Howrah Bridge Kolkata (Calcutta)

I really enjoyed Kolkata it was a real Cosmopolitan feel to it in comparison to everywhere else so far. Their doesn't seem to be any rickshaws in the center though instead it's all bright yellow cabs and old buses. These cabs and buses are great (I really am a petrol head) I love all the colors and take a trip on one of the buses to head over the …

This was the bit of India I was looking forward to the most, as I was introducing wifey to the family! I hadn't been to Kolkata for about 6 years and not seen some family for almost 16, so a visit was long over due.
We had a fantastic time, a special thanks to everyone for making us feel so welcome and looking after us so well, it was the …

Kolkata to us conjured up images of old British heritage intertwined with poverty. It ended up being a lot more than that. Lying near the border of Bangladesh, Kolkata is a Bengali city which contends for your attention everywhere you go.

It was an abrupt introduction to India with another late arrival and no accommodation. We were on our …

... training. We made our way riverside and took the ferry up and back in a quick trip across the Hooghly river with views of the Howrah bridge. By the time we hopped of the ferry it was starting to get dark so we headed back where we rested after the long ...

... zu finden, wenn man nicht mit dem riesen Rucksack herumlaeuft. Gemuetlich in die Stadt spaziert. Dazu muss man erst die Howrah Bridge ueberqueeren. Da laufen tausende Inder mit schweren Lasten am Kopf von einem Ende zum anderen. Und meist wirklich sogar ...

... ate and rested. Then out again, this time north to Mahatma Gandhi Road on a quest for the flower market under the Howrah Bridge. We got slightly lost and ended up walking through streets clogged with markets, first mat after mat of bananas, then ...

... ) are all the things we debated 30 years ago - sex education in schools etc. They have this amazing modern looking Sydneyesque bridge 'The Howrah bridge' here that you cannot take photos of! There's a lot a strange little rules here, like there's a ...

... says he'll help me find my way. He grasps my hand, leads me into the middle of the six-lane highway leading off of Howrah Bridge. An island of people gather here, some stranded trying to cross the road, some waiting to be picked up by passing city ...

... out on foot to explore the city, beginning in southern Kolkata near the Maidan, Victoria Memorial and ending up at the Howrah bridge in northern Kolkata.  The city is split by the Howrah river (Holy Ganges feeds into this) with most of the sights ...

... a disgruntled traveller from Montreal, Canada who was also doing the dash to Nepal, he'd had enough of India. I took a pre-paid taxi  across Howrah Bridge that had a welcoming banner sign tied to it sponsored by a telephone company and it read ...

... men are cutting up steel strips into small pieces for - what? - recycling? Whatever, they are hard at it! The Howrah Bridge has a long history, having been initiated by the Howrah Bridge Act in 1871. The earliest version was a pontoon ...

... in the river, but we didn’t get a decent look at them. We caught a river ferry (for 4.5 rupee or 6p) downstream to Howrah Bridge, and had a quick look at the flower market just under its eastern end. No one seemed to be buying much. We are ...

... carry parcels twice their size on their heads, and the pain they feel while doing this is absolutely palpable when one crosses Howrah bridge. There is also a large amount of rickshaw pullers - men who literally pull a carriage. Kolkata is infamous for ...