Kalka

India - Kalka to Shimla on Toy Train

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January 15th 2011
DAY 5 After a ‘quick’ breakfast of mouldy cornflakes and dry toast............. Took about an hour to get from Chandigarh to Kalka and as we were there in good time to catch the Himalayan Queen 12.10 train to Shimla, we decided to have a look around the busy town of Kalka. The town was buzzing with cars, bikes, buses, people and cows!! The shopkeepers shoo these Sacred Cows away from the shops ... 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