyilELQ3AvMTecOeshvxcr0diPH7GgZmoM65M/s403/m+181347268_10225307150175424_3777183093962116655_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_c8csKmgxyG6xrq30QCNHp6wFnV3NLWJT3hpQZ7v1ZloaC6v_CYCkrLKVbBiz1vC0KdtdZysk6qTovDse1BZrdi0qhybvDpuXorOhbW5iyilELQ3AvMTecOeshvxcr0diPH7GgZmoM65M/w480-h640/m+181347268_10225307150175424_3777183093962116655_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Now
we met a person there and asked him how to reach Hawa-mahal and he said that it is walking
distance from that place, but we decided to take the car, since that will be more convenient.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> The person also gave us the information about Masala Chowk - when Saikat
asked about the famous chaat and kulfi joints there. It is also not very far from Hawa-mahal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We
reached Hawa-mahal and everyone was more interested in shopping some local
stuffs as the person suggested us, as there is nothing as such to see in Hawa-mahal from inside and one can have a look from outside only. So we did that and visited
the shops there. We bought stuffs like bean bags for all of us with Rajasthani
handicraft work on it. The shop owner chatted with Sourabh Da in French and
Italian and also in Spanish. Since Sourabh da is a globetrotter he has 'somewhat' working knowledge of various languages.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGi_YsJDpmzsp1jlL49J3qCc6_awTrtozFwFLm3OJkO0yfKRRE3wfRw9ZrJ0OrctiGik3FE1h_8GaloedNN4i-nAJ_WcrSGehDos4SFzycw0GhcSbSfq385Ejfz-nAB0cNm5ruVRKMWTCa/s1728/181049452_10225307157855616_9000871491125608612_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGi_YsJDpmzsp1jlL49J3qCc6_awTrtozFwFLm3OJkO0yfKRRE3wfRw9ZrJ0OrctiGik3FE1h_8GaloedNN4i-nAJ_WcrSGehDos4SFzycw0GhcSbSfq385Ejfz-nAB0cNm5ruVRKMWTCa/w640-h480/181049452_10225307157855616_9000871491125608612_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Bean bags costs us Rs 200 each and then I bought a Rajasthani jacket worth Rs 350 which they were asking initially Rs 600. I even bought a couple of bandhni dupattas which are multi-coloured ones and are very colourful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Sanjit Da went to a shoe shop to get shoes for his son and so did Arun for his wife Madhurima. Arun didn’t end up buying, as his wife didn’t like the designs which he showed her through whatsapp call.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Meanwhile I ended up buying one on Saikat’s insistence and we negotiated it to Rs 150, though initially they were asking Rs 450. (What a bargaining !!!! :) I asked Sourabh Da to get something for his wife Mohua di, but he refused, saying that she normally doesn’t like the stuff which he gets for her and were never used.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDR15jAef2SO0-Q5GHKnqqkVqloEvhI1KOIPokJnZvCtvRz4w-DRpGvJkI5RgsspIaOOl78s_56VOE-lPARXf67QaEMgRaaJiG8n5GrPNVnWVUUXEtsnGqPxaxsaCbWjNKWQ7IaZ-MqiS/s1728/180725954_10225307159255651_3352901222656514128_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDR15jAef2SO0-Q5GHKnqqkVqloEvhI1KOIPokJnZvCtvRz4w-DRpGvJkI5RgsspIaOOl78s_56VOE-lPARXf67QaEMgRaaJiG8n5GrPNVnWVUUXEtsnGqPxaxsaCbWjNKWQ7IaZ-MqiS/w640-h480/180725954_10225307159255651_3352901222656514128_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />When we were buying stuff, Sourabh da in the meantime went around Hawa-Mahal.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI1Y_r-ErrqQvBwbr-xkSIoPZrOGvx8TvITCTSSErEA71HJM_oLAHsU5sw_eL9TgD5-1Po6IBMxvrZ8Kp_I5su5ZSS8nr3yneBJGY9YSn3wZLQPulxp0C7j4AUoQHjCkX0FL5guthshBr/s1650/181489815_10225307150255426_218440823844149443_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1650" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI1Y_r-ErrqQvBwbr-xkSIoPZrOGvx8TvITCTSSErEA71HJM_oLAHsU5sw_eL9TgD5-1Po6IBMxvrZ8Kp_I5su5ZSS8nr3yneBJGY9YSn3wZLQPulxp0C7j4AUoQHjCkX0FL5guthshBr/w640-h466/181489815_10225307150255426_218440823844149443_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then
after shopping, we headed towards masala chowk.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQpzotEUZIoH-kSSBfC8VrYnwUGKYgrSIQNdR7CszgmESM9axyzxjn-OYQNiIy6SIsE6gDYXvDHqS6lUzskt69GpuhisyNbkn9psMNWOdW7nlmR5l8feEnebmTe1bDjkxdczAReK8ynkT/s403/a+181814575_10225307149815415_69741064877016540_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQpzotEUZIoH-kSSBfC8VrYnwUGKYgrSIQNdR7CszgmESM9axyzxjn-OYQNiIy6SIsE6gDYXvDHqS6lUzskt69GpuhisyNbkn9psMNWOdW7nlmR5l8feEnebmTe1bDjkxdczAReK8ynkT/w640-h480/a+181814575_10225307149815415_69741064877016540_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZQnsBf-cMa16YItAuX68Y6I9IXIisLs3mmXlwsl9jMj_AuCAWs6GWUQJv7fTGG2YoQYT17RBsoy1RhkJJT77lk069eX9-kbcr6qLBU-anoRPq3YLO6-DCI-GjAQAFPhiQDzVZhToJzq2/s403/a+181314892_10225307149095397_6594177660137252236_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZQnsBf-cMa16YItAuX68Y6I9IXIisLs3mmXlwsl9jMj_AuCAWs6GWUQJv7fTGG2YoQYT17RBsoy1RhkJJT77lk069eX9-kbcr6qLBU-anoRPq3YLO6-DCI-GjAQAFPhiQDzVZhToJzq2/w640-h480/a+181314892_10225307149095397_6594177660137252236_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />We passed by Akbari gate. Then
we reached Masala Chowk. We bought ticket for entry fee worth Rs 10 each.
