Whistling Pines Resort 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 ...

... siamo immersi nell'enorme bazar di Chadni Chowk. Per qualche attimo, percorrendo la strada principale del quartiere dove abbiamo dormito, non mi e' sembrato di essere dall'altra parte del mondo. Unica pecca della visita...sapevo che alla fine Stefania se ne sarebbe andata.<br>E infatti il 23 e' arrivato piu' in fretta di quanto mi aspettassi, alle 5e30 del mattina ...

... huizen met gemilimeterde gazons. Niet lang na onze aankomst werden we verwelkomd door Narinder Singh, een man van 73 wiens levensmissie er al vijftig jaar lang uit bestaat om toeristen te helpen. Hij noemt het 'social work'. Twee dagen lang zagen we hem full-time. Hij wilde ons, zijn 'good grand daughters', 'happy and cheerful' maken en was zelf ook zo 'happy' dat hij met ons 'nicely' kon praten. Toen we voor Jorindes maag-darm-stelsel een dokter nodig hadden ...

... fancy tablecloths and real waiters serving excellent local cuisine for a song. I think we went to each place about four times (not that there was much choice in Shimla which for some strange reason did not have enough restaurants to feed half the crowd that occupied the city). And last but not least - Jakhu - the monkey temple. We had been to a number of "monkey temples" - some of them with many monkeys - some of which didn't seem to be very monkeyish. We had ...

... centre of town, but we were on the top floor, and had a spectacular view of the snow covered Himalayas, which rose like a white wall behind our green-brown valley. We rested the first night, eating well and relaxing in our room, which we later found out had been recently used as the honeymoon sweet. That explained the flowers and frilly curtains! We checked to make sure we had fresh sheets, then went to bed. The next day we journeyed into the ...

... is into politics and owns alot of land and even one of the mountain peak (Hallan 1 Peak) wow! Many Bollywood movie stars have visited this place a location for their shoots and I was showed the photo album of them all. I had a great afternoon and visted the local art gallery and castle. I am going to try some paragliding tomorrow if the weather is good. Anyway I am going to try some Tibettan food tonight looking forward to the challenge in the morning!!!! Bye for now Love Bini

... s easier for them to hire a car for a few weeks. They said it cost 520 euros which isn't a bad price as I was being quoted silly prices when I was trying to be sold one on my first day in India. They left and I ordered an Aloo Gobi, rice and naan. An Indian couple sat down next to me and the guy started talking to me in good English as he's been studing sales and marketing in Birmingham for the last 3 years. They left and shortly afterwards so did I and went back to the hotel.

Shimla is ace, if it wasn't for all the indian people and stuff you'd think it was in the alps or something. Lots of fresh air and nice sunshine today. Last night we went 4 a drink with some other brit travellers then one of them (a 35yr old prison officer from reading who's been out here 6months) came back to our hotel for a beer and a late night chat, on at least 6 occasions he dived onto the floor, thrust his legs into the air and set fire to his *****, he did this not only ...

... goes to the optimistic Ashok Leyland trucker on the way to Leh, who calls his little world down there, 'Store Room'. Off-add-many-and-another-tangent More road signs. The king of the lot: 'Drive with horse power, not rum power' Is there a school for such stuff? And more: 'Darling, I want you, but not so fast' 'Be mild on my curves' 'He who touches 90 tries to die at 19' 'Peep peep, don't sleep' 'After whiskey, driving risky'