19/04/2010

Jack still had difficulty fitting into the semi-deluxe bus and he had a restless night, meanwhile I took half of a sleeping pill and slept very well. We arrived at the hill station Shimla in the early hours of the morning and went to find some accommodation for the day. As soon as we got off the bus, like always we were confronted by tuk-tuk drivers and touts trying to sell us very expensive accommodation, the easiest thing to do is push them aside and find your own, cheap accommodation. After a while one tout was persistent enough and offered a cheap but filthy room for rs220 that we took only for the day as we were leaving in the evening back down to Rishakesh. It was good to catch up on some sleep and have a place to keep our gear while we ventured around town.

To be honest, this place was extremely touristy with fancy and expensive shops especially at the main bazaar at the higher point in town.

We bummed around town doing practically nothing exciting aside from my purchase of a new phone as mine was stolen in Thailand. One thing that was entertaining on two occasions was monkeys trying to attack Jack although I was the one to provoke them. Hehe.

We boarded another bus to get to Haridwar, unfortunately for Jack it was a local bus and had even less leg room.

Shilma, the only pic of Shilma i have that i even haven't bothered correcting it