Travel
Trips, places I’ve seen and the stories from the road.
Botany-65 study tour 2022, part 2: from Sajek’s dawn to the dark of Alutila
A Sajek sunrise, a Lushai village, a dash for Friday prayers, the steep steps of Risang falls and the pitch-dark Alutila cave, all on the road to Rangamati.
Botany-65 study tour 2022, part 1: from Curzon Hall to the clouds of Sajek
After two COVID cancellations, our study tour finally began: a World Cup night on the bus, a wild jeep ride into the hills and a first day among the clouds of Sajek.
A morning at Hatirjheel
A tree I could not name, glimpsed on the way home from my cousin’s house, sent me back to Hatirjheel alone the next morning. I walked its whole length, from palash to bottlebrush, looking for it.
A glimpse of Baldha Garden
A day at Baldha Garden with the Udbhid Chottor group. First a long wait at the gate that nearly sent us home, then rare plants in Psyche and old friends in Cybele.
Mission Lawachara
The last stop on our three-day study tour of Sylhet. Birds, crickets and more trees than I could name, so here are the ones I managed to write down.
A day in Comilla with the Chapainawabganj crowd
A one-day picnic to Comilla with the Shibganj students’ association. Ten buses named after mangoes, an awful jam at Kanchpur, a water park and a ride home at dawn.