Color, color everywhere. The Holi Festival took place today and, as promised, it was a rambunctious display of drumming, dancing and color powder smearing. We’re taking the train north today from Kolkata, so we’re missing most of it, but what we did see (and be apart of) was a whole bunch of fun. [...]
When you have masses of people jammed together in a mega city (Kolkata is home to 15 million people), many of whom are looking for work, there is always someone who will do something for compensation. Take Nils’, our travel buddy at the moment, story about buying a card for his cell phone. The price [...]
“I’ll have a venti, one splenda, non-fat, no foam chai latte, please.” Yes, this used to be something I said out load – to people, no less. Starbucks may have been my introduction to chai, but India and Nepal have been my education in it. Here whole milk is combined with tea and spices. A [...]
Rumor has it that we’ve arrived in Kolkata just in time for the Holi festival. It hasn’t happened yet and we’ve been told it’s taking place on three different days from three different people. Our hopes are set for tomorrow, since we’re departing in the afternoon and really want to be apart of something as [...]
Kolkata is perhaps better known under its old name – Calcutta: a name that evokes images of poverty, beggars, Mother Theresa and vast overpopulated slums. After a couple of days here, I have to say that our experiences of the city are far different. In contrast to other Indian cities, we’ve found Kolkata to be [...]
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is a glorious throwback to what museums used to be like. It has everything from intact whale skeletons to Egyptian mummies and Naga crossbows. The taxidermied animal section is especially freaky-looking, with a moth-eaten Polar Bear that has turned brown with age, a Tiger so amateurishly stuffed that he looks [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
