Simla

I'd lived two years in Nepal but now I could not justify procrastinating any longer. I had to face the inevitable and return to I knew not what fate awaited me. A fellow PCV who had completed his service was also ready to leave so we agreed to travel ...

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... moments after settling into the car and down the winding road we both were feeling quite ill from the strong smell. Arriving in Simla, a 2km ridge at the top of a mountain was a great experience. There are views of the mountains everywhere you look. ...

simla was ...

Went on a day bus tour from Simla of local areas includin Potato Research Farm, Indian Institue for Advanced Study. All Simla seems a pleasant city and local. Hills and mountains and ...

27 Nov 80 I had already visited here in June 80 but worth a second visit. Pleasant ...

Snooker and ...

Hot water until 9am, that's a bit harsh isn't ...

Had visited Darjeeling another British hill station in the Northeast in October 1978. Under the Raj the English would move their government functions up into the high altitude hills during the intense heat of Indian summers. I have visited a number of ...

We turned up at the bus station for our 12.15pm AC coach to Ooty. This arrived an hour late, allegedly due to a farmers' strike blocking the Bangalore to Mysore road. This delay gave us plenty of time to listen to the coaches attempt to leave the bus ...

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