Anika and Chuck on a rope and plank bridge over a lake189 views
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Chuck as a foreigner had to sign in at army checkpoint to enter region. local tribals have kidnapped a few foreigners/prominent locals in past for ransom, they are seeking their own autonomous region.150 views
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Ammy & Abbu (my parents) on the walkway up to a picnic spot135 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 deshis131 views
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a bunch of screaming kids on two boards with wheels roll down the hill past us113 views
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Anika on the steps of a big Buddhist temple overlooking the town113 views
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looking down from the road into the edge of town111 views
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us arriving at Him Chori, the hill top resort we were spending the night at107 views
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huts built on the hill slopes, nestled among the trees105 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.105 views
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104 views
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Abbu buying bamboo shoots in the market103 views
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woman working in a field on a steep hillside102 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 contagious102 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 tribal101 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.101 views
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Ammu & Chuck on the terrace of the temple built on he hightest hilltop near the town101 views
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old woman in hill tribe dress101 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 away101 views
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99 views
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the family, with Chuck wearing the conical farmer hat he got in the market. he had obsessed about finding one after seeing them everywhere in the Chittagong region.99 views
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