This place was actually a Food Court - with shops one after another and had the seating arrangements at the centre like any food court. I had aloo tikki chhole chaat and Saikat had dahi papdi chaat. Sourabh
Da, Sanjit Da and Arun, had matka kulfi first, worth Rs 30 , which I had
later tried after having the chaat. They all ate chaat after having kulfi. Saikat ate
rabdi too. I asked for gola, but since it would take 10 minutes or more to get prepared, so I
decided not to have it, as we were running short of time to reach the airport. The food is okayish - nothing exceptional. But the varieties are good.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally
we reached airport and paid the driver his money. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We
waited at the airport for the boarding to start. Everyone spoke at their homes and I gave my phone for charging . Now finally our flight was announced and we
boarded the flight. We experienced lot of turbulence at the flight and I just prayed to God, so that we can reach safely. Finally we
landed at 10 pm. Four of us, that is Sourabh Da, Sanjit Da and me and Saikat took Uber and Arun took another one, since we four had to go to the same
destination almost and Arun had a separate destination. Now we dropped Sourabh
Da and Sanjit Da on our way to home. We all reached home safely.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">An incredible experience comes to an end………….The sighting we had is once in life time thing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">## In night safari in 2022 (Rs 3000/- for 2.5 hours tour) conducted by Hemraj in 2022, it was one of the highlights of our tour. Not only did we saw leopard (we heard the screaming sound of wild board, but not the kill) , but we </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">also </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">saw </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">hyena</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> eating a buffalo</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c;">. The night safari was done in the buffer zone, but not inside the Park.</span></span></p></span><p></p></div></div></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488910512367311524.post-51458226846699191432021-04-27T16:44:00.028+05:302021-04-30T15:04:02.538+05:30<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">LATPANCHAR
– A BIRD WATCHER’S PARADISE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwzpnSTxF6lMTGmx3TtsveDEj3Wn3LdHEcdNdaK3G_DeWFxGx0OgaD08mwsqaQ1S2hjGiZF0k93TOFgnPOrQGfUA1ZWLxKXmjkThkubgO3xBDzFlmpQVZN6pnivTmGorCbN11qulB4AXE/s2048/IMG_1856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2048" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwzpnSTxF6lMTGmx3TtsveDEj3Wn3LdHEcdNdaK3G_DeWFxGx0OgaD08mwsqaQ1S2hjGiZF0k93TOFgnPOrQGfUA1ZWLxKXmjkThkubgO3xBDzFlmpQVZN6pnivTmGorCbN11qulB4AXE/w640-h544/IMG_1856.JPG" width="640" /></a></u></b></div><b><u><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></span></u></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">01/04 </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">:
Howrah (1800 hrs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">02/04 </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:
NJP (0600 hrs)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>>
Kalijhora (<b>on the way to Kalimpong, after Coronation bridge</b>)
> Lat-panchar <b>(approx 2 hrs from NJP) </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">By shared vehicle – Rs 2400</span>)</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b> Sleep at Lat-panchar</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">03/04</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> :
Latpanchar > Sandakphu <b>(Trekking 12 Km)</b> -<b> sleep at
Lat-panchar</b></span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">04/04</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> :
Latpanchar > NJP (0930 hrs) ><b> Kolkata Station (2030 Hrs)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">02/04/2021</span></b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We reached NJP at
0600 hrs by train. Mr Padam Gurung, owner of the most famous home stay of Latpanchar (<a href="https://www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com/" style="background-color: #04ff00;">https://www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com</a>
) , sent an SUV to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pick us from NJP
station and we left for Latpanchar without much ado. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dKCX-6dWbCuretSvNmMVLJeL50mIAKnLbAci86kqkre5iXQuhNciKy6byiT0F-AnO5b-LHCKHrFJxYkDMHBAvvePX2024Gw1OYOer71nmFtnK_IGTmWdzCfG7iZrDGOFTEAOgIY5FuV7/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-30+at+14.29.18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dKCX-6dWbCuretSvNmMVLJeL50mIAKnLbAci86kqkre5iXQuhNciKy6byiT0F-AnO5b-LHCKHrFJxYkDMHBAvvePX2024Gw1OYOer71nmFtnK_IGTmWdzCfG7iZrDGOFTEAOgIY5FuV7/w480-h640/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-30+at+14.29.18.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6tixp-F87Q-Wu3Ic4XGZkhwwevljLwk7zof0Ce69l8h2Cu1c57hjx5TDNrgqolwtz7W9ee3uYO8-c9Txg2IzA7uL-pHhyphenhyphenG5mNQe09e5pe2yYpSLLdxTRn66JIe-bgpzt5mZKHBZj1WGL/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.11.13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1280" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6tixp-F87Q-Wu3Ic4XGZkhwwevljLwk7zof0Ce69l8h2Cu1c57hjx5TDNrgqolwtz7W9ee3uYO8-c9Txg2IzA7uL-pHhyphenhyphenG5mNQe09e5pe2yYpSLLdxTRn66JIe-bgpzt5mZKHBZj1WGL/w640-h424/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.11.13.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Our driver Nani (+91
94758 32880) is more than a driver – he is a very good birding guide of
Lat-panchar and a very good human being - we did not face any issues with him, normally one would associate with drivers in India. He can arrange visiting other places
with <b>his</b> SUV. We had breakfast at
Kalijhora and reached Latpanchar at 0930 hrs. We saw a scarlet Minivet on the
way to Latpanchar.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Alternately
one take a shared Taxi (SUV) going to Gangtok/Kalimpong and get down at Kalijhora
which is only 45 minutes journey from NJP and just 5 minutes from
Sevoke/Coronation bridge. Your home stay will send an SUV to pick you up from
Kalijhora for Rs 1,000 ,and drop you at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Latpanchar<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- 13 kms (1 hour
journey). This is what Mr Gurung told me, if you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are a solo traveler. Local people from
Latpanchar go to Siliguri for shopping and when they come back , they pick up
passengers from Mittal bus stand of Siliguri, between 1400-1430 hrs for Rs
150-180, to take you to Latpanchar. From Latpanchar, similarly a shuttle goes
to Siliguri between 8-830 AM in the morning.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mahananda Wildlife
Sanctuary (MWLS) is a well known name for the <b>birders</b> around Bengal and in
India as well. The very elusive and endangered Rufous Necked Hornbill has made
this place more famous - the MWLS falls under Darjeeling Wildlife Division,
West Bengal. It is found only in North East of India. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Latpanchar falls under Kurseong sub-district ( and Darjeeling district). Latpanchar is a small hamlet on
the outskirts of the MWLS. Despite the fact that it offers stunning view of
Kanchenjunga from Ahal Dara (near Latpanchar), wide range of birds and Cinchona
plantation, it is not much frequented by the tourists and that made our stay
more enjoyable. The weather was pleasant. The height of Latpanchar is 4500 ft.
