Posted in Bangladesh, random thoughts on May 2nd, 2012
A rusty chain threaded between the roots of a Banyan tree and a lock holding it all together – wonder what purpose this serves? Someone used to chain a bicycle or rickshaw to the tree for safekeeping?
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Posted in forest, nature, Sidhora, tree on Jul 15th, 2010
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Posted in nature, Tattapani, tree on Jul 15th, 2010
A majestic and massive Banyan tree at Tattapani – just to show the scale of this impressive specimen see how the person in this picture is dwarfed under the tree which actually spreads across the road and aerial roots have come down on the other side of the road as well [Click picture for larger [...]
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Posted in Bangladesh, Destruction, tree on Sep 17th, 2009
 Jhau trees felled Teknaf – Google News 30,000 of them! What a shame.
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Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Mahogany, nature, spring on Feb 21st, 2009
A week into Spring [9th day actually...it is the 9th of "Falgun" here]… and the Mahogany pods are beginning burst and shed their whirly-bird seeds… … and the birds are having a ball
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