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Madurai to Kolkata

Madurai is a 2000 year old city and one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. As the journey continues north up the east coast of India, the carnage on the roads continues. A side trip to an elephant sanctuary in Odisha Province showcases the beauty of India's national parks. Onwards to the Bay of Bengal and Kolkata, where Colin and Ryan Pyle visit a hospital and school for the blind run by the Seva Foundation. The Seva Foundation has restored the eyesight of over 3 million people in Asia and Africa; here the Pyle's witness how quick turnaround cataract surgery can be life changing.

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