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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 membership104 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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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 bottles87 views
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inside a shipbreaking yard. scrap metal piled up87 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 bangladesh85 views
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Chittagong city. so different now from when i lived there as a child. tall buildings everywhere, congested....85 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 objects81 views
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bangladesh doesn't produce steel. 80% of our steel is derived from the scrap metal from these ships81 views
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most of this tanker has been taken apart, its insides exposed80 views
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it was fascinating to watch these monster huge ships being taken apart79 views
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77 views
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labourers in the shipbreaking yards, toiling away under the hot sun. apparently around 200,000 people work in the shipbreaking industry76 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.74 views
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Chuck waiting by the side of our car while i''m taking photos72 views
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dark heavy monsoon clouds gathering. look at the little goat hanging out by itself in the corner71 views
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Karnaphuli River, by the side of which Chittagong City grew. look at all the ships here. the port is by the mouth of the bay of bengal, a little further down68 views
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bus passsing by us on the highway. they drive psychotically, you can see how beat up they get. rule of the road: if you are in a smaller vehicle, you move out of their way.65 views
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65 views
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rafts of bamboo floating down the river at dusk65 views
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65 views
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bangladeshi trucks are colourfully painted, like the rickshaws64 views
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this one pic shows rice in its different stages of cultivation/growth. each plot is in a different growth cycle63 views
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a bigger version of the baby taxi on the highway. used to travel from one village/town to another62 views
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brick factory in between the rice fields and the hills. the reddish stuff is all bricks61 views
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