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  Cox's bazaar, Bangladesh
Saturday, April 22, 2006

As we has seen all the sites in Chitters, we decided to take Andrew for a quick visit to Cox's Bazaar. It was meant to have a beach, but according to the LP, Lucy would be unable to wear her bikini, so it seemed like the place to be.

What started out as a little trip for the three of us, moved to eight. Pete, Mel, Bernie, Paul and Tim, all Aussies, decided that they needed to get away as well. The bus took off, and we were down the back, and within the first couple of hours, the spew bags were being used, and not by a local, but by Pete. It was coming out thich and fast, and three bags later, he had finished !!! Not long after, we had arrived. And just like shit to a blanket, the cycle rickshaws mobbed us. We sidestepped around them and found our hotel, complete with pool on the roof. We met ten minutes later and headed off to see some Buddhist monasteries. What a complete fuck up that turned out to be. Five richshaws, convoy style, and there is only one road to go up, and within thirty seconds, ours and Andrew's had lost the other three !!! So we made our way, on our own, and not long after, we found them, only to read a sign that stated that they were closed. Amazingly, the Tacka, the local currency did some talking and we were in. There were no photos allowed, but it was nice to see the images, which had mainly been funded by the Burmese Government. They were also built in the Burmese style. Once back at the hotel, the other three rickshaws eventually arrived back. It seems that their drivers were fuckwits and went somewhere else !!! So it made sense to go to the beack, at least we wouldn't get lost. The three of us set out, as the others went for lunch. Along the way, we crashed a little cricket game. The bat was home made, and the fielding from the locals was crappy. Maybe this is why the Bangers team is so shit !!! The others caught up, and we went for a nice swim in bath water temperature but very salty sea water. You can only take so much, so we went back to the roof of the hotel and swam in the pool. Down below in the local field, there were loads of cricket games going on. I convinced Andrew to come down, so we kind of invited ourselves into a limited over game. My side batted first, and we were scoring loads of runs, until a little boy took a one handed screamer, which brought me into bat. After blocking the first two, I attempted a quick single, which there was no response from my partner, and I was runout !!! I did a Ponting and gave my partner a mouthful, and copped abuse from all of the aussies watching. The locals nicknamed me Ponting at first !!! Which was better than Andrew's, Dav Whatmore !!! It moved onto Gillespie quite quickly, but they didn't understand that I didn't have a mullet !!! Andrew went first ball, and that was the first game over, with us winning quite easily. The second, I opened, and was scoring quite heavily, until I ran out of partners. Andrew's side once again went down, and with that, the cricket had finished.

As this is the coastal area of Bangers, there were some amzingly huge hotel/resort complexes down here, with a complete lack of tourists about. As this was about a 15 minute cycle rickshaw away, we all decided to go to a seafood restaurant for dinner. Now, there was nobody in the restaurant when we arrived, and we gave our orders, which by chance, were exactly the same, but the people here still managed to kind of fuck up. It also took ages for the food to come, but the food was faultless. In fact, I think it was the best meal that I have had in Bangers so far. Once finished, we tried to get some cycle rickshaws to take us home. It was quite hard, I just don't get the fact that we offer them money, but they are unwilling to take it !!!

Andrew was leaving us this morning, so we took a quick trip up to see the Buddhist Stupas. Once again, they were very Burmese in style. As we walked back, we came across a squashed dog lying in the middle of the road. As it was a dog, and they are thought of as a lowly creature in the world of Islam, it was just left there to rot. Typical of this country. So we dropped him off at the bus station, and said goodbye, until god knows when. Could be in Aus, could be in the UK, or it could be in some little corner of the world, where people are not expected to go. It was great to catch up with him, and sad to see him go, but hopefully, we wwon't wait as long next time. Ah, the people you meet in the travelling world. Once he was gone, we packed our bags in preparation for the trip back to Chitters. There was still a one day game to see, and we have now decided to go and see that.

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Cox's - 001 - Buddhist Monastery	Cox's - 002 - Gold Stupa	Cox's - 003 - White Stupa	Cox's - 004 - White Stupa
Cox's - 005 - Two White Stupas	Cox's - 006 - Old Stupa	Cox's - 007 - Andrew Riding a Rickshaw	Cox's - 008 - Beach and Pier
Cox's - 009 - Lucy and Andrew	Cox's - 010 - David and Andrew	Cox's - 011 - Lucy on the Beach	Cox's - 012 - A Boy and a Stack of Papers
Cox's - 013 - David and the Papers	Cox's - 014 - David Playing Cricket	Cox's - 015 - Andrew Playing Cricket	Cox's - 016 - Playing With Some Kids
Cox's - 017 - Lucy and Some Girls	Cox's - 018 - Cricket in the Park

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