Vedic Village: Luxury escape just over the border at Kolkata
Posted on 02. Aug, 2008 by bmeggitt in Free Travel Tips
~story by Belinda Meggitt~ To see more photos, click here.
My bags bounced around me in the car as we bumped along the rural road. About 20 minutes later after leaving the main highway, I landed in the lap of Vedic Village’s luxury. I’d just survived a near collision with a rickshaw wallah bearing bamboo poles, [...]
Kolkata – Dhaka train to begin from 14 April 2008
Posted on 16. Mar, 2008 by Mikey Leung in Free Travel Tips
After many delays, interruptions, disagreements and a fence, the train ride between Kolkata and Dhaka will begin running again on 14 April.
The ride will no doubt become one of the great journeys you can take connecting the two countries, one that we will definitely be taking in the coming months.
From India’s Business Standard magazine:
Maitree Express [...]
India's golden grand prix
Posted on 15. Jan, 2008 by Mikey Leung in Editorials
People with sensitive stomachs need not be worried while travelling India’s most well-touristed trail, says Mikey Leung
It was in a Pizza Hut, well within viewing distance of the Taj Mahal’s towers, that I finally caved in. A Britney song droned overhead, cheapening the far-too-familiar atmosphere. Tonight we would dine on Pasta Arabiata, a cuisine fit [...]