We were pleasantly surprised by the tranquility of the place, away from the
hustle and bustle of city life – yet less than 2 hours from Siliguri (44 Km
from NJP). There is close to 1400 acres of cinchona plantation in this area. It
is used for extracting chemicals to cure malaria and others. British
officers used to look after Cinchona plantation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6INdsjSOi0o9Uiv2hSOf3nDYGhGD2DgnAxKafPiIqRBLUMZpG3UXDeVjRcd_SX3xc7oDhnGfaxrFuuMLfHRJgN4uJ_XAkEgqYZNjyHqqiv_q2SmXVa3QduydjJS_M9OCwldVsVO3UrXo8/s2048/IMG_1619.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6INdsjSOi0o9Uiv2hSOf3nDYGhGD2DgnAxKafPiIqRBLUMZpG3UXDeVjRcd_SX3xc7oDhnGfaxrFuuMLfHRJgN4uJ_XAkEgqYZNjyHqqiv_q2SmXVa3QduydjJS_M9OCwldVsVO3UrXo8/w640-h480/IMG_1619.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The morning safari
starts at 0600 hrs and is over at 0900 hrs. The location of the home stay is
very good with a wonderful balcony overlooking the hills. If you are a lazy
bone, you can spend the whole day sitting there.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1zWYhNbmAAaTrcCLEvA8rbNfQ9tnNn1WW8QLVyMKQS5P6ppJQ0m0fy9fmI6FSQoi4h5SR9I94TinA300ptQ0Iqfbs0egDfdKRr4nNliahuCDYsTGDQGO08Pd9xaB-eX7hENlyH5gJrEE/s600/home+stay+about-slide-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1zWYhNbmAAaTrcCLEvA8rbNfQ9tnNn1WW8QLVyMKQS5P6ppJQ0m0fy9fmI6FSQoi4h5SR9I94TinA300ptQ0Iqfbs0egDfdKRr4nNliahuCDYsTGDQGO08Pd9xaB-eX7hENlyH5gJrEE/w640-h640/home+stay+about-slide-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAyRsK89EyweZWNyyLnM2rYKRKm15eTe84MLRmfCz8yN2YA-wOEAkRcynieXm0feT8gC78Iy7sGgdxlW_tPDV__ZCxQobk4U9m0nrhujryzBOuOuerYXqJpMOIM0UFrmUX3xaTsUr3PNf/s600/hs+1+about-slide-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAyRsK89EyweZWNyyLnM2rYKRKm15eTe84MLRmfCz8yN2YA-wOEAkRcynieXm0feT8gC78Iy7sGgdxlW_tPDV__ZCxQobk4U9m0nrhujryzBOuOuerYXqJpMOIM0UFrmUX3xaTsUr3PNf/w640-h640/hs+1+about-slide-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Pic courtesy : <a href="https://www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com/latpanchar-bird-watching.html">www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com</a><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since we had some time
before evening safari at 1400 hours, Tutu da and I walked around this charming village. I
saw some other nice home stays – <b>Gurung homestay / Broadbill Home stay</b> – 9475
171 657 , 9531 746 206 , 9474 687 532 , <b>Latpanchar homestay </b>(<a href="http://latpancharhomestay.com/" style="background-color: #fcff01;">http://latpancharhomestay.com/</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>) – 83500 67716 , 9475 254 923, 8512 988 297 ,
9475 6561 491 and a very speical home stay - <b>Kripa homestay</b> – 94346 86721 ,
94759 51961, 933822 04754 (<a href="http://latpancharkripahomestay.com/" style="background-color: #fcff01;">http://latpancharkripahomestay.com/</a>
)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo_HZ1jxkFO8WDEp2RjCEqwGOJMDZqijzGHKfWgfwxDzxj1kXp-nqBwVD6Rov8zLvEoYAedKIJns97XR1gc0ajeEVI0eZgbeDM4kiDewUI7FHdgcCwEH9d2i2AxeZDuIKUk8wi4a3gTyr/s4608/IMG_1661.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo_HZ1jxkFO8WDEp2RjCEqwGOJMDZqijzGHKfWgfwxDzxj1kXp-nqBwVD6Rov8zLvEoYAedKIJns97XR1gc0ajeEVI0eZgbeDM4kiDewUI7FHdgcCwEH9d2i2AxeZDuIKUk8wi4a3gTyr/w640-h480/IMG_1661.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />and one more at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://kharkhahomestay.in/" style="background-color: #fcff01;">http://kharkhahomestay.in/</a> . It is one of the cleanest villages I have
seen in Darjeeling. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRxHpC5E89mUocecfPt-AcEBG9H73N98PSUNRy7jQdOTQWdHS4eIsP0YkxZewWPUQMA5i2f4pgbZyLDT5AMg1WpQLmp8t7wx1i-VSQgophyphenhyphenOlbUcijobaULFBu6dwYDzbgREWgbhung17/s2048/IMG_1694.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRxHpC5E89mUocecfPt-AcEBG9H73N98PSUNRy7jQdOTQWdHS4eIsP0YkxZewWPUQMA5i2f4pgbZyLDT5AMg1WpQLmp8t7wx1i-VSQgophyphenhyphenOlbUcijobaULFBu6dwYDzbgREWgbhung17/w640-h480/IMG_1694.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmVWq9lW3q3VwZrZ0_36dZiOulArJIJ5Hzh5BiqT0l1HseUEj4w1rW3ppTBGw9_qRHuKaPbBbYbs_dTdqLo4lVUaQ1QfHNPho5UfAYRvEi2WW6XUeCPM8iuHfzVZKfykhiAV5lUSWVuCA/s2048/IMG_1652.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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1330 hrs. The food served in the home stay<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>was simple and delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">Rates for Home stay</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In all
the home stays, the rates and food are generally standardized – Rs 1200 per
person, per day (Rs 1100 if there are more than 3 people, in our Home stay); egg curry in the lunch and chicken curry in the dinner. I have
seen it everywhere in Darjeeling district. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We left for evening safari at 1400 hours.
