A day beyond Shimla to Narkanda One day we planned to visit Shimla and Kufri. So I started the journey from Ludhiana and my friends from Delhi. We met at Chandigarh ISBT to catch a bus to Shimla. There are two major bas terminus in Chandigarh. One in Sec 17 and another one in Sec 43. You have to catch the buses for Himachal Pradesh from Sec- 43 bus terminus. We catched a Keylong Depot bus, that was going to Keylong via Shimla. It was early morning around 4 AM. The bus passes through the beautiful hilly terrain of Himalaya’s Shivalik Range. The beauty of nature is spread all around you on the way. En- route to Shimla bus stopped once for the tea and snacks. It is around 4-5 hrs bus journey from Chandigarh to Shimla. There were different types of people in the bus. There were tourists, local folks and students of ITI going back to their home after vacation. We enjoyed our conversation with the students, even some of them from Keylong invited us to visit Keylong and to stay at their places. Anyway, we thanked them and terminated our journey at Shimla around 9 AM. [caption id="attachment_8487" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Chirst Church, The Mall"] [/caption] You can also take narrow gauge train from Kalka Railway Station to Shimla. Kalka is well connected to the major cities in India through the Rail network.There are ordinary as well as AC deluxe trains available for Shimla. In my previous visit I went to Shimla by this train only. The train runs normally at the speed of 25-30 kms per hour and take around 5 hours from Kalka to reach Shimla. It passes through approx
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One day we planned to visit Shimla and Kufri. So I started the journey from
Ludhiana and my friends from Delhi. We met at Chandigarh ISBT to catch a bus to
Shimla. There are two major bas terminus in Chandigarh. One in Sec 17 and another
one in Sec 43. You have to catch the buses for Himachal Pradesh from Sec- 43 busterminus. We catched a Keylong Depot bus, that was going to Keylong via Shimla. It
was early morning around 4 AM. The bus passes through the beautiful hilly terrain
of Himalaya’s Shivalik Range. The beauty of nature is spread all around you on the
way. En- route to Shimla bus stopped once for the tea and snacks. It is around 4-5
hrs bus journey from Chandigarh to Shimla. There were different types of people in
the bus. There were tourists, local folks and students of ITI going back to their home
after vacation. We enjoyed our conversation with the students, even some of them
from Keylong invited us to visit Keylong and to stay at their places. Anyway, we
thanked them and terminated our journey at Shimla around 9 AM.