Good day! I am Shahadat. I was very excited to join 150 meetup because it is a mega meetup and very few people were selected to attend this meetup. Only 40 people were selected as attendee for this meetup and I feel very proud and lucky to be a part of this meetup.
As 150 meetup was very special one so Bangladesh Local Guide team selected a special place for this meetup, it took place in the city of tea “Syhlet”. There were special two place first one is Jaflong and second one is Lala Khal.
As the meetup held on 18th and 19th of December , I started for Syhlet on 17th December night with Bangladesh Local Guide team . We travelled the whole way from Dhaka to Syhlet by bus and reached Syhlet town at drawn .
Our reporting and breakfast time was within 7:30 am at Panshi Restaurant as our departure time from Panshi was declared at 8 am . In breakfast we had Beef Akhni the traditional food of Syhlet. There was an alternative of Akhni named as Khchuri or Hotchpotch. After that we had famous tea of Syhlet.
At 8 am sharp we started for Jaflong the main venue, we used bus as transport for travelling to Jaflong. We reached the main venue Jaflong before about 11 am and got fresh and took some light snacks including some tea and had some team discussion.
After that we started for visiting Jaflong Zero Point , Khashiya punji and Sangrampunji Falls. It was an interesting tour. We enjoyed the great view of Jaflong zero point, enjoyed the cristal clear river water of Jaflong also enjoyed short boat journey with team and crossed the river . On the other side of the river in Londoni Para there were a mosque and a temple so some of us said their prayer. Then we take some local snacks anrd visited Khasiyapunji and Sangrampunji, These areas are basically Indo- Bangladesh border areas so they are very restricted. At last we visited Sangrampunji Falls and returned to our resort again.
Returning back to the venue we took our bath and got refreshed within 3:00 pm. Our lunch period was 3 to 4 p.m. As we explored a lot so we were very hungry and the meal was also very tasty so we ate with full appetite. There were chicken, vegetables, salad and pulses on menu.
At this stage we took some rest and keep ourselves relaxed, had team discussion and learned many important things from our team leader, setup our tents for night staying and camping. pitched the camp site during 5 to 6 p.m. At the Evening we had light meal or had local cake fair during 6 to 9 p.m. we had Nungora cake , Puli cake, chicken-vegetable mixed roll, and the most exceptional and delicious ”Chonga cake”. During this cake fair we had also completed our question-answer session. Our honorable moderators helped as by giving answers and instructions on how we can guide the community better.
After question- answer session we took small break and enjoyed among ourselves. Some of LGs sang and others enjoyed by cheering. Then we watched funny movie clips. At last we had most waited Bar-B-Q dinner which took place from 10 to 12 at night and that was the end of day one.
At the second day we got up early in the morning as our reporting time was 8am, we packed our tent up. Had Breakfast within 8:30 to 9:30 am. Then took little bit rest and leave the venue at 10:00am sharp and started for lake of blue water “Lala Khal”. During our journey we enjoyed a lot. Cut jokes with team mates. We reached near Lala khal area at 1:00 p.m. Then we travelled by boat and reached Lala khal zero pint 1:30 pm. There we enjoyed kayaking and had some snacks and we explored through the tea garden.
At last we took part in tree plantation program and set for our journey back to Syhlet. We finished our journey at the same point where we started that is most popular Panshi restaurant.
Our lunch at Pansi was 3 to 4 p.m. We had there rice with delicious varta and vaji and chicken. After lunch we tool rest and then started the most exciting Raffle draw program at 4:15 pm and the reward was Dhaka- Chittagong- Dhaka air ticket. Finding the winner was exciting. At ending moment again we took a cup of tea as Syhlet is famous for tea and it tastes really good. About 4:30pm we had a ending photo session of the meet-up and that is the ending of our 150th meetup. However the memory of this 150 meetup will never fade and remain live in the core of my heart.
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