Rishikesh, global home of yoga, is in the Himalaya. However, it’s very difficult to get to from Shimla using public transport so we opted for a taxi which took about 8 hours with one short lunch stop. The first 4 hours were downhill and a very windy road packed with cars, bikes and trucks. Our… Read More »
Shimla was a place I’d been fascinated with since reading about it being a colonial hill fort but when I saw a video online of the toy train journey through the Himalaya up to the city, my mind was made up. It had to be on my India itinerary. Tickets were hard to come by… Read More »
I had been to India before but to Mumbai so I knew it was noisy and chaotic but Delhi seems to be a step above in terms of traffic and chaos. Our hotel is in Old Delhi near the railway station and the first time we left the hotel to go for a walk it… Read More »