St. Martin Coral Island, Bangladesh

Saint Martin's View

Saint Martin's is the most beautiful and only coral island in Bangladesh. It is one of the best Eco-Tourism Destinations among the others. It is called the marine paradise of Bangladesh. It is situated in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal, just about 9 km south of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula and 8 km west of this northwest coast of Myanmar. The island forms at the southernmost part of Bangladesh and at the estuary of the Naf River that divided Bangladesh and Myanmar marking being the international borderline between the two countries. The island is locally called as “Narikel Jinjira” that means Coconut Island, where a considerable amount of coconut grows in this island. Someone called it “Daruchini Dip” due to its lovely landscape and illusive crystal blue water of this Bay of Bengal that surrounding the island. The location of Saint Martin's Island is on the getaway in Bangladesh. The surrounding coral reef of the island has an extension named “Chera Dwip”.

Saint Martin's View

The pioneer human settlement started in the island just about 250 years ago by some Arabian sailors

who named the island “Zajira”. Within British period, the island was named St. Martin’s Island. The population of the island is about 7500 and the main profession of this people is fishing. Besides algae collection, tourism services etc are the common profession of the inhabitants. Water transportation is a possibility to reach this island, boats and ships (mostly for tourists) from Teaknaf. The major goods for daily livelihood for the inhabitants sourced from the mainland Bangladesh.

From 1989 to 2004, non-residential Bangladeshis and foreigners were only allowed to visit the island. However, it has changed and now residential Bangladeshis are also allowed to visit the Island. There is no electricity supply from the national grid in your island. The tourist hotels of the island run ongenerators.

It is possible to walk around the island in a full day because it measures only 8 square km, shrinking to about 5 square km during high tide. You will get the right weather usually from November - February to visit this island. From March to July, the weather of the region may well be rough. Very often, cyclone can strike during these times. The island was seriously harmed by the devastated cyclone in 1991 and yet has fully recovered, and was untouched by the 2004 tsunami.

In the past few years, St. Martin's visitors have raised dramatically. St Martin’s Island is perfect for tourists who wish to revive escaping the monotony of a robotic daily your life. The island is all about sun, sea and palm trees. During the tourist season, the island comes alive with the water and beach sports, with beach parties and bonfires lighting up the evening sky. The island is very suitable for scuba dive driving. One may also enjoy engine boat or speed boat tour in the very crystal blue water around this destination. Though there is no security problem for the visitors, one can pop down to the Coast Guard station for any variety of security helping. There is no land phone but mobile phone network is available. So you can communicate with the world perhaps even you can browse Internet from your wireless devices.

In the past few years, St. Martin's visitors have raised dramatically. St Martin’s Island is perfect for tourists who wish to revive escaping the monotony of a robotic daily your life. The island is all about sun, sea and palm trees. During the tourist season, the island comes alive with the water and beach sports, with beach parties and bonfires lighting up the evening sky. The island is very suitable for scuba dive driving. One may also enjoy engine boat or speed boat tour in the very crystal blue water around this destination. Though there is no security problem for the visitors, one can pop down to the Coast Guard station for any variety of security helping. There is no land phone but mobile phone network is available. So you can communicate with the world perhaps even you can browse Internet from your wireless devices.

Saint Martin's View

               

Chera Dip

Chera Dip is a coral based island adjacent to St. Martin but divided during tides. You can go to Cheera Dip from St Martin’s island by local motorboats or visitors boats. A lot of Corals of various species - living and dead form the land of the island. There can be described as small bush which is the only green part of Chera Dip enhancing the landscape of this island. There is certainly no permanent inhabitant in Chera Dip. So it is advisable to the tourists to go there early and come back from evening. To enhance your

enjoyment, you can taste there fry of fresh marine fisheries and green coconut water from plenty of mobile shops dedicated to tourist services.

Hotels Booking in Saint Martin Island

Accommodation in St. Martins Island is limited, so you must book hotel before you plan to go to this Island. You will hardly get a chance to stay in this hotel for everybody who is a sudden visitor of St. Martins Island. The remarkable tourist hotels in Saint Martin’s are Hotel Nijhum, Prashad Paradise, Sraboni Bilash, Samudra Bilash, Vacation resort hotel Simana Parie etc. Booking of these hotels are also possible from Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar. All these hotels are situated adjacent to Seashore. From these hotels lobby or veranda, you can enjoy the illusive breeze and romantic sound of Sea. There will be some other motels and hotels established recently in St. Martin’s for tourist accommodation. Besides, the local fishermen and inhabitants even rent their well decorated rooms for tourists accommodations purpose. If you are lucky enough, you can spend the exotic moonlit occasion at St. Martin’s Island. The beauty of Full moon in St. Martins Island cannot be expressed in words, if an individual there at that time.

