Taj Bengal Kolkata (Calcutta)

... that has few parallel in the world. We left a maze of islands surrounded by endless stretches of water. Rich tidal creeks that provide diverse habitat such as channel sands, inter tidal mudflats, mangrove forests and animals of varied nature. Of all these ever, eluding Royal Bengal Tiger rules supreme.

Getting to the Sundarban: Calcutta is the gateway to the Sundarban. The nature of the terrain does not allow the Sundarban exploration by land. It has to be by boat or launch.

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Accommodation: 05 nights camping on trek & 04nights hotel in leh. (all

twin sharing)

Grade:- Moderate.

COST:- euro 390/ 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 ...

... eat vegetable food- it's bad to harm animals 7. women don't show their body (their dress is very colorful and quite elegant though). If you see some skin it's probably a fat belly (sign of richness) 8. you gotta look severe on a photo, don't smile! 9. it's ok to spit, ****, burp and clean your nose by blowing in the street (natural, afterall, right?) 10. no side mirrors on cars, it takes too much space. You ...

... ginger, fennel, cloves, pepper and cinnamon or any combination of these, for example just ginger. Lassi - A drink made of curd/yogurt can be mixed with fruit or salt but the plain sweet one is the best. Sweets - Are so sweet, a kind of fudge made of milk, batter dipped in syrup, sweet cream cheese balls or other things that seem to be made of ground cereals and nuts all great all the time, many are flavoured with pistacio and some are decorated with a fine silver foil ...

... check. ..... it goes on and on. If I were at home I would probably have put my foot down and demanded to see the woman I was sent to see. But I am in India and Noor is there....He would be absolutely offended if I made a scene and I don't want to cause him any embarassment....so I leave. Fuming. Noor puts us in a taxi....I think he cannot stand any more of it and we get back about 6pm. What a day. Tomorrow we leave for Orissa on a 6:30am flight.

... being mute audience in the cinema halls. For these people it is innovation, it is discovering the beautiful side of night if not life. We first dropped in at Tantra of the Park Hotel. We found young crowd having great time, beanbags rubbing shoulders with Rajasthani chic as Go-Go dancers added more color to the mélange of green and orange. Then we drove to The Big Ben at The Kenilworth Best Western Hotel. Simon found it as British as it get. This pub throws in an ...

... sense the magnificence, opulence, and regality of that time. The architecture is stunning, the cars are classic, the monuments impressive. In this day, it's all been left to decay, but you can envision it in its prime. The streets are crowded with taxis, rickshaws, and men pulling "carriages"- doing the work of an animal. On the one hand, it's demoralizing to a Westerner concerned about human rights, yet on the other hand, it provides work and an ...

... little place with a lot of foreigners and guest houses and restaurants, etc. Needless to say, I was paying Rs. 700 for a room not a foot wider than a scrawny single bed and wreaking strongly of freaking Indian bathroom mints (i.e. urinal cakes or whatever). Waking up the next morning, my immediate goal was to find better lodging. However, the dilemma was to find a better place at a lesser price. Fortunately, after about 6 - 7 tries, I found a ******, dingy ...

... the map from the local tourist center is wrong, and the locals couldn't follow it either, but it was good enough to give me the sorta right directions. I went south to the Marble temple but I was too early. There were sooo many people sleeping rough on the street. At one point there was a big crowd of cabbies haveing their morning bath in the roadside drain. There was 'fresh' water bubbling up and they were all in their undies washing themselves and their cabs ...