Hotel with a view

Shimla - Himalayas

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September 30th 2011
We caught the train from Delhi up to Kalka on normal chair class train. Took us about 4/5hrs to get there. Plenty leg room and we were served tea, coffee and breakfast all included in the price of approx £9 each. We then changed at Kalka on to the toy train (which means their narrow mountain train) and made the 5hr scenic journey towards the town of Shimla in the Himalayas. The train was a littl ... 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