In the past few years, St. Martin's visitors have raised dramatically. St Martin’s Island is perfect for tourists who wish to revive escaping the monotony of a robotic daily your life. The island is all about sun, sea and palm trees. During the tourist season, the island comes alive with the water and beach sports, with beach parties and bonfires lighting up the evening sky. The island is very suitable for scuba dive driving. One may also enjoy engine boat or speed boat tour in the very crystal blue water around this destination. Though there is no security problem for the visitors, one can pop down to the Coast Guard station for any variety of security helping. There is no land phone but mobile phone network is available. So you can communicate with the world perhaps even you can browse Internet from your wireless devices.

Saint Martin's View

How to Go St. Martin Island

You can go there by sea truck, local motorboat and / or tourist boats. Currently, five shipping liners run daily trips to the island, including Keary-Sindbad, Keary Cruise & Dine, Shahid Sher Niabat, L C T Kutubdia and Eagle from Teknaf. Beside a shipping liner recently inaugurate there service from Cox’s Bazaar. Tourists are able to book their trip from Dhaka, Chittagong or Cox's Bazar. You need to fly or take a direct bus down towards Cox's Bazaar, and then take a bus to Teknaf, which is the most southern police station of Bangladesh. You may well go by rail to Chittagong and then a bus from Bahaddarhat station to Teknaf via Cox’s bazaar. From my have experience, it is better to travel sea truck from Teknaf and take an open dock ticket to enjoy the adventure and thrill of this mighty Bay of Bengal. You will have a chance as a bonus to enjoy the green hill tracts of Taknaf to soothe your eyes in the west and Mayanmar borderline in the east remember when you are in open dock of a sea truck in Naf River and estuary. Sea trucks leaves Teknaf every morning at 9. 00 morning, and return from St. Martin Island in the same day at 3. 00 pm.

Package Tour to Saint Martin Destination

Beside Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, a number of renowned local Tour Operators arrange package tour to Saint Martin Island from Nov to February. It is a wise decision especially for foreign tourists to hand over all headache of journey, accommodation, foods or anything else to anexperienced Tour Operator to visit the amazing tourist heaven Saint Martin’s island, Bangladesh.
Accommodation:

Name and Phone Numbers

1.       Motel  Nijhum

Also known for the reason that St. Martin Resort

Ph: +88-018-9051164

2.       Blue Marine Resort

Ph: +88-0187 060065, +88-02-9556251

3.       Semana Pereye Resort

Ph: +88-017-20693980

4.       Hotel Prince

Ph: +88-017-11276250

Sundarbans — World’s Largest Mangrove Forest

Royal Bengal Tiger

Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. It can be found in the south-west corner of Bangladesh. Now it is one of the seven wonders. The total part of the Sundarban reserved forest including the West Bengal portion, comprises of 10, 000(Ten Thousand) square. kilometer, of which Bangladesh portion is approximately 6000(six Thousand) square. km including new emerging islands. The whole world famous honey is collects from here. The area is divided into 55 administrative forest compartments via the Department of forest, each with a land area of 40 to 160 sq. km and even divided into several islands. Traditional “Rash Mela” is celebrated at Dubla island in every 365 days of Maghi Purnima. There are three wildlife sanctuary areas ‘Kotka-Kachikhali, Tiger point’, ‘Heron point’ and ‘Manderbaria‘, lots of unexplored natural beaches, innumerable rivers, canals and creeks in the Sundarban forest.

Map of Sundarbans

The forest dwellers gradually developed a culture on their own, having an isolated life from the main stream, which expressed itself in many options, peculiarly suited to the local forest ecosystem. There are some rituals and religious festivals affecting the Sundarban. Annual fair at the Dubla island on the day of Rash Purnima is affecting the month of November. Borderline Hindu community, devotees from different parts of the country including India gather around the Dubla island to bathe and make offerings against a wish. And the forest product collectors engaged in numerous professions, before entering the forest had been paying homage to certain gods and deities whom they thought to be their saviours and protectors. Banabibi is very widely worshipped as their savior.

