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Chittagong city. so different now from when i lived there as a child. tall buildings everywhere, congested....90 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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Abbu buying fruits at the village market88 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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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 objects87 views
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it was fascinating to watch these monster huge ships being taken apart87 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 contagious87 views
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patterns created by crabs in the sand87 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 memory87 views
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most of this tanker has been taken apart, its insides exposed86 views
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these ships86 views
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the next morning, after breakfast by the verandah. we stayed in an air-conditioned bamboo hut built into the hillside. this verandah juts out way over the hillside and when u look down the bottom is so far away86 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 me86 views
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cooking food at a food-cart in a village market by the side of the highway85 views
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old woman in hill tribe dress85 views
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Abbu buying bamboo shoots in the market85 views
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Chuck, me & Ammu (my mom)85 views
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Anika and Chuck on hill overlooking the beach and forest below85 views
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