Rajshahi is an industrial and commercial city in the central and western part of Bangladesh. The seat of Rajshahi district and county seat. On the north bank of the Ganges. It borders India and has a population of 172,000. The streets are distributed linearly along the river.
Having seen too much of the clutter and noise of Bangladeshi cities, I did not wander around the city after arriving, but went directly to the Ganges River. This is the lower reaches of the Ganges River and gathers several rivers in the North Indian basin, so the water surface is very Width.
Smog blocks vision
shore
Residents’ domestic sewage is discharged directly into the river
I came to the pier, chartered a boat, and asked my brother to take me on a swim in the Ganges River.
He took me to a sandbar in the river where I could finally see India on the other side of the river.
Back to the dock
Then I got on the bus at the bus station. After a day's journey, I arrived in Khulna in the evening.
Crossing the Ganges Bridge
Factory on the roadside
Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh and a major industrial and commercial center. It is the capital of Khulna District and the administrative seat of Khulna County. Khulna is one of the major river ports in Bangladesh. On the west bank of Pusur River, 80 kilometers away from the mouth of the river. Originally a small village, it was established as the county seat in 1882. Its industry is mainly shipbuilding, as well as linen spinning, cotton spinning, papermaking, casting and other departments. Railways and roads connect Jessore, Kushtia and Kolkata, India.
After the confluence of the three rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna, they diverge into N branches, each flowing southward into the sea. This forms the Ganges estuary delta. The delta is mainly composed of wetlands and mangroves, while Khulna It is located on a branch of the Pusur River. The main means of transportation to connect various towns here is by boat. Therefore, if you can take this kind of boat, you can deeply explore the core of the Ganges Delta and even the Sundarbans. National Park.
The Sundarbans, which literally means "beautiful forest", covers an area of 10,269 square kilometers and is the largest delta complex in the world. There are many swamps and salt-tolerant mangrove islands here, intertwined into a complex network of waterways, completely presenting the ecological evolution process. In addition, this area is also rich in animal resources. Not only do more than 400 Bengal tigers breed here, but more than 260 species of birds inhabit it again. It is called a "bird paradise" by many bird enthusiasts. In 1987, the Sundarbans National Park was listed as a World Natural Heritage.
I arrived at Khulna Pier early in the morning and was told that there was a boat bound for Cabura Union at 9:00 in the morning. I boarded the boat without hesitation.
pier
come on
The ferry we met
This is a liner that stops at any time and docks at a wave.
discharge
The scenery along the road is actually not rich, mainly wandering in the mangroves.
In fact, the most beautiful scenery is the people
There are people praying on the boat
Almost all the passengers on the boat had to take photos with me
In the evening, the boat arrived at Cabura Union.
"Are you going to disembark here?" the captain asked me.
"When will this ship return to Khulna?"
"Go back immediately and return to Khulna tomorrow morning"
"Then I won't get off the boat."
"How about 500 taka and a sleeper berth for you?"
"Thank you so much"
500 taka is only equivalent to 40 yuan, which allowed me to enjoy the treatment of a hotel on the ship.
I returned to Khulna in the morning and took a tricycle back to the hotel. I wanted to get back the mobile phone I had left behind, but the hotel staff said they didn't find it. It seemed that the mobile phone was destined not to belong to me.
Let’s take a look at the street scene of Khulna.
Children waiting for the school bus
Khulna railway station
I took a car to the Sabar Gama Mosque.
Shait Gumbad Mosque, also known as the Sixty Dome Mosque, is located in the Bagerhat district 20 kilometers southeast of Khulna. It was built by a Turkish general named Ulugh Jahan. Construction began in 1442 and was completed in 1459. It was the largest mosque in the Sultanate at that time. The portrait on Bangladesh's 20-taka note is this mosque. In 1985, it was listed as a World Heritage Site.
The Sixty Dome of the Rock is often considered the most impressive Muslim monument in the entire Indian continent. Its walls are constructed of unusually thick tapered bricks, and its gently arched eaves lines are modeled after the traditional wooden and bamboo residential roofs of Bengal. The mosque is 48.8 meters wide and 32.95 meters wide. The top of the temple is composed of 77 domes, including 7 Bengal-style domes located in the middle row and tilting to all four sides. In the spacious prayer hall, for the purpose of lighting and air circulation, there are 11 arches on the east side and 7 arches on the north and south sides. Vertically, this huge prayer hall is divided into seven corridors and 11 bays, bounded by rows of stone pillars. The stone pillars support these 77 domes.
Gardens and water surrounding the mosque
There are many other mosques and other Islamic buildings surrounding the Sixty-Domed Mosque.
Local farmhouse and facilities
bagerhad city district
Then I took a bus to Barisal, where I boarded a boat and returned to Dhaka.
Set sail
People praying on the top of the boat
This is the intersection of the Ganges River and the main stream of the Maputra River, where the water and sky line up, making it a great place to watch the sunset.
Three day road map
