Tram Ride to Kidderpore Dock and more

Well after that awesome lunch and a lot of deliberation (due to the weather), we decided to get on with our plan of heading out. Just as we got in the car, the rain drops started filling up the windscreen, but since we were committed to our little adventure, we egged on, reassuring ourselves that it was just this side of town that was getting the rain.

Just before we reached the bridge before the ITC Sonar round-about, my wife couldn’t help taking a picture of this car. Incase you're wondering "SUPER SYCLONE"

And then while we were crossing Science City, the huge Dinosaur outside on the road.

Anyway once we reached our destination, we found a parking spot outside the Dalhousie Athletic Club, parked our car there and walked to Mayo Road. While waiting, we spotted a whole lot of Mounted Police headed towards Esplanade.

And the Towering Flood Lights of the Eden Gardens with these Mynahs fluttering about within a stone's throw.

The wait was bringing up more and more sights. A truck carrying the statue of Goddess Durga speeding away. Durga Puja is just a few days away and Kolkata is already coming to a near standstill.

Yippie! Trams headed our way from both directions. This was the plan. Get on a Tram and take a ride through the Maidan. So we took the one headed that way. Gosh these new trams are quite freaky.

Anyway the down side of the journey was that we thought the trams ran quite empty, but to our surprise, we took the journey to the last stop, the Kidderpore Tram Depot, standing.

Since we had come all this way, I convinced my wife to take a short walk to the bridge which I had been hoping to visit for a while now and give her a surprise. And surprised she was to see the Ships there nearly upon the road. Daylight was disappearing fast and while we walked to the centre of this bridge that parts and opens upwards I started clicking pictures of the ships that were docked here on either side of the bridge.

I needed one of me too and so my wife obliged. She’s good at taking photographs too. I’m actually envious of her steady hand.

After that we walked back to the tram depot, got on one and headed back to Mayo Road. I’ve got to say, the trams do get packed, even for a Sunday.

Once back in our car and pretty kicked about our little adventure on a tram to the docks, we headed to the Strand for a celebration.

Puchkas, Pav Bhaji and Soda Sikanji!

After that, we were done in and headed back to our Home, Sweet Home.

And now I'm calling it a night!