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Toy trains and back to the cold
... night train back to Delhi. As we had no luggage to worry about, we decided to experience travelling in a lower class on the sleeper train (at my request!) and I now accept Shenal is right when she says we need to travel in the higher class – I did not sleep thanks to screaming children and others constantly getting on and off the train throughout the night. Our return to Delhi was followed by a long ...
Himachal Pradesh: from Delhi to Shimla
... of Ghee(clarified butter) and they are rich and creamy! After lunch we headed to a rooftop bar cafe for some drinks. We had just payed and were about to leave when a Kingfisher beer and Masala Chai arrived at our table. We were a bit confused until we lookedacross the terrace and saw two young Indian chaps with massive grins across their faces said "please do come join us for a drink"! We spent the next three hours chatting to these guys, who wre cracking us up! The reason ...
100 zu 1
... fortgehen hat er nicht erfunden der inder - um 11 war schluss in der disco und das an einem freitag - besuch war spaerlich - mucke war saulaut (wie's eben der inder gerne hat) aber nicht unbedingt bollywood sondern halt bum-bum. ich glaub ganz kurz hab ich eine frau gesehen - sonst nur burschen anfang 20 die (schlecht) getanzt haben - dafuer sehr ausgelassen - dann bestellt sich die ganze gruppe ...
Monkeys & weddings
... 1506;ליך ככה, שבקוש 97; אפשר לנשום, בטח שלא להסבי 12; לפקיד מה אתה רוצה. כמובן שאפשר לבקש יפה, ...
Shimlan shangri-la
Our visit to the relaxing hill station of Shimla couldn't have come too soon for us. We had travelled somewhat too quickly around Rajasthan, so by the time that the toy train pulled in at dusk, after having set out from our New Delhi hotel at 6am, we were absolutely exhausted.
Before the British influence on India, there was no Shimla. The land was acquired from local landowners in 1830 and the town quickly grew in importance, ...
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