After an excriciatingly hectic trip back to NJP station from Darjeeling (see nick's comment in last blog), we were fast reminded of Kolkata's atmosphere as we took an autorickshaw from Sealdeh station back to our guest house in Sudder st. We got a half room for the day and sat in a cafe with a big breakfast. After buying a few things back at the market and picking up my suit (which cost around $100 in case anyone heard any different), the afternoon came very quickly, and we liked the idea of waiting for our train at the station rather than [View Full Entry]

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We made the decision to try and get out of Kolkata for a few days and make it up to the Tea plantation town of Darjeeling. The train was not the dramatic experience that we had imagined. The station platform (at 7pm) was filled with more beggers than usual, people shouted "Cha/Coffee" (Tea/coffee) and a very determined kid of about 8 years spent the best part of twenty minutes attempting to sell us snacks from his collection. Having heared of the 'light fingured gentlemen' who populate Indian train stations, we were more cautious than ever with our bags. When we got [View Full Entry]

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The readers of this blog should be glad that I am writing it after my first two days in India rather than my first. I'll tell the whole story. After a much needed three hous sleep on the plane, I was awoken by our landing. we were taken off the plane on a ladder car, and irected to the main terminal buiding. This consisted of a small room the size of an average house with no carpet and dirty-white tile interior walls. We quewed in the customs line and were sent to the baggage collection room, about half the size of [View Full Entry]

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"Bangkok is an oriental setting, and the city doesn't know what the city is getting". -the words of poet sir Murray Head, 1986 Day one was not as scary as i thought it was. Bangkok is more dveloped and tourist friendly thn i thought. Its been a little difficult because we had to check out of ou hotel at noon and just wander around the city all day until our flight at 11pm. after walking so much my legs are getting pretty sore and i am beggining to wish that i had worn in my thongs a bit more- oh well. [View Full Entry]

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This blog is just a test, i included a photo of a cookie shaped like India for kicks [View Full Entry]

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