Shimla 21st & 22nd Jan
Today was a free day so we took things easy and simply
walked up from the hotel into Shimla with the intention of visiting the Gaiety
Theatre, it was closed. However we did
visit the church, despite it being Anglican, it was expected that we should
take our shoes off as they do this for all places of worship. From there we went to Scandal Point to look
at the Himalayas and watched people taking horse rides up and down the square,
just like donkey rides at Blackpool.
From there we made
our way back to the hotel carefully as it was still quite icy with plenty of
snow on the ground. The conditions did
not however deter the monkeys, one of whom, having seen a mother buying her
daughter an ice cream, leapt in front of them and snatched the cornet out of
the child’s hand, obviously something it had done many times before. Another monkey was reported as having come
into one of our party’s open bedroom window and when she returned, she found it
sitting in the bedroom eating her oranges!
Before arriving back at the hotel, John bought half a bottle
of whiskey for less than the price of a beer in the Delhi hotel.
The next day we rejoined the Toy Train and given that 24 of
our group had decided to travel back by car, we had plenty of space in the
carriage which made the journey far more pleasant and comfortable. The group met up again in Kalka and we
returned to Delhi and the land of the £8 a bottle of beer!
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