Category: travel photography
White Pass Scenic Railway: Seeing one train from another train!
I couldn’t resist taking this photo from the bridge over the Catawba River!
This White-tailed Deer crossed the road ahead of me, and then posed for a photo as I pulled up beside her! Thanks! 🙂
This scene greeted us last week as we headed South off of I-76 near Somerset, Pennsylvania! It was nice for us, that we missed storm, so the roads were bare, but the scenery had a lovely coating of fresh snow.
This gentleman from the Bangladesh Army let us get close to the monument, even though it was being prepared for an upcoming holiday! Thanks!!!
The Bangladesh Police officer on the left was instrumental in allowing us inside the beautiful
Wickipedia Info: The National Martyrs’ Memorial (Bengali: জাতীয় স্মৃতিসৌধ Jatiyo Sriti Soudho) is the national monument of Bangladesh, built to honour and remember those who died during the War of Liberation and Genocide in 1971, which resulted in Bangladesh’s independence. The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka.[1] It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain and built by Concord Group.
Plans for the monument were initiated in 1976. Following the site selection, road and land development, a nationwide design competition was held in June 1978. Following evaluation of the 57 submissions, Syed Mainul Hossain‘s design was chosen. The main structure and the artificial lake and other facilities were completed in 1982. It was Inaugurated at 16 December 1982.
National Parliament House, located at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, is an Architectural wonder in the world and masterpiece of the world-famous architect Louis Isidor Kahn. Because of its architectural values and significance, it is an important place for the visitor from home and abroad. -Wikipedia
You can see this masterpiece in the background.
This is the intersection of Mirpur Road and Manik Mia Avenue, below where the Bangladesh Parliament Building photo was taken.
Here from this vantage point outside the “Seventh Heaven” cafe my friends were videoing the traffic below. We enjoyed a dish of ice cream here as well.
So nice to have CNG Uber available in Dhaka, Bangladesh! Here we are headed for the Kamalapur Rail Station for our journey to Mymensingh. It was a delightful journey through the beautiful countryside.
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