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A Guide to This Summer's Sporting Events
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Organ Pipes: These 20-m (65-ft) basalt columns were formed by lava flows a million years ago. The Pipes can be seen from a viewing area near the car park or via a trail down to the creek bed. Cricket stores near me
Kolkata, the new name of Calcutta since 2001, was once the Capital of India during the British Raj until 1911, and is now the third largest city of India and fourteenth largest metropolitan in the world. Located in Eastern India on the eastern banks of the holy river Hooghly, it is an interesting place to visit in many ways. Having spent two years of my life there, I sure can give sound judgment on that.
Kolkata has a tropical wet-and-dry climate. Summers are hot and humid, with temperatures in the low 30's and during dry spells, the maximum temperatures often exceed 40 degrees during May and June. Winter tends to last for only about two months. Even then, the real chill is mainly during January. The best time to visit this place is September-November, especially since during this period, you could catch the Durga Puja Celebrations in its true Bengali spirit.
On your first day there, you could hire a taxi, those yellow painted Ambassador cars which run on meter and tell the driver to take you to Victoria Memorial, inevitably the most popular tourist attraction of the City of Joy. This white monument has a museum documenting the city's history, recently air conditioned for your comfort. Here, you get a chance to go back in time and relive the gone era of the Social Reforms, Bengal Renaissance, the British Raj and freedom fighters. After having spent hours walking and seeing so much of our History, you could walk into the lawns of the Memorial, stroll around to see the beauty of the nature and the beautiful monument, or just sit back on the lush green lawns next to the small lakes there and let the cool breeze whiz past you.