Astoria Hotel Kolkata (Calcutta)

... happening in the name of religion. In Nepal, a couple of weeks ago, 200000 cattle were sacrificed to appease the God of War. How does that figure?
I took a picture of Jesus on the cross right next to the Temple, on the tower of a mission and smiled wryly. Jesus Thirsts.
We walked back to the metro and went to check out the planetarium. The best in India! We slept through a presentation of the solar system, narrated by a woman inflicting her voice in all the wrong places ...

... was er wel koud: op 2000 meter is een jas geen overbodige luxe. Maar nog altijd beter dan Nederland rond deze tijd dachten we zo ;)
Vervolgens zijn we gisteren richting Kolkata gegaan. Eerst met een shared-jeep de bergen uit gestuiterd (Lisette heeft het maar net overleefd) en vervolgens de nachttrein naar Kolkata. Het is verbazingwekkend hoeveel mensen er in een jeep kunnen en hoe hard hij dan nog ...

... the thinkpiece on the tuk-tuks. but you forgot to mention what happens to them when they are just too knackered for our indian cousins. Yes, they end up in Tanzania. Was in one in zzb [ZANIZIBAR] only a couple of weeks ago which was so decrepit that it needed 3 men to pull the diesel-lawnmower type pulley (plus experius in the back). It then travelled for about 200 ...

... of mythological and nature tales being told in dance and song. One of LDLM's goals is to deepen villagers' experience and appreciation for their own cultural heritage and natural surroundings. So it hires a traditional dance teacher to instruct the children and do the choreography. Participating in the festival gives these children training in traditional dance and other arts, and offers them a chance they would not otherwise have to learn more about, and be arrayed in that ...

... their
injures bigger and bigger. But sometimes we saw unique diseases what I
have not ever seen in my live before.



Unknown disease 1



Unknown disease 2



The same guy fixed



Unknown disease 3



The same guy. Fixing in froccess

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... so much green in India actually. Despite the beautiful surroundings...we didn't see a single kid...what's going on? Turns out we had turned up exactly at nap-time...ugh. After a tour of the grounds and seeing a bunch of sleeping children, we finally ran into some kids playing cricket...but you could tell everyone was still a bit groggy from having just woke up. The kids were great though and even though our time ...

... you, and you have watched me show up here, in front of you with no means of transport other than this vhan, therefore, I must have come here by means of this vhan." People would blink their eyes over and over again, attempting or wanting to understand this concept, but they somehow often appeared unable to understand and unable to believe it. Sometimes I was able to watch a mans face as he came to the moment of understanding of this ridiculous ...

... Indian airlines: Climbing to altitude, the air thinning, you'd be told you can buy an optional oxygen mask as the pressurization system's not working. It's 8000 rupees for foreigners and 3 rupees for Indian nationals and, if you don't, you'll die. The food would taste great but would be knocking on the inside of your ring piece before landing. And toilets? Yeah right, just drop a grogan in the isle when the cows aren't in your way, amongst the holycowshit. Cleaning ...

I arrived in Calcutta airport at noon after a two and a half hour flight from Bangkok. I exchanged some Thai Baht for Indian Rupees and then shared a taxi with an Austrian guy to the budget accomodation area of Sudder St. After a twenty minute obstacle course of dodging cows, dogs, rickshaws and groups of people, we arrived on Sudder St. The first three hotels I checked didn't have a single room available. The fourth one ...