It was 8:30 of night on 22 nd December. I was in car on the way to my uncle’s house with my
family.We were going on a family tour next morning. We reached my uncle's house at 9:00PM.
My brother and Ialong with my cousin went to play badminton with some other friends of my
cousin. We went to bed at 12:30AM. I couldn't sleep the whole night out of excitement. Then, in
the morning we got ready. We started our journey to Sreemangal at 6:15AM.I was in another car
with my uncle, aunt and my cousin.There was a change of plan and we went to Madhabkundo
first. It was a journey of around 7 hours to Madhabkundo from Dhaka.We got our tickets and
went to the famous waterfall of Madhabkundo.It was so beautiful that we all were mesmerized
by its beauty.We took a lot of pictures there. There were some statues of different animals along
with a statue of a mermaid. After seeing the whole spot, we ate our lunch and headed for
Sreemangal. After 3 hours in the car, we finally reached our resort.We got refreshed and then
went out for dinner at PanshiRestaurent. After coming back, we went to bed.
The next day, we went to Shadapathor, Bholagonj, Sylhet. It was a 3–4-hour journey from
Sreemangal. After reaching there, we saw there was no speedboats left. So, we started to walk
there.It was forbidden to go by walking, but we had no other options.We reached the main spot
after 15-20 minutes.While going there we enjoyed the nice view of the Shilong Peak in
Meghalay, India.It was at the 0 point also known as “No Man’s Land” of Bangladesh.After
reaching there, I noticed there were less stones than before.Maybe they were wiped out by the
flood. Me and my cousin crossed the water and sat on a big stone. The water of Shadapathor is
clean and clear as crystal. While going back we went to another spot of the Shadapathor. We
took a lot of pictures there. We started back for our resort at 4:30PM. It was already night when
we reached. We ate BBQ and had falooda as desert on our last night.After reaching the resort, we
took bath and went to bed quickly since we all were so tired. It was the last night in Sreemangal.
Then came the last day of our tour. That day we went to visit some places around Sreemangal.
We woke up late since we were tired. We ate our breakfast and got ready.First, we went to
Nurjahan Tea Estate. We took some pictures there and enjoyed the beauty of the tea garden.
After that we went to Madhabpur Lake. It was a lake which was surrounded by a tea garden. It
was very beautiful. Our guide was Noni Shankar, a local informative person. He guided us the
way there and we learnt a lot of things about the lake. We took a lot of pictures of the lake and
the nature. We took some pictures of us. We could see the Tripura, a state of India, from there. It
shared borders Bangladesh, Mizoram and Assam. We saw another zero point of Bangladesh
there, but we couldn't go there since it was already late. Then we went to Lawachara National
Park. We took our tickets and went inside the park. It was more of a forest than a park. We
walked almost 4 kilometers. We lost our way but then we found the right path again. We went to
Khasia Tribe there. There was a huge lemon garden. We got some lemons from there and then
took some pictures in the lemon garden. There we met the caretaker of the lemon garden. His
name was Khan. He welcomed us warmly. After that we started our journey back to Dhaka. On
our way we searched for many restaurants for lunch, but nothing seemed special. At last, we
went to a restaurant for lunch since it was getting late. We ate our lunch and finally we started
our journey to Dhaka properly. On the way we changed our cars. My cousin got into the car with
his family, and I got into the car with my family. We separated our ways on our home. At last,
we got home. The Journey ended. We got back at home at 10:30PM, 25 th December.
I am thankful tomy uncle(mama) from the bottom of the heart for arranging this journey. It was
the best journey of my life. It was fun to be in the same car with him. I had a lot of fun. All of us
enjoyed. I am eagerly hoping for such more journey in the future. In Sha Allah,we will be able to
go to journeys together and explore more in the country and refreshing our memories.
Asfia Nowrin Isha is the student of Class seven in Mohammadpur Preparatory School and
College.
