Kufri Pacific Hotel Shimla

... of the region.

The drainage systems of Himachal Pradesh are Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Yamuna. This Hill Station experience three seasons hot weather season, cold weather season and rainy season. It is considered as a fruit bowl of the country. Himachal Pradesh is a well known habitat to a variety of animals. There are around 1200 bird and 359 animal species in the state. Himachal Pradesh is divided into 12 districts ...

... papers were signed to end British rule, and split India and Pakistan. As we left we saw something even more jarring on a building that looked like it should be in Scotland - a monkey walking across the ramparts of the lodge.

On the subject of monkeys., Shimla has a lot of monkeys, a lot of very confident monkeys. Its main temple is dedicated to the monkey god, so they have the run of the place. We hired sticks to ward off monkeys - they can ...

... rail-tracks.

In Kalka we changed trains for a very different, but very pleasurable, rail experience. The "toy train" up to Shimla. This is something of a colonial relic, a narrow gauge railway that winds its way from the plains into the Himalayan foothills up to 2,150 metres above sea level. Crammed in tiny carriages for 6 hours, through spectacular scenery, an ancient ...

Shimla (also spelt as 'Simla') derives its name from goddess 'Shayamla Devi', which is another manifestation of Goddess Kali. The capital of Himachal Pradesh came into light when the British discovered it in 1819. Till then, it was a part of the Nepalese kingdom. In 1864 Shimla was declared as the summer capital of India. After Independence, Shimla became the capital of Punjab and was later named the capital of Himachal Pradesh. In 1903 a rail line was ...

... Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Other than the chilled beauty of nature, Manali has much more to entertain any visitor. Naggar Fort, Buddhist temples, Rohtang Pass, the museum of traditional Himachal culture, beautiful Himalayan valleys, various adventurous activities like skiing, hiking, mountaineering, paragliding, rafting, trekking, kayaking, and mountain ...

... splitting rocks WHILE also gripping the NASA satellite-sized umbrella against the bulleting rain was something I was not particularly enraptured with. Our marriage was almost short lived! My tongue was an ugly place! David was like Indiana Jones, thrashing through the undergrowth with his umbrella while praising and urging me forth. By the end of the 1 hour trek, the sun was glinting through the Cedar Pine branches and raindrops looked like ...

Well, we've been here 4 days already and it's flown by. India is a bedazzling, confuddling, stupefying and rather odourous place. We arrived into India after zero hours of sleep on our overnight plane! Too excited I guess, but it did mean we devoted our first day entirely to sleep, beneath the calming sounds of an overhead fan and AC system resembling a helicopter. Our first hotel was delightful, beautifully decorated with excellent food and friendly staff and other ...

... Chub!' which means 'be quiet!') so you dont know what she wants when she goes schiz! Also tears around the classroom uncontrollably, screaming at the top of her voice, spits and scratches her erm private area all the time! So the past couple of weeks have been pretty draining and I am covered in bruises! She bit my arm so hard it left teethmarks today! Oh well its kept me busy I guess! Another volunteer finally came - for the last ten days of my stay, after ...

... Center - not sure what they're hoping to find out...I know they're good mashed with lots of butter and cream, and Chail home of the world's highest Cricket ground). Obviously two days was not nearly long enough to visit Shimla and environs, but we enjoyed a relaxing, cool weekend and will hope to return to see more someday soon. Back to Delhi Our return trip would have been mostly uneventful, but for a freak incident in which a window of our car (Shimla-Kalka) was smashed in ...

... because they charge your hotel commission which is added to the bill. These port**s w**en't giving up though and th**e was one particularly creepy one in a distinctive purple shirt who followed us all the way to our chosen hotel. It wasn't a fantastic choice - and we swtiched the next day to the excellent hotel White. The High Street is v**y distinctive - mock Tudor like a Surrey market town ...