Well, unlike in the States, obtaining a SIM card and a cell phone is no easy task in India since 9/11. The nice part is that the salesman came to the hotel this morning and took the orders from us for the phones. It involved an application, a passport photo (yes, a picture that is kept), a copy of my passport, and a copy of my visa. The only problem happened to be is that the entry stamp on my visa is in blue ink.....well, you can imagine how well that copied on a black and white copier. So, eventually, we got a colour copy and all is well now. I should have a phone tomorrow afternoon around 4:30 or so with a local number to stay in touch with people in Kolkata.
To get the passport photo, we ventured around the corner into New Market and found a passport photo shop on top of the Nikon camera shop (where I happened to pick up an UV filter for my short lens). Pretty interesting operation built into the foyer and stairs of an old colonial era building. If I remember, I will try to grab a pic of the place tomorrow. Just image a storefront directly in the entry of the foyer and then a loft like structure built over most of the stairs with a narrow stairway left for access to the upper level. Interestingly enough, the walls were built down to the tops of the banisters (concrete) and the original jade green tile work was still visible in the walls from the tops of the banisters and railing.
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