Some travellers want comfort, while others want a boat ride through an engulfed haor and a roaring waterfall so close that mist clings to their skin. If you are the second type, Sylhet is your perfect destination. But there is a particular kind of magic that only rain can conjure, and nowhere does it work its magic more completely than Sylhet when it is pouring. Still feeling unsure? Let us persuade you a little more.
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Everything comes alive
When rain visits Sylhet, something just shifts in the landscape.
You may begin from Ratargul Swamp Forest, where the boat rides through the trees in knee-deep, dark, still water. The swamp forest is so unapologetically quiet that it makes the journey almost unreal. Follow the road to Jaflong, where the Piyain River runs cold and clear, rolling smooth stones down from the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. When the clouds roll in, those hills disappear into the horizon mysteriously.
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