Floatel--Kolkata

20.11.2011

I am here at Kolkata to conduct a session at the certification course on Valuation at Hotel Floatel (lit. a floating Hotel!)

The venue is a renovated ship on the river Ganges adjacent to Baboo Ghat. The main hotel with the state rooms is on the ship which is accessed by a narrow pontoon bridge. The conference halls and reception are on the boat jetty.

The balcony, terrace and walkways both on the ship and on the jetty provide a nice view of the Ganges River and the stately buildings on either side. The steamers and boats plying on the river are a pleasant sight. It is pleasantly cold and there is mist. The atmosphere so early in the morning (8:00 AM) is pretty sleepy!

Both the Howrah Bridge as well as the new bridge are visible on either side from the Hotel.

• Howrah Bridge uses only suspensions and is built without letting down any pillars into the middle of the Ganga.
• Just opposite Floatel is Rama Krishna Ghatt where every Saturday the same pundits who perform aarthi puja at Haridwar perform the same Pooja in the evenings.