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Kolkata (Calcutta) Travel Guide: 622 reviews and 2,156 photos
After all my travels in Asia I thought that I am finally ready to visit India. I startet my travelling in India with Calcutta. And I cannot recommend this! Calcutta is a polluted, crowded city with enormous poverty to see everywhere.
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Of cource there are also very nice places in this city. But I could only cope with it, because I met Tony there. Tony made me see the beauty and the fun. When I thought, that I cannot stand this city anymore, he made a joke, and everything was nice again.
Please remember: I visited Calcutta in 1992, many years ago. As some people told me, Calcutta has changed a lot since then. But I can only write about my own impressions and my experiences in 1992. So I won't update this page.
- Pros:Fascinating
- Cons:overpopulated, polluted, poor
- In a nutshell:If you like Calcutta you can live everywhere!
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I was in Calcutta in 1985 and I also had very mixed feelings about it. Definitely not a good starting point for India back then. So many families living on the street but the botanical garden and temples were great.
I am surprised to hear you say this about Calcutta, I thought the city was fantastic and found other cities in India much worse, must be the media I guess.
I seriously think that you need to edit and update your Calcutta page. Calcutta is no longer the place that you have seen 12 years back. I was shocked to read your Calcutta page! I think you should visit Calcutta now to see the changes.
Great reading about Calcutta on your pages. Nice job!
The food markets look fantastic - it's a shame you can't have a VT button which can transmit the wonderful smell of the spices!
Interesting page. thanks for sharing your info.
Nice page on this fascinating city!
Very interesting page, Great Photos. (~_~)
Love the fantastic pics of the markets!
Good tips & nice Calcutta page ;-)