Hello Everyone. I am @shiftitamanna
From #Bangladesh
Greeting my dear friend. Welcome to another new travel post and today I am here to share with you the last journey of my trip to Cox's Bazar. A few days ago I went to Cox's Bazar beach and from there I left for Dhaka. I am sharing with you the moment of leaving Cox,s Bazer for Dhaka and the travel experience.
After waking up from a good night's sleep, I went to the balcony of the hotel room where I was staying and started enjoying the scenery outside. The sky that day was quite clear and there were light dark clouds in the sky. Moreover, the environment outside was quite bright as the sun had fully risen in the eastern sky by then. Standing on the balcony of the room, Cox's Bazar beach can be seen at a distance, so I stood there for some time and enjoyed the beautiful scenery outside.
That day was the last day of our trip to Cox's Bazar, so after waking up in the morning, after getting fresh, I went down from the hotel to a restaurant called Poushi and ordered breakfast from there. The best breakfast for me is paratha fried in light edible oil, lentils and a cup of tea. My food arrived within some time of ordering and I finished my breakfast from the restaurant.
Basically that morning I will leave the hotel room I have rented to hand over the room key to the hotel manager and pay the hotel balance. Then I left for the bus counter with my bag as I had already collected the bus ticket. I am leaving today for my home Dhaka after a three day journey which I hope will be an enjoyable one. After leaving home I hired a CNG and reached the ticket counter on time.
After reaching the ticket counter I found several passengers waiting for the bus to reach their destination. After some time our bus arrived and then I re-checked our tickets and boarded the bus. Originally the ticket was collected in my husband's name as my husband was accompanying me on the journey. After checking the ticket before boarding the bus, I wait for the departure with my husband.
As it is the current tourist season, the number of passengers in our bus was very low. Because most of the passengers travel mostly by night train. But we left for Dhaka that morning to enjoy the beauty outside and do one more trip the next day. For some time our car left for Dhaka with few passengers and from then on we started enjoying our journey.
Although I was quite tired that day as we had traveled to many places in the last three days. So when the car left for Dhaka, I sat inside the car and continued to enjoy the scenery outside. But after some time I fell asleep on the house seat with a tired body. I was sleeping there for some time because my body was feeling bad. I woke up to my husband's call as our bus stopped for the first time in front of a restaurant. Then I got down from the bus with my husband and proceeded towards the restaurant.
Although I am not the first in this restaurant because before this I came several times in Cox's Bazar tour and even then our bus stopped at this restaurant, I know this restaurant for myself. However, the atmosphere inside the restaurant was quite good and there were additional facilities for the passengers. A traveler with a long journey can spend a good time inside this restaurant. Moreover, the washrooms inside the restaurant were very clean which I like the most.
Our bus was delayed by 10 minutes so after entering the restaurant I wasted no time and first went to the washroom and then freshened up and ordered food. When we were sitting in the restaurant it was 2 pm and the location of the restaurant was inside Chittagong. After some time our food comes and then me and my husband have lunch together. We had two beef khichuri and a plastic cup of curd for lunch. Here a plate of beef khichuri costs 350 BDT / 14 Steem and a cup of yogurt costs 100 Taka / 4 Steem. The food at this restaurant was very tasty and anyone would like this dish.
I had a cup of curd after beef khichuri and the taste of curd here was amazing for the price. I always like to have sweets after lunch from outside restaurants for which I ordered curd with khichuri. The curd here was very fresh.
The waiter came to us at the moment of eating curd and asked us if we need any other food. Then we say no and ask for the food bill to be brought to us. Then the waiter brought our food bill as we said and handed the bill paper to us. Then we finish eating and pay the bill.
After paying the food bill, when we leave for the car, we see our car driver eating inside the restaurant and by then we understand that our car will be delayed for some more time. So we walked inside the restaurant for a while and started enjoying the beautiful atmosphere inside the restaurant. Inside the restaurant was a small man-made pond and fountain that we took several pictures while standing next to the fountain.
Finally, after the driver finished eating, the driver started walking towards the car and seeing the driver, we also started walking towards the car. Then we enter the car and find other passengers already sitting inside the car. In no time our car left the restaurant and we started our journey back to Dhaka.
Interestingly, after driving for a while the driver started talking to us and asked permission from all the passengers for one thing. That is, the driver wanted to take us to Patenga Beach which is a place full of incredible beauty. Moreover, going there will have to pass through the Karnaphuli tunnel which will create a wonderful experience for the new passengers.
The proposal was very appealing to all of us and we could not have imagined that such an opportunity would come our way on the way to Dhaka. However we happily agreed to the driver's decision and then the driver started driving on a different road with us. Then in no time we come to Karnaphuli tunnel and then our car enters Karnaphuli tunnel. When the car was driving through the Karnaphuli tunnel, we captured the scenes on camera and we all liked the scene very much.
Within a few minutes our car came out of the Karnaphuli tunnel and onto the upper road. We all know about the tunnel that it is an amazing road made under water. We captured these wonderful scenes on our mobile cameras and then we were back on our way.
Just 10 minutes after crossing the Karnaphuli tunnel we arrived at Patenga Beach and our bus driver assured us that it was the most beautiful place. Basically the beach roads here are very clean and there was a cool breeze blowing from the sea chest which was much better for all of us. Every passenger in our bus liked this place a lot and we spent quite some time here.
As we gazed out to sea ahead through the gentle sea breeze, we could see the sun sinking into the western sky. Anyone would love to see the sunrise and sunset over the ocean so we continue to enjoy this view.
I felt much better then in the mild warmth of the winter afternoon sun and I was walking by the beach. But the sea water there was quite calm and then I stood on the sea shore and took several pictures of the sea. Although I didn't see the sun setting in the ocean but we could see the sun in the western sky which was going to sink in the western sky in no time.
After about 20 minutes we stayed at Patenga beach the driver asked us all to get back in the car and when we got back in the car the driver started again. The road by Patenga beach which we were going to Dhaka was quite empty which made it easier for our car to move ahead. After a lapse of time dusk falls and then our bus moves forward for the second break.
At a place called Comilla our bus took a second stop for just 10 minutes and after the stop we quickly boarded the bus as Dhaka roads are heavily congested after evening. Our efficient driver reached our destination by 9 pm and then I got down from the car and returned home with my husband in a rickshaw.
All images and YouTube videos in the article have been captured by me with Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra device from the above location source.