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It was last in last month, November 7. We were already in Alikadam Bazar. Today we would go to the "Damtua Waterfall"
So Let's start the journey.
From Alikadam Bazar we went to the Pan bazar about 10 mins distance by jeep. From there we reserved another jeep for a place named " 17 Kilometers". Our guide would be waiting for us there but he told us he would meet us at Alikadam Bazar. I am bad in remembering names so I forgot his name. From Pan bazar we bought rice,egg, chicken, potatoes, spices and every necessaries for cooking our dinner. Our jeep arrived within this time. We boarded into the jeep and headed for the 17 kilometres.
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Our jeep stopped at another checkpoint. And this was really painful. They won't let us pass with our guide. We requested them but it was no use. So we contacted with the guide and told him to come, there was another obstacle the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) wouldn’t permit us to go to the trail that we have selected. So we have to lie about it. Guide took more than one hour to arrive. Within this time we were talking with some local people about the route, enjoying the views, there was a nice lake there.
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The guide finally arrived. He was really a pathetic man. He told us there was a problem and he couldn't go with us. We had some bargain with him about the matter and then he gave us another guide for the route. Finally our jeep started to roll again. The views of the road is a really great one. There were mountains around us. Sometimes residence and shops caught our sight. It was about 2:15 we arrived the 17 Kilometres.
From where we would start our trekking to Damtua waterfall for 3 hours. Everyone changed their dress for trekking. You can't do trekking on regular dress. First we got down from the road to a plain and started walking. We could see hills and mountains infront of us. We we would be climbing them soon. There was white clouds here and there in the blue sky. We were walking through bushes and jungles. Sometimes there was water stream. We were enjoying. After walking for an hours we started to get tired. The weights were really a pain. Everyone was carrying averagely 7 kg of weight. We had already climbed 2 hills and another was in front of us. In few points there were broken parts and the cavities were deep. We crossed those by trees, bamboo culvert. We found a little water reservoir on the way we rest our feet there, drink water and then again headed for the destination.
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The last one was really tough it was higher than the others and we were pretty tired. The sun was shining brightly above our. The track goes up and down like 50 feet down and again 100 feet up then again down and up. We were trekking for 2 hours and almost climbed 4-5 mountains and reach a residential area named "Member Para".
We would leave our baggages there and completed the remaining track. Some of us fall behind so we were waiting for them and taking rest, drinking water. We waste almost 25 mins there. The sun started to tilt. So we need to rush. Now we felt light. And were moving like a feather. Now we weren’t having any trouble. In some points we were crossing by running. On your way we met the famous " Bang Jhiri". The cascades of Bang Jhiri are really beautiful.
I haven’t seen anything like them before. It really satisfied me. After that we need to walk for another half an hour to reach our desired Waterfall "Damtua". At the end point while we could hear the waterfall sound the track just went down and down. The slippery slop was making the track really dangerous it was bout 100 feet down straight. But at last we reached our destination.
It was about 5 while we reached Damtua. The Couldn't be seen. As it is winter season so the temperature was pretty low and cold water of the waterfall was giving a chill feeling. There were total three water fall. The Damtua was the biggest one. And the other two was just a line of water. They also get bigger in the monsoon. Three sides of the waterfall was blocked. In the front the beautiful Damtua, on the right the hill that we climbed down and on the left the other two waterfall.
The weather was really cold but after trekking for long hours it would be a waste if we didn’t have bath in the water fall. So we all have bath there and then changed into dry ones. The sun had already went down. The darkness begun to gasp the environment. We already started our returning session. As soon as we climbed the clip the jungle was full of darkness. We turned on our flash lights and was walking in a row.
A peace and tranquil night in the jungle no humans without our group. So many insects were buzzing around. Some were flying infront of our flash lights. We couldn’t see the sky, actually we were too tired to look at the sky. In a point the sky could be seen clear. As I look up I was stunned to thousands of starts looking down upon us. We all gathered there turned of our flash lights, sat on the ground and was enjoying the view of thousands star. The sky looked very clear and the star seems to be bigger than our urban sky. After resting for 10 mins we again started to walk. The natural beauty really gave us some strength to walk again. We were walking for hours talking with each other, planning about dinner, what injuries we got, how much fascinating the waterfall and the Bang Jhiri was!, the mystery of the jungle.
At last we reached the Member Para where we would stay for the night.
We all were exhausted. So every one lie down, drink water and prepared coffee. While we were drinking coffee we gather our necessaries to cook dinner. Everyone helped hand in hand in the work. We would eat Hospos with chicken curry. Asif one of us could cook really good. So we helped him and he cooked the dinner. As there was no plate the dinner was served in banana leaf. The food was really good. After such a long journey everyone eat a lot. I eat almost 4 plates.
After that we passed some time outside under the open sky.
The weather was little cold. The sky full of thousands starts, insects buzzing all around the darkness of the night, smell of the hill, our heart was overwhelmed by everything. One by one entered into the room made there bed for sleep.
Four of us were the last to leave. While we entered most of us fast asleep, few were whispering. I just put my head on by bag and thought what surprise is waiting for me the next day. I didn’t know while I felt asleep.
The day was really great. That time we felt winded but while I am writing this I can really feel what I experienced and I wanna go there again and again.
Hope you all enjoy my Damtua travel. I will write some of other devastating experiences soon. Till them be safe keep safe.
I am Mehadi Hossain from Bangladesh. I am doing graduation in Nutrition and Food Science from Potuakhali Science and Technology University . I love to travel and watch movies. Most of time of holidays I try to enjoy playing games and sports and watching movies.
