Blogs from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 6

The executive management team for the CPA Global office in India headed off to Shimla this weekend to align ourselves around our common purpose. When you have goals as big as CPA Global you need to be in the highest state of trust and communication. Fortunately, our country head in India, Bhaskar Bagchi, not only understands this but he takes his team out on corporate team building exercises to assure this. For this team building exercise, Paul Mathew of the "Corporate Theatre" facilitated the experience. Paul teaches successful team behaviors through experiential learning. It was a brilliant and powerful experience and great fun was had by all. For example, in one two hour session, we had to write a play, rehearse it, create a set, and perform the play, all in less than 90 minutes. When ... read more

After 4 days in New Delhi of which one spend mostly in Agra we traveled on to Shimla. Looking forward towards the scenic trip on a toy train through the mountains, it ended as a bit of a hellish ride for myself. What caused it all was probably the meal we received on our train ride from Agra back to Delhi the day before. The result was that my stomach disagreed with everything I tried to put into it the day after. Couple this with a 5, 5 hour long economy train ride from Delhi to Kalka and you know I wasn't very happy during that trip. To put it into perspective. In the Netherlands there are usually signs on busses and trains which indicate the capacity of that particularly vehicle. Now take the capacity of ... read more

Hello everyone, Shimla is very cold at this time of year but has stunning views and a lot of history surrounding the city. During the time of British rule in India, Shimla was the summer capital. On the plains around Delhi it gets very, very hot during the summer months, so during this time the Viceroy and his staff would retreat to the hills where it was cooler. It wasn't just the Summer capital of India, but of the whole of the British Empire at the time. At one point one fifth of the globe was controlled from Shimla. Lots of the building here look very english, in fact it looks a little bit like Winchester! I visited the Viceregal Lodge where the British in charge lived and governed. It is a beautiful building and again ... read more

Etwas spaet aber doch der Shimla Eintrag. Nach einem teuren Jeep ride nach Haridwar koennen wir gerade noch auf den schon davonfahrenden Bus nach Chandigarh aufspringen. Dort angekommen belegen wir, nachdem wir schon dachten auf der Strasse schlafen zu muessen, ein eher teures Zimmer fuer die Nacht. In der Frueh gleich weiter auf den ziemlich unsicheren Trip nach Shimla. Wir wissen zwar laut LP dass es Busse und einen Zug gibt, jedoch scheint das kein anderer zu wissen. P glaubt nicht daran und sieht nur vergeudete Zeit auf der Suche nach nicht existierenden Zuegen, J will aber umbedingt Toy Train fahren. Also auf zum Bus in der Frueh und nach einiger Unsicherheit nehmen wir einen zum Ort der vermeintlichen Zugstation. Mit den Worten "Make it fast, our train is leaving in 10 minutes" springen wir also ... read more

Hello! We only have 15mins to write this quick blog but will probably come back tomorrow and finish it off because the last couple of days have been mental! Anyway, we're finally out of the heat of Delhi and we are now in the gorgeous Himalayan town of Shimla. It is amazing. The views are stunning and the temperature is cool, in fact, very cold at night. We even have hot showers here! The Hotel Dalziel is very nice. We have a great room with awesome views but the 'food' they sell is dire. The 'toast with butter and jam' consisted of mouldy bread jam sandwiches. The 'vegetable noodles' were so hot I nearly had shock! Anyways, you may be wondering about the title of this blog. We were waiting for our train and Old Delhi ... read more