Where to stay in Kolkata
1) Mizoram House Salt Lake
2) Mizoram House Ballygunge
3) Airport Dorm
4) Some economy hotels in New Market
5) ?????
6) GM’s parent’s place
Kolkata being the gateway by air to Aizawl , most of us find ourselves stopping by during our onward or return journey to/from Mizoram. If you have a connecting flight for the next day and you don’t have a place in town where you could crash for the night, the dorm at the airport is the perfect place to stay. You’re a lady and alone, don’t worry, there’s ladies dorm. 200 bucks a bed for non-AC and 250 for AC. The reason not to worry doesn’t end there, you might find a fellow Mizo guy travelling alone stopping for a night and lodging at the dorm like you. Well, last Jan someone was lucky to find me 
. Together we went shopping to New Market, boarded the metro upto Dum Dum followed by rickshaw ride to the airport , on a cold January evening after dark.
But luck does not happen to everyone. So don’t count on me. For example, Sandman was hanging around in the airport sometime in December last year and no lady luck for him since all he did was a trip to the airport bar to sip some fruit cocktail and Red Bull.
Guys, before I leave the airport scene, keep this in mind. The airport bar is expensive. I know that because Sandman confessed and Alexxfender mentioned it to certain someone. Unless you are returning from Aizawl, get your stuff ready beforehand, better if ready to drink. Men’s dorm has a good lobby where I had a great time reading The Google Story, sipping coke with certain liquid between chapters and pages till early morning.
FYI, you can’t stay at the airport dorm unless you have a connecting flight in like 12 hours or so. I really wish the terminal has more telephone booth. I usually use the one at the Post Office. Those of you who wants to get online, there’s iWay.
Now, early days. Mizoram House Salt Lake was my designated place to stay during the train-upto-Kol days. The last time I stayed there was March 2005. Beds and furniture in men’s dorm had gone real bad and it ain’t cool spending the night alone in the second floor men’s dorm. Salt Lake is peaceful, a bonus for Mama’s fans. Discomfort is that shops, phone booths are too far away. Atleast there’s a bar/restaurant just a little walk away.
Only once I had been to the Ballygunge house. It’s dirty but you are likely to find more people at any given time. It’s closer to the railway station and shopping places.
Any good place near the airport? My uncle once mentioned certain hotels with reasonable tariff in the vicinity of New Market. Well, there’s a surprise not for you alone but for himself ,Gm’s place. I am sure you could get a shelter there if you can’t find a place to stay like the parents of Jesus of Nazareth.
That is the little bit of places to stay I know in Kolkata. For the rich and the famous, there should be lots more choices. Now you tell me.
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September 20th, 2006 at 10:28 am
bengvar thlak thrin hle mai a…:-)
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September 20th, 2006 at 10:33 am
Hriat toh tur nih chu
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September 20th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Phoenix_R wrote:
tak tak mi sandman???
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
sory sorry.. click sual..lolx
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Where to stay in Kolkata
2) Mizoram House Ballygunge
A nawm na chhan sas an tam
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
eng mo tak tak mi i tih? Lal-Bena dawt (Lady Luck not shining when I was alone at the airport) nge Airport Bar a zu to zia?
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
When I was doing my engineering course in Coimbatore, I usually spend a couple of days at Chennai and then take the night flight Chennai-Cal followed by the next day Cal-Aiz flight. Since I used to reach Cal airport around 10-11pm, I stay in the airport lobby. No need to waste your money on dorms.
Its pretty nice actually. The airport is dead quiet in the night with no arrival and departure. There will be many other people too staying there. Its like Chennai Railway station, where people waiting for their trains roll out a mat and sleep right there on the Platforms. You must fight for a place on the cushy couches, otherwise you will have only the plastic chairs.
Nevertheless, its better than going far away from teh airport when ur next flight is just a couple of hours away. And there are bound to be a group of Northeast girls who had just arrived from Delhi too and are staying there in the airport lobby. What happened next is best left up to your imagination. (Can we call this the Mile-low Club?
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I once overslept, and when I woke up, I was the only one sleeping there inside the airport and people around me were bustling with activity. That was very embarrassing indeed
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
hmmmm fortune huh!
