A 12-kilometre stretch of beach north of Chittagong where end-of-life ocean-going ships are run aground and broken up by hand. From the road, you can see hundreds of vessels in every stage of dismantling — some still recognisable as tankers and container ships, others reduced to ribs and plates of steel.
Access to the actual yards is restricted and dangerous, but several roadside viewpoints along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Bhatiari give long views over the operation. Photography is officially discouraged. The visit is grim — the conditions for the workers are some of the worst in industrial labour — but it is also one of the most distinctive sights in Bangladesh.