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God has given some
ideas for heaven and .sometimes with those ideas we try to match something with
the heaven.
Bangladesh is
endowed with a full of natural resources by the creator, in our life style ,
Nature plays an important role and naturally we are fond of nature. So whenever
we fell bore in our busy and monotonous life, we try get relief of that with
the touch of nature.
Saint martins
island is only coral island in Bangladesh ,
which is in the north west St Martin island is endowed with vast marine and land
resources having great biodiversity significance. The island is the example of
co-occurrences of corals, seaweeds algae and grasses.
Saint martins in
only tropical cliché and the only coral island in the country, with the beaches
fringed with coconut palms and laid back locals .Its possible to walk around
the island in day, since it measures 8 kml ,shrinking to about 5 kml ,during
high tide. Most of the island's 7000 inhabitants live primarily from fishing
and between October and April fishermen from neighboring areas bring their
catch to the island's temporary whole sale market .Rice and coconut are the
other staple crops and algae is collected and dried from the sea rocks and sold
for consumption to Myanmar
Most of the concentrated
around the far north of the island ,which the center and south
huts. Their is no
electricity on the island ,though the larger hotels run generators in the
evening for few hours .November to February is main tourist season with the
best weather, though keep an eye on the forecast, as the occasional cyclone can
strike during this time.
How to get in: -
if any one getting
to st martins island here is three prosess.First you will have to fly or bus it
down to cox'sbazar and then take a bus to coxsbazar to teknaf.or you can
directly go from Dhaka to teknaf, which is right on the very southern tip of Bangladesh,
sandwiched up against Myanmar with the naff river from Teknaff ferries run
daily and take around 3 hours.
The total distance
from Dhaka to the island is 510 kml.
Ferries leave the
island around 3 pm. For the regular Eagle ferries you need not pre booked .but
if you are taking more reliable you can take Keari Sinbad ferry.
Get Round:-
Arriving from the
port you will walk through a strip of basic restaurant and shops it a tea
junctions .Left you will take to eastern beaches , just a right turn will take
you along the main cement road where the most of the hotels and guesthouse are
,ending at the north west
See:-
=> The magnificent
natural view starts just after your departure from teknaf.At one side you can
see the hills of teknaf .and on the other side the ominous view of Myanmar wil
admire you all the way to St Martins Island . The blue water &the assemble
point of Naff river and Bay Of Bengal will
give you thrilling experience.
=>Sunrise north west
=>Village life
is low paced most work happens in the morning and evening is reserved for
drying fish and rice and selling your coconuts or more likely sitting in the
shade chewing paan.
=>Stars are
amazingly plentiful on a moonless night due to the lack of electricity on the
island.
Shopping=>There
are couple of shops near the port and along the main road selling the very
basic necessaries and old souvenir T Shirts , hats and sunglasses. see shells
and things made from them are sold by little children around the island but its
illegal leads to the depletion of sea life.
Eat=> All basic
kinds of food are available their but the thing you should not miss that is lobster
and dried fish which is quite expensive.
If you want you
can visit the island in one day and go back again .As tempting as it may be to
cross into Myanmar , it is highly illegal and very unlikely that you could
arrange a boat from anyhow .Simply enjoy the beauty of coast and if you are
intend to going ,head up to dhaka get a visa and fly from there.
Sheikh Nazim Uddin Elias