“Mouals” who collect honey

The Sundarbans throughout the years attracts adventurous forest product collectors, hunters, nature and wildlife lovers, researchers and tourists. The people require Sundarbans are mainly ‘bawalis’ who collect Gol Pata, mouals who collect honey and woodcutters. Gathering wild honey in the wildness of the Sundarban is among the most oldest professions practiced by the dwellers of the area and still practiced in the customary ways. Honey hunter’s community lives along the borderline of the western forests are mostly destitute afternoon laborer, although they are descendents of their professional ancestors. Honey Hunting season continues for 3-4 months starting afterwards March or beginning of the April in every year.

Forest Inside View

The Sundarbans play an important role for the overall design of the southwestern region of Bangladesh as well as in the national economy. It is the single largest source of forest. The forest has been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1999.

HOW YOU CAN GET THERE

All travel in Sundarbans mangrove forest is boat based. The closest airport to Khulna, Shatkhira or Mongla was at Jessore with regular shuttle service to Khulna. Also the bus and train service between Dhaka and Khulna is accessible.

Sundarbans view from Google

NECESSARY PERMISSION

All visitors intending to enter the ‘Sundarban’ mangrove forest are required to receive an official permit issued by the Department of Forest, Khulna, Bangladesh.

BEST SEASON TO VISIT

The Sundarbans offers spectacular sights and experiences year-round to the visitors. But it is more comfortable to visit the forest during winter (October-15th March) due to their mild sun and relatively pleasant temperature during then in compared to summer. But during the monsoon the forest exhibits its lush green vegetation additionally, the tourists have higher chance to spot snakes and nesting activities of several species.

Daughter of Sea, Kuakata Beach

kuakata is mostly a beautiful sea beach on the southernmost part of Bangladesh. Operating out of the Patuakhali district, Barishal division. Kuakata has a wide sandy beach from where one can see both the sunrise and sunset. It is about 320 Kilometres south of Dhaka and about 70 Kilometres from district headquarters. Kuakata is a part of the larger Sundarbans hit. The Kuakata beach is 30 km long and 6 kilometre wide.

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The Beauty of Sonadia Island

Holiday

Cox’s Bazar is a popular destination in Bangladesh, and each year it welcomes thousands of visitors to its shore. It boasts with having the world’s longest stretch of sandy beach and is always colorfully decorated in beach umbrellas and relaxing tourists. Just of its coast lies one small island by the name of Sonadia Island. Even though it has been thought to only manifest as a tranquil haven for fishermen and its small local community, Sonadia Island is rich in animal and beauty .During the winter season’s fishermen return to the island to fish of a shore, and erect temporary shelter and living quarters for the duration of their stay. However , Sonadia Island, in the Southeastern region of Bangladesh, is more than just a good day fishing spot, it is home to sea turtles, various bird species and the conservationists who are working tirelessly to save examples of these species from extinction.

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Freelancing in Bangladesh

Freelancing  can be the next big thing in Bangladesh. When I joined a few freelancing sites back in march 2014, I had hardly any knowledge about this.  Like many of you I thought it is a fun way to get rich. Now after one and half year I know I was partially correct, yes we can easily be rich via freelancing but it is, in no way "easy". In fact, if you are interested as a freelancer, one thing you must keep in your mind is that, you have to work 10-12 hours a day for at least 2 to 3 months to build a base in any of those freelance job sites available online.

Why I chose Freelancing

I can answer this available as one sentence, "This is my type of work". Ok, I have some big dreams and big dreams need a ton of money to fulfill, jobs won't allow me to earn that much. Other options? - be dishonest or buy a business. But seriously, for people like me coming from a middle class family, business seriously isn't an option and I wanted to stay honest. I don't want to be involved in 'under the table' kind of thing and I am not that type that can satisfy the boss continually. I believe if you have a similar type of attitude like me, freelancing is a sensible way to succeed.

Freelancing in Bangladesh still some kind of ZooZoo

Now  to the negative side. Most of my friends  still miss what I do and in a country where most people don't have an idea what exactly internet is, trying to explain what I do is very much frustrating.  So, I lost the fight and now I tell them I have a job in a foreign company, which seriously isn't all lie, is it?

So face it, if you are going to try freelancing, your friends  will not likely support you. And you cannot blame them for that, job is, of course, the safest style of career. No need to worry about the money. You get a government job and a restricted amount each month is fixed. And I can tell you it is really hard in order to do something  without  the support of the family.

Freelancing is more like a business, it's not possible to expect the same amount every month. Although if you continue and have good skills most likely you will receive long term projects and like me would move to other online money making options, which I will tell you in later posts.

