The 'guards'

On our walk through the grasslands, two crew from our boat donned brown safari suits, SKS rifles.....and an umbrella. Presumably the suits were for camoflauge so they could creep up to the tigers and scare them with their relic weapons from the 1940s.

The Sunderbans

October 17th 2007
Blogger Dougo We have just returned from a trip to the Sundarbans National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of mangrove forest, jungle, tidal rivers and grasslands. It was with great anticipation that we left Dhaka at around 9:30pm on Thursday, with our tour company, The Guide Tours. After viewing a pride of 20 odd lions in Africa, I was so hoping to get a glimpse on the reclusiv ... read more

Asia » Bangladesh

Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.... ... read more

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