Monkeys on the wires

Sunny Shimla?!

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March 8th 2007
Shimla was fantastically sunny during the day, but the minute the sun was out of action the temperature dropped to about -50. Whilst our room at Hotel Woodland offered us fantastic views of the mountains, after dark it felt a bit like we were camping because the room is so darn cold. There's something very unreasonable about shivering to sleep with a sunburnt face. Compared with the dust and smog ... 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