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labourers in the shipbreaking yards, toiling away under the hot sun. apparently around 200,000 people work in the shipbreaking industry103 views
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Chittagong city. so different now from when i lived there as a child. tall buildings everywhere, congested....103 views
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huts built on the hill slopes, nestled among the trees103 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 bangladesh101 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 objects101 views
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woman working in a field on a steep hillside100 views
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Abbu buying bamboo shoots in the market100 views
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Abbu buying fruits at the village market99 views
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these ships99 views
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it was fascinating to watch these monster huge ships being taken apart99 views
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railway crossing in the little town98 views
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rickshaws in the bustling small town market98 views
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most of the supertankers of the world are taken apart in Bangladesh, here in Chittagong, by the Bay of Bengal. you can see the ships in the background that are being dismantled.98 views
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we stayed in a cabin above the main lodge/dining area. this is one of the many shots of the amazing view from the balcony of the lodge.98 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.98 views
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Ammu & Chuck on the terrace of the temple built on he hightest hilltop near the town98 views
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old woman in hill tribe dress98 views
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