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 The skyline of Calcutta as
seen from the shore. by Kumarjit
The cool breeze that blows seems to soothe the mind and body. You can also take a ride in a steamer or a simple boat. The skyline of the shore can be seen while you are in the boat. You can see the Secretariat Building, The High Court, The LIC Building and others (click on the picture to enlarge it and get a clear view).
It is going to be an experience that you will never forget!
Do not take any baggage or anything that you will have to carry in your hands, except a bottle of drinking water and a camera. I would prefer that you wear light clothes while visiting the spot.
If you are a foreign tourist contact the travel desk of your hotel to visit this location. You can either take your own vehicle or a cab. Theme: Boating/SailingAddress: It is opposite to The Fort William, in Outram GhatDirections: You can go to Outram Ghat from central Calcutta near The Eden Gardens or from Red Road near the Race Course. It is located opposite to Fort William.Other Contact: No specific contacts
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 The Water Chute at Nicco Park by Kumarjit
One of the best rides is The Cyclone. True to its name, it is extremely fast and gives you a terrible and marvellous experience at the same time!
You can also visit the spooky ghost house and the Pyramid.
Nicco Park is truly a great experience for all the people who have visited it.
You should wear light clothes and should not carry any heavy article or luggage. Theme: OtherAddress: It is situated at Eastern Metropolitan BypassDirections: Take a taxi or a yellow cab and tell him that you want to go to Nicco Park. Everyone knows where it is located. If you are staying in a hotel, contact their travel desk. That will be more convenient for you if you are a foreign tourist.Other Contact: Not available to me.
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 Entrance to the Science City,
Kolkata by Kumarjit
Come comfortably without much to carry in your hands. Theme: OtherAddress: E. M. Bypass.Directions: It is not far, and is situated just opposite to the ITC Sheraton Towers hotel. Everyone in the city knows the place.Other Contact: Not available to me.
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For a large city like Kolkata it is very difficult to find recreation of your choice at resonable and affordable price. This city has grown by leaps and bounds abour 1096 Sq.Km and population 138 Million. so one can guess arranging space and entertainment is avery very difficult job. we have parks, swiming pools, lakes but all inadequate for a population of this size. Then travel time and mode of travel comes in consideration. However Calcutta is managing the show.
There are a few entertainment/ water parks have come up recently in Kolkata offering good fun at resonable price. Aquatica is one of them we frequent, because my daughter loves the dogs and the rides there. On Sundays and other holidays they also offer DJ show with professional dancers on their Wave Pool for the crowd to dance. It is estimated about 4-500 people throng there on Sunday. Good fun and way to Beat the Heat. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: New Town, Rajarhat area.Directions: Take their bus from salt Lake or from Nicco Park. Or by car towards New Town in newly built Rajarhat area.
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Beat the heat continues. Apart from offering water rides they also allow you to invite your friends for parties, cocktails and also they have conference hall and dining facility. They are now encouraging the corporates to organize their dealers, resellers, even officers meet there. We too have taken our dealers and officers with family for outing. I tell you it's a good outing there with family. You be in the water for whole day, have fun and relax with family. But Aquatica is not the only one offers such facility, there a few places offer such facility. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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On every Saturday/Sunday and on other Holidays West Bengal Tourism Corpn. organises River Cruise on the Ganges with Musical sortie. Well it is primarily a joy ride kind of thing for about one hour cruise. They allow soft drink, tea / coffee and very good music on board. There is a live band belts out popular Indian numbers. They also invite the guests to dance and sing with them. It is quite relaxing and enjoyable program, for about an hour. They take you from Millenium Park , Fairly Place Jetty to about Khidderpore Dockyard and back. The fare is very cheap Rs. 50/- per head, as compared to same type of program in Goa for Rs.150/- ( US$3) . Hard drink is not allowed as this is sponsored by the local Marxist govt.
programwise, this is much behind what you get to see in Goa, They show you folk dance of Goa and it runs daily. May be someday they will make their program better. But today the singers are much better than that of Goa singers. Leave a Comment Theme: Boating/SailingAddress: Millenium Park, Fairly Place Jetty.Directions: On the River Ganges, Strand Road, next to Millenium Park. You get to see this beautiful park also built as part of Kolkata , Ganges beautification program.
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 Regional Sales Head addressing
the dealers by goutammitra, 4 more photos
Our Regional Sales Head, also announced our role in the great national disaster' North Bihar Floods' and how we are helping them to rehabilitate apart from our donation of one day's salary, food camps at 3 places to feed 5000 people every day. He also asked our dealers to come forward and lend a helping hand, which received overwhelming response from all the participating dealers. Leave a Comment Theme: Boating/Sailing
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Recently on 4th September, we organised Hilsa Festival for our dealers of Kolkata region. We hired two boats, joined them and sailed for 6 hrs from 3PM to 9PM. Hilsa fish is a favourite dish of Bengalies and generally savoured in monsoon only. There were three preparations of Hilsa fish besides several other dishes. We also organised orchestra for three hours with singers belting out melodious songs and we danced to their tunes ( see video, I am trying to load it for the last several days) It was great event and the singers were superb. One boat has airconditioned conference hall, which we used for product display of our Lakshya Program,( where dealer earns and burns points like air travel or credit card points, which is fully redeemable) and press conference by our Regional Sales Head, Mr.V.K.Agnihotri.
The day was complete with torrential rains and the program was big hit!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Boating/SailingAddress: Millenium Jetty, On the Ganges.
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 My self & colleague Manish on
the boat by goutammitra, 4 more photosLeave a Comment Theme: Boating/Sailing
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The Aquatica is special place where you can virtually do everything that you would like to do in a beach. It is a huge swimming pool, where you can swim, play water games with your family and do much more.
You should have swimming costumes with yourself when you go there. It is better to contact your travel guide or the hotel travel desk (where you are staying ) for the transportation. It is located quite far from the heart of the city. Theme: Beach ActivitiesAddress: It is situated in Eastern Metropolitan BypassDirections: It is situated near to Nicco ParkOther Contact: Not available to me.
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