We were up early and traveled by motorcycle and boat and then motorcycle to get to this spot near Kuakata.!
Action at Sunrise!
Tag Archive: TTL Safari
Washing all the beach sand out of the motorcycle! This was the motorcycle and driver that were hired for me. Sorry, about that photo yesterday! I didn’t check it close enough, to see that not much was in focus.
Cleaning up the bike for the ride back to town!
These were some of the approx 17 motorcycles we hired to go up and down the Kuakata Beach to catch the sunrise, sunset, or fisherman village!
Abandoned!
A SPECTACULAR SUNRISE WITH SILHOUETTES!
PEACEFUL WALK ON THE BEACH AT KUAKATA!
WE WERE SCHEDULED FOR 4 AM TO LEAVE ON THE MOTORCYCLES TO CATCH THE SUNRISE FURTHER DOWN THE BEACH! We didn’t quite get left on time! The sunrises and sunsets were a big item in choosing where to go on this TTL Safari.
The name Kuakata originated from the word ‘Kua’-the Bengali word for “Well” which was dug on the sea shore by the early Rakhine settlers in quest of collecting drinking water, who landed on Kuakata coast in the eighteenth century after being expelled from Arakan (Myanmar) by the Mughals.[3]Afterwards, it has become a tradition of digging Well in the neighborhoods of Rakhaine tribes for water.
Kuakata offers a full view of the sunrise and sunset from the same white sandy beach in the water of the Bay of Bengal.
Locally known as Shagor Kannya (Daughter of the Sea), the long strip of dark, marbled sand stretches for about 30 km. The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural setting. This sandy beach has gentle slopes into the Bay of Bengal. Kuakata is also a sanctuary for migratory winter birds.
Evidence of God’s Handiwork and Artistic Ability!
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