The taxis were deadly looking

Calcutta - last stop in India

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October 9th 2007
Only came to Calcutta to catch a flight to thailand(our original plan was to be in Nepal for 10 days but that didnt work out so it ended being pointless coming here). Only here for a day so im not going to call it a shit hole(?????) cos we didnt see anywhere. We did have the pleasure of sleeping in the worst place we ever slept but got a nice room the second day and vegged out. Went to a nice ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more