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another temple in the complex110 views
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lots of clay sculptures in a hut waiting to be painted and prepared for Durga Puja109 views
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stuck in a traffic jam on the highway108 views
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that's a sculpture of Durga inside this temple108 views
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Maynamati War Cemetary on the outskirts of Comilla. Allied (British, Indian, African, Canadian) and Japanese soldiers from WWII are buried here. so strange to think of them fighting and dying here.108 views
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inside a little hindu temple in Chandina, on the outskirts of Comilla105 views
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grave of a young Canadian soldier104 views
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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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grave of an even younger British soldier. all the British graves had inscriptions from the families, unlike the graves of other Allied soldiers. The Japanese graves had only names (as enemy soldiers, maybe not much more info was available)101 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 friends101 views
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we visited an old hindu Rajbari (palace of a hindu raja/ruler). this was the inner courtyard where they had music performances, dancing, etc.100 views
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looking down from the road into the edge of town97 views
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the beach. mostly deserted in the summer since there are so many cyclones in the bay of bengal in the monsoon season, and the indian ocean is treacherous at this time96 views
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farmers preparing the land for rice planting. this is the countryside on the way to Comilla from Dhaka92 views
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outside the Rajbari. Zaynah, Ammu, Abbu, Safwan & Raquien91 views
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grounds of the hotel where we stayed in Cox's Bazaar90 views
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us arriving at Him Chori, the hill top resort we were spending the night at89 views
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Anika on the steps of a big Buddhist temple overlooking the town89 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 bottles88 views
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inside a shipbreaking yard. scrap metal piled up88 views
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huts built on the hill slopes, nestled among the trees88 views
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a bunch of screaming kids on two boards with wheels roll down the hill past us88 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 bangladesh87 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 tribal86 views
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