10 March 2015
We have just done a walking tour of Kolkata.
Crazy, right? Most people thought we were crazy to come to this city full stop, let alone wander the slums by foot.
Now I’m normally like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: no product placement or mention of private companies. However, “Kolkata Story Trails” provided the best tour I have ever done in India – perhaps even anywhere (big call!). A tour tailored just for us, designed to reflect the experiences that interested us, using public transport, a guide who answered any and all questions we had, and who could take us deep into the Kolkata that only a local knows.
We started at 10am. First, our guide Kaushik checked whether we liked walking…
Kaushik and Richard on the streets of Kolkata
I’m sure that later on at 7.30pm, standing on the banks of the Hoogly (Ganges), having walked 17.64…
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