TRIP TO SHIMLA
If one has to prepare a list of the favorite and most visited tourist destinations of our country, Shimla will definitely be at the top of that list. This small hill town has enjoyed the status of being favored one for almost two centuries now. British arrived here in the early 1800s and liked the place so much that they declared it as their summer capital.
The beauty of this place is no less
than it was a century ago, and still attracts thousands of tourists each year
from all parts of the century. The same happened with my family, we too got
attracted towards this place and planned a trip to Shimla- “The Queen of
Hills.”
My family majorly prefer railways for
travelling but you can use any of your favorable transport. We booked 6 tickets
of Shatabdi Express. Among those, two tickets were of my parents, one was mine,
two for my siblings and another one for my lovely grandma.
27 March 2019, finally the day
arrived. In the early morning we left for New Delhi railway station. As always,
we were on time my excitement was at its peak. It took us 5 hours to reach
Kalka station. From there we had to travel by Toy Train to reach Shimla. Normal
trains can’t pass through the small tunnels and Toy Train being smaller in size
it would pass easily. We reached Shimla in 2 hours. The service in both the
trains was very nice.
SHIMLA
We had already booked our rooms in
Hotel Grand. After travelling for continuous 7 hours, we all were tired and
took some rest there. The next day we selected some specific places to visit.
My father booked a cab for us. Then we went to tea and apple gardens. It was
quite boring. Then we went to zoo. I saw a variety of species there. The one
which I liked the most was the bear. He was playing, swinging and enjoying.
Seeing him I wished my life could be the same: playing, eating, sleeping and
having fun in life. No stress at all!
KUFRI
There we had the horse ride to reach
at the height of the hill. There were some yaks for photoshoot and some games
to play. There were some paid telescopes from which we could see the last
village of India and Indo- China border. After having little fun there, then we
left for Narkanda.
NARKANDA
It is a very beautiful place. All
covered with snow even in the beginning of summer. We had our first experience
with snow. Before that we wore PPE clothes and boots to prevent our clothes to
get wet. We seriously enjoyed a lot there. Throwing snow balls on each other,
sliding on snow and playing with it was fav part of this trip. Even we saw an
igloo there which was made by locals. It made me feel like yes, now I have
visited the hill station in a perfect way. I strongly advise you to visit this
place.
After visiting so many places in
single day, we all were tired and straight went to the hotel to have rest after
having dinner. That day I was so happy and thanked my father for taking us to a
wonderful trip.
The next day we decided to visit the
mall road and Shri Hanuman Mandir famously known as Jhaku Temple. After
visiting temple, we had a walk at the mall road. There was a church at its
center we visited that also. Then we visited the local market and bought some
gifts for our closed relatives and friends.
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