Sunrise Villa Shimla

... of the region.<br><br>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 ...

... aggressive - and climbed to the monkey temple. Queued to be blessed by the holy man in the shrine - a saffron dot placed on our foreheads. The holyman paused in doing this only to take a call on his mobile - new India v old India cliche. <br><br>Leaving the temple we nearly were nearly caught in the cross fire of a turf war between a troop of monkeys and the local stray dogs. Much baring of teeth, shreaks and barks. It was unclear as to who won. <br>

... desperate to know...cake count over the last couple of days......zero yes zero. I was hoping to have tea and cake in Clarks but they didnt have any. Mmmmm something not quite right here!!<br>Ok that was day one in Shimla, day 2 (today) to follow but I am giving up with this computer and internet connection really really slow. I will update the rest when I get to Chandigarh. Tomorrow on the Toy Train (narrow guage railway built by the British) to there.

... wordt. Vanuit Amritsar hebben we een uitstapje gemaakt naar Attari, dat aan de grens van India en Pakistan ligt en de enige grensovergang over land is tussen deze landen. Elke avond hebben ze er een hele ceremonie als de grens sluit waar duizenden mensen naar komen kijken. We moesten op stenen trappen zitten en door de hekken zagen we de Pakistaanse toeschouwers. De ceremonie bestaat uit schreeuwen, imponeren, volksliederen en hilarisch marcheren door de grens ...

... This might be also, because there wan't that much to do besides wander around on this path. And the guidebook was right that as a westerner there did not seem to be much to keep us detained here. We mostly hung out and enjoyed the temperate weather, the excellent views, and people watching the groups of Indian men and woman (always separate - the two sexes do not really have much to do with each other - which makes one wonder how they have an overpopulation ...

... some spot on their face and asking 'This is frostbite, isn't it? Am I going to lose my eye?', or saying 'I think I got a touch of hypothermia in the night'. I tried to educate them at first, then realized it was way more fun to play along. Of course, they caught on pretty quick and the questions stopped. On day two we made our journey towards the actual Himalayas. Up to now, we'd only been in the foothills, but on this day we made the 8 ...

... use it today. Walked back about 3km to the hotel and rested before going on the internet to try and book a flight from Amritsar to Delhi on the 22nd Nov but my card kept getting declined so I phoned up the airline who said that they have a problem accepting international credit cards and to try again another day. Very helpful but I'll give it a go another day. Went to get some dinner and walked along The Mall to one and I stood reading the menu when I noticed ...

... I can't count that fast. I do have some video I'll send though, just to make you giggle. The temple wasn't much but all in all it was an interesting afternoon. How many people back home can say they paid someone to use a stick? I've got so many cool monkey photos I'm going to make a separate entry to house them all in my travelpod page. We saw very few other tourists in Shimla, most of the visitors were Indians, coming up out of the heat to ...

... be Still' - Eagles, in their heads. A little more pronounced in the teenage years, I guess. So why am I babbling? I saw that same sense of determination in the kid at Darcha Check Post (Lunch stop) who purposefully kept showering mugs of water on every dry patch she could find. In those five minutes, nothing was more important to her than to wet the patches. If it meant she would have to go under the table and wet a small patch ...