Rangamati & Kaptai Lake (March 2007) |
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Rangamati is located in what is called 'Chittagong Hill Tracts' and is a recommended place to visit and see another Bangladesh. Here the Buddhist and tribal influence is still important and without any doubt the Kaptai Lake ans its small tribal villages are worth a visit.
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Rangamati over Kaptai LakeView of some houses of Rangamati over the Kaptai Lake during March, dry season, when its water level is at their lowest point.
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On the TerraceSmall children spending some time watching people on the streets from his terrace.
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Kaptai Lake TransportationOne of the several boats that are used by local people to move from small villages spreaded around Kaptai Lake to go to Rangamati.
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Black BirdBlack bird over some bambu sticks in Kaptai Lake.
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Tribal Family in Kaptai LakeA family collecting plants and with children playing around in Kaptai Lake.
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Children GamesYoung children snapped while playing in the riverside of one of the small islands in Kaptai Lake.
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BodyguardWell...according to the government, travelling around Kaptai Lake is dangerous?!?! So... you only can do it with an escordguard... funny and famous for a day!
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Tribal Woman in Kaptai LakeLocal woman from the tribal villages located on Kaptai Lake with their traditional clothes.
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Improvised GarageIn the middle of the lake, over one of their small islands only connected by boat, the easy and probably the only way to repair a tractor is to join several people from the villages and improvise a garage to try to repair it.
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Fishing in Kaptai LakeTwo family members fishing in a traditional way in Kaptai Lake.
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Up to the Village!Access staircase to one of the villages scattered along the small islands over Kaptai Lake that now, during dry season when the water level is really low; is a long and hard to reach it walking upstairs.
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Beautiful KaptaiView of the beautiful Kaptai Lake with its small islands and lands not covered by water during March.
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Boat BusBoat travelling between Rangamati and the villages in Kaptai Lake; the unlucky ones over the rooftop with a curious way to protect themselves from the sun.
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Buddhist Monastery CanteenCanteen Room in a Budhhist Monastery, Bana Vihara, in the outskirts of Rangamati.
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Hospital's RoomMain room of a small but clean and new hospital near the Bana Vihara used mainly by Chakma People. Visiting this hospital, luckily empty, with some monks as guides was a very rewarding experience and totally recommendable.
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Whos is there??Young children from a small tribal village in Kaptai Lake curiouos about who is on the street.
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From the SchoolChildren welcoming visitors from inside a class in a small school located in one of the villages in kaptai Lake around Rangamati.
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A long wayA water buckets seller carrying the goods along the paths between small villages around Rangamati.
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Watermelon DistributorWatermelon seller with his boat totally full of watermelons to be sold in Rangamati.
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WatermelonsView of some boats totally full of watermelons that will be sold in Rangamati markets.
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Visit to a SchoolSmall school located in one of the tribal villages in Kaptai Lake. Beautiful and friendly children that gave an incredible welcome to a foreigner.
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Students from Kaptai LakePicture of two student girls in a small village in Kaptai Lake.
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Young Student GirlYoung and good student girl, even with a foreigner inside the class the girl continued doing her work.
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