First morning that we set out in the Sundarban we had toload up on fish and ammunition. We got a skiff from our boat and motored up a channel. We stopped at this village. The adults and children greeted us warmly and we began to realize this would be the case every where.
This is a very primitive village. The little electricity that they have comes from a small generator. The village is located at sea level, as is most of the country. Even though we are some hundred miles from the sea the tides bring the water level to just a few feet below the village. We all wondered what it was like here, for these children when a typhoon hits and the level of the ocean raises dramatically.
The Sundarban is a tidal swamp. The worlds largest Mangrove forest. Essentially a vast river delta, as is most of Bangladesh.
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