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
actually in the building where i live in the Mizoram Synod runs a guest house..
anyone can stay there..
they have
2 double rooms (100 bucks a night Cheap!) attached bathroom
1 dormitory for guys 8 beds (30 bucks a night)
1 dorm for ladies same price
you can have mizo chaw in the Mizoram Synod Field Secretary’s house 40 bucks per meal…
the university my dad works for also runs a guest house in the same building two floors up..
this is expensive.. AC double rooms only 450 a night (which is still cheaper than most hotels) around 8 rooms plus you get breakfast @50/-
of course you can crash at my place which is in the same building but better tell me first and ill tell my mom to clean our dog kennel =)
location is on AJC Bose road.. next to Mother Teresa’s house / Pratt Memorial School/St James School/ The Income Tax Building/
its a 15 minute taxi ride from Ballygunge Mizoram House
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
hehe. That sounds like a very good deal. How much to the airport by Taxi from there?
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Yup, thats another very good alternative. I havent stayed there but heard a lot about it from someone who had made that place her regular transit home…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Hahaha…I was told too…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
As the saying goes, “Fortune smiles upon those who are prepared”
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
200+ rupees.
btw No old monk will be served in these guest houses.
no liquor/beer allowed
and no smoking too (mahse a ruk chuan an zu tho in ka sia)
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Do they ask for Marriage Certificate if your companion is of opposite sex
She could be your elder sister!
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
fortune favors the brave i ti dawn maw ka tia.
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
MIzoram House ah pawh “Phal Loh” tih chu in tar lom.
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Bravery will not let you “score” everytime, but being prepared definitely will…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
but this is like a Church building so they are very strict in enforcing this rule…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
as far as i can recall .. no questions asked but the Field Secretary (the big boss) might get suspicious if you lock yourself up in the room all day…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Ni e zu pawh phal a ni chuang hlei nem House ah. By the way, Mizoram house a hnathawk ho phakar zia kha. Dry day ah, zu an khawl lawk an hralh to thei raps.
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Anyway, “all night” is there, so why raise suspicion unnecessarily. People should control…
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September 20th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
ok. aunty sandman.
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September 20th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
hey I weren’t aware of that.
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September 20th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Nia. You don’t wanna mess up.
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September 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Ka ngaihtuah peih lo, he khua mep mup hi chu hreawm ee mai, ‘stay’ nachhan tur hi ka hre lo. Flight cancel vang tih lo ah, chutah lah airline in 5 star hotel ah dah fel leh then a, ka duh tawk.:D
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September 20th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Thnx Ben. It’s definitely gonna be helpful for me. I was planning to come back via Calcutta rather than Delhi this time. Keep the info.rolling………..
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September 20th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
what about a WHERE TO STAY IN AIZAWL topic.. the only half decent hotel in aizawl is the Ritz hotel.. and maybe the Ahimsa hotel.. is it still running btw?
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September 20th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Hotel-ah thlen mai tur. Thian neih chuan a tha phei2.
And then we always have AllyMb … Problem sol”f”!
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September 20th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Sudder street a thlen a tha ber,,, city a zin reng reng chuan tourist area a thlen hi a sual lo ber,,,
sudder street chu new market a hnaih bok a hotel man a tlom bok,, internet,, std, isd., restaurant ,rickshaw ,engkim a olsam.
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September 20th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Ballygunge maw? – khum fa a tam2 nen
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September 20th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
That must be what my Uncle told me. Tourist rethei ho tlenna a ti mai. Hotel tariff engzat vel nge?
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September 20th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Orchid te poh om toh hi, Chief te…om ve nual lom
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September 21st, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Tourist rethei kher lo poh an thleng a lom,,
hotel a tam lutuk from five star to Red shield
150 te poh in room i hmu thei , red shield ah phei chuan dormitory 50 ruppees vel a ni ta in ka hria
mizo sumdawng zong zong deuh tho chu helai ah hian an thleng bok.
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September 21st, 2006 at 4:28 pm
No Red Sheeld, a decent room probably with a/c will do.
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September 21st, 2006 at 9:30 pm
lalgawldie te in ah thleng vek tur
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September 21st, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Try Astoria Hotel ,, a ch.k ve ltk a , prizes are very reasonable compares to the other star hotels in sudder street like Shilton etc
minimum chu 850 vel ni ta in ka hria
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September 30th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
red shield guest house is iok..sudder street…it says on the walls “no alcohol!”..if you ask them , the staff will actually bring alcohol in for you from the shops on sudder street.not that i drink…au naturellement..
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