St. Paul's Cathedral Kolkata (Calcutta)

Kolkata (Calcutta) , West Bengal, India

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    Indian Streets

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    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 …

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    Kolkata - The Bakshi family - Part 2

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    ... Kolkata.  From the viewing height of a 16 storey building (the offices) we got some excellent views of Kolkata along with St Paul's Cathedral, the Victoria monument, and the new Vidyasagar Setu suspension bridge.  Then we went onto the Emporium ...

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    Can anyone find a good materials engineer?

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    ... 're curious - I can't even begin to wrap my head around some of these temples and the neighborhoods that surround them) and St. Paul's Cathedral.    Today we had a free afternoon and 5 of us jammed into a cab and went to the Kolkata ...

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    The Taj, the Ganges, and lots of Subway!

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    ... was nice to have Western food after so much Indian! Whilst we were in Kolkata we went to see the Victoria Memorial and St. Paul's Cathedral (it was weird seeing something that looked so English!) and we went out to Science City which was like an Indian ...

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    Week Three in Kolkata

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    ... hour) show in English. We arrived at 1230 so the man wouldn't sell us tickets until 1PM. We walked nearby to St. Paul's Cathedral. Even though it was closed until 330PM, we walked around the grounds. There are nicely tended flower gardens. The grounds ...

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    And so it begins...

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    ... buildings that the British built in their capital "Calcutta" sit alongside the flash shopping malls of modern India and the slums of old. St Paul's cathedral looks just like a Cambridge university college and the Victoria memorial, built in honour of our ...

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    So where's this black hole then??????

    ... I did manage to get to the Victora Memorial, a impressive colonial building I'll have you know. I also manged to see St. Paul's cathedral, the writers buildings and a host of statues!! You can go visit Mother Teresa's mission and tomb but I decided to ...

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    Run away with the circus in Kolkata

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    ... of it as we had expected. On our first full day we headed to the Victoria Memorial. It looks a little bit like St Paul's Cathedral and is set in some lovely grounds. Inside there is artwork and displays describing the history of Kolkata. We also went ...

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    KOLKATA

    ... I was there and everyone had to leave the room and they locked the doors until the power came back), Victoria Memorial, St-Paul's Cathedral, had dinner in a nice Indian restaurant and saw an Hindi movie!  The movie is a great hit right ...

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    Down Memory Lane

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    ... when it's installed. Fortunately we were on the ground floor! We did the main sites: the Victoria Memorial and St Paul's Cathedral and then took the Metro to explore further afield. We ended up in Kumartuli, where artisan sculptors create effigies ...