#cox's bazaar

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Seagulls flying by our boat near Teknaf on the way to St. Martin’s Island

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Serenity. by MeerSadi

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The Golden Kiss par Nayeem KALAM Via Flickr : Taken from the balcony of my hotel room. I woke up at 6:39 pm to be exact then I had a real hard time with the camera and lens which were fogged due to the air-conditioning. 5 minutes later I got to take this. The famous local beach at dusk. Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh

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Cox's Bazaar: The World's Longest Unbroken Sea Beach!

Hi everyone! I would like to welcome you to explore the world’s longest sea beach that is situated in a town where there is a fishing port on the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. This is the world’s longest natural white sandy beach Cox’s Bazaar which is an unbroken stretch of long beach of 125 kilometers (approximately 75 miles). This unique beach is located 150 kilometers south of the industrial port of Chittagong in the country.

Here is a breathing space gallery for you on Cox’s Bazaar, uploaded by MK Biswas73 YouTube channel:

Cox’s Bazaar is named after Captain Hiram Cox, who was an officer of the British colonial rulers of the East India Company in British India. Hiram was sent by the British rulers to rehabilitate the Buddhist immigrant Rohingyas from the nearby Burma (now Myanmar) into this area in the late 1790s.

Today, this beach is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the country. Winter is the busiest month for this tourist spot. Tourists enjoy basking in the Sun and the spectacular sunsets here. One can enjoy the maximum temperature of 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit (i.e., 12 degrees Celsius) here while enjoying green coconut water on the seashore.

You may find people catching baby shrimps with their nets in this beach. You will find a chain of rolling hills that run parallel to the sea throughout almost the entire stretch. You might also want to explore the towering cliffs, waterfalls, ancient pagodas, and Hindu temples in this spot. Coral islands of Saint Martin, Inani beach, and tribal villages are the added attractions nearby.

I have visited this enchanting place more than once. Many a times with friends and family. I also led an excursion to this place while I had been teaching in a University at my home country. Here are some of the pictures I would like to share of my visit with friends and the team that I had led in an excursion to Cox’s Bazaar.

Here is my photo with my friends at one of the seaside restaurants called Angel Drop (now defunct possibly due to conservation restrictions) back in late 2005 (possibly in November, 2005):

Six of us friends (Umana, Shelly, Sharful, Selina, Salahuddin, and Neela) with two kids (Maisha and Hisham, only one seen in this picture) had set out for the Cox’s Bazaar expedition back then.

This was possibly quite late at night while we thought we all should have a little share of the sea breeze!

Here is the excursion photos for University of Asia Pacific that I had clicked back in early 2006 (one of the pictures was inside the water trawler while going to the nearby island at Maheshkhali) with my students at my trip to Cox’s Bazaar, and nearby island of Maheshkhali:

I guess I was the only person who was all dry!

Inside the water trawler with my students.

After visiting the seashore, we all were famished with hunger. A sea-visit surely gives rise to a ravenous appetite!

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My photo Clicks 

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It’s not Hawaii, and it’s not St.-Tropez. But Cox’s Bazar is an up-and-coming beach resort, with lush vegetation and soaring property prices to match.

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