We really appreciated Varanasi as it’s traditional way of life had not yet been disrupted by western modernity. But after a few days, we were ready to continue on the last leg of our India journey. Our train tickets never went through, so we bought last-minute flights to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) -- we were both secretly relieved to avoid another 15 hour overnight train journey.
Arriving into the eastern city of Kolkata we had a one night stay before we would depart to Bangkok and, in typical fun fashion, Ken found us a floating hotel. Yes, literally a hotel floating on the Hooghly River (like a big house boat) full of navy-inspired decor. In a feat of irony, the hotel had the most luxurious breakfast buffet we had yet encountered, but we slightly overslept so we could only rush in and out, quickly stuffing down breakfast but not having enough time to really enjoy it.
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