Windows of Fire in a Sea of Blue...Ferry across the Hooghly. Calcutta. 22nd Dec 1992.

            If traveling in West Bengal, it is likely you will come to Kolkata. Set up on the banks of the Hooghly river, on the western side of the Ganges Delta by British Imperialists, it was a trading post developed into a port and became the nations capital until 1911, it was then known as Calcutta. Famous in the latter half of the twentieth century mostly for the wrong reasons, it is actually a city of art and culture, sitting away from the mainstream of its more prosperous cousin in the west, Mumbai. With its colonial architecture and crowded streets, it was a fascinating place to wander, often it felt as though you had stepped back in time.

I only had a day to do so, having had a booking go astray on my inbound train. I ended up arriving a day later than intended from Darjeeling, arriving in the morning at the mighty Howrah terminus. Stowing my bag in the left luggage, I crossed over the huge river bridge into Calcutta, walking and photographing until evening when it was time to go back across and take another night train out into Bihar. I cannot remember, but the chances are high I rode one of these ferries back across the river, why not? The only realistic option on the bridge was to walk as it was so permanently congested.

December the 22nd 1992.

Kodachrome 64 in a Nikon FG.

Taken on: February 5, 2021

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