Tea for two in Srimangal!

My flatmate Jen and I headed for our first trip outside of Dhaka. We decided that we needed to see the countryside and breathe some fresh air! We headed to Srimangal, the tea growing area of Bangladesh. It was a small town with beautiful fields. We made some special new friends, Meghnad and his family, who live in a small village near one of the tea estates. We had a tour of the tea factory (it smelled fantastic!) where a chalkboard proudly displayed that there had been 1022 accident free days. We hired bikes and rode around this picturesque part of Bangladesh, greeting villagers (every child knows how to say "goodbye" in english) and the workers picking tea leaves. Meghnad took us on a tour of Ramnagar a small town that sells the world famous 5 layer tea. It is definitely our favourite place in Bangladesh so far.