Hotel White Shimla

... up the valley(s) would also mean being further and further away from Delhi and subsequent train connections. Infact I felt isolated in Shimla - a feeling I'd never had before - almost cut off! For a few days I agonised over what to do - I'd come to India ...

... wasn't as it looked like some guys were renovating inside, which is good to see. I worked out that I shall only spend today in Shimla and leave for Dharamsala by bus in the morning so I started to make my way downhill to the bus station. On the way down ...

... 50km/h so it was slow going. The road was good and the views were great as we crawled up the mountainsides again. Shimla is a brash hill station, a mountain-ridge town at 2100m that was popularised by the British has now been fully Indianised... it's ...

... was the 'wedding season' and many of those with whom we chatted were part of a wedding party. The atmosphere in Shimla had a wonderful relaxed 'English summer afternoon' feel to it ...a fantastic contrast to the very Indian plaines of Rajisthan. ...

... its name from goddess 'Shayamla Devi', which is another manifestation of Goddess Kali. One of the world's largest hill stations, Shimla was discovered by the British in 1819, prior to which it was part of the Nepalese kingdom. Getting there Even at ...