the family, with Chuck wearing the conical farmer hat he got in the market. he had obsessed about finding one after seeing them everywhere in the Chittagong region.81 views
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we had stoppeed on a winding road to take some pictures of the countryside when...79 views
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the road to the next town above was cut off by a mudslide. this is the rainy season and we saw many mudslides, and a couple houses that had been destroyed by one.79 views
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Sangu River, along which the town of Bandarban lies78 views
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boats & bamboo rafts carry people & their goods to market & to different villages. the people on the roof & inside in the boat on the bottom right are waiting to go back to their villages at the end of the market day in town78 views
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we saw a couple girls in the market with these swirls of white paste on their faces, they looked very ritualistic. when we asked what it was, they said it was an acne prevention treatment ;)78 views
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Chuck & Abbu checking out the market76 views
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market day in town. the women all line the streets selling fresh vegetables, etc75 views
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Bablu Bhai (standing behind Anika), manager of the resort, was kidnapped by tribal guerillas a few years ago & held for 3 months in the forest. but they treated him very nicely. guerillas are armed w/ American guns left behind in Vietnam74 views
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the woman with the pink scarf around her head is smoking a pipe, while we were wandering around town, we asked how to say thank you. we got 3 different answers from 3 people we asked - each tribe speaks a different language69 views
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