Oh Calcutta!

Contrary to the lonely planet and the general consensus that Calcutta is a less than desirable place, we love it!!! It is SO much nicer than Delhi, yes there is traffic, beggars and pollution but... it's just not as oppressive as Delhi, and thus we've been able to see some of the amazing architecture it has to offer. Our hotel was a complete rip off! We paid far too much for some Raj-era style service which actually just struck us as eccentric!! and somewhat terse!
The weather is also very very varied, obviously there is the mid-day heat but it's quite reasonable away from the lunch time hours. And the road system is backwards, quite literally at mid-day all the roads reverse their direction, it's really really weird and the only way we can actually cross them is by tailing the locals!
Anyway beyond the pictures there's not much to say cause it's only a flying visit. Off to Darjeeling tomorrow - more english weather! Yay!!!