Calcutta

So this city seems less tourist-aggressive in its backpacker district than either Varanasi or Delhi was -- walking down the road at noon, it was eerily deserted... spoooky... By about 1400h it was a bit more lively - only one person attempting milk scam on me and nothing else.

Today I have used one word of French (at some chick from Belgium) and one word of Japanese (at some chicks from Japan). Also I bowed at them. Also a dude from Denmark and a dude from Roehampton Institute commented on my Interesting Accent.

Later on may go to see memorial to Queen Victoria or perhaps just walk in the park.

I plan to remain almost a week in Calcutta, so have a few days to decide where to go next - would be nice to go to Assam but I think I should probably head equatorwards instead.