Guest Houses in Kolkata

... we were there we spent walking on the seaside promenade and down leafy streets lined with charming French-inspired buildings, churches, guest houses, shops and restaurants or eating. You can get French and European style food in many restaurants in the ...

... think very long how they got there in this crazy composition. Amazing. I joined there 2 Londoners friends who were my roommates in Goa. Guest houses were all full so I slept on a terrace for Rs50/night. I really wished I could stay longer in Hampi but I ...

... the Khosan Road of Kolkata...  I wouldn't go that far.  But it is a lively 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 ...

... completely oblivious to their fate and happily stood eating hay. The area was a mix of day to day life and travel agents or guest houses. We found a nice café called Blue Sky Café. The café had very good food at even better prices. This resulted in ...

... so it was nice to see where it was all growing and being picked.  The overnight train from New Jalpaiguri got us in to Kolkata at around 6am which left us with a full day.  We spent the morning seeing the India Museum which houses all sorts, ...

... and offers the arati while we all stand outside and the calling continues. I recognize one particularly sweet boy from the Kolkata Zoo outing and greet him affectionately. After finishing the arati, Baba leads us all on a walk through the ...

... supplies including refrigerated water. Very enterprising. Conversely there are some amazing big air conditioned shops and restaurants and better tea-houses and cafe's than Dublin. There's also a massive market 'New Market' but you do get a lot of ...

... 8hrs) and the arrival was a little late, around 5pm with the sun already down but welcoming us with a burning sky for sunset. Guest houses or budget hostels in our guidebook are described as the worse in the country and we witnessed it firsthand. We are ...

... of note, was our discussion of the profound effect that travel guide books like "Let's Go!" and "Lonely Planet" have on guest houses, hotels and restaurants all over the world. Indu discussed in detail how Saji Sanwri is included in Japanese and French ...

... merchants to a pre paid taxi stand and sent me off over the huge, purple lit Howrah bridge in the direction of the backpacker guest houses.     That evening I was in the mood to get pissed and have some fun with westerners. I got ...

... where people live, bathe, worship, etc. Behind the ghats is a maze of tiny, narrow alleyways wherein the shops and guest houses are located. It's a beautiful, if extremely confusing, city to wander through. Anyhow, our hotel was set amidst these twisting ...

... it. He lives for it. The last thing on our side was the fact that we had switched hotels yesterday. We are now in Kolkata's seediest but best known tourist street. To hear the driver repeat your destination without looking like you just walked on water is ...

... nbsp;    During this month long hectic schedule of rehearsals and performances we had a special guest come to stay with us to explore Kolkata and travel around North Eastern India. Daniella arrived near the beginning of the month and spend ...

Monday 24th October – Gelephu (Bhutan) – Kolkata (India)   Early breakfast. Do a bit of milling around with loading people and bags into 2 Suzuki vans and a car for the short trip to the border, where we have to wait a fair while, in ...