Maidan Kolkata (Calcutta)

Just south of B.B.D. Bagh to just north of Alipore, and from the Hooghly River to J. L. Nehru Rd. and the shops of Park St. Kolkata (Calcutta) , West Bengal, India - Phone: 2223-2451

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    Short stop in Kolkata

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    ... with some lights put on and off on Victoria Memorial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wir haetten um 8 in Kolkata sein sollen. Unsere 3-stuendige Verspaetung hat sich ueber Nacht aber auf eine ...

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    The Maidan

    ... in the gutters overnight. Bengali potbellies aired out in the evening.  People walk the city barefoot.   Down by the Maidan, watch a sleeping man with his baby monkey. The monkey performs for tourists, but in this heat there are no tourists ...

  • 3

    Cosmopolitan Calcutta

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    ... selling marigold for religious offerings, but there were also hibiscus, leaves, sunflowers, and many other tropical flowers. Calcutta is known as the art and culture hub of India, so we tried to soak up as much of this ever-changing scene as we could. We ...

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    Northern Highlights

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    ... was in the lonely planet, so after breakfast we set off. We walked through Park street and into the Maidan which is a massive section of park in Calcutta in which it seemed all kinds of sports where played there. There were horses that roamed the park. ...

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    The sights of Kolkata

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    ... doing very little.  So a little disheartened we looked to our lonely planet for some inspiration.  Kolkata is a large city even by India's standands with an excess of 13 million inhabitants but as we spent the morning strolling among the ...

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    Kolkata

    ... wife. They seemed very wealthy. He was a diabetic but had a box of sweets which he passed around.   When we arrived in Calcutta, we followed Mr. and Mrs. Ghosh out the station. A porter was carrying their luggage on his head. Leah and I stopped ...

  • 7

    Kolkata

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    ... some where even better for cheaper in another town nearby Kurseong - Cochrane Place, thanks to recommendation from Fairlawn. So anyway Calcutta is a bit full on but easy enough to navigate, first task was to buy those Darjeeling train tickets from a ...

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    Shout Out #31

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    ... stages of cluelessness. She caught her train and I continued wandering the city. The Maidan was the obvious destination. Sometimes called 'the lungs of Kolkata', the enormous park has several sports fields, athletic clubs, lots of grass, and ...

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    Take me back to the motherland: Kolkata

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    ... a six-string in quite some time. Monday, Ankit and I set 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 ...

  • 10

    First week in Kolkata

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    Sunday February 11 - Saturday February 17. We have had a week of packed days in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)- with jet lag/exhaustion/naps interspersed. We are THRILLED to be here. We arrived Sunday 11 Feb at 1:15AM, right on time. We were met ...