It lasts till 1630 hours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Rates for SUV</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The guide charge for
half day safari is Rs 500 and for full day it is Rs 1000. Since Nani is a
driver cum guide, we did not hire any guide, but we paid him tips for his value
added service. There are fixed rate for various routes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For going to
“Nursery” zone, you have to pay Rs 500. But for <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Tangsing (?)</span> and “Frogmouth” zone you have to pay Rs
800. To go to Ahal Dara you have to pay Rs 600 (where Padam Gurung has a
homestay @ Rs 1350 per person per day) and for Mahananda wild life sanctuary
you have to pay Rs 600. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a scope for
night safari between 1800-200 hrs, for that you have to pay Rs 500. So the
rates are more or less standardized.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today we went to the
Nursery side of the forest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #800180;">We saw the following
birds :</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Juvenile blue
whistling thrush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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picture of Sultan Tit – although our guide showed it to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6n9R4gt5MFiR_NSmZl1Y_A6IxTj8YmIyCvfvHTu0J4mlF5OJLu644QarePFqL2G-xWDjuEzA3Cz53xHioIWOUBt0ifqyqGQTNDiEzZ6_H3Vb8JJf_ySw1uES-TwIa0VgpdfDN24Dv_IS_/s275/st+download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6n9R4gt5MFiR_NSmZl1Y_A6IxTj8YmIyCvfvHTu0J4mlF5OJLu644QarePFqL2G-xWDjuEzA3Cz53xHioIWOUBt0ifqyqGQTNDiEzZ6_H3Vb8JJf_ySw1uES-TwIa0VgpdfDN24Dv_IS_/w640-h426/st+download.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_tit<br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We went down through
a jungle trail. It was nature at its best. But the trail did not pay rich
dividends in terms of sightings ; we did not see any interesting birds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We came back by 1700 to the home stay. In the home stay we saw the nest of Barn swallow and met some
guests from Delhi , who had come all the way for birding in Latpanchar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For dinner we had
chicken rice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="background: lime; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">03/04/2021</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The valley far down
and the breath taking mountain range were slowly waking up from its deep
slumber and we could hear excited calls of birds from all around. We left our
home stay at around 0600 hours. Today again we went to Nursery and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Tangsing ?</span> . We saw
Green Mount Home stay completely at the lap of nature – it is in the middle of
nowhere. </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Green-Mount-Home-Stay-1913106645661244/?ref=page_interna%20l">https://www.facebook.com/Green-Mount-Home-Stay-1913106645661244/?ref=page_interna%20l</a>
)</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It seems quite
stunning – 76022 3638 and 9735 023 024.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We saw the following
birds :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJbXQQ1Gog43esoM1o-H7IdL4cP2fJxSV2RFBgamaWOaHDbrTCyre5vefBEnUHOUzcnpCI7pvsyPhyphenhyphenDfngWUW6ownXWSNwzbITk-Sw65Dlhw01NRqkuRiOmZEelkUp99u8gIOoNiOGQIm/s2048/IMG_1899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJbXQQ1Gog43esoM1o-H7IdL4cP2fJxSV2RFBgamaWOaHDbrTCyre5vefBEnUHOUzcnpCI7pvsyPhyphenhyphenDfngWUW6ownXWSNwzbITk-Sw65Dlhw01NRqkuRiOmZEelkUp99u8gIOoNiOGQIm/w640-h480/IMG_1899.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Scarlet minivet at the very beginning.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqej1x2-R1ATIQKwS8eT0fvmuXCeXWexyAgbKJdP7LkFTWnfZbpTpf8v3Aj2OHEFtMMGJDowY47BKfn0fQ5tcjOA8-J-ja291UA6h8cJY_8B1XUWQXFVmr3W9jmfnrT3iKW7U8oV4_hsT/s537/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.54.36.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="537" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqej1x2-R1ATIQKwS8eT0fvmuXCeXWexyAgbKJdP7LkFTWnfZbpTpf8v3Aj2OHEFtMMGJDowY47BKfn0fQ5tcjOA8-J-ja291UA6h8cJY_8B1XUWQXFVmr3W9jmfnrT3iKW7U8oV4_hsT/w640-h544/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.54.36.