{"id":1262,"date":"2020-03-02T10:26:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:50:10","slug":"india-day-5-shimla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/02\/india-day-5-shimla\/","title":{"rendered":"India – Day 5: Shimla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we took an optional tour, driving in taxis further up into the mountains through the amazing Kufri countryside of Upper Shimla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stopped at a viewpoint in the tiny village of Fagu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Himalayas <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The only way to travel!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We drove on to Wildflower Hall, a luxury hotel constructed on the site of the former summer residence of Lord Kitchener, where we had lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are leopards in the forests surrounding the hotel
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We drove back to Shimla, a hair raising experience. The roads are narrow and winding and very busy. We passed through many villages, none of which have pavements. There were a few near misses but no one was injured!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in Shimla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we travelling back to Delhi, by taxis and train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think we will miss Shimla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we took an optional tour, driving in taxis further up into the mountains through the amazing Kufri countryside of Upper Shimla. We stopped at a viewpoint in the tiny village of Fagu. We drove on to Wildflower Hall, a luxury hotel constructed on the site of the former summer residence of Lord Kitchener, where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,43],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foreign-holidays","category-india","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t