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lots of clay sculptures in a hut waiting to be painted and prepared for Durga Puja108 views
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local "hill tribe" woman selling blankets she had made. Bandarban is interesting as one of the only parts of Bangladesh where you see other ethnic types then deshis108 views
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Maynamati War Cemetary on the outskirts of Comilla. Allied (British, Indian, African, Canadian) and Japanese soldiers from WWII are buried here. so strange to think of them fighting and dying here.106 views
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stuck in a traffic jam on the highway105 views
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that's a sculpture of Durga inside this temple105 views
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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 membership103 views
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grave of a young Canadian soldier102 views
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inside a little hindu temple in Chandina, on the outskirts of Comilla101 views
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grave of an even younger British soldier. all the British graves had inscriptions from the families, unlike the graves of other Allied soldiers. The Japanese graves had only names (as enemy soldiers, maybe not much more info was available)100 views
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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 friends100 views
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we visited an old hindu Rajbari (palace of a hindu raja/ruler). this was the inner courtyard where they had music performances, dancing, etc.98 views
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looking down from the road into the edge of town95 views
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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 time94 views
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farmers preparing the land for rice planting. this is the countryside on the way to Comilla from Dhaka89 views
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us arriving at Him Chori, the hill top resort we were spending the night at88 views
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Anika on the steps of a big Buddhist temple overlooking the town88 views
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outside the Rajbari. Zaynah, Ammu, Abbu, Safwan & Raquien87 views
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huts built on the hill slopes, nestled among the trees87 views
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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 bottles86 views
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inside a shipbreaking yard. scrap metal piled up86 views
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grounds of the hotel where we stayed in Cox's Bazaar86 views
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a bunch of screaming kids on two boards with wheels roll down the hill past us85 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 tribal84 views
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