Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

Travel Blogs from Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (303)

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

... this mindset by another traveller on the plane, Greg, who we decided to share a cab with to the main travelers hub in Kolkata, Sudder Street. He was meeting woman at the airport who had arranged a train ticket for him to meet with his girlfriend in Delhi ...

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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 ...

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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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Attractions in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (34)

Kalighat Kali Temple
Kalighat Kali Temple

Kalighat Rd, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

4.00

Victoria Memorial Hall
Victoria Memorial Hall

1 Queen's Way, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

4.00

Dakshineshwar Kali Temple
Dakshineshwar Kali Temple

PWD Rd, near Second Hooghly Bridge (Vivekananda Setu) Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

4.00

Mandarmani Beach
Mandarmani Beach

Bay of Bengal, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

4.00