When the train was making its way closer to
Shimla Jim commented how spread out it was. He was here 24 years ago. Now there is Shimla, Shimla 2 and Shimla 3.
Our hotel is in Shimla 2, too far to walk to
town even by my standards. It is a
shame we are out of town because we are away from the action. The original Shimla is based around the mall
along the ridge. It is great for people watching, food and bazaars zigzagging their way down the hill.
One thing we did notice is there are not many foreign tourists
around. We saw one other white
person in a shop, he was European listening to his English accent and I saw two
in a passing car. It is very
busy with Indian tourists though especially honeymooners being wedding season and all.
This morning we went shopping in the mall
for Bashir. He is the Ski Himalaya
operations manager from Gulmarg. He phoned us last week wanting us to pick up a few things for him particular to this state, Himachal Pradesh. He wanted two caps and 4metres of hand woven wool fabric.
This afternoon we went for a 30km drive,
yes I know hard to believe when all we have been doing is driving for the past few weeks but Deepak
loves to drive and he wanted to show us a popular spot for horse riding through
the pine trees. Unfortunately, we did not share his enthusiasm. The track was a quagmire and after being on a camel just recently we were not keen to get on the back of any animal.
We were looking forward to a rest back at the hotel after a long day yesterday.
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| Photos for sale on the back of the yak - I don't think so |
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| Picking up your horse |
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| The horse pack is off |
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| Fairy floss, you see this everywhere in India, even in the remote desert villages |
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| Noodle stop on the way down the hill - the cheesy puffs are Jim's |
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