TRAVEL TO QUEEN OF HILLS

SHIMLA
Hello my Steemit friends, today I'm going to share my experience in Shimla with you guys.
I've also posted about my travel to Shimla last week but posting today again with relevant details and experiences.

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TRAVEL - Toy train ride
I'll start with travel experience first. We all friends decided to go by toy train. Toy train system was started by Britishers earlier from Kalka, Haryana to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. So, we boarded train from Kalka at 3:30 A.M. and we reached Shimla by 9 AM.It took us five and half hours to reach there. For food, they stopped train at small station where there are some side snacks and tea.

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Day 1 - Explore by foot
After we reached, we had gone to our hotel to take some rest. After taking some rest, we begun to explore Shimla. Shimla - capital of Himachal Pradesh situated on the Himachal hills of the Himalayas is prominent place for tourist in March to June. So, we friends first gone to the Ridge and the mall by foot only. No vehicle is allowed on ridge except ambulance. Ridge is famous for the church, the mountain view, Indian flag and tourists, it's just the wide space. We guys coffee at ridge. The mall is famous for shopping and side snacks.

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Day 2- Travel to Kufri and Jakhu Temple.
Next day, we gone to Kufri hills, half an hour distance from Shimla. Kufri is famous for its amusement parks, snow and horse riding. We friends had gone to amusement park and did horse riding on hills. Horse riding was an awesome experience and had lot of fun in same.

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Jakhoo Temple
Our last stop, prestigious Jakhoo temple. Temple of Lord Hanuman. Jakhoo temple is situated at the top of the Shimla hills, it took us 10 - 15 min to reach there at car but you can also go on foot. Lord Hanuman statue is present there standing 108 meter tall which is visible from the Ridge. And the warning of monkeys left, monkeys at jakhoo are very naughty, they snatch things from your hands so be careful.

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