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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 tribal63 views
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woman working in a field on a steep hillside63 views
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Chittagong city. so different now from when i lived there as a child. tall buildings everywhere, congested....62 views
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when their little wheeled sled got to the bottom of the hill, they came running back up to meet us & they were very excited. their excitement was contagious62 views
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patterns created by crabs in the sand62 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 memory62 views
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Abbu buying fruits at the village market61 views
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inside a shipbreaking yard. scrap metal piled up61 views
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view of the grounds from our hotel room balcony61 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 bottles60 views
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one of the tribal villages in Bandarban. about 12 different "tribes" live in this area, each with their own distinct language, clothing, and culture. they're Buddhist mainly, also christian & animist60 views
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Chuck & I were caught in a storm earlier and completely drenched. i had to buy this Burmese lungi from the market because i had no dry clothes on me60 views
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these ships59 views
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Chuck, me & Ammu (my mom)59 views
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hanging out with the village kids58 views
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look at all the Argentina flags! these flags were all over Bangladesh showing support for the fav World Cup team. Pretty remarkable open-mindedness considering I've never seen non-US flags in the US57 views
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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 bangladesh57 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 objects57 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 town57 views
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old woman in hill tribe dress57 views
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me, Ammu and Chuck by the Naaf River56 views
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