The Tower Kolkata (Calcutta)

... eluded us. We met Gagan Majhi. Muktar told us that tiger mauled him while he was fishing. He still carried deep scar on his back. Gagan did not take his shirt off. After he was mauled, he had become an exhibit for the visitors. He told us his story.

Gagan told “We were seven fishermen fishing near Kalir Chak. I was the least experience in tackling tiger attack. It was late in the afternoon when Paran Majhi was attacked from behind by the tiger that tried to drag ...

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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 ...

... just looks out for themselves. If they are ok, that is all that matters. Also, even after you agree on a price for something (ex: taxi or motel room), they change the price after and make you pay more.

We tried to get tickets for the night train to Siliguri in northern India, but the soonest available train is tomorrow night. So, we mainly prayed and worshiped, and God gave us many encouraging words for out team as well as our time here in India.

... that the booking was made for the night before and that they had no rooms for tonight. Not even a stable. Jeremy is pretty sure this was not his fault, but not being 100% sure, we wearily rang another hotel in the planet to see if they had a room, which they did. Not knowing where it was, a man from the hotel we originally booked offered to drive us there for 50Rp after browbeating a rickshaw driver not to take us. Neither of us trusted him as he was ...

... meeting and decided to lend the money to the woman and her family. Rs. 30,000 is a VERY big deal for these poor rural villagers. (Baba said it would be equivalent to about $300,000 to us in a city in terms of its ratio to our income and our ability to pay it back.) At the meeting, the members had to seriously grapple with the question of what would happen if the family couldn't pay the money back. Since this loan would be made outside of the SHG rules, failure to ...

... of her. But I get a blessing and am encouraged to make a hefty donation (I don't, but he insists I write down a massive figure in the book anyway). He wishes me a happy marriage and happy life, and insists that I am beautiful like I am only 23, so will surely find a marriage soon. We are also almost swindled on our way in, which is always the funniest part of any trip. I'm not sure what the point of this particular swindle is. A Brahmin ...

... feet. Religious people and guides at each step kept asking for more money which was really annoying. Who is legit? It's ok to pay a little to see a temple but you can't keep asking for more and more money after we've already given! They try to trick Westerners into dropping 1000 or at least multiple hundreds! We are, as always, walking money-bags in their eyes. The actual Kali shrine was kind of hard to see over the crazy Indians pushing in and being excited. It helps that ...

... no templo a imagem eh soh uma pedra com 3 olhinhos alaranjados. por sorte fui num dia propicio. ao inves de uns poucos sacrificios de bodes teve mais de 100 sacrificios num unico. vc tem q entrar no templo descalco e tinha sangue espalhado pra todo lado. como uma religiao q prega o vegetarianismo realiza sacrificios de animais eu nao sei?

... Indian hospitality. We went to his father's business (which is in the craziest/busiest part of the city!) and Akash also took us to the Jain temples. His family is Jain and he explained the beliefs of Jains (for one, very strict vegans), and guided us around the beautiful temples - and do I mean beautiful (white marble and jewels)! Besides roaming around Kolkatta with Akash (and we did that a lot), we found ourselves ...

... the other hotel sat on crates against the wall smoking cigarettes. Another employee washed dishes with water from a hand pump. As I walked by, one more employee hustled by with a plate of food. The kitchen was on the opposite side of the road as the hotel. A little storefront selling packages of cookies, crackers, laundry soap, calling cards, and much more marked the end of the alley. Turning right onto Chowringhee Lane I passed a line of cart-pullers wanting to show me the ...