Shimla

Shimla

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June 10th 2006
4 hours on the bus and me and Hemal arrive in Shimla. Woo woo! Stunning place on the side of a mountain. Phoned up a guest house to reserve a room, and as it was only 200 meters away on the map I said, we will be there in 5 minutes. What I didn't realise was that in was about 200 metres upwards as well and when your already 2200 metres above sea level and the airs a little thinner and have a bag ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more