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Kolkata Puhaa hvor den lugter...og larmer...og er grim.. Efter en lang flyvetur med div. flyskift landede vi i Kolkata tidlig morgen. Planen var, at komme ud i verdens stoerste mangrove, som ligger faa timer fra Kolkata. Her skulle der vaere chance for at faa et glimt af den Bengalske tiger. Vi tog en taxi ind til det der ifoelge Lonley Planet var …
Kolkata's easily worth a day
... gallery to the left of the entrance. They are of three governors of India, Dalhousie, Hastings (I think), and Wellesley. They were all done in marble with excellent craftsmanship where you can see the folds in their garments and the wrinkles in their skin.
But that's not why I liked them. I liked the choices they made and how that panned out. All three wore trowsers. Dalhousie (who was apparently ...
Sudder St Kolkata here we come
... the palm leaves appears the classic Indian sun which I haven't seen since the early 70s…. a ball of red through the mist awaiting to heat the day….
Arriving in Calcutta is not so bad, a porter carries our bags to a taxi and since it is quite early the traffic is ok and we arrive at the Fairlawn Hotel in relative ease. Sometimes ones memory and the reality is the same and this is one of those times. I stayed here 40 years ago for a couple of ...
Highlight was Mother Theresa's Motherhouse
... busy hectic vibe which is exciting to watch, thankfully we find our way out of the maze of markets and back to our hotel but it was quite a day.
Next I visited the Victoria Memorial Hall again with Mary but also with Karney who we met a couple of times. He's a real interesting guy who is out filming ecological stuff, he says that there is not an actual sewage system in Kolkata and instead ...
Als je India overleeft.....
... de Indiase mannen heel tenger, waardoor je op zo'n moment rustig weg kunt lopen en kan zeggen dat hij maar iets harder had moeten roeien!
Inmiddels zijn we gearriveerd op onze laatste bestemming in India: Kolkata/Calcutta. Met nog talloze sporen van de Engelse overheersing is dit best een aangename stad: geen koeien op de weg, een stoep naast de straat, brede lanen en grote delen van de stad zijn afgesloten voor rickshaws. Het is ook erg fijn dat je niet ...
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