Typical back street (Pahalagam)

Kashmiri tea anyone?

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August 21st 2005
Where do I start? 11 days ago I arrived in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, the summer capital of the state knowing I was bound for the mountains but with no plan. The journey on the train from Delhi was amazing, especially when I changed to a smaller train that ascended the mountains up to Shimla passing through 103 tunnels. Taking 5 hours the journey was amazing and full of great views of lush gre ... 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