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Beautiful Himachal
Entry containing 3 photos titled: 02 Nights in Shimla, Shimla beautiful forests, Shimla Mall Road
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Raj hill station
... would decamp there during the summer to avoid the sweltering heat in Dehli and Kolkata and this continued until 1939. The Kalka to Shimla railway which we now find ourselves on was completed in 1903 and allowed the ruling families to construct opulent ...
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To Shimla on the Himalayan Queen
... ages and ages, with their chins resting in their palm. India must be a country of constipated people. At Kalka I swapped trains since the one up to Shimla is a narrow gauge toy train. This carriage wasn't aircon and initially I was fine. But then an ...
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Reality bites
The train to Mumbai leaves from Kalka, so thats where I am headed. It is hot and stuffy here, but maybe after the snowstorms and blizzards I have been through in the past week, everything will seem hot and stuffy! I visit Pinjore Gardens, a must see on ...
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Shivering In Shimla..
... to Delhi (The Himilayan Queen). Certainly one of the more scenic trips we're likely to do and certainly worth doing if you ever have the chance. A very nice way to spend the day. And that's Shimla. Next Pod - Jaipur, India. Love, Nath and ...
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Not very Shimla to the last place
We left Delhi under the cover of darkness and caught the 6 am train for Shimla. We changed at Kalka onto the narrow gauge toy train for Shimla, it took a windy route up to the Himalaya (2200m), the views were needless to say, stunning. The only snag was ...
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Sherpa Johnsons go forth
... town as their summer retreat. In the days of the British Empire the whole Calcutta (and later Delhi) government offices were transplanted to Shimla to escape the heat for about 3 - 4 months. The views were amazing as it was such a lovely day and we ...
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Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
The journey here was fabulous. On Tuesday we travelled on the narrow guage railway line from Kalka. 5 hours of stunning countryside - the foothills were lush. Our first sight of the station was of about 20 men crouched as if at the starting line of a ...
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Delhi to Shimla: The Great Escape
... days recharging our batteries, digesting all the things we saw in Delhi and have now booked a hiking tour for tomorrow. Shimla is a nice little town springing off the side of a hill just over 2000m above sea level. It's really an ...
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Dare to Dream
... So, here starts my journey, which may sound crazy, but helped me to rejuvenate myself. Delhi to Kalka 270 km overnight by train then Kalka to Shimla 96 km in 5 hour by Rail Motor, back to Kalka 80 km in 3 and a half hour by bus and again those last ...
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Shimla
We've luckily escaped the heat and smog of Delhi and made it to Shimla, former summer capital of colonial India. The increase in altitude (or more likely the decrease in smog) seems to be making Rick feel better (he had previously passed out and shat ...
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