There are numerous places that are best visited in Chittagong. Each with its unique beauty and panorama, people loves to travel around. Here are some of the interesting places Chittagong has to offer:

•     Tomb of Sultan Bayazid Botani – located on a small hill in Narisabad, about 6 kilometers north of Chittagong town. The shrine attracts a vast number of visitors and travelers from all over the world. At the foot of the hill is found a large tank containing hundreds of tortoises. It is believed that these animals carry the evil spirits of the dead, also called the “genii”. These spirits were believed to cast into tortoises because they incurred the fury of a great saint who visited the place about 1100 years ago.

•     World War II Cemetery – is a well-preserved cemetery in an attractive and tranquil place within Chittagong. Here is where the bodies of over 700 soldiers rest. These soldiers came from various parts of the globe including Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Africa, India, Japan, Netherlands and Myanmar. They came to Bangladesh during the Second World War.

•     Shrine of Shah Amanat – is another place for religious purposes, located at the center of Chittagong. Hundreds of people come to visit here everyday to pay respect to the Saint Shah Amanat’s memory.

•     Foy’s Lake – also known as the “Pahartali Lake” is located 8 kilometers away from Chittagong. Foy’s Lake is a perfect place for picnics. The place has a very amazing view which is visited by thousands of tourists every week.

•     Sitakunda – located about 37 kilometers from Chittaging. Here, one can find one of the most well-known temples in Bangladesh. The famous Chandranath temple and the Buddha temple are found here. There is also a salt water spring located about 5 kilometers north os Sitakuna, which is also known as the Labanakhya.

•    Chandraghona: located 48 kilometer from Chittagong, on the Kaptai Road. This place is where one of the leading paper mills in Asia is found. Not too far from the paper mill is a rayon factory which produces artificial fibers made from bamboo.

These are just few of the many other interesting places to visit in Chittagong, Bangladesh. There are several other beautiful places in this town where visitors may feel free to explore.

So, how did it come to be named the Strip? Police captain, Guy MacAfee renamed this Los Angeles Highway The Strip after he saw the Flamingo, which brought back memories of the sophisticated clubs he had seen on the Sunset Strip. So the story goes…

The Last Vegas Strip started out as Arrowhead Highway and changed several names before settling down with this name that has made it so famous. Some of the other names the strip has been known by include Fifth Street, Salt Lake Highway, Route 91 and Los Angeles Highway.

In 1953, 1,800 hotel rooms were available on the strip and you could stay at a five-star hotel on the strip for a princely sum of $7.50 a day. A room at any motel was cheaper and would set you back $3 a day. A far cry from the 1990’s, when a total of 4645 were demolished after just five resorts on the strip were imploded. The new resorts that replaced the demolished ones have even more rooms than ever before.

In April 1958, an exodus of grasshoppers that visited the city every night and left in the morning, forced casino owners to shut off their neon signs when they realized it was the lights that were attracting the insects.

Speaking of neon lights, in 1966, Las Vegas was reported to be the brightest city in the world. This data was obtained from a satellite that was orbiting the earth at a distance of more than 500 miles. Luxor’s beacon, with an intensity of 40 searchlights, was the brightest artificial light in the world.

There were no red stop lights when the strip first opened. Stop lights were only installed in 1961, after owner and publisher of Fabulous Las Vegas Magazine actively crusaded for them following several accidents.

The Las Vegas Strip is a strip that never sleeps. You can get married or divorced, hire a lawyer or get a hair cut any time of the day or night. All you need in order to get a marriage license issued is valid identification and $55.

With no clocks in sight and non-stop excitement 24hours a day, at the Las Vegas Strip you can do anything you want to anytime you want. It is probably the only place in the world where jet-lag is unheard of.