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Travel Week – Birishiri

September 8, 2008 by Limana Solaiman

In this week’s travel guide I would like to suggest our fellow backpackers to visit Birishiri, Shushong Durgapur. It is a beautiful landscape with the flow of the Shomeshwari River (but the last time I went there I crossed the river by a rickshaw, but I guess you guys will find a fine flow now since it has been raining for quite some time now), the ceramic mountains, the Christian missionary, the small hills near the India Bangladesh borders etc.

How to get there?

The best possible way to travel locally is to go to Mymensingh bus stand or commonly known as Mohakhali bus stand and catch a direct bus to Birishiri. Ticket is not more than Taka 350.

Where to stay?

If you are a big group you can risk camping near the ceramic mountains. You can also stay at the YMCA institute at a very low cost; you can also camp inside their compound if you can manage the permission.

The best ways to explore is by foot, or rent a rickshaw and ask him to take you to all the tourist spots. Believe me, they know it all.

Posted in Travel | Tagged Bangladesh, Birishiri, Ceramic Mountain, Shushong Durgapur | 20 Comments

20 Responses

on September 9, 2008 at 6:32 pm loriginal

Very informative…
on September 10, 2008 at 5:27 am Bini

Hi Limana, Its really wonderful.Do you vist my web site?
on September 25, 2008 at 5:30 pm sayma

its really nice
on November 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm turin

hmmm
I like the color of the water in your picture…I also think it will be a great experience to camp in the ceramic mountain…
on November 18, 2008 at 10:20 am shibly sadik

iIsae this first time.i don’t heared before this place name.Your picture is nice.After this semester i will try to go their and want to see the ceramic mountains,Shushong Durgapur.Thanks.
on December 23, 2008 at 5:42 pm Rumman

Hello there Limana excellent presentation. I need to know first I have to go to Mymensingh. Then via Netrokona to Durgapur? Am I right? From Dhaka to Mymensingh its approx 110-120 kms. How much is the distance from Mymensingh to Netrokona and from Netrokona to Durgapur? How much time does it take from Mymensingh to Durgapur? How is road condition? Finally your snaps are great.
on January 2, 2009 at 7:56 pm Limana Solaiman

Nope, you can take a direct bu8s to Birishiri and from there you can get to durgapur very easily and thanks.
on January 5, 2009 at 6:14 pm Md. Emdadul Haque

Hey everybody, interested abt Shusong Durgapur and Birisiri can visit this group in facebook.com for required information and sharing.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9355095478
on February 17, 2009 at 2:23 pm Brew Alam

hey Limana…. it’s good to see the post re: birishiri… we are planning on going….. wanted to know if driving down there would be feasible as someone mentioned in another blog that the roads are fairly bad… if we do take a car, would parking overnight be ok? (i.e. can i leave it somewhere if we take a boat trip for the night etc..)… what about accommodation? do we have to reserve something or can we go and get a place? (YMCA, is that an option?)…. lastly, thanks for the post…

b
on February 22, 2009 at 8:10 am Limana Solaiman

well driving down to Birishiri is not a very good idea, if you do want to drive you should take a jeep or something cause the roads as far as I can remember are fairly bad, its more fun if you go by bus that way you can stay tension free, relax and have fun. If you want to stay overnight its best that you go to YMCA office at Shegunbagicha and talk to them directly, the office is near the Shilpakala Academy at Shegunbagicha. About your queries on backpack, you don’t get north face backpacks here in Bangladesh. But, you can go to new market and buy a backpack of SUNBER or Camel Mountain (these are all local I think but currently I’m using one and its good) that will cost you 700 to 800tk max for the big ones and 500 for the small ones.
on March 13, 2009 at 5:52 pm Nazmin

Thank you for your detail information about Birishiri. We are planning to visit there. Which season would you suggest to visit? Do you think 2 days is enough for exploring the place?

Thanks again.

Nazmin.
on March 21, 2009 at 3:28 pm sourov

i m going to present a presentation on this topics
on April 15, 2009 at 5:47 pm How to Get Six Pack Fast

The style of writing is quite familiar . Have you written guest posts for other bloggers?
on April 26, 2009 at 1:36 pm Limana Solaiman

well I try to visit sites of other travel bloggers, so maybe.
thanks for visiting my site.
on April 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm Limana Solaiman

well I try to visit sites of other travel bloggers, so maybe.
thanks for visiting my site, if you have a blog please mail me the link so that I can visit.
on April 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm Limana Solaiman

cool
on April 26, 2009 at 1:40 pm Limana Solaiman

hello
thanks for going through my blog, I think two days is more than enough for exploring birishiri.
on June 9, 2009 at 12:54 pm Mahbub

Dear Limana,

Thank u so much for ur informative blog. I m planning to go there on 18th june,09 and wanna stay tow days. But where to stay? If possible send me the ph no of YMCA.

If possible specify the spots also.

Finally let me thanx again….. Ha…ha.
on June 16, 2009 at 7:22 am Limana Solaiman

Dear Sir,
I am well aware of the facts that you mentioned in your comment, but I worte about how I traveled in these areas and shared my experiences in broader sense, thanks for your additional information.
on June 16, 2009 at 7:24 am Limana Solaiman

there is a group in facebook abt birishiri and nearby areas you can visit that site for more detailed iformation.