Delhi, Shimla and Manali

Paul and Sophie's Big Trip

We have been trying to update this but there were obstacles such as power cuts and paulie having forgotten the cable for uploading pictures - so you'll just have to enjoy the wedding photo for a year....... So far we have had an excellent time and all of the ridiculous stories told to us by various doommongers have proved to be total rubbish. Delhi was chaotic and energetic - we initially went for a walk in the wrong direction and concluded Delhi consisted of a very peaceful suburb....a walk the next day in the rush hour of Old Delhi definitely changed our minds - we will never complain about London traffic again after witnessing a 100m stand off between two sets of oncoming traffic including taxis, cow drawn carriages and a large number of people carrying long iron poles. The Mosque was beautiful - wish we could show it to you! We then caught a very small train to Shimla through beautiful mountain scenery. Sophie got stuck next to a guy who was very interesting and friendly initially but then spent about two hours moaning about various aspects of his life, India and the world in general. Still he did give both of us sweets so we shouldn't complain. Shimla is a big town for Indian tourists and was a very relaxing place to spend a few days. Paul also managed to pick up a very stylish woollen waistcoat which Sophie loves and in no way finds hilarious or embarrassing. We then endured a ten hour bus journey up to Manali during which Paulie heroically managed not to be sick despite having his head out of the window in preapration for almost the entire trip. We are now staying in a fantastic hotel with amazing views in Manali, which is a bit of a traveller trap and looking forward (!) to a twelve hour bus journey starting at 5 in the morning to Kibber which the highest settlement in the world with electricity and a road. Not sure it will have Internet so you may have to wait a while for another fascinating post...