The Park Kolkata
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Day 4 Kolkata Test Match
... before catching up with the review of the day's play and the pundits view of where it all went wrong for India. We continue to be amazed that the Indian people we speak to seem not at all annoyed by the under-performing stars in their team. The crowd disperses peacefully after the match and we are stopped for conversation by supporters who praise the England players rather than condemn their own players. It is not a trait we are used ...
Cricket
... angesagt um zum Cricket Spiel zu kommen, irrt gewaltig. Es wird erst einmal gesprochen, dann wird im Internet das grosse Spiel Australien gegen Indien gesucht, welches zeitgleich laeuft. So werden uns aber zumindest schon mal ein paar Regeln erklaert. Gut zweieinhalb Stunden spaeter geht es dann tatsaechlich los, Mission: ein Cricket Spiel finden… Es wird zwar fast ueberall gespielt, aber es soll eigentlich ein gutes Spiel sein. Als wir den Schauplatz dessen endlich ...
The End of 2011
... live in Pondicherry and were on vacation in the mountains of north India, and returned to spend some time here in Kolkata. So while they were here, Gurujee took his nephew, Subhankar and the three of us to the Kolkata Museum. It is a famous museum in this part of the world and even though we have been here for more than three years, we had never visited it. It was great to see some historical artwork and architecture of ...
The City of Joy-Kolkata-Part 2
... Jakir, he was surprised that we came back, his smile priceless, we chatted for a bit, got his family some dinner again and then organised to meet the following morning as we were going to take him to the stationary shop to buy his schoolbooks and help him out a little.
We moved hotels today, we have enjoyed having luxury for the past five nights, now back to basics until we feel the urgent need for luxury again. Our new hotel Hotel VIP ...
Tour Guide Wars
... Finally a guy arrived with a piece of paper with my name neatly typed on it, even spelled correctly.He summonsed the car and off we went.
I'll try to describe Kolkata. Dirty dusty air, at least 50% of the buildings seem incomplete, 25% appear totally gutted, and 25% appear complete but in a state of disrepair. There are people everywhere, swarming, talking, buying, begging, standing waiting for something or other. We passed one building where thousands of people it seemed ...
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