Why Freelancing in Bangladesh can be the future big thing

Freelancing is a business that can be started with only a computer and an connection to the web. All you need to invest is time. So, if you are interested in business but don't have enough money to begin with, this can be the first thing you can do. And when you could have established yourself in it and have a steady flow of income, you can invest of which money to other businesses.

In a country where job market is getting an increasing number of competitive day by day, freelancing is the best legitimate career I always can see. Who knows, maybe in future you will develop a freelancing farm or proceed to website business which will create jobs for others.

Sounds fun, right. Just work real hard with the first six months, develop your skills and get some positive feedbacks, and you are wanting to enjoy a career in freelancing. Don't know what 'feedback' means, don't worry I will explain it in an another post.

What basic skills you need to become a freelance writer

You must jot down English with perfect grammar and sense. That means writing with no grammatical errors and in a manner that people can understand what you are saying. My grammar skill is not that beneficial, but it works. So you need similar ability or better to become a freelance article author. More simplified version can be this, you should have full confidence to express anything you intend to express, in English, without any grammatical mistakes.

If you are not that sure, you can always take some English courses for boosting your English writing abilities. Now, there are some other types of jobs available for article marketing. For jobs related to website development, 3D design, data entry or Photoshop, you don't need that much writing skills but still you should communicate with the buyer (the person that gives you the job) in English, so some English writing skill is required.

So, how do you write about things that you have never heard of? I indicate, most of the time you will get a topic to write about, of which you have no concept. Don't worry, I will explain that later and you will see if you have confidence with your writing ability, this freelance writing career will become real enjoying for you.

My selfish reasons to assist you to become a successful freelance writer

Most people fear things that they don't know of. My business is having an identity crisis, when I say I am a freelancer, people look at me that has a wired look. Hopefully, if a lot of you choose this career, it will get more attention and people will begin to think of it as a good career choice even if they don't understand what world-wide-web is?

Every day, hundreds of young guys and girls from India, Pakistan and Philippines are joining freelancing sites to build a career with freelancing, not just writing or website development jobs, there are plenty of other jobs readily available too, that anyone can do with a good knowledge about the internet. Internet is this land of opportunities. You can be the pioneer to lead Bangladesh out of economic complications through freelancing.

Nilgiri – The very best hill resort and a wonderful host to Bangladesh

Nilgiri

Nil Giri is the very best hill resort of Bangladesh with amazing organic beauty. This Resort is located forty seven km South-East of Bandarban town on Chimbuk Range at the height of 2400 feet via sea level. It has a high class residential accommodation that is important. This beautiful resort in the the top mountain maintain by the Bangladesh Internet marketer.

You will be amazed if you see that the cloudy atmosphere often kisses the peak in the hill. Gentle breeze was blowing along the hill side and thin clouds were waiting for on their way to laid-back fly. Dimmed through the clouds, silver moon light was coming down the folds and hills. It is Imagine the arena! Clouds are playing with you and you’ll touch them! This is the most attractive place of Bangladesh in case you love hills and clouds

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Sundarbans: the largest mangrove forest in the world

tiger

Sundarbans mangrove forest is the largest on the globe, and covers areas of India and Bangladesh for over 80 kilometers in forming Sundarbans Country wide Park, declared a World Customs Site by Unesco.

A third on this area is covered by normal water and marshes, as well Sundarbans since 1966 have been considered a sanctuary for wildlife because roughly there live about 400 Royal Bengal Tigers plus much more than 30, 000 deer in this field.

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Travel related around Bangladesh

cox's bazar sea beach

Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar sea side beach, the world’s longest natural sandy sea beach featuring its incredible 120 km length. It is the most visited tourist destination around Bangladesh. Every year millions of foreigner and residents come here to enjoy its holidays. You will enjoy sunrise and sunset view significantly in this beach because the ocean changes color in those time frame. Warm shark free water is advisable for swimming and sunbathing. You are going to enjoy surfing, jogging, cycling in such a beach too. It is continually crowded by tourists. Near the beach you will see there are hundreds of suppliers selling souvenirs and beach accessories to your tourists.

Here you will obtain many Buddhist Temples and tribes, colorful Pagodas and delightful sea-food which assist Cox’s bazar so special.

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A property of IT outsourcing: Bangladesh

The IT sector has been identified as a thrust sector for quite sometime now, yet we are still struggling to find our place in the outsourcing industry. Bangladesh did not make the list in a recent report from your. T. Kearney's Global Services Location List (GSLI), a ranking of the most attractive off-shoring places.

The proposal is based on insights that I gained over last 7 years in building an IT outsourcing business.

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