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Calcutta: Street Life, Mother Teresa, Bridges, & Thunderstorms

Calcutta: Street Life, Mother Teresa, Bridges, & Thunderstorms

by Calvin Sun | Jul 12, 2010 | India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

  Some highlights while exploring Calcutta on my own:   Tanmay then picked me up later that afternoon and took me and Steffi out on a boat ride by Vidyasagar Setu Bridge. He warned us not to touch or drink the water as “it has the very same...
INDIA: Already Enamoured

INDIA: Already Enamoured

by Calvin Sun | Jul 12, 2010 | India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Nightlife

  I’ve only been here for 24 hours, and I’m already hanging out with Steffi (my new German friend I had met yesterday at the airport), Tanmay (a mutual friend of Vaibhav who found me wandering in the streets of Calcutta), and a few of...

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