Land of Stories & Rivers

in #travel7 years ago

Bangladesh is one of the beautiful country in Asia, full of fun loving people. The beauty is not in the city. You have to travel to the country side to get the stories of Bangladesh. The land of river and land of hope eating people.

Bangladesh is in South Asia zone, mostly surrounded by India, bordering Myanmar in the southeast and the Bay of Bengal to the south side. The country is known as country of riverland it is primarily a low-lying plain of about 144,000 km2, situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas. It’s fertile and mostly flat farmland and, with the exception of Chittagong Hill Tracts, rarely exceeds 10 meters above sea level, making it dangerously susceptible to a rise in sea level.

The national language of Bangladesh is Bengali (Bangla) and is spoken everywhere, English is the foreign (2nd) language. It's an Indo-Aryan language derived from Prakit, Pali and Sanskrit which is written in its own script. Many Bangladeshis understand only limited English Language such as basic affirmatives, negatives, and some numbers. Some offices are using English as a 2nd language. Learning a few Bengali words ahead of your trip will prove very useful in the area.

Bangladesh is a beautiful country with its nature. The country as a vacation land has many facets. Her tourist attractions include historic mosques and monuments, archaeological sites, picnic spots, resorts, beaches, forest and wildlife. It has the world's largest sea beach Cox's Bazar whis is almost 120 KM long with out any divide. Bangladesh offers opportunities for angling, river cruising, water-skiing, rowing, surfing, hiking, yachting and sea bathing as well as bringing one in close touch with Mother Nature. She is also rich in wildlife and game birds.