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Shimla Slideshow
Shimla
Travel Blogs from Shimla, India
Monkey madness!
... to pay 50 Rps per hour to play table tennis though... not very Christian is it? We decided to spend the day in Shimla, so we had a midday Bloody Mary in accordance with Fijian tradition, then headed up the hill to Jakhoo Temple, where apparently there's ...
From dust dry to mountain high
... Rajasthan. We travelled almost continuously for the past two days since leaving Jaisalmer in western Rajasthan to arrive now in Shimla in northern India. What a contrast between these two places. Jaisalmer is in a hot, dry, dusty (very, very dusty) ...
The toy train, indian vacation, and evil monkeys
... of rail. On both trains we found ourselves among engaging and friendly Indians whose ebullence was contagious. The town of Shimla is interesting for a number of reasons. The first is that it its incredibly hilly (more than SF even) which ...
What a ride!!
... ... not the best sign. There wasn't much we could do, so we just timed it right and shot through. Ads and I made it to Shimla, where Tommy already was, having not gone on the gondola. It's this crazy little town built on the side of a mountain, so ...
Shimla - If you cant beat em.....
... drank copious amounts of cheap whisky and coke with new found indian friends and a couple of english guys and a lass from belgium. Shimla was utterly surreal, like being back in a 18th century home counties town, if i knew what one looked like, this ...
Jolly good, ye olde primates
... were eventually moved off the table. Fortunately for the sake of our collective egos, our decision to head to Shimla, the former summer capital of British India, turned out to be a good one. Despite all predictions (and with the help of some still ...
Shimla
Shimla is an old hill station situated in the far north of India. It used to be 'the' summer hangout for the British when we used to rule these parts. As the ascent into the hills commenced the temperature cooled dramatically - so ironic ...
Shimla Town
Shimla, the old hill station for the British to escape from the Indian summers. The climate is still cool clean and fresh and it is quite simply like being in another county. The legacy of the British is still there with a few mock-tudor ...
Shimla - Hooray For Bollywood
... it was me. 'Bunty & Bubli' is the hottest movie in India at the moment. There are Bollywood posters everywhere around town. Given Shimla's Ritz cinema is seconds away from the door of the YMCA, we decied to catch the 7pm session. This was despite the ...
Modem testing day
Smart ass miser, I checked out at 7 in the morning, that is to pay only for one night, while staying 2 days - how characteristic! Clear enought that with the modem in the had I couldn't leave it at home. So I spent the whole day sitting at a coffee and ...
Leaving Leh
... find the calculator in the 'go to' menu'' Kate; Yawn Yawn... Needless to say 1 night and we're on the move. To Shimla where in rains for 3 days solid. Heaviest monsoon for 48 years. 16cm of rain in one day. Landslides throughout the region. We ...
Weekend in Shimla
... its name from goddess 'Shayamla Devi', which is another manifestation of Goddess Kali. One of the world's largest hill stations, Shimla was discovered by the British in 1819, prior to which it was part of the Nepalese kingdom. Getting there Even ...
Escape from Delhi!
12 hours on 2 trains and we're out of delhi and in the relative tranquility of the himalayas in shimla. We packed our bags up and went out for our only night out in delhi last night knowing we weren't in for much sleep as we had to be at the train station ...
Jeep Safari
shimla before starting jeep safari That's Lara, my guide on the left and Lama, the driver on the right. Lara met me at my bus at 5:30 AM and we've been killing time waiting for government offices to open to apply for my innerline permit for ...
Oh, the Himalayas
... opinion is that we are kind of crazy, so no one cares if one partakes in "male" activities, like above. The hotel in Shimla that I found had sub-par service but gorgeous views. The town is straddling the top of the mountain and a few ...
By Train to Shimla
Didn't we have a lovely day the day we went to Shimla! Most travel writers, philosophers and general bullsh!tters of this world have a story based around the principle of 'the journey is more important than the destination'. The sentiment is generally ...
Shimla
... 7 hours south to Jammu by shared jeep. We got to Jammu 9 hours after leaving and i decided we shoul go straight onto Shimla (a further 10 +3 hours away). We met an Indian couple who invited us back to their house while we waited. They made us nice ...
Refreshing Himalayan hill station
Out of the desert and into the mountains... We took a public bus to Shimla, from Chandigarh (after an exciting tuktuk race through town from the train station). I had to run a bit to board the bus, since the driver decided to leave just as I was ...
Town full of monkeys
Shimla is ace, if it wasn't for all the indian people and stuff you'd think it was in the alps or something. Lots of fresh air and nice sunshine today. Last night we went 4 a drink with some other brit travellers then one of them (a 35yr old prison ...
Shimla Photos
Hello all, My apologies. Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to post the Shimla photos along with the log. They are now all uploaded and connected to entry #5 if you wish to view slideshow. ...
Escaping to the Himalyan foothills
... more chilled!). After another o/night train we took a 1930's style winding train for 5 hours climbing to our destimantion of Shimla at 2200 meters. The views from the train were stunning and we felt like we were in another country! Shimla has been a ...
De Bergen!
... we er een zes-uurlange tocht naartoe gemaakt. We zagen het landschap veranderen en we gingen door ongeveer honderd tunnels. Voor Shimla hebben we weer heel wat meegemaakt sinds onze vorige blog, dus bereid je voor op een lang verhaal. Allereerst ...
How much wood a human need
... . I made a round at the Peo's main bazaar to have something to eat (a tiny Chinese dhaba) before the ride. The bus to Shimla was typical (except for a stop we made to fix the forward suspension) - the road is not rough anymore, or probably I couldn't see ...
Monkey business
TOUT - this is the new word I learned on arriving to Shimla around two in the morning. This was about 4 hours before the planned time. The moment I got off the bus I was attacked by several touts. One of them, a quite elderly man, was really sticky and ...
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
Ah, Simla! Summer holiday spot of the British raj and seasonal hq of the administration of India back in the day. IF I was to feel homesick and yearn for my mother country, Simla would be the place to come. A central church, British buildings, a ...
Chick-chasing across the Himalayas
hanging w/ neo, water shortage, honeymooning indians, chasing the greek ...
The Big Blunder..!!
... and deteriorating........as are most of these old British Raj properties in Shim la........ just to add a bit of background history, Shimla was discovered by the British in approx 1819 prior to this it was part of the Nepalese Kingdom, the ...