Another misty morning but this time in Murshidabad. Nicole is in her element having two yoga classes a day with an Indian yoga guru out on deck just as the sun is breaking through the mist.
At 8:30 after breakfast, we set off by horse and carriage to Katra Masjid.
En route, we had a lucky escape after a motorcycle drove into the side of our carriage. No harm was done to us or the horse and from what I could tell the motorcyclist came off the worst.
Katra Masjid is a former Shia mosque that was built in the 1700’s. It’s no longer in use and it’s where the grave of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan (the first Nawab of Bengal) lies.
After our visit we were back in our carriage and on our way to destination number two which was the Hazarduari Palace.
Built-in the early 1800’s by the Nawab of Bengal to house his office, durbar and also house officers of the East India Company.
Today it is a museum containing many documents, artefacts and mementoes from its heyday. Photography is prohibited inside so I just have exterior shots. From there it was a short walk back to the boat via a lane which had lots of gift shops.
We were back onboard for 11:00 and I had a nice cold beer to enjoy for the sailaway. There was a second excursion in the afternoon to another village but we opted to stay onboard, there are only so many of these places you can see.
Tomorrow is a river day so I will tell you more about the boat and life onboard.
Glad that motorcycle vs carriage thing turned out OK. That could have been scary. Looking forward to tomorrow for your boat report.