Night in Calcutta Airport

We arrived in Calcutta about 2:00 am this morning after a 3hour and 20 minute flight from Bangkok. Walked a few hundred yards from the International terminal to the domestic terminal in the dark. All the sleeping rooms were taken in the Domestic Terminal and we were assured that the rooms in the International terminal were all gone also. So we spent the night sitting in the terminal listening to very loud construction work at the other end of the lobby and breathing the construction dust that permeated the terminal. We were both remarkably awake.

As I write this it's about 9:30 am and we haven't slept since our naps yesterday afternoon in the Bangkok Palace Hotel. But, all in all, we're doing fine. We'll no doubt pay for this unexpected energy later today.

We're scheduled on a 12:10 Jet Airways flight this afternoon from Calcutta to Bagdogra. It's a short flight and then a several hour drive up into the mountains. I plan on going to bed early -- maybe as early as we arrive in Mirik.

Had a wonderful breakfast at the restaurant in the Calcutta domestic terminal. It's very slow, but the food is great. Don't go in if you have a plane to catch within 90 minutes. But if you have lots of time, it's a great place to have a liesurely meal.

It's been a fun and enjoyable trip so far. We're both fine and in great spirits. (Char made me say that.)