How Cox's Bazar went from being a mere seaside holiday destination to burgeoning surf town in the space of a few years is all thanks to one man: Jafar Alam.
When the Roman geographer Ptolemy included Kashgar in his map of the world in the 2nd Century AD, he placed it in the same neighbourhood as Horse-Eating Scyths, Cannibals and Terra Incognita, as if the city was mere speculation, a destination of rumour, somewhere on the outer fringes of the imagination.
I was a mere block from my destination when I saw that he'd already boarded a train.
Off the radar as a culinary destination a mere decade ago, Dublin is home to a growing number of quality restaurants, casual eateries and cafes.
Most of their destinations are mere specks on western maps, if they appear at all.
Although there are no charging stations in Malibu, there are plenty in Santa Monica, a mere 10 miles from my destination.
The lower-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive version of the Huracan costs a mere $199,800 before taxes and destination charges.
"At times, it felt like destinations were morphing into mere photo sets," she writes about tourist behavior on a trip to Angkor Wat.
The beams of particles at Cern, travelling within a mere fraction of light speed, arrive at their destination on time only when the subtleties of relativity are included in the accounting.
So if the sort of scenery that makes people sit on a plane for days to get to New Zealand would be of interest then Iceland, a mere 180 minutes from London, should be your next destination.
