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Toy trains and back to the cold
The journey to Shimla was a long one, taking the best part of a day; this started with a train from Delhi to Kalka and then a toy train up the mountain to Shimla. The train is known as a toy train due to the narrow gauge. The journey was a long but scenic one as we saw the changing countryside as we climbed higher and higher. Unfortunately, delays are par for the course and when we finally arrived in ...
Himachal Pradesh: from Delhi to Shimla
... time and made it to our connecting "Toy Train" to Shimla. The toy train from Kalka to Shimla The toy train is just one if those things you have to experience if you are in Northern India. It is a rickety old steam train that travels from the Kalka station(near Dehli) to a little hillstation town called Shimla. Lots of people stop iver in Shimla on their way to Manali and Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. The Toy Train moves incredibly slowly but it is a lovely trip that winds ...
ShimlaMandiMandiMandiMandinonstop!
... we were ushered to leave the 200-meter long hall before the credits were even allowed to roll. We tried to exit through the emergency exits whose brightly illuminated signs had blinded us for the duration of the film. Unfortunately, they were locked -- from the outside.
We concluded the evening with a very colorful meal with our travel companions, and, feeling that Shimla's toy town charm had not worked its magic on us, decided to move on to Chandigarh the next day.
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Monkeys & weddings
... 1511;ר ישראל 97;ם). לאחר התרוצ 10;ות במורד ובמעל 92; המדרו 03; עליו בנויי 92; העיר מצאנו מלון נחמד. ...
Jaipur - Himachal Pradesh - Prison Train
... The next day we were woken by people selling tea and snacks throughout the train, when I say selling, I mean screaming, 'CHAI!', through the carriageways! Pretty entertaining when you've barely slept and feel like you've been sleeping on concrete.
Our guide then told us we were getting off in ten minutes, again this was India time so in actual fact it was an hour. So we got all our bags and stood by the exits. The doors were just wide open with just the guide in the ...
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