We set out early morning, much before the rules against bicycles kick in, on an exploration of the old city of Calcutta – through its unique and interesting localities. Comfortable clothing, average biking ability, hugging corners while riding and listening to directions should give you a great exploration of the old city. Based on the […]
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The cruise starts at 8 am and takes you to the pristine Belur Math for a greater understanding into who created the famous Ramakrishna Mission and how. With breakfast and lunch on board we also visit the Botanical Gardens, home of the famous Banyan Tree, the largest of its kind in this part of the
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Our river is the Hooghly, a tributary of the Ganges. And if it weren’t for that test flight at Kitty Hawk, you probably would’ve sailed down this waterway to our city. Take a breather and join us on a river cruise. Take in the glory of the setting sun on our river Hooghly, while sailing
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Calcutta is a city where the east and the west met and this meeting of such great forces could not have been devoid of friction. We will try and give you a glimpse of this in the course of our walk through arguably the largest books bazaar in the world. In the course of this
Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges is integral to the very identity of Bengal. It gives and sustains life for the millions that depend on it. From the wrestlers who exercise on its soft clay to the boatmen who ferry people across, from the flower sellers who need the water to keep their produce fresh
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Ever since the British cleared a village to create their firing range for the new fort, the Maidan has served as the lungs of the city and played host to many an important monument. Among the most prominent is what was created as a memorial to Queen Victoria, the Empress of India, and a reminder
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Park Street ‘The City That Never Sleeps’ as well as the erstwhile ‘Burial Ground Road’, welcome to the Park Street. If Calcutta was the capital of the British Raj, then Park Street was the capital street of the city, where the rich and the famous lived, dined and made merry. Here, we will traverse down
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A Fellow Explorer is your guide on the walk. You will notice that s/he’s not a know-it-all but someone who knows a lot about a locality – yet yearns to learn lots more – with you all.
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That is affirmative, and it will be food which will be redolent of the culture and the community you will experience on the walk in question. (Obviously, we will keep in mind the need to practice “safe eat”, and shall only patronize establishments which are clean.)
A complete regular walk experience should last around 2 ½ to 3 hours.
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