Shimla Stories


Hill stations - from Rishikesh via Mussorie to Shimla

Last tuesday we left Rishikesh early in the morning not before having a final breakfast in or hotel. And thats where the mess started, I guess. May it have been the oily Pancake (oily compared to the Indian food we had all the days before), the light sunstroke we got from the river rafting at the previous day or even a combination of both. Anyway, on ou...


return to shimla........enter rishikesh

barista was re-visited, the same guest house slept in, the same damn monkeys kept us awake at night rattling about on the roof, we got lazy and started ordering pizza to our room (what a luxury), we visited the sights during the day, ate fantastic food at a small cafe we found at night, sat in the square and visited book stores, then decided it time to ...


shimla-----sarahan

manali, manali, lafa, walks in the forest, visits to bookshops, tim buying drugs from smiling women in log cabins, walks to viewpoints, silent temples, lots of screaming tourists, sitting by the river contemplating, eating amazing mushroom and spinach lasagne down by the river, walking up to a strange temple a few kms away, meeting the english couple wi...


barista and backpacks

i spent five great days in shimla, meeting the italians and spaniards until they took off, meeting a few germans, sitting in barista drinking coffee and reading the newspapers, walking in the surrounding hills, climbing up and down the steep markets and bazaar, eating at sher-e-punjab, listening to the monkeys fighting on my rooftop, walking to the vice...