An early morning rise and drive to the beach, Cox's Bazar. Staying in the best hotel in the area, the Seagull Hotel, a so-called 5-star hotel sets up a 50 meter walk to the longest continuous beach in the world, a full 122 Km or so.
I was very curious to visit the beach in a Muslim country. With strict standards on showing the body I wondered how comfortable people got this day in age. The one thing I noticed was how cautious everyone was to not swim out too far from the shore. This may have to do with the fact that the women must bath fully clothed and nearly all the gents bath with shorts and a t-shirt. The currents will easily carry them away since they are puffed out like a sail in the water. It also seems that many people did not know how to swim which is not all that surprising since most of the population doesn't have the ability to even finish high school.The immense beach is sparse with people in some areas and swarming in others. All along the beach you will encounter people on the beach encouraging you to take a romantic horse ride down the beach or race up and down the beach on a 4-wheeler. We decided that the 4-wheeler was more our style.
When planning this trip I make sure to check when the full moons would occur. I was happy to see that we would be spending this full moon near the beach, an errily bright night near the beach is always a pleasure. For the sun set we made our way down to Inani Beach, a place where Zubair and his family would visit in his youth. Wathcing the burning ball of gases fall and change colors over the horizon of the sea was quite inspiring. We made it to Inani with a small slice of sunlight left and now the moon was rising over the opposite horizon, bright as ever.
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