Crowded street

Kol (Cut above the rest) ta!!!

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April 15th 2008
Hey there! It's been a while, so lots to tell you! Kolkata was our first stop from our last blog. We weren't very sure about visiting here and almost missed it off our itinery completely as we'd been told that it was quite a depressing and poverty ridden place with not much else.....Very glad we didn't listen to them! Kolkata is a beautiful city with tonnes of character - yes, the majority ... 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