Hotel Akash Ganga

1 Orient Row, Near Park Circus, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, 700017, India | Hotel

Travel Blogs from Kolkata (Calcutta)

Our first experience of Indian Railway

A travel blog entry by vicky_jade

1

... able to get us any tickets for that night. Fair enough, we would wait until the following day. However, he would really prefer if we didn’t go in the regular sleeper carriage; AC was much safer. The toilets would be useable in that carriage, whereas the cheaper carriages were unbelievably disgusting, and the people in that carriage would be more accustomed to seeing white people and so would give us less hassle. Otherwise we were facing the prospect of ...

This is India

A travel blog entry by julie_sam42

17

... ve been, and the city is incredibly loud, busy and pretty dirty. But it is also a very colourful place, with the beautiful saaris and jewellery that women wear and the yellow taxis that are everywhere.

After landing ok, we got a bus then the subway to the Sudder Street area, where all the cheap accommodation is found. We went past some of the infamous Kolkata slums on the bus. We checked into a very rundown guesthouse and met up with Kinko again. ...

Tradition in New Light

A travel blog entry by shaynayoung

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83

... thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair.

I have no sleep to-night. Ever and again I open my door and lookout on the darkness, my friend!

I can see nothing before me. I wonder where lies thy path!

By what dim shore of the ink-black river, by what far edge of the frowning forest, through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading thy course to come to me, my ...

Tebak te bynnelsn :)

A travel blog entry by trine.eugenia

23

... grilla delt i to ... svooosj 27 inr ;)
hahahaha fiine frokostn ;)

Vi har bærre tussla rund å absorbert i dag , sett alt i gatan rundt vi ikke fikk me oss sist. HAndla te jæmme frokost i mår ;)

Men lunsjn vårres .. oh lordiii .. lunsjn vårres ... vi har jo egentli konkludert me at vi e lei av indisk .. å d e ikke så rart .. vi har spist koktegrønnsaker i saus i 3 mnd ..
så idag va d litt sånn ka fan .. vi et kjøtt .... eller kyllekylle ...å ætter tiliere ...

A Holi-day on Holiday

A travel blog entry by jameshardy88

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127

... I had not had a single chinese meal on my trip but today I had two, one for lunch and one for dinner. The evening meal was certainly alot more fancy, but being frugal we got a very decent meal without totally destroying our bank accounts. I had some sweet and sour prawns and szechuan pork with some house special fried rice and it was lovely.

Day 50: Thursday March 8th

Today was to begin on a sad note as Ben left very early in the morning to catch ...

Traveler rating: 2.5/5 Fair (10 reviews)

Location

This hotel, located on 1 Orient Row, Near Park Circus, Kolkata (Calcutta), is near Howrah Bridge, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar), and MP Birla Planetarium.
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