A passage 'around' India
Calcutta to Anjuna

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Calcutta 
West Bengal 

Get there: As the train came into the city it was rush hour and quite something to see fast commuter trains with people clinging to the outsides of the carriages! 

Calcutta is just Calcutta, a nice city. Picture is of British 'Victoria Memorial'. British pretentious nonsense, but a nice building all the same, even as 'Lonely Planet' suggested they were tying to build a better Taj 

Get away: By now I was a bit fed up and I just wanted to get back to Goa a.s.a.p. I bought a ticket for the Coromandal Express 2nd class air con for an easy ride for 28 hours cutting out an awful lot of distance in one go 
Madras 
Tamil Nadu 		   I was in and out of here quickly, so I cant say much. I arrived at 5:30pm, booked a lux bus and was out by 10:30pm 
Bangalore 
Karnataka 		 Very cosmopolitan and has an English language cinema and a KFC! There are also many really nice and almost gone wild parks here 

Get away: Night Lux bus to Panaji and motorbike taxi into Anjuna took 15 hours 
Anjuna 
Goa 		 Back in Goa. From Calcutta to Anjuna it took me 5 days! Whereas going the other way had taken just under three months 


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Bombay to Goa / Goa to Bombay

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Bombay to Goa  I found my best way was to take a taxi from the international airport to the domestic airport. Then book an internal flight to Goa. From Goa airport to take a taxi to Anjuna. To have waited for an overnight bus when feeling jet lag would have been too much I think 
Goa to Bombay 

On my first visit to India I flew back to Bombay, but the second time I fancied trying the bus. Taking a night bus fitted with bunks for 17 hours which leaves from Mapusa. Arriving at the Colaba causeway to hang around until the evening. The Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Hotel to look at made an interesting day. Before my flight I took a taxi to the airport, beating the taxi drivers down on the price. That journey was one of the journeys of my life. The road cuts along by the bays on which buildings thrust out into the sea. At night with the lights reflecting on the water of the bays it was an amaising sight 

Then onto the plane and wave goodbye to India, probably for ever 

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