Considered as one of Indonesia\'s historical and cultural epicenters, Jogjakarta is the place to be for any would be culture-vulture. The home of the famed Borobudur and Prambanan temples, this city which is steeped in Javanese traditions, is also the home of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. The long stretch of Malioboro street is a shoppers haven, offering everything you want from traditional handcrafted items, beautiful handmade batiks, to memorable trinkets of your trip to an ancient city.
Calcutta, or Kolkata, is the capital city of the state of West Bengal, India. The city once became the capital city of India in 1772 until 1912. Calcutta is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India. This developing city also has a rash of air-conditioned shopping malls and some of the best restaurants in India. Visitors will be pleased with a view of the city filled with beautiful dramatic colonial architecture of the building.