Head for the hills

After Cairo, Dubai, and Delhi all in a row, we needed to take it down a notch! So we made like the Delhiites (or like those British back in the day) when they want to escape the city, and headed for the hills. Shimla was the summer capital of the British Raj, and much of the architecture feels very British.

We (and a lot of cockroaches) took an overnight sleeper train to Kalka, where we changed to the very pleasant Shimla toy train. Another six hours and 96 km we were up in the clouds.

Is this England?



No, too many monkeys... They are everywhere in Shimla and they want your bag/food/glasses. A friendly local man got us some sticks for protection.