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsPKIL4oKDdxzrZtytYYcJFtsERTXXjxR5wpdC8Xg9svyLtL0iByezc3KJB6w39uQFUaCn7EjvteJd7fAqusosoIHSYaxaW1cQxmc20aDvw5VbQ_ymwXN9sk4rEu92PyzFY4fYJU52_-e/s2048/IMG_1897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsPKIL4oKDdxzrZtytYYcJFtsERTXXjxR5wpdC8Xg9svyLtL0iByezc3KJB6w39uQFUaCn7EjvteJd7fAqusosoIHSYaxaW1cQxmc20aDvw5VbQ_ymwXN9sk4rEu92PyzFY4fYJU52_-e/w640-h480/IMG_1897.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh787oglLaQysI5wl7tjNYOWraFtdpyErxmrSHdyNvCQMjvyaWtwDREYq75qkYzZu7PxbBP2I48bOFjWtDx7T63KcRIex1pyadxr4TJR2T7Ing7n3NsUEfsI0lxCMIwViDpnaDMycsyROW4/s2048/IMG_1915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh787oglLaQysI5wl7tjNYOWraFtdpyErxmrSHdyNvCQMjvyaWtwDREYq75qkYzZu7PxbBP2I48bOFjWtDx7T63KcRIex1pyadxr4TJR2T7Ing7n3NsUEfsI0lxCMIwViDpnaDMycsyROW4/w640-h500/IMG_1915.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Red Headed Trogon</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Long tailed Broadbill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grey necked Bunting
??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvlUEWS3AMg6HneuKVwC-yciiwjHEyNYXFs95Y2WYlkW9TA6DrhDQxv7rRibluzOxqJUx-9fQCZmBsrn46O-7318vZWqW49xwwaQaZ01o17vOM6uFvzwqAOid4CVYC_FlFwQRE6eI0cck/s2048/IMG_2057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvlUEWS3AMg6HneuKVwC-yciiwjHEyNYXFs95Y2WYlkW9TA6DrhDQxv7rRibluzOxqJUx-9fQCZmBsrn46O-7318vZWqW49xwwaQaZ01o17vOM6uFvzwqAOid4CVYC_FlFwQRE6eI0cck/w640-h480/IMG_2057.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Black capped Rock
Thrush <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Red vented bulbul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then we went back to
our home stay to have our breakfast of Luchi and alur dom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Post breakfast</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">we started our journey (</span><b style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">not evening safari</b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">) to the place where Hornbill has made a nest. We
went downhill through the Cinchona plantation. The setting is quite stunning.
The roads are not metallic, but it was not a bumpy ride. Then we started
trekking through the jungle trail, further down, to reach the hideout from
where the Hornbill nest was clearly visible. It was really a very fascinating
jungle trek. Around 10 odd bird enthusiasts were sitting anxiously to get a
glimpse of this Jewel of Latpanchar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px;">However we did not see any Hornbill after waiting for at least half an hour, along with others.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghK8BL5U9zGGZcXZjnTO-KDMpDIrlnuoGCJzBur5yfHaoyFAL8xx96FMsUMF8eVRPSFh0Hx98-_grtYvopKcxTY6QvfmUS8Hmq3gRcVX-sT6lGfbc53wSRuL-dG2Ic7fYqa9dnUefyOxNX/s2048/IMG_2149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghK8BL5U9zGGZcXZjnTO-KDMpDIrlnuoGCJzBur5yfHaoyFAL8xx96FMsUMF8eVRPSFh0Hx98-_grtYvopKcxTY6QvfmUS8Hmq3gRcVX-sT6lGfbc53wSRuL-dG2Ic7fYqa9dnUefyOxNX/w640-h480/IMG_2149.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYC3PD2QfbQx_OkXbu-PTVlnPhvVaknVRbbfNVbVZY5rQI1pNHsWmjTsA3iF8xyAYKgSLQ9eGe9pBYYSEFq-ja2YQf97-4Rc4PO1NjF0kfN_gALnwiG_0-I7L8SzYzQSqw8lxiqgkAe-X/s2048/IMG_2143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYC3PD2QfbQx_OkXbu-PTVlnPhvVaknVRbbfNVbVZY5rQI1pNHsWmjTsA3iF8xyAYKgSLQ9eGe9pBYYSEFq-ja2YQf97-4Rc4PO1NjF0kfN_gALnwiG_0-I7L8SzYzQSqw8lxiqgkAe-X/w640-h480/IMG_2143.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHXZCW3RMEZT8vHysf58lYCCHwKwRDGiyyL5-nnfqNpQshPBbvZDVj3pfteFzmTI-Z-tNS27EwDmmvtC0K-oc1g8k_KlaIV8v2OV8-Y8F-MKWV1Ek4fceXHhsfDdobuN_R6DM5cALKqOx/s2048/IMG_2133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHXZCW3RMEZT8vHysf58lYCCHwKwRDGiyyL5-nnfqNpQshPBbvZDVj3pfteFzmTI-Z-tNS27EwDmmvtC0K-oc1g8k_KlaIV8v2OV8-Y8F-MKWV1Ek4fceXHhsfDdobuN_R6DM5cALKqOx/w640-h480/IMG_2133.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />We were told, yesterday people saw the
mating of Hornbill. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbEQnXordxwC278jl1B7xz10J17zG-fDAOEaylQ3C_EVm8LfVPZ9F7IqILzRl6nOhFnommoUzirpqtHYZp87obBTYQNUd8uEUX1hfQoIK2_loYUj82RRT3NZabsn0XCmsXDXsBoszZt0N/s660/hb+rnh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="660" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbEQnXordxwC278jl1B7xz10J17zG-fDAOEaylQ3C_EVm8LfVPZ9F7IqILzRl6nOhFnommoUzirpqtHYZp87obBTYQNUd8uEUX1hfQoIK2_loYUj82RRT3NZabsn0XCmsXDXsBoszZt0N/w640-h478/hb+rnh.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> source : </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=342&Bird_Image_ID=93886</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mohua and Gobindo did not go down. We were told there
are elephants on this side of the mountain.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then we went to see
