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Last additions - Cox's Bazaar |
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Jul 25, 2006
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vibrant green rice fields - standard countryside scene in most of bangladesh (slowly & sadly disappearing because of population pressure & development)Jul 25, 2006
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Jul 25, 2006
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kids hanging out in the templeJul 25, 2006
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Abbu and old woman on steps to templeJul 25, 2006
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old Burmese khyang, a Buddhist temple, in the village of Ramkot (near Cox's Bazaar). the temple is built on top of the hill - we chatted with the monk and other people there who were all very niceJul 25, 2006
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you could find these immense trees "bot gaach" all over the villages of bangladesh at one timeJul 25, 2006
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one of my young teenage cousins, Yasser, died in the ocean a few years ago. this life guard station (behind us in the photo) was built in his memoryJul 25, 2006
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Jul 25, 2006
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Cox's Bazaar, on the southern coast of Bangladesh, has the longest natural beach in the worldJul 25, 2006
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Jul 25, 2006
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Jul 25, 2006
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you can see the crab at the center of the pattern. they run out, scoop up sand into little balls and place them into rows... filtering the sand for food i assume.Jul 25, 2006
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patterns created by crabs in the sandJul 25, 2006
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Chuck, me & Ammu (my mom)Jul 25, 2006
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the beach. mostly deserted in the summer since there are so many cyclones in the bay of bengal in the monsoon season, and the indian ocean is treacherous at this timeJul 25, 2006
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view of the grounds from our hotel room balconyJul 25, 2006
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grounds of the hotel where we stayed in Cox's BazaarJul 25, 2006
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