Anika and Chuck on a rope and plank bridge over a lake180 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.142 views
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Ammy & Abbu (my parents) on the walkway up to a picnic spot127 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 deshis121 views
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looking down from the road into the edge of town105 views
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a bunch of screaming kids on two boards with wheels roll down the hill past us102 views
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us arriving at Him Chori, the hill top resort we were spending the night at101 views
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Anika on the steps of a big Buddhist temple overlooking the town101 views
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huts built on the hill slopes, nestled among the trees97 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 tribal94 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 contagious94 views
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Abbu buying bamboo shoots in the market94 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 away94 views
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Ammu & Chuck on the terrace of the temple built on he hightest hilltop near the town93 views
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old woman in hill tribe dress93 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.91 views
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woman working in a field on a steep hillside90 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.90 views
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we had stoppeed on a winding road to take some pictures of the countryside when...89 views
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