December 2011

New Year's Eve in Bonn in Germany

Back from Brühl, we went straight to the hotel where we "preened" and we got ready to celebrate New Year's Eve and the arrival...

Kalyan Panja 30 Dec, 2011 6

Walking Around Park Street in Kolkata

While I was coming to Calcutta, on the flight, I was thinking about the heat. The damp, sticky heat, which stays trapped between the skin an...

Kalyan Panja 26 Dec, 2011

Trip to Belur Math and Ramakrishna Math

From the windows of the train, we can see the landscape changing when arriving near Bengal. The vegetation becomes much more tropical. We se...

Kalyan Panja 11 Dec, 2011 2

Trip to Wild Rose Country of Alberta in the Canadian Rockies

After many months of preparation the adventure begins in Canada. Although I considered going through Vancouver, the time available and amoun...

Kalyan Panja 11 Dec, 2011

Trip to the Small Town of Siliguri

The taxi for the airport is scheduled at 8:30. We plan to wake up around 7:30 to take a hot shower. Anyway, I was awakened by the noise in t...

Kalyan Panja 11 Dec, 2011 2

Puffed Rice Balls Recipe

Japan is one of the most famous gastronomic destinations in the world and is also increasingly fashionable in the West since a few years ago...

Kalyan Panja 10 Dec, 2011 14

Trip to Pondicherry during Pongal

January is the coldest month in south India. Always close to January 15, the Tamils ​​celebrate the traditional festival called Pongal. Here...

Kalyan Panja 10 Dec, 2011 1

Story of a Unique Solar Eclipse in Easter Island with the Rapa Nui

I had never experienced a total solar eclipse, but after being in Easter Island at the moment when the moon covered us with darkness at noon...

Kalyan Panja 10 Dec, 2011 9