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I have been in Dhaka for long time. Dhaka is such a crowdie and noise city to live in visit. I was so bore, I thought it would be a change to visit Srimangal.

Srimangal is one of the district of Sylhet divisions is also known as the tea capital of Bangladesh is the main tea centre of the country. A visit to the tea plantation in Srimangal is a memorable experience. Srimangal, the tea capital of Bangladesh not only has over 150 tea gardens but also possesses the three largest tea gardens in the world. It is in the east region of the country, very close to the Indian border.

A few days before the journey, I collected my train ticket. I could travel by bus, there are very good air conditioned bus running between Dhaka and Srimangal (Day and Night). But I like Train Journey. Because it’s my favorite mode of transport, it’s smooth, it’s relaxed and can viewed every things which is amazing, I got to the train station at 7:15am, it was rush in the morning. My train arrives at the airport station at 7:30am so it was an early start. It was July but the weather was fine. From morning the sky was clear and no rain. I found my seat in first class, and the carriage was air-conditioned.

As the train trundled along living the entire crowdie and noise city behind I saw the green countryside is coming up and it’s getting greener and greener, fields of rice, farmers are ploughing the earth with large oxen, As we traveled along I noticed the air quality was definitely better than Dhaka. The train took 4 and half hours altogether from airport to Srimangal railway station. Soon after I arrived at Srimangal station I took a CNG and want to Tea Research Institute. The institute has a very nice guest house at the top of a hill. They give me a single bed room with A/C. I stay there for three full days and two nights.

I had had my bath and Lunch. After taking rest for an hour, I want out to visit a tea factory. I was lackey, I found Asstt. Manager, who is in charge of factory, was present in the factory. He is a very nice person He show me each and every section of his factory and explain the whole process of tea production and marketing. Around the tea factory there are acres of tea plants.

The next day was an early start at 8am.I want to visit tea garden. Monsoon is the prime tea-picking season in our country. The garden is full of tea labors (all female).They are picking tea leaf. Near the tea factory there is a tea nursery where tea plants are growing. At the bottom of the hills (in the low lands) they are growing rice and vegetables. There are many monkeys in the tea garden. They are playing, jumping from one tree to another tree. The garden people don’t disturb them. In between the hills (at the bottom of Hills) there are some low lands (with water) where lots of water-lilies and the national flower and the shed trees (Known as Rain Tree) were blossom with beautiful flowers. The hills are full of green tree plants. Which makes the nature very tranquil and green, which is completely opposite of Dhaka I was enjoying the nature and claming top of the hills. When I was at the top of hill all on a sudden I had been caught in a shower. In the monsoon season you can’t predict when it will be raining. In the tree garden there is no shelter. Only you can take shelter under the shed trees some times. I was completely wetted and all the roads and cannels were filled up with water. I had to wait until the roads were cleared. By this time I got cold. Hurriedly I come back to my guest house and have a fresh bath.
But from the evening I become sick and had a fever. Though I had a plan to visit some tea workers communities, forest area and waterfall, due to my illness I could not complete that part. I came back to Dhaka in next morning by Bus.