Shimla 19th - 21st August
Shimla was a short ride on bus from Mandi, David got chatting to a police man from Shimla and he walked us from the bus thro town to the best accomodation area, now not that we weren't not grateful for this little favor but, the guy dropped us right in the ritzy area!
Hotels are all that are available here and they cost 600 up. Accepting the fact we couldnt be tight on bugdet here we made a reservation at a nice place resonable for the cash and stayed the night in over price but clean room.
Shimla is Himachal's capital, built on a ridge, it is India's most famous British hill station (2100m)and is now a rich playground full of people flashing the cash, busy being 'seen' and talking in english to one another. It has british built buildings and the town is totally pedestriansed - a very refreshing change!
All there is to do here is shop (sorry dave) but is fasinating seeing how the wealthy part of indian society live in western clothes and habits. I got strange looks and laughs from these guys in my Salwar, the people in the sticks just love it - I guess thats snobbery for you.
The food was expensive and not upto much so we stuck to the dhabas of the Bazaar. The weather was creepy, cloud just rolled in as and when, real pea soupers at times. One morning we had a real suprise, a tree fell down outside our hotel on to car park and flattened two cars. We have had lots of rain so we recon that was the reason - it took half the road with it too. The electric cables where down but we where assured "the town clerk lives on this road, he won't live without electric - it'll be back within the hour" alright for some eh?
Monkeys rampage the streets looking for people with food to mug and generally making shop keeper lives hell. The dogs have good fun with them and gang up and shout at them - they give good chase until they find a tree.
The post office here was painless! and we managed to get rid of the parcels we have been carrying around with us because of mr. Nark in Jari. I bough some new flipus flopus and had a ceremony for my pink reefs, they shall be missed.
Hotels are all that are available here and they cost 600 up. Accepting the fact we couldnt be tight on bugdet here we made a reservation at a nice place resonable for the cash and stayed the night in over price but clean room.
Shimla is Himachal's capital, built on a ridge, it is India's most famous British hill station (2100m)and is now a rich playground full of people flashing the cash, busy being 'seen' and talking in english to one another. It has british built buildings and the town is totally pedestriansed - a very refreshing change!
All there is to do here is shop (sorry dave) but is fasinating seeing how the wealthy part of indian society live in western clothes and habits. I got strange looks and laughs from these guys in my Salwar, the people in the sticks just love it - I guess thats snobbery for you.
The food was expensive and not upto much so we stuck to the dhabas of the Bazaar. The weather was creepy, cloud just rolled in as and when, real pea soupers at times. One morning we had a real suprise, a tree fell down outside our hotel on to car park and flattened two cars. We have had lots of rain so we recon that was the reason - it took half the road with it too. The electric cables where down but we where assured "the town clerk lives on this road, he won't live without electric - it'll be back within the hour" alright for some eh?
Monkeys rampage the streets looking for people with food to mug and generally making shop keeper lives hell. The dogs have good fun with them and gang up and shout at them - they give good chase until they find a tree.
The post office here was painless! and we managed to get rid of the parcels we have been carrying around with us because of mr. Nark in Jari. I bough some new flipus flopus and had a ceremony for my pink reefs, they shall be missed.
posted by David at 1:01 pm
2 Comments:
NOOOOOO not the pink reefs! I can't beleive it, they are an institution. I am sure you gave them a good send off though. Vic xx
Shimla is beautiful place for the tourist that one can visit during their tour. This place is explored from ShimlaPacks with your family or any of your loved ones. The place is giving you an exciting time spend where you can perform some of the adventurous activity also.
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