the near extinct Frogmouth. It was a difficult jungle trek downhill.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-HuTKFeY1ZABAVtrwIB0DW4TQzVljDDaydh9EHyunW509RH8vHandBs0l8AJ0IpgtB7FlYWqJvcReMlQrDiFfTjIAhdWV1w2dLY8oTIxEZLCWJ_XCR2q9gl-hSYP4CkfWIqNBPqWYZ7w/s2048/IMG_2223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-HuTKFeY1ZABAVtrwIB0DW4TQzVljDDaydh9EHyunW509RH8vHandBs0l8AJ0IpgtB7FlYWqJvcReMlQrDiFfTjIAhdWV1w2dLY8oTIxEZLCWJ_XCR2q9gl-hSYP4CkfWIqNBPqWYZ7w/w640-h468/IMG_2223.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhBD6NE5bjJOrUPek2TNfZs-hKCSHovJiK4FVD35NiiIGQw6iN0Cp1CQIwFI5n8gPCIdzVf7k9BcVK-RUCrLF5Tr6AWTO5t22wuPRryD7alRCd7pLLJSFqBIYBLlEbD_yv7yk7hzYPTa/s2048/IMG_2181.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhBD6NE5bjJOrUPek2TNfZs-hKCSHovJiK4FVD35NiiIGQw6iN0Cp1CQIwFI5n8gPCIdzVf7k9BcVK-RUCrLF5Tr6AWTO5t22wuPRryD7alRCd7pLLJSFqBIYBLlEbD_yv7yk7hzYPTa/w480-h640/IMG_2181.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuOwIwHm1di5i9ugLOI-sq4Um3XCh7K8nyMQmajxVXiK3I0xziwQnOVKn8kePCggOgDfJXzvr0g7RgOpq9GyHzJbI7xX_gFGwb06BN4kWKK7VjeqsQljfzLxAF4n0LgQ937IL__W2BI6N/s2048/IMG_2173.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuOwIwHm1di5i9ugLOI-sq4Um3XCh7K8nyMQmajxVXiK3I0xziwQnOVKn8kePCggOgDfJXzvr0g7RgOpq9GyHzJbI7xX_gFGwb06BN4kWKK7VjeqsQljfzLxAF4n0LgQ937IL__W2BI6N/w524-h640/IMG_2173.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><br />Anindya, after taking a huge risk (by climbing a small mound to reach the eye level
with Frogmouth),</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">took some nice pictures
of Frogmouth. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1gRrKQOCweAijXwN6TQh06C8Uf45ekxapP4sO8fCg4jftmGLjCques4BysIwbM7p-JCsx6zPNcG-iwVrEkoKCQsWkapj3DqvF-RA0cAwVFYHc1ZDXvgNZShUNDmG9Dz5BWVNjbKIgbW6/s1611/IMG_2197.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="1383" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1gRrKQOCweAijXwN6TQh06C8Uf45ekxapP4sO8fCg4jftmGLjCques4BysIwbM7p-JCsx6zPNcG-iwVrEkoKCQsWkapj3DqvF-RA0cAwVFYHc1ZDXvgNZShUNDmG9Dz5BWVNjbKIgbW6/w550-h640/IMG_2197.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQjPI5OUHJQ8w1LSBcjEFL0KmZXJUKFFXeUd5nkyjYj3jCunJ36GnmIDI0Pa8VfSOQgmXLdx_y_ZbGTKdqXF8jxkWBW1TrVITgeAPiFrOZffiCAv0asAcZanL7w_nGa4u_-0VPrD3qoqs/s2048/IMG_2213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1804" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQjPI5OUHJQ8w1LSBcjEFL0KmZXJUKFFXeUd5nkyjYj3jCunJ36GnmIDI0Pa8VfSOQgmXLdx_y_ZbGTKdqXF8jxkWBW1TrVITgeAPiFrOZffiCAv0asAcZanL7w_nGa4u_-0VPrD3qoqs/w564-h640/IMG_2213.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DtGo2AlRAXRdIo2ec4dvQJ8pDgqARP9I9CXfKittRJFBKQ0rcySR8PfrkB5ZPxbnvx_Yl8bd-dxDF-QQUhwGLz0R9tBCafN-Vjnbh7IphAWiptxk9ucTDUo7uEFBT7BWBjm6VET45tsI/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.04.41.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1280" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DtGo2AlRAXRdIo2ec4dvQJ8pDgqARP9I9CXfKittRJFBKQ0rcySR8PfrkB5ZPxbnvx_Yl8bd-dxDF-QQUhwGLz0R9tBCafN-Vjnbh7IphAWiptxk9ucTDUo7uEFBT7BWBjm6VET45tsI/w640-h552/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+16.04.41.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Pic courtesy - Anindya Basu </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This sighting would not have been possible without the help and </span>enthusiasm<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> of Nani.</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyuwJ8H9XSK78L3Q7Hbx0kff9kSOmpKPQKx8c23SvfQftaPfriPI31hbWivUOnbG1Zhk7mxheslfCgnkRqCtncSDWrYT-r-OSljDosfNdSZlsOimu2O5cEmQu71owtHCYlJ8ziH2CTfud/s2048/IMG_2225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyuwJ8H9XSK78L3Q7Hbx0kff9kSOmpKPQKx8c23SvfQftaPfriPI31hbWivUOnbG1Zhk7mxheslfCgnkRqCtncSDWrYT-r-OSljDosfNdSZlsOimu2O5cEmQu71owtHCYlJ8ziH2CTfud/w640-h480/IMG_2225.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Exhausted after the trek !<br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then we came back to
our home stay to have lunch. After lunch we again went to Nursery zone and we
saw the following birds :</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3bImr8zaoWgdZE2TROvEeEc7NzgMQiWoDLSii-3jWvcmoYm2mBe3GfAT2rBeB95Tj9Dfm6EvlsDOkZUZramnQuRkYsqJDM5BBkS9OapOSTU4i49N8lx-ac_tMB4rO-ItN1TgXpd9MALu/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+17.01.30.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3bImr8zaoWgdZE2TROvEeEc7NzgMQiWoDLSii-3jWvcmoYm2mBe3GfAT2rBeB95Tj9Dfm6EvlsDOkZUZramnQuRkYsqJDM5BBkS9OapOSTU4i49N8lx-ac_tMB4rO-ItN1TgXpd9MALu/w640-h480/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-23+at+17.01.30.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Common green magpie - pic courtesy - Anindya Basu <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Orange bellied
