The Floatel Hotel Kolkata (Calcutta)

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... some 30 minutes of walking around and getting sent in many different directions by the locals...I was feeling pretty frazzled and unhappy. I began to think that India just didn't have any photo studios/shops around. FINALLY...after some dumb luck...I stumbled upon a place. The man taking the picture was rather incompetent. He originally wanted to take the picture with the green background from some random wall. I told him that it needed to be white. He then taped some white ...

... i.e. burn your thighs Safety features: Bar on right side prevents you falling out when driver makes a left turn at speed. No bar on left side, so hang on at roundabouts! Driver: Moustache is compulsory. Khaki-uniform. No shoes. Must not know where anything is or speak English (except for "HELLO RICKSHAW!!?"). Colour: Usually black and yellow in the big cities, but ...

... as the sun disappears and the half moon rises. It is all so silent, so deeply silent and peaceful. The only sound is the faintest rippling of water from the river. Along the land side of the levee are the tree starts planted by the SHGs. It is a thick planting, with four or five starts between the top and bottom of the levee, crowded closely to the next groupings on both sides. They have already grown to the size of small bushes, and healthy, very dark green leaves. When we return ...

... attention for<br>the things you are talking about. She was experiencing lack of English<br>knowledge but it was not a barrier in our communication. Sometimes we<br>did not really understand each other because she was not able to speak<br>English properly. She was one of the greatest persons I met in India.<br>India will be always associated with her in my mind. She was ...

... bed. No chance. I return to reception and raise my voice. He says he has 2 people who's flight has been cancelled and they have my room. I don't care, i tell him, thats not my problem. He suggests i return at 19.30 and my room will be waiting. I accept this as i can go window shopping ready for the real thing when i'm back in Calcutta. He asks me if i want to leave my bag behind reception and i accept. I look upon this as a sign of his willingness to cooperate. Off i go into ...

Those of you that have been reading my blog for a while, know that I went to Calcutta (Kolkata) around this time last year to volunteer for Baal Dan which is a charity ran by my close friend from Dallas...Tanya. By the way, click on the link in the previous sentence to read more about the wonderful work Baal Dan does and to donate to the cause. Anyway...the decision to return to Calcutta this year was a no-brainer ...

... west way" as it was aptly known to the volunteers because the road went west, and our journey to India began. If you can call it a road, we pedaled north for two days over a gravel/dirt/asphalt surface pock marked with two foot holes every ten feet before we got to some semi decent road for the remaining six days. On only the second morning the owner of the "hotel" where we stayed in Morelganj begged and pleaded with us not to continue our trip. He ...

... usually Rs10-12 and the bloke just stood there smiling, getting off on the fact that there was no way around it and he had me by the balls. I tried to cheer myself up by remembering that i'm off to NZ, this guy is stuck in the raw sewage pipe of the world. Getting on the plane was one of those &#8219;walk across the tarmac and up the portable stairs' jobs. &#8219;A moment of beauty i thought' looking up at the gleaming white Singapore Airlines Boeing 777. A rare chance to ...