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Travel Blogs from Kolkata (Calcutta)
Kolkata - CIty of Very Little Joy
Thought I'd dropped off the planet, didn't you? Well, it was tempting - Anjuna is that sort of place. We started each day by walking down to the beach for breakfast - masala omelettes aand fresh fruit juice. Guy favoured the pineapple and orange; I was keen on the lemon and mint. After that, some days we hired a motorbike and tried a different …
Kolkata - karaoke, lap-dancing and a graveyard.
I took the Toy Train all the way down from Darjeeling - another 8 hours and not quite as inspiring as the trip up but still preferable to 3 bone-shaking hours wedged into a 4x4 on the hairy mountain roads. I had a couple of hours to wait in NJP and there on the platform was a Western couple, Brendan and Louise, who were on a long trip around India …
'The Best of India'! Now That's Awesome
... cinnamon, aniseed etc.
· Falooda: A layered drink of milk, fruit, noodles, cream etc.
Crazy ‘Only in India’ things
· Cows roaming the street, eating rubbish, pooping everywhere, with the crazy traffic dodging this holy animal.
· Photo shoots: everywhere we went in India the locals would want a photo with us. We were like celebrities.
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The End of 2011
... Subhojyoti again. The concert had a decent sized audience and as we were the first performers of the evening, we had the opportunity to set the ambience and stage for the rest of the evening. As with the last concert, our performance went very well, but in a few different ways. The sound was much different; as it will always vary, this is something that we are learning to deal with concert to concert. Another factor was ...
Oh Calcutta
... goods now, i know you will come back and pay later."
How wonderfully trusting, this was a big sale by his standards and yet he was happy to let me take the goods from his store and come back later. Of course, if I don't pay he could come and ask at the hotel as he knows where i am staying, however I think there's a good chance of me getting away with it.
He he - gotcha again. I'm being naughty as I come to the end of my holiday and my ...