I visited the largest pet market in the world, located on Galiff Street in Kolkata every Sunday. Lots of cute animals are sold there for people to take home as pets.
The main things being bought and sold at the Galiff Street Market were birds, of all kinds of varieties. But there were also rabbits, puppies and Persian cats.
I met two local lads, Nawazul and Zeeshan, who keep birds as pets. They were shopping for a rainbow budgie and a finch. They were very knowledgeable about birds and rejected so many of them before they found the ones they really wants.
After bargaining for a beautiful rainbow budgie, who now has the name ‘Dale’, I took the public bus with the guys back to their neighbourhood, which is called Phoolbagan or Area 47, to check out their collection of beautiful birds.
A successful market hunt should always be followed by a local treat, and there just so happened to be a branch of Arasalan within walking distance of where we were. Arsalan is a famous biryani restaurant, serving authentic Kolkata-style biryani.
So with Nawazul, I enjoyed a massive plate of mutton biryani, with two big juicy pieces of mutton, a potato and an egg. This is the Kolkata style.
I then went for a long walk on my own to burn off some calories and do further exploring in downtown Kolkata. I ended up at Park Street where books are sold at the side of the street.
I was innocently looking to buy a Tintin comic book when some old man came and tried to offer me something far less innocent.
I ended the days adventure in typical Dale style, buy bargaining for a baseball cap and then tanking a fresh orange juice from a local juice wala.
0:00 Galiff Street Market
5:06 Cute Rabbits
6:42 Puppy Market
9:56 Fighting Rooster
10:53 Budgie Hunt
15:18 Buying a Cage
17:09 Buying a Finch
18:00 Labrador Puppies
19:18 Bargaining for a Budgie
22:53 Kolkata Public Bus
25:38 Phoolbagan Local area
27:52 Bird Collection
33:45 Horse Stable
36:57 Arsalan Biryani Restaurant
47:14 Park Street Book Market
51:56 Baseball Cap Bargain
54:28 Street Cricket
57:11 Fresh Orange Juice
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