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 [...]