Quality Inn Himdev Shimla

Himachal Pradesh is known as Deva Bhoomi the land of the gods. Himachal is situated in the western Himalayas. Himachal Pradesh is a mountainous state elevating about 350 meters (1,148 ft) to 6,000 meters (19,685 ft) above the sea level. Tribes such as the koilis, kinnars and kirats inhabited the region from pre-historic era. Himachal Pradesh was established as a state on April 15, 1948. <br><br>Himachal Hill Stations is the favored ...

... Victorian mock-alpine fancies, theme park gothic, and modern concrete Indian all fighting for space on the cliffs. <br><br>The main attraction is the old Vice-Regal lodge - a very grand building built in Scottish Baronial style, with a neatly manicured lawn and tidy flower beds in really looks out of place in India. Build in the late 1800s - with ducting ready for electricity long before it came to India. The brief tour takes you to the room where ...

... most of this by myself. They have a day in Shimla, after coming from god knows where and are off again tonorrow after having everything arranged to the minute for them. And they also did a very good impression of whinging poms! Thank the lord I am not in a group!!!!!<br><br>Dinner was a tad surreal. On Scandal Point (at some point I am going to have to find out why it is called that - with a name like that there has to be a story behind it.) there is a ...

... is beroemd om de Gouden tempel, de belangrijkste tempel van de Sikhs. (Verder bleek de stad ook niet echt interessant, het zat helemaal verstopt met toeterend verkeer, zelfs voetgangers hadden het moeilijk.) Volgens Sikh-religie is ieder mens, ongeacht kaste of geslacht, gelijk. Dit is een soort tegenbeweging van het Hinduisme, dat de mensen wel in verschillende kasten plaatst. Verder hebben de Sikhs 1 god en een kenmerk van hun tempels is dat iedereen er ...

... that most westerners would not spend much time here, but that Indians, especially honeymooners, arrived by the trainful and couldn't get enough of the place. The weather and the britsh buildings seemed to have some sort of spell over the nationals as they were everywhere. Wondering around in a daze up and down the "mall" in what is best described as a promenade. Indeed, the climate and serenity of this location are so unusual for India that the authorities have ...

... The guy who sold us the ride said it was for 14 km, but it was maybe 2 km until we reached a temple complex about halfway up. We checked everything out, then argued with our horse-boy to take us further up the mountain to get our moneys worth. We finally reached the summit where, surprise surprise, another temple awaited. Navin, the only Hindu among us, went in while Ankusha and I stayed outside and made wisecracks. The ride down was ...

... much sensible. I travelled on a toy train that took 4 hours to reach Shimla. It was cute and only cost RPS 29 bargain! Shimla is the states capital and is very busy with tourists especailly with Indian honeymooners. I went to the mall road where everyone watches everyone else. The views of the mountains were great. It rained alot too. Manali - the drive was like being on a roller coaster and as usual I was sick (yes Ruth and Navin it happend again!) However I was fine ...

... LP) to the Viceregal Lodge which was built in 1888 for the British to be based in Shimla when they moved their captial to Shimla from Calcutta and Delhi in the summer. I joined a group of other tourists where we were shown round a few of the rooms inside as part of a guided tour. The tour guide pointed out that the building still has it's original electrics and wiring from 1890 and that it still all works. He also mentioned that there are 24 water tanks in the ...

... him in front of her and started grooming him. I have seen this move so many times by Indian beggarwoman, that it made me laugh so hard that I didn't notice the male sneaking up behind me. Not that old chestnut. Luckily, Syd noticed and they had a baring of teeth contest and Syd remembered his stick and waved it at the male who slowly backed down. The time continued much in this vein, clever monkeys, cheeky ruses. We watched the monkeys ...

... and sand on him. Off-off-off-tangent: You pick up determination very early in your life, I think. First, to absorb all that you can since everything is so new to you: a pen, a book, an aunt, a brother, a horse, or in some cases, even some ancient relic that even the one who brought you close to that relic is trying to make sense of. Then you become determined to speak a few words. And when you do, it is a probably a wonderful ...