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but they did not stop an indian who took photos.

a nearby GLADIATOR/wrestler training camp.

they wanted me to pay to take photos, attitude quite rude , viewed me suspiciously and ensured that i would not snap a photo.

morning bathing

early people getting teeth brushed and defecating on the riverside. human feces all over the ground. natural food for birds.

man sleeping in an old temple with smoke and lots of flowers.

for gods mainly.

all sorts of flowers

flower market

it was the market after crossing this track

walked to the flower market under the bridge. walked about 40minutes. marked down the route on google in the hotel before i went, no sim card for my phone, no internet outside for me.

woke up at 3am. lied on the ground waiting for the sunrise, which was at 5am (very early, due to the unitary time zone of india based on the delhi zone, which was 2 hours actually later than kolkata ) .

woke up the hotel staff and went out to have a stroll.

too hot, had to sleep on ground.

a mizzle before night denoted an easier sleep tonight.

end of day 27

a chinese restaurant, with some haggard asian guys who must suffer a lot from the unfamiliar subcontinental heat

the street sight many different shops

my dinner, i literally drank the 2liter water to the last drip. too hot then.

bracelets for women, especially wives. husbands would buy . the older a wife is, the more she wears.

i looked for half an hour, and in a expat area i finally found a shop for beer. 300 naira. local brand, only this brand for sale.

ice cream cart. but the water from which the cream was made could be dubious. so i did not buy any.

roaming in the nearby night market

raw chicken for sale. rupef160 , 800naira for one whole chicken

secured a fan room in a safe hotel. 18000naira for 3 nights.

i would like to sleep in the multiple room, but there were indians and bangladeshi. i did not want to share a room with them.

the gargantuan steel bridge.

took a boat to the other side of the river, where the downtown was. boat fare 25naira.

a tunnel connected to the ferry dock.

the concourse, big as a maze. but i was rather familiar with it this time

inside the howrah station

at noon, arrived in kolkata, the giant city i arrived in the first day. Howrah station was its name.

the last time i took a train in india.

early morning, waiting for my train at this small station.

day 27 back to kolkata.

i stayed in india for more than 28 days. i stayed in kolkata for 4 days n 3 nights, that makes i left india on the 30th , the last day allowed by my visa.

to have my hair cut.too hot to sleep in a fan room with long hair. pretty skillful barber, barehandedly , fingers fast like an electricity-run clipper .

end of day 26 , slept at the same guesthouse as yesterday .

maybe 5000naira to take down to the hillfoot. i walked down for an hour

palanquin for hire.