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Bus station - bus to Dharamsala
Willettsworld
  • By Willettsworld on April 20, 2007
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  • My bus to Dharamsala - Simla
    My bus to Dharamsala
    by Willettsworld, 2 more photos
    I took a bus from here to Dharamsala and it was rather an ordeal for more reasons than one. Firstly, the 7am bus I wanted to take broke down with an "Indian problem" and so I had to wait around this clapped out and hectic bus station till the next bus left at 9.40am. This bus was classed as a "super fast" one that took all of 9 hours. Not my idea of fun. I sat upstairs in the canteen away from the chaos downstairs and wrote my diary of the mornings escapade and watched the sunrise over the hills and the canteen guys making chapatis. When the time came to board the bus, I had to go back upstairs and get my ticket stamped, signed and dated by the station master as it was only valid for the 7am bus. I then got to my seat and we left on time but seemed to stop for local people every 5 minutes and I eventually arrived in Dharamsala at 7pm. The journey cost Rs201.

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  • By Willettsworld on April 20, 2007
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    The train station in Shimla was built in 1903 when the Kalka-Shimla mountain railway was built. The station is located at a height of 2076m (6810ft) above sea level and is the final stop on the 96km single track line. I arrived here from Kalka on the Himalayn Queen at about 6pm when it was already dark. I don't like arriving at unknown places in the dark and no sooner had I got off the train, then I was surrounded by porters and hotel touts. I just carried on walking out of the station and started to climb a hill bound for my first choice hotel, the Hotel Classic on The Mall which is quite a climb up the hill from the station. More pictures can be found in one of my travelogues.

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