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Sylhet borders
(and was once part of) Assam - one of India's primary tea producing States.
Sylhet continues this tradition and has more tea plantations than any other
part of Bangladesh, some of which are well over 100 years old!
Tea
blossom, January.
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Sylhet Division, like of most of Bangladesh, is very flat. But
relief can be found in and around the hills of the tea plantations
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Some fish are only found in muddy water - what a mess, but loads
of fun!
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Bangladesh
is ablaze with colour, even in the winter months.
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Not all of God's creatures are afforded the same sense of welcome
as the beautiful flora.
Over-grown (plain and gloriously patterned) spiders, cockroaches and
beetles repulse many; however the little tik-tiki is a very welcome
visitor as his diet includes malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
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Just about every town in Bangladesh has its monument to the language
martyrs of February 21, 1952, or to the Freedom Fighters of the war of
independence March 26 to December 16, 1971.
Above monument in Hobigunj. |
Somewhere to post a letter back home. |
And time to take spin in Shishu Park. At only 5 taka a ride,
just about anybody can afford it.
(5 taka = about a US dime!) |
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Sylhet's magnificent Surma River, very much at low tide in mid-March.
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