Kolkata, India

Travel Blogs from Kolkata (470)

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

... onto the back. We headed off to Siliguri then NJP train station where I was due to pick up my overnight train to Kolkata at 20:00.   Arrived with minimal complication, and even though the weather had been slowly heating up as we headed down ...

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 ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
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Brief, Kolkata, India travel blog
Brief
Oct 15, 2008

... update the name.  As we're all aware, East Bengal is now known as Bangladesh!!   Tomorrow we're off for a quick taster of the cooler lands of Bhutan in the Himalayas.  But don't worry Kolkata, we'll be back in a week to say goodbye. 

A travel blog entry by lucinate
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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

... For eight 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 ...

A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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Forum Discussions on Kolkata (22)

Increased Tourist Attraction
Posted on Jul 15, 2008, 01:13:14
... university in India. Nagpur Railway station is important Railway junction for connect the four corners of India (i.e. Delhi, mumbai, Chennai&Kolkata). Nagpur has the international Airport was renamed Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar international Airport.
Bangkok-Kolkata flights...?
Posted on Jan 23, 2008, 05:43:01
... , so we know it's almost certainly an issue their end. OR does anyone have another idea? our plan is to fly to kolkata, take a train to varanasi, then another to agra, then another to delhi and fly to kathmandu - we've already got this flight so ...
Airline for India .. Thailand
Posted on Dec 23, 2006, 08:57:26
... airlines fly to Bangalore, sorry Bengaluru as its now called. There may be a cheap flight going to Kolkata as it's the closest major city in India to Thailand. Thanks for the info, and yes many more cities to be renamed.. people getting crazy ...
Airline for India .. Thailand
Posted on Dec 23, 2006, 07:28:24
... look at Thai Air and they have a cheap deal to Chittagong in Bangers but most of the cheap airlines fly to Bangalore, sorry Bengaluru as its now called. There may be a cheap flight going to Kolkata as it's the closest major city in India to Thailand.

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