Delhi and H.P. Photo Post

Pahar Ganj, New Delhi, at night.


A typical Indian bar menu. Note that vodka and gin are 'whiskeys'.


The Herlehy sisters in Pahar Ganj, New Delhi.



Alicia and I took the famous (to people weird people who like trains) Kalka-to-Shimla toy train to Shimla. This is a narrow-gauge train which means that the rails are very close together. This is so the train needs less room, can weigh less, and go around tighter corners. It also means the train goes very slow. We were fortunatly put in a half-full car with other backpackers which means that the car ended up being full with all our huge bags. Here we met our friends Daniel and Alinka (I hope I'm spelling this right) who we ended up going to the Rohtang Pass with while in Manali (more on this adventure soon). The train took a plodding, but beautiful five hours to get to Shimla. On the way the train passes through over a 100 tunnels and a number of very pretty stone bridges.



The train going through one of the many tunnels.



Alicia looking wonderful on the train.



On the way to Shimla the toy train passes though Solan, home for two months in 2000.



The train and I.



A yarn store in Shimla, taken by super Alicia.



The crowds in Shimla on the weekend.



Fried goo-balls spotted by Alicia.



Alicia and the moldy gross room at the Woodland Hotel in Shimla.



There is a huge elephant (plus its owners) camping out in Vashisht giving rides. The first time we saw it Alicia and I came around a corner to find the huge (tuskless) animal with florecent chalk designs on its forehead eating hay. The owners wanted quite a bit of loot for a photo so I grabbed this one of the wonderful giant walking up the narrow street with a couple of kids on top.