Sunday, 22 February 2015
It's our last day aboard the RV Bengal Ganga, as we travel from Mayapur to Kolkata. We are now in the tidewater region of the river, so its name has changed one last time to the Hooghly.
We had one excursion along the way today, at Kalna.
It's our last day aboard the RV Bengal Ganga, as we travel from Mayapur to Kolkata. We are now in the tidewater region of the river, so its name has changed one last time to the Hooghly.
We had one excursion along the way today, at Kalna.
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| We left the "mother ship" moored in the middle of the river, and took the "country boat" to shore. This photo shows two small boats crossing the river, and the country boat tied up to the RV Bengal Ganga. |
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| The ghats at Kalna. Not especially inviting with the mountain of trash on the right side, and an open sewer into the river just to the left. |
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| Going ashore via our bamboo gangplank. |
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| The trash doesn't look any better from the top of the pile. |
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| We took cycle rickshaws to a temple complex in the middle of town. |
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| Traveling the streets of Kalna. |
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| The rickshaws had no trouble getting past these trucks, but anything larger would have had difficulty. |
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| Laundry day. |
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| Shops. |
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| Vegetable market. |
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