Jaipur to Delhi to Kalka to Shimla

From the desert-like landscape of Jaipur, I've just completed a long train journey to the mountains of Himachal Pradesh. The train journey from Jaipur to Delhi takes about 4.5 hours. Staying the night, I left the next morning for Kalka, on the Himalayan foothills, which took 4 hours. Switching trains to the Himalayan Queen, a narrow gauge railway (0.76m) that winds up the mountains and through about 100 tunnels (5 hours), up to an elevation of 2200m. Shimla, at the top, is a hill station and was the summer capital of the British, to escape the Delhi heat. It is strung out on a ridge and the views of the neighbouring mountains are amazing. Fresh air too.


Start of the train journey up to Shimla.

View from the Ridge in Shimla

And again

View of Shimla from the next mountain

And again