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Toy trains and back to the cold
... was dark and freezing cold! The clean air made the entire journey worthwhile!
Walking around Shimla was enjoyable - the streets are spotless and vehicles are prohibited in the central area – we did not feel like we were still in India! The views were also spectacular. Unfortunately we only had 24 hours in Shimla before we had to catch the next toy train back down to Kalka and ...
Shimla - Hill Station
... a 4 hour train ride from Amritsar. So even now Shimla is not easily accessible. Imagine back in the day, it took one month to journey from Calcutta to Shimla. Ladies and children were carried in sedan chairs. The luggage which included everything including the kitchen sink, crystal, wine, chandeliers etc was carried by pack horses, camels and porters. Before hotels sprung up along the route, families and their staff would have camped at ...
Himalaya
... opened the door and provided the required head covering and waist tie, which we found out later was to keep the evil spirits inside us so as not to pollute the sacred area. There was a temple, a shelter with musical instruments and a drying animal hide, and the highest structure of the fort, from which at one time soldiers must have looked out for enemies.
Even more incredible road engineering awaited us for the drive to Chhitkul, the last village by navigable road, just 80 ...
Being sick and getting better
... 1497;ש בית חולים טוב? 'יותר טוב. לא ממש טוב'.
ארזנו את מטלטל 97;נו ונסענ 93; לרמפו 12;. בית חולים ...
Dare to Dream
... journey, which may sound crazy, but helped me to rejuvenate myself.
Delhi to Kalka 270 km overnight by train then Kalka to Shimla 96 km in 5
hour by Rail Motor, back to Kalka 80 km in 3 and a half hour by bus and
again those last ...
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