Bangla Chronicles - Day 15


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The next field trip has finally been scheduled and our plan is to visit the Eastern (north to south) regions of Bangladesh. This will cover the areas of

1) Sylhet - Srimongal (tea garden region), Sylhet (hilly areas) and Sunamganj (called Haor in the local tongue, which means that this region is completely flooded during the monsoons),

2) Comilla - Chandpur and Noakhali (both Char regions) and

3) Chittagong - this is where I'm hoping to see some ship breaking (see pix), follow this link for videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZiKBKnesnU).





During this trip, we will be joined by one of our professors from CSU. This trip will cover a diverse geographical region of Bangladesh from the low lands that get flooded to the high lands where the mountains start to rise as you head towards India.
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timepilot said…
I am very excited to join you next week. The travel looks extremely interesting. The sense of scale at the ship breaking yard is unimaginable.
June 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Mitesh G said…
Awesome!! We too are excited to have you join us at this juncture of the trip. Get your sunscreen lotion on before we head out. Cheers.
June 6, 2008 at 5:33 AM
Anonymous said…
Edward Bertynsky's? movie was showing in ABQ. several months ago but didn't get a chance to see it. Perhaps it is on video.

Stay cool and post some descriptions of the cultural and natural landscapes when you have time! Yazoo
June 9, 2008 at 3:49 PM
Anonymous said…
Are you eating tremendous food?

Pritha
June 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM
colours said…
hey, i have seen this clip.. there are many more of it... this guy has done amazing work on manmade landscape...though i havent able to see documentry yet which won award in 2006... watch it if u havent.. if u dont have will pass on when we meet.
June 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
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