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Abbu buying fruits at the village market89 views
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view of the grounds from our hotel room balcony89 views
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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.89 views
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each of the 729 white pagodas contains a mable slab inscribed in Pali and they constitute the Tipitaka (sacred texts of Theravada Buddhism), so all 729 sabs together make up the one book. it took 9 years to complete the book89 views
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chuck dug this sign...89 views
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we had bought a paper hot air ballon, here we are inflating it to let it go89 views
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the Hong Kong skyline89 views
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at the night market street food stalls pick your seafood and they'll cook it for you89 views
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washing clothes, begnas tal, another of the lakes around pokhara89 views
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The professors getting ready to go on stage88 views
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at the Central Market - these women are selling some kinds of nuts88 views
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the lush tropical gardens at princess village88 views
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Cecilia, Tamer88 views
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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 objects88 views
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these ships88 views
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it was fascinating to watch these monster huge ships being taken apart88 views
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Bandarban is the hilly part of Bangladesh, very different from the rest of the country, which is mainly a network of river deltas. Part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts with dense jungles, the population is moslty tribal88 views
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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 memory88 views
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this girl at one of the pagodas had thanaka paste on her face in really cool looking leaf patterns88 views
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