May 2005 and this time it was Shimla, Kulu & Manali. Though I had seen snow and snow fall , my daughter was very particular to see snow clad peaks and enjoy the weather. We then planned for this lovely trip to Shimla, Kulu & Manali. The starting point was Chennai. We flew down to Delhi and took the early morning Shatabdi express to kalka the last rail head to go to Shimla. There is a toy train running from kalka to Shimla but since it is too long a trip we took a cab to Shimla keeping in view of total holidays on hand. It was around 11 am by the time we reached Shimla. The hotel Himdev where we had booked was perched at an higher altitude and the narrow road to the hotel
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