Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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Travel Blogs from Calcutta, West Bengal (315)

Tea, politics and a step back in time..., Kolkata (Calcutta), India travel blog
Tea, politics and a step back in time...
Apr 8, 2008

... through what seemed to be the beginnings of a political protest relating to the locals desire to secede from the state of West Bengal and create their own state of Gorkhaland.  Luckily we passed through without much delay. I enjoyed a freshly ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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Culture Shock, India Style, Kolkata (Calcutta), India travel blog
Culture Shock, India Style
Dec 22, 2003

... told not only by other travelers, but are also detailed in our guidebooks. I don't know about Sarah, but I entered India with a "mental lockdown" of preparedness - no accidental bump or person staring went without suspicion. Of course this is not only ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
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Bangladesh to India...On a cycle rickshaw, Kolkata (Calcutta), India travel blog
Bangladesh to India...On a cycle rickshaw
May 1, 2008

... days, a fellow volunteer and myself peddled a Bangladehi "vhan" across a third of southern Bangladesh, and into India to our final destination, Calcutta. We purchased a vhan which is a three wheeled cycle with a wooden flatbed commonly used in rural ...

A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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Bangladesh to India...On a cycle rickshaw, Kolkata (Calcutta), India travel blog
Bangladesh to India...On a cycle rickshaw
May 1, 2008

... days, a fellow volunteer and myself peddled a Bangladeshi "vhan" across a third of southern Bangladesh, and into India to our final destination, Calcutta. We purchased a vhan which is a three wheeled cycle with a wooden flatbed commonly used in rural ...

A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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