Kuakata: the deep south
December 24, 2007 10:25 am
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Bangladesh’s deep South is dappled by religious conservatism and indigenous unease. As one of Bangladesh’s rapidly growing tourist destinations, Kuakata offers a calm respite from Dhaka’s suffocating intensity, without the commercialisation of Cox’s Bazar.
Located 320km south of Dhaka and 70km south of Patuakhali, Kuakata is connected to the rest of the mainland by a series of river crossings. The dusty, laborious bus journey meanders through an increasingly rural landscape. Dilapidated buildings, exposed roots and millions of dollars worth of destroyed rice crops currently litter the roadside—consequences of Cyclone Sidr.
As you journey southward, men from the modern workforce are slowly replaced by chickens, farmers and veiled women. It feels like an adventure in the Wizard of Oz where at the end of your journey you’ll discover romance as you stroll hand-in hand along an isolated beach. But like the movie the romance must be inside because other local tourists are seizing the opportunity to watch the glistening light of a waking and setting sun play upon the ocean.
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