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So near, still so far away - The Vedic Village |
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Written by sandy
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
 Vedic village - a place so near to Kolkata, still so calm, kool, pollution free place compare to Kolkata. To reach this place, its ideal to choose a weekend and by car it takes hardly 45 minutes to an hour by road via Ultodanga - VIP road - Kaikhali - Lauhati 3 point crossing - finally Vedic Village (Map by http://www.thevedicvillage.com) , or some other alternative routes like - Take
the
Flyover
towards
Nicco
Park
&
past
the
WIPRO
crossing
till
the
end
of
the
road
&
turn
right
towards
the
Rajarhat
Expressway - Drive
past
Technopolis
on
to
the
Rajarhat
Express
Way
till
you
get
the
sharp
turn
left - Proceed
down
the
road
over
a
small
bridge
till
you
see
a
Vedic
Village
sign
board
directing
you
right.
This
is
also
the
narrow
village
road
to DPS
Megacity
School - Proceed
down
the
village
road
past
DPS
till
you
reach
a
four
way
crossing
when
you
turn
left - You
are
on a
beautiful
tree
lined
road
(see
the
Rain
Trees
on
either
side)
till
the
end
of
the
road
and
then
turn
right - You
are
nearly
there!
Drive
past
three
petrol
pumps
on
your
right
- HP, Bharat
Petroleum
and
then
IOL
-
just
after
which
you
see
a
local
Cinema
Hall
after
which
you
immediately
turn
right
proceed
for
a
minute
down
the
Road
and
you
cannot
miss
Vedic
Village
on
your
left - Drive
into
the
Reception.
Map of the entire area by(http://www.thevedicvillage.com
 The oppurtunity same when a off-site organised by the office to building up team activity. The place is not too far from this hussling and bussling city of Kolkata but still the surroundings is no different then the city life. Guess its obvious that a slight change in settings can make big difference in mind.
The arranagement was done by the department, where I had very littile role to play. So I start sharing my experience from the very day, early morning when the car from office picked me up from my home. Then onwards the journey begings via VIP road , Kaikhali ,Lauhati (This is the place where the Lauhati-Haroa road starts. The road to the
East goes to Haroa. The road to the West goes to Rajarhat and then
Kaikhali or Baguiati on VIP Road. The road to the south goes to
Bhangor/Bhujerhat.
Bus routes 91/A/B/C from Shyambazar, CTC T11 from
Dhormotala/Esplanade, DN16 from Barasat. It is 11 Km by road from
Baguiati or Kaikhali. It takes 20-25 minutes to reach at Baguaiti, or
Airport or Kaikhali) towards Vedic village.
After reacking almost noon we settle down in our individual rooms. I shared the room with one of my co-worker. The place is so different then our normal city life. All the cottage and bungalows are cleverly designed with a touch of village ambience. The surrounding place is very quiete and cool.
Apart from the sourroundings the food is good along with the swimming pool with fountain at one side of it. We enjoyed playing water sports over there. Others has enjoyed the spa and at night the place becomes realy kool . The next day we went to the games woom , enjoyed playing table tennis and other indoor games.
Then the time came to leave. This time we approched a different way back to Kolkata/Saltlake via Rajarhat 4 point crossing, Rajarhat Express way, Newtown Crossing,Technopolis, Rajarhat Sector V Crossing, Wipro Crossing, Khal Pole Crossing(Saltlake).
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