Himalayan squirrel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Long tailed Broadbill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">We did not go to the
Hornbill nesting area (for the last time), since it was getting dark. Nani said it is not safe,
since it is a haven for elephants. Instead we decided to go to Ahal Dara from
where there is a wonderful view of Kanchenjunga. Since it was misty, we did not
see any mountain range. But the place itself is stunning and one can stay in a
home stay at the top (there is a tea garden at the top), one of which is owned by Padam
Gurung. We had Momo at Ahal-dara.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKoKORqHDmUsKrgPfMxJKoYCc1Q_YaWr-ZQ7H-VL03jPgb4oN9J0YUsFclW20T7xwj5ZfcYTX4P8RUqhatx9q73TWcXK2crqFnFxyXfC-7HfPeZl47iKifgh3ciPW1pvZCjr8kKkp60XF/s2048/IMG_2369...+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKoKORqHDmUsKrgPfMxJKoYCc1Q_YaWr-ZQ7H-VL03jPgb4oN9J0YUsFclW20T7xwj5ZfcYTX4P8RUqhatx9q73TWcXK2crqFnFxyXfC-7HfPeZl47iKifgh3ciPW1pvZCjr8kKkp60XF/w640-h480/IMG_2369...+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMDVyFyg-yYC7ek-upNRhOWznnqo-Szo6AM-VB5_LCg6oGrtUIwPcnGKiX2QwW76et95N5Fu1FoaDAQt3NPKCW6VewsGHZ0aOSEQ6qzVoTyLkOPGl1rsfL-6KTwI90H5i_Lz_TviKP7ME/s2048/IMG_2395....+%25284.1%2529+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMDVyFyg-yYC7ek-upNRhOWznnqo-Szo6AM-VB5_LCg6oGrtUIwPcnGKiX2QwW76et95N5Fu1FoaDAQt3NPKCW6VewsGHZ0aOSEQ6qzVoTyLkOPGl1rsfL-6KTwI90H5i_Lz_TviKP7ME/w640-h480/IMG_2395....+%25284.1%2529+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIuLnme-pgCrwwWv08j-hZz4SbV9OMXSwdvfFEOougLyKM0Hl3CE_sz6wiBwf81hXRXlJdoN38NiSmMJF22ZQCJ6zsvO7982uh1n_VI1Dbaxhpzxji1s3vWfzjMT8dBhxSyfibuBCbPCY/s2048/IMG_2361.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIuLnme-pgCrwwWv08j-hZz4SbV9OMXSwdvfFEOougLyKM0Hl3CE_sz6wiBwf81hXRXlJdoN38NiSmMJF22ZQCJ6zsvO7982uh1n_VI1Dbaxhpzxji1s3vWfzjMT8dBhxSyfibuBCbPCY/w640-h480/IMG_2361.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We did not go to
Bagora, which is a new hotspot for birding. Two other places worth exploring
from Latpanchar for birding are <b>Jhalong and Kolakham </b>- according to our
seniormost group member, Mr Lahiri (88 yrs old). He did not accompany us in
this tour, although this tour was his brainchild. <b>This tour is dedicated to him.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsWZMiNmT6Md4hctPJ7ij5PvaVXY9uN4Dsjgqj5LW1aH5K06513T2CQ7caHoKdspmv57GSHIqa4PtsNPD1Kr4ebCjsXCkGDgaoYlKI4W4WFMQovRrfT3MMku9CJcbQXaowFZqLWSsvPcm/s840/LL+89433302_10221699614069276_1028405368994136064_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="779" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsWZMiNmT6Md4hctPJ7ij5PvaVXY9uN4Dsjgqj5LW1aH5K06513T2CQ7caHoKdspmv57GSHIqa4PtsNPD1Kr4ebCjsXCkGDgaoYlKI4W4WFMQovRrfT3MMku9CJcbQXaowFZqLWSsvPcm/w371-h400/LL+89433302_10221699614069276_1028405368994136064_n.jpg" width="371" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway we came back
to our homestay and chatted with some other boarders and then had dinner.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><span style="background: lime; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">04/04/2021</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While we were
returning to Siliguri (we have a train to catch at NJP at 9.30 am), we saw Niltava and Green Magpie. But I could <b>not </b>take
any picture of Niltava.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXsrlFnIquNI_ZlwUW-CwdOTuy6v8kZsdY4AonKo6BVqTnMZ56GeLQezPA5JxgR0aL6hB-Mr5WgCkvXTLefOIcRMB_iGYRwPoSgAFNYbwovFyovNKwgELGPXqkLgdkiFOElmo1g7wTlxR/s220/sn+download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="220" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXsrlFnIquNI_ZlwUW-CwdOTuy6v8kZsdY4AonKo6BVqTnMZ56GeLQezPA5JxgR0aL6hB-Mr5WgCkvXTLefOIcRMB_iGYRwPoSgAFNYbwovFyovNKwgELGPXqkLgdkiFOElmo1g7wTlxR/w640-h457/sn+download.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Niltava - source : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_niltava ">wikipedia.org</a></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvq0rEV9TeNV7bN6Fe2K1K-6R8X7BZViBqhKffVsRdMMr5fc4MnCN9K8_y2Iyg1FyRGABNkaPxxrR5qQg5ZCXxQm0P_Qr6eiOR69KsWVhbdvu-I4vw60VSp9_RFPEe8YwWtR_XB_2PhU7/s2048/IMG_2259.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvq0rEV9TeNV7bN6Fe2K1K-6R8X7BZViBqhKffVsRdMMr5fc4MnCN9K8_y2Iyg1FyRGABNkaPxxrR5qQg5ZCXxQm0P_Qr6eiOR69KsWVhbdvu-I4vw60VSp9_RFPEe8YwWtR_XB_2PhU7/w400-h300/IMG_2259.