Shringi Vatika Himachal Pradesh

... government department.

Rana recommends Chaini fort the most, for half day’s hike, to his guests. Chaini Fort – locally known as Chaini Kothi, is the highest tower in that area. These types of towers were made in the ancient times to place the soldiers on the top storey and keep a watch.

Rana has converted his small village house at the bank of a small rivulet, to a guest house. Originally this traditional house was built by his ancestors. Every winter they came ...

... a mountain overlook called Treund (about 3,000 M. I think).



In case you are wondering what hiking in a cloud forest is like, imagine hiking inside of a cloud (like this)








with every 15 minutes or so the world opening up to reveal dizzying steep slopes covered in lush green (like this).





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... first day and evening just wandering around the streets, looking at stalls and small shops and just generally relaxing, before having a beautiful chinese meal in a local restaurant adorned with pictures of pierce brosnan, who is a favourite customer! said meal was washed down with two one litre bottles of cheap cider. aaaah. just like home, sorta.

the following morning we had a late breakfast before heading to the compound that contains a replica of ...

... 10 aastat tagasi oli tore hotell nunnakloostri vastas. Ladies Venture. Ööbima pääsesid ka mehed. Nimetet hotell on täitsa alles ja näeb värskelt värvitud välja. Aga tube on neil ainult kaks, me tahaks kolme. Martti ja Kaarle siirduvad jahile, mille tulemusena leidub üks koht, kus toad 800 ruupiat ja vaade kehva, teises on 600 ruupiat, vabaneb tunni pärast ja kahes toas hea vaade. Valime odavama. Saame Kaarlega viimase peal vaatega rõduga elamise ...

... is like 2 or 3km away from the main part of the city where all the other hotels are... and we were not sure what to do. We walked around to nearby hotels and most of them were full. Our backs were killing us, it was really dark, and we had no choice but to take the 1000 rs a night room. We left as soon as we woke up the next morning and took a bus back to Rewalsar Lake.
The bus ride was ridiculous! First we waited for about 30 minutes at the bus ...

... floating trash in some parts. This didn't dissuade people from taking paddleboats out on it, but after the long and amazing walk through the hill forests we were really hoping we could go for a swim. With this option out, we walked into the Children's Village, which was a lot more organized than we were expecting. It was like an entire little town based on primary education. The classrooms were in the center and surrounded by little apartments, a playground, and a sports ...

... we've been in India. We've also spent a few days hiking the surrounding hills and mountains, getting some good exercise and seeing all the breathtaking sights. We took a hike up to Sacred Dal Lake, which was a bit of a disappointment as we all expected a crystal clear mountain lake, and actually found a dirty looking pond with a few tourist boats on it. We made up for it by hiking to the nearest peak, sometimes following the paths and other times making our own, trekking ...

... Himachal Pradesh is crawling with Israelis. They are by far the majority of travelers in the region, and they have a somewhat unsavory reputation. They travel in groups of 4-8, keep to themselves, and smoke a ton of dope. They tend to be rude to the locals and travelers who aren't Israeli. Granted, these are broad generalizations. I met Israelis who were perfectly lovely people - even they *****ed about there ...

... then at 10am we go to work. I used to work in 2 different schools but didn't enjoy it so I am now working in a daycare centre, which is a place where mums drop 2-4 yrs olds off and we play with them, feed them and do activities like painting etc. My daycare centre is funded by a hindu temple and it takes place in the temple grounds. Every day we take them to temple. We all take off our shoes then go into the temple where a ...

... which overlooks the mountain valley. We both feel rather tired afer weeks of travel and we plan to spend the next few days taking it easy with lots of time spend on our wonderful balcony. Where other Indian cities have cows, Shimla has monkies, except that the cows are rarely seen on rooftops while the monkies frequently are. It is common to see a monkey sitting on a lamppost scolding people passing below or running along from rooftop to ...