Omar Hotel & Resort Kolkata (Calcutta)

... on trek & 04nights hotel in leh. (all twin

sharing)

Altitude: Maximum 4870 mts. Average 3800 mts.

Grade : Moderate.

COST:- euro 500/ PP.

Our Service Includes:

Airport transfers.

Hotels in Leh (twin sharing rooms with breakfast).

Group transportation by private vehicle non AC.

On trek; Delicious meals, horse portering, local staff, Spacious two men

Indian “A” shape tents, toilet tents ...

... temple (we were only asked for our picture 2x) and right before we were getting ready to leave a family came up to us and one of the women started talking to us in Bengali or Hindi.  We tried to communicate that we couldn't understand her but she didn't seem to phased by that and kept talking.  Finally someone came to our aide and was acting as a translator.  Turns out she was trying to tell us how beautiful we were and we ended up taking a picture with them.  After the snaps (Indian ...

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... traffic . He's using the horn enough to cause a road rage incident in the states. However he manages our place in the race while avoid any accidents. There are lots of small businesses, restaurants, and piles of trash. At one point I happen to see what looks like an old parking lot with four feet of garbage with people digging through it and the largest Brown Hawks I have ever seen. Calcutta is now beginning to open up, not ...

... game for a bit then wandered back across the huge parks. We walked past various clubs including the East Bengal club established in 1920. It may have been established back then but they need to move with the times and update the name. As we're all aware, East Bengal is now known as Bangladesh!! Tomorrow we're off for a quick taster of the cooler lands of Bhutan in the Himalayas. But don't worry Kolkata, we'll be back in a week to say goodbye.

... train going almost to the boarder of Pakistan a desert area. We caught the train just before 6pm and will arrive just before 1pm tomorrow. The weather is hot and muggy and most likely will be the same at the place we are going to. This train is a sleeper so we will sleep overnight. It was a tough day for Terri and me, we were hot and tired, no taxi wanted to take us to Old Delhi where the train station is. We are sharing our train compartment with people from ...

... grandest piece of architecture, but probably isn't lauded so much due to it being dedicated to a fat, dead British queen rather than an Indian princess. In fact, a lot of the nicer buildings around the city are vestiges of the British Raj (does that sound imperialist?), but many have fallen into neglect to give them their own, grimy Calcuttan quality. By the end of our stay then, we were starting to see how some have affectionately termed Calcutta "the city of joy" (and ...

... with the girls and bought some pillow case covers and some birthday cards then went on the search for some cool bells that one of the other girls had bought... I eventually found them but the best thing i found in the process was an Indian and Sri Lankan patch for my backpack! When shopping was over i met the others for a final meal at Haifa where i had a great plate of hot chips then we went back ...

... train. Doing laundry wasn't an option. Not with that kind of humidity and a room without windows. Kolkata would be a great city to visit any other time of the year. In June it's good for about a day. I bought my papaya and chai, and walked around before the sun went higher. Once the temps started to rise I got a train ticket to Darjeeling and found some a/c. The remainder of the day was devoted to writing and people watching in a variety of cafes, restaurants, and ...

Ok, so yesterday was spent knocking around waiting for the train at 5pm. The sun came out in the afternoon but until then I was absolutely freezing. They don't have any heating inside at all here.



I sat in the Everest Cafe drinking hot chai masala and reading a borrowed book until a French girl sat next to me and we got talking. She was also on the overnight train to Kolkata. Her name is Alexandra and though we weren't in the same carriage we arranged ...