Lakshmipur, Chattogram
Lakshmipur’s river port on the Meghna, where ferries leave for Bhola, fishing boats land hilsa, and the wide river turns gold at sunset.
Majuchowdhury Hat is where Lakshmipur meets the Meghna. Here the river, swollen by the Padma and the upper Meghna and close to the sea, is so wide that the far bank is often lost in haze. The ghat is the district’s main crossing to Bhola, the island district on the other side.
Like every market on this river, it lives by the water: ferries and launches come and go, trawlers bring in fish, and in the hilsa season the landing is crowded with boats and traders. Behind it, embankments hold back the river that has taken so much land elsewhere along this coast.
For visitors it is simply a good place to watch the river — the boats, the chars on the horizon and, above all, the sunset over the Meghna.
Leave Lakshmipur town by CNG in the mid-afternoon.
Walk the ghat and embankment, watching the ferries, launches and fishing boats.
Find a spot on the bank for the sunset over the Meghna, with tea from the stalls.
Return to Lakshmipur town for dinner.
Late afternoon to sunset, October to March; August to October to see the hilsa landings
West of Lakshmipur town by road, roughly half an hour or a little more by CNG or local bus. Hire a CNG for the round trip if you plan to stay for sunset.
