Breakfast at Flurys, trams and the affordable taxi ride

I have been to Kolkata almost uncountable times starting from the time when I was a student it was a transit route then I started travelling for work very often and travelling for office related work meant...only work and no time to explore the city. This time since it was a personal trip I had all the time for myself and decided to explore the city and Park Street was first in list, I went to Westside, Pantaloon for some PLEASURE shopping and then Flurys, I’ve heard so much abt Flurys and its famous breakfast platter so I ordered myself the famous Flurys all day Breakfast and a filter coffee….the food was yummmmm or to use one word I really want to use, like Nigella Lawson from Nigella Feast uses so often “heavenly” sausage, bacon, omlette, toast and cutlet…it was really good and I enjoyed every bite of it. Next in my list was Elgen road and my fav. silver jewellery shop Chamba Lamba's at New Market, I have been to Chamba Lamba many time and everytime I visit I end up buying loads of silver jewellery. I recommend Chamba Lamba to everyone who's fond of wearing silver jewellery.

Kolkata is one metro city where Taxis are very much affordable, everytime I take a taxi in Delhi or Mumbai I do that with a heavy heart, thinking abt the hole in my pocket after reaching my destination but in Kolkata I can always take a taxi without any worries, the ride to Alipur from Airport cost me abt 250 bucks. I was told to try other means of public transport like trams, metro, local buses and the local trains but till date I have tried only the local train maybe next time I can use the trams and the buses just for thrill...till then lemme prepare for my next leisure trip.

2nd home in delhi

Travelling to Delhi would have been boring if it was an alien place to me but since I've lived there earlier and most of my frens are there I do not mind going to Delhi despite the heat, dust and everything else. Living is a small town has made my mind limited in terms of distance I travel between my house and office, house and market and places to need to visit but when I come to Delhi and if I stay with my sis then I travel for 2 hrs then I reach office, I travel for 1 hr to meet my fren at Def. col and if I have to meet another fren at Mayur Vihar then my whole evening is spent reahing her place and I meet her for 1 hr and again rest if the time I spent in getting back. I realize its a horrible way of living and after staying in Agartala for more then 2 yrs I ever more dislike the distances I cover and time I waste to do basic things like meeting a fren for lunch or dinner. In delhi the only place I like to stay in JNU mainly coz its close to office and also close to most places I want to visit , whether it Vasant Vihar, Sarojini Nagar or even Def. col, JNU is once place I really feel at home. My very good fren"A" stays at Ganga hostel which despite all the water problems is super convenient and 10 mins by auto from my head office .I like the Ganga Dhaba, it reminds me of DU days and the campus is so lively even after mid-night that one will not know abt time and at this point I remember one quote what stduents of JNU say "JNU jeene nahi dega and ganga dhaba marne nahi dega" and looking at the JNU campus I think its true.

A true nomad

I am back from one trip and I plan for another but this time its going to be my best travel plan till now. If everything goes well then I am sure this will be one trip I will always remember. I don't know why but I always look fwd to travelling and keep planning abt some trip or the other, thankfully my job gives me the opportunity to travel and visit places of my interest, I wonder what I would have done if I had to work in just one place day in..day out with no travel....I sure would have gone insane..lol, I get so excited thinking abt my travel plans and I really think I am a true nomad at heart and I will always be...amen to that.

Delhi again

I haven't been to a Shopping Mall since Jan this year, the last one was Shoppers Stop in Chennai. In delhi I have never been to any shopping mall, m really surprised with myself but all my jarurat ka saman is either from old markets like Kamla Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, South Ex, CP, GK and Lajpat. Shopping Malls are there in delhi but I never felt the need to visit any of those new shopping malls which have come up in the recent past. This time since I was in Delhi for abt a week and had absouletly no time to visit any of the markets I went to one of the biggest Mall in Gurgaon "Ambience Mall", I was told its one km in length. It had all the brands and my all time fav. Westside, I spent my whole day there and shopped alot, Indian retail sector has changed so much, from small shops to huge Malls.

Talking abt Delhi, the airport looks like some foreign location, less then a month old the new terminal is wonderfully done, I thought Bangalore airport was wow but Delhi airport is even better. The services and way its been done I was impressed and the best part the coffee and snacks is very much affordable not like Bangalore airport where even a dosa cost 150 bucks. Frying out and in Delhi will sure change with the new terminal and more terminal coming up in the Delhi Airport.

Beautiful things in summer

Khagel-leihao

Gulmohor Tree

April and May is no doubt one of the hottest month and temp. soared to 39 degree with humidity level as high as 85% but then on my various trips to all the clusters our project is promoting I get to see some lovely sites like these pics. above I don't know the names of most of the flower trees but the site is worth capturing in my camera, the first pic. is of "Khagel-leihao" as its called in Meitei lon, 2nd is Gulmohor and 3rd m not too sure of the name. The way to katlamara was full of these lovely flower tree's and I stopped for few moments to enjoy the beauty, their were alot of other flower trees in the many tea garden's but sadly I didn't had the time for photography..... but I hope the tree's are still in full bloom when I come back from Delhi.

Travelling to Delhi again...

Delhi seems to be the only destination in my life I get to travel when others are getting to travel the world....I travel to delhi once every 3/4 months, its not that I don't want to go to delhi lekin summer mei Delhi unbearable ho jata hai and this year its very very hot. Anyways lets hope dilli mei bhi barish ho jayeh jaise yahan Agartala mei suru ho gaya kal se...its super pleasent and m enjoying after the dreaded 39 degree and 85% humidity level the previous two weeks.