Neela Market

Hello everyone today I went to a beautiful beautiful fair which is inside Bangladesh, that is located at Bholanathpur, Sector 1, Purbachal New Town, Dhaka. The plan of going there happended suddenly, because I met up with one of my friend who lives in Bashundhara R/A, I was very excited to meet him because we have been friends since class 9 and we are having a trip together. The fair is at Neela Market, there are many vendors and a range of entertainment. I have only heard about it, but it's my first time going there with my friend. I have been longing to go there with my friends and today is the day. We took an auto and the cost was 50 taka for two people and we hopped on it.

We reached at the Neela Market and I walked for a while and found few beautiful stalls where they were selling many unique items, these items are rarely seen in usual stalls but this place has something special. I love living in Bangladesh there are still some places that I still have not explored yet.

Just look at the stalls they are so colorful and looking beautiful in the evening, actually we arrived at this place at 5 pm and that time this place was very crowded, also because today is Friday and it is the holiday in Bangladesh. So, people often comes to fair during Friday the most. I have bumped into many people because of the crowd it was a overwhelming day.

The moment I entered the fair I saw a kid was ridding kiddie carousel and she was looking so pretty, I asked for her parents permission and took few pictures of her. Mostly the kids are enjoying these rides also in the background you can see big Wheels and the Swing Boats, everything was looking messed up because in a small place they have arranged so many rides.

The cost of wheels ride was 100 taka per person and for swing boat ride it was 50 taka, but I didn't get on any rides because I was feeling sick. So I preferred to take pictures of the exciting rides. If you have kids then they will definitely love this place, I am planning to bring my younger cousins at this place they would have enjoyed it very much. I like the fact they have so many rides for the kids I have found another kiddie carousel it looks different than the previous and a red fairy was riding on it. On the other side fruit themed swing carousel was seen, it was watermelon seats and looked very unique. I usually have seen normal seats but they have decorated it with watermelon theme.

Another exciting thing I have seen is trampoline for the kids, I am not sure if adults are allowed to enter because I could only see kids inside of it and there were nets around for the safety incase someone falls out. There's also inflatable slide and I think that is also for the kids. I miss being a kid because they have so many rides for the kids, for adults only 3 types of rides are available. But the kids are having many options to choose from.

The last is the dragon train, it is for the kids but the parents can only ride it with their kids because there's no safety in this ride so they allow adults with their kids. I used to ride these stuff when I was a kid, used to sit on my father's lap and I liked it very much.

After roaming around I was feeling hungry so we wanted to have something light as I am on diet I can't have heavy foods. We ordered a popular street food in Bangladesh it's called spicy puffed rice snack (Jhal Muri), it's one of my favourite snacks and I love it very much. They have added chickpea in it which makes it more tasty.

In a while we went to see the small river nearby and on there people take rides on the boat for a while to enjoy the river view, but it was costly so we didn't prefer to get on it also it didn't feel safe because my friend does not know how to swim and accidents can happen at any time so we should stay careful. But honestly the boats were beautiful I really wanted to get on it, but I didn't want to ride it alone.

I again entered the fair and saw an old man was selling handmade floral crowns and was holding some flowers in hand for the couples. I didn't have anyone to give these flowers but I offered him some money because I saw no one was buying from him and the crowns costed 100 taka so I gave him 100 and asked him to keep the money and give the floral crown to someone for free. On the other hand saw a mesmerizing thing which is my favourite since childhood and that is called cotton candy! I love it very much. I could recall my childhood memories how badly I wanted to eat them. There were also a transparent balloon seller it is very famous amongst the kids.

It was getting dawn and we have to leave for home, so for the last time we decided to have a cup of tea. It was funny that the tea was given in a cup of "Coca Cola" brand. The tea I ordered is called cream tea (Malai Cha), it was very delicious will probably come back to this stall again. At 6 pm we left the place because I live in Mirpur so I have to go back to Bashundhara R/A and take a bus and there will be traffic jam because of Friday so I had to leave early for home otherwise my parents will worry about me.

I would suggest people to visit Bangladesh, because this kind of fair is really good in our country. Moreover, Neela Market is famous for it's sea food so you will have a great meal here. I enjoy travelling so much and I wish to share more travel journey with you all in the future.

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