Tuesday 26 October 2010

shimla

we seem to have missed getting one of blogs posted and therefore i'll mention again about the journey up to Shimla which was lovely to start with, then we ran into a terrible thunder storm.
We thought the rain had ceased by the time we got here but it started up again just as we left the station and with the storm there was a power cut so we had to make our way up to the hotel in the dark using our trusty torch!!
Anyway it is really nice accomodation, simple but clean and friendly. We have had the company of some younger couples, Danes,Colombians and and Indo-german lad. They have all given up their jobs and are travelling around the world for a year !!
Yesterday we visited the Viceregal lodge where the signing of the partition of India took place.
An amazing gothic mansion modeled on Scottish baronial castles. It is now used as a centre for post-doctorate research in Humanities and Social studies but there didn't seem to be a vast amount of people around the place.
Today we have been to the museum of culture and antiquities and then walked up the hill to the Jackhu temple which honours the monkey god Hanuman. We did chicken out of going right into the temple as the monkeys around there are reknowned for being especially vicious, but the walk was good and the views from the top spectacular.
Tomorrow we hope to visit the Gaiety theatre and Christ Church and just have a relaxing day before we leave for Dehli on Thursday.

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