We finally are up in Kolkata. We had our first experience on the cheapest airline in India, Air Deccan. Everything was actually fine, brand new plane and we showed up on time with our stuff. Their mascot is a sketch drawing of an old man with a briefcase wearing a Dohti. Only in India will that be painted on the side of your plane. A couple of things:
- The Durga Puja pandels are really impressive. This is their biggest festival of the year, and neighborhood clubs all over the city set up these crazy big houses for their Druga idols. They are temporary structures made of cloth, Styrofoam and plaster of Paris, but they are still up to 50 feet high. They do different themes every year, so far we have seen Harry Potter's castle, several Turkish-desert themes and Styrofoam carved Jain temples. The idols inside are very impressive as well.
- If you like Indian sweets, as I do, Kolkata is nationally known as the best place to get them, and everyone is always feeding you copious amounts of them during Puja. Very nice.
- More updates later, off to the Puja now.
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