( 20 photos) So...Calcutta. Don't know where to start. It's like nowhere I've ever seen in India, totally unique. That's the good part. Arrived after midnight and it seemed half the population were out on the streets - sleeping on sacks of vegetables, loading trucks in the middle of the road, walking around, drinking tea, chatting - ....the city that never sleeps....or is that New York? It's so chaotic, it's actually indescribable. A small illustration of my limited Calcutta experience so far - it says nothing about Calcutta, but on the other hand, seems to say everything... I walked around for almost 6 hours today, ended up filthy with monsoon rain and muck from the streets, so decided to treat myself to a coffee at Barista on Park Street (woman cannot live by chai alone, and
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