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Kolkata, located in the West Bengal state of India, is a loud, chaotic, and thought
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provoking city. Ancient decaying buildings share the streets with a superabundance of
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honking yellow taxis, a multitude of pedestrians, and roadside vendors selling everything conceivable.
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Coming up are eleven of the most memorable things I did when I visited Kolkata, India.
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Number one is the home of mother teresa. I am here at the entrance of mother teresa's
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home, which is just known as mother's home. Mother Teresa said, intense love is not measured,
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it just gives, so she really lived that example, and we are going to go into her house, there's
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a museum, her tomb is there as well as her room where she stayed when she lived here.
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I'm trying to keep my voice low because it's a really quiet and special place. But Mother
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Teresa did a lot of her work here, and you can actually go in and see the tomb of Mother
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Teresa. Really an amazing place to visit.
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Number two is Kolkata's famous Victoria Memorial, one of the most important landmarks of the
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city. I'm here at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India. It's a cool morning, and
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I just paid four rupees entrance which is to the garden, and then if you pay one hundred
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fifty rupees you can go into the museum.
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Number three is the spooky South Park Street Cemetery. And I think this place was set up
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in the seventeen hundreds sometime, but these are just giant tombs, and then the whole place
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is just eerie from the vegetarian, and the trees and the flowers, yah, really like ancient
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looking tombstones,
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Number three is the spooky South Park Street Cemetery. Khalighat temple, and this is the
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oldest Hindu temple, sixteen hundred years old, this is the oldest Hindu temple in Kolkata.
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Be careful for scammers in this area that try to guide you around the temple and then
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ask for an absurdly unrealistic donation, don't be afraid to just walk away.
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Coming in at number five is the crazy shopping district around the New Market. I'm standing
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outside of Sir Stuart Hogg Market which is also just known as New Market. It's a chaotic,
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and busy area of town, lots of street food and lots of street shopping, and just lots
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of people, it's a crazy chaotic area, pretty interesting, a lot of things to do around
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here. So the New Market area in Kolkata, India.
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Number six is the Indian Museum, which is also known as the Magic House. I'm standing
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just outside of the Indian Museum, in Kolkata, and this is an extremely popular museum here
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and I heard that one of the attractions here is a four thousand year old Egyptian mummy.
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Ok, I'm standing just outside of the Belur Math Temple, which is just down there a little
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ways, but I've already been there and unfortuantely they do not allow any photography inside or
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even outside of the temple, so this is the best view I can give you, but it's a really
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beautiful sight, this is a nice clean, private, gated facility, beautiful temple and they
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also have a place where you can put your shoes, a secure place, a free secure place to put
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your shoes so that you can enter the temple to walk around for a little bit. But a really
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peaceful place right on the river, you can also walk along the river. Belur Math temple.
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I'm taking the ferry Belur Math to Dakshineswar temple, a little ferry ride across the river,
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and a little bit down the river.
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Number eight is the huge temple complex of Dakshineswar, located north of Kolkata. Lots
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of activity happening, and this is right along the banks of the river, so you can see the
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temple as well as you can go to the river and you can take a boat there as well as watch,
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watch along the river as well.
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Below the Howrah bridge and adjacent to the Mullik Ghat is the colorful bustling flower
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market, at number nine. Right below me is the central flower market for Kolkata, so
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if you look down there, it's bustling with flowers and a big market,
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Occupying sun yat sen road, is the early morning Chinese food terreti market at number ten.
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I'm at the morning Terreti bazar market, which is kind of like a Chinese market. I'm here
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to just walk around and also to get some Chinese food, some breakfast dishes,
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Finally at number eleven is the array of marvelous Kolkata street food. From the beloved kati
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rolls to quick snacks like pani puri, Kolkata will have you licking your lips.
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Kolkata, with more than its share of poverty and hardships, offers a contrasting view into
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the reality of this Indian mega city. It's not the easiest nor the most convenient place
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to visit, but with patience and flexibility, it provides fascinating rewards, never ending
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energy, and countless experiences to digest.
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