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Last additions - Chittagong & Shipbreaking Yards |
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Jul 25, 2006
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Jul 25, 2006
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Chittagong port (a little further down from here) is the major port in the country. arab traders were coming here in the 9th century, and later on others - portuguese pirates,...Jul 25, 2006
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Karnaphuli River, by the side of which Chittagong City grew. look at all the ships here. the port is by the mouth of the bay of bengal, a little further downJul 25, 2006
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Chuck waiting by the side of our car while i''m taking photosJul 25, 2006
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rafts of bamboo floating down the river at duskJul 25, 2006
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so many fond memories of the club. we used to spend entire days here every other weekend (we'd be on the houseboat on Kaptai Lake on others) -me in swimming pool w/ my friends, watching kiddie movies in the afternoons, my parents busy w/ their friendsJul 25, 2006
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Chuck, Abbu & Ammu at the Chittagong Club. built in the british colonial style, it still has its old charm. my dad finally gave up his membership last year - one can only become a member now if someone dies or gives up their membershipJul 25, 2006
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Chittagong city. so different now from when i lived there as a child. tall buildings everywhere, congested....Jul 25, 2006
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it was fascinating to watch these monster huge ships being taken apartJul 25, 2006
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these shipsJul 25, 2006
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most of this tanker has been taken apart, its insides exposedJul 25, 2006
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Abbu (my dad) and Chuck. the labourers in the distance are carrying a huge refrigerator. almost all manual labour here - everything is done by hand. no cranes to lift & move heavy objectsJul 25, 2006
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half this supertanker has been dismantled already. every part of the ship is going to end up getting used again - nothing is wasted here, everything possible is "recycled" in a poor country like bangladeshJul 25, 2006
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labourers in the shipbreaking yards, toiling away under the hot sun. apparently around 200,000 people work in the shipbreaking industryJul 25, 2006
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most of the supertankers of the world are taken apart in Bangladesh, here in Chittagong, by the Bay of Bengal. you can see the ships in the background that are being dismantled.Jul 25, 2006
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inside a shipbreaking yard. scrap metal piled upJul 25, 2006
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outside the shipbreaking yards, on the side of the highway. lifeboats from ships. all along this stretch of the highway, any salvageable items from the ships (other than the metal) are sold - from refrigerators to condiment bottlesJul 25, 2006
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bangladeshi trucks are colourfully painted, like the rickshawsJul 25, 2006
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brick factory in between the rice fields and the hills. the reddish stuff is all bricksJul 25, 2006
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dark heavy monsoon clouds gathering. look at the little goat hanging out by itself in the cornerJul 25, 2006
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