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Green Magpie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2FHTdv19g8IMVYV1AJ9qNnBX2pKq7VSHMHFb2eKdw2SGo9uqMmiKGd_Skob0hGoZoBmzOdlO6ldC6-HUYKyiQo73QVwEBXgmWM7YMSTzeriwy5g7fkKoBQNTnFQ7ZPDR7y4M5oc24Mqm/s500/gm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2FHTdv19g8IMVYV1AJ9qNnBX2pKq7VSHMHFb2eKdw2SGo9uqMmiKGd_Skob0hGoZoBmzOdlO6ldC6-HUYKyiQo73QVwEBXgmWM7YMSTzeriwy5g7fkKoBQNTnFQ7ZPDR7y4M5oc24Mqm/w548-h640/gm.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Green Magpie </span><span style="text-align: left;">Source : </span><a href="https://www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com/latpanchar-bird-watching.html" style="text-align: left;">www.latpancharhomestayhornbillnest.com</a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">However we did see Serpent eagle and hill mynah. My love for this
place, its people, nature, and everything about Latpanchar increased manifolds
during this trip. With renewed energy we hope to come back to this place. We
gradually descended from serenity to reality.</span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some of the beautiful
birds which we did not see were :</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bronze Drongo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfmgcmpwjKwpXt5Gpo1UFyjaz25ybnW5idRp82u8OYDO7Od0Pf-AU-IrmCsnfNOuwhgn4G0k75-sl7v6IpMszoG1WpQFV52RyuJhYn_q1evTStJ6VX4a-N7pRMWqYvunihw1VcllzLFO3/s1200/gb+158864091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfmgcmpwjKwpXt5Gpo1UFyjaz25ybnW5idRp82u8OYDO7Od0Pf-AU-IrmCsnfNOuwhgn4G0k75-sl7v6IpMszoG1WpQFV52RyuJhYn_q1evTStJ6VX4a-N7pRMWqYvunihw1VcllzLFO3/w640-h480/gb+158864091.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px;"> Great Barbet </span>Source : <a href="https://ebird.org/species/grebar1">https://ebird.org</a><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grey backed shrike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak5aufb023oorgjKGEkxofBmUbzbIesZ73hpUF5CHMxnbI2jExHkHAtfCR5MOoDbUu3QYLZNcjeYr2hRfqC4Hsbq327kRZ66NGOj6QYR-EZQuPCv34qO7D2zpcuXUB3bWhxrqM2I1PqaC/s289/obl+images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="289" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak5aufb023oorgjKGEkxofBmUbzbIesZ73hpUF5CHMxnbI2jExHkHAtfCR5MOoDbUu3QYLZNcjeYr2hRfqC4Hsbq327kRZ66NGOj6QYR-EZQuPCv34qO7D2zpcuXUB3bWhxrqM2I1PqaC/w640-h385/obl+images.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 16px;"> Orange bellied Leafbird : Source : <a href="http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/photographers.php?action=birderimages&Bird_Image_ID=149000&Birder_ID=1554">orientalbirdimages.org</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Green tailed Sunbird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rufous Sibia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYca2DzLY2Rm7dWB-86_xRscQDK0WTavdTgTP1RJ7YVyXkHbTLj2sYsJMpKdaeGkEF7V3_CoAXf8OlOZNa5hS8yPzoMnybB5mwbt3Vt8gQ7KkFeyt8LMLijC2w6fVEVo4dEkTl39XSzpDd/s1200/ec+186466251.jpg" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYca2DzLY2Rm7dWB-86_xRscQDK0WTavdTgTP1RJ7YVyXkHbTLj2sYsJMpKdaeGkEF7V3_CoAXf8OlOZNa5hS8yPzoMnybB5mwbt3Vt8gQ7KkFeyt8LMLijC2w6fVEVo4dEkTl39XSzpDd/w640-h480/ec+186466251.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></span> Emerald cuckoo : Source : <a href="https://ebird.org/species/asecuc1">https://ebird.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>White capped water redstart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Streaked spider
hunter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Greyheaded canary
flycatcher <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Barred Owlet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ultramarine
flycatcher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Long tailed shrike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Himalayan Griffon
Vulture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Source :</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://schoudhury60.blogspot.com/2017/02/20170128-29-latpanchar.html" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">http://schoudhury60.blogspot.com/2017/02/20170128-29-latpanchar.html</a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://roamingowls.com/2017/07/27/latpanchar-birding-the-heaven-for-bird-lovers/">https://roamingowls.com/2017/07/27/latpanchar-birding-the-heaven-for-bird-lovers/</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.rockyfeet.com/latpanchar-a-bird-watchers-paradise/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.rockyfeet.com/latpanchar-a-bird-watchers-paradise/</span></a>
<o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p></div></div>sourabhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06315691110949754971noreply@blogger.com0