Srimangal

Srimangal’s Tea Gardens Hold More Than Leaves

You wake up to mist hanging low over rows of neatly trimmed tea bushes. The air smells damp and green. A kettle whistles somewhere in the distance. Srimangal is a small town in northeastern Bangladesh. Most people come for the tea. They leave with something quieter. The hills roll softly here. They are not dramatic […]
Srimangal

A Morning In Srimangal’s Tea Gardens

The mist hangs over the hills until nearly nine. You walk out of your guesthouse and the air smells like wet leaves and earth. The tea bushes stretch in every direction, row after row of dark green. A worker walks past with a basket on her back. She does not look at you. She is […]