Experiential build up

So many experiences, so little blogging opportunity. We're nearly on the road to Cox's Bazar now - an overnight bus ride is in our near future. A few standout snippets from the last few days:
walking the narrow, lantern- lit hall of our Sundurban steamer ship before dawn, and hearing the voices of our wiry and tough ship hands speaking Bengali on the dark deck ... One of those moments when I was reminded just how remote and exotic our excursion is. The Sundurbans was ... calm, grey- brown waters, narrow canals, outings in a rustic motor boat, ducking wayward Mangrove tree roots
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Saying I like coconut and receiving juice from a bushel of fresh green ones liberated from a tree In Joymudi - the riverbank village we visited on said motorboat. We got to say what's up to the locals there, who live in mud huts with thatched roofs. They fish and gather. They are happy and pretty gregarious ... We enjoyed staring at each other. It's amazing how many barriers get broken down with smiles and impromptu juggling (thank you Jim Bailey). What else about our 4-day adventure through the national park? ... We experienced: Huge slick mud flats dense with palm trees royal Bengal tiger prints a very dusty crocodile roughing it with basic cold showers (or no showers) We hear lots of people visit the Sunderbans to calm their Dhaka-distressed nerves, and indeed we all dug getting some needed downtime.

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andrea barkan
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