SHOCKED by SHIMLA 🇮🇳 Solo India Travel Vlog - Snow in India, Jakhu Temple, The Ridge & Mall Road

Filmed on February 1st, 2024
Check out my blog post all about Shimla: https://nomadlifeforme.com/shimla-india/

After having an amazing time in Chandigarh, I decided to take the toy train from Kalka to Shimla to explore India's most popular hill station! When I arrived I was shocked at the altitude of Shimla! I didn't realize that it was so high. The height made it even more difficult to climb up all the hills with my backpack to arrive at my hostel. I woke up early the next day to try to explore as much of Shimla as I could before escaping from the cold! I started my day taking the Jakhu Ropeway up to Jakhu Temple. I'm so glad I took the ropeway up instead of walking as it was a long and steep walk! During the 6 minute ride up to the top it started snowing! I was so amazed to see snow in India as generally I think of India as a very warm country. Unfortunately when I arrived at the Jakhu Temple it was very cloudy so I didn't have much of a view, but it was worth it to see the snow! I ended up going to the cafe (Cafe Under Tree) at the top of the temple to try to warm up. It was a really nice cafe where I was able to order aloo paratha and also the local lachha paratha. They were both so good! After the cafe I decided to walk down from the temple to keep exploring Shimla. I had heard that the monkeys in Shimla could be scary, but I didn't expect them to be as scary as they were when I was walking down from Jakhu Temple! Luckily after seeing the scariest monkeys ever, I ran into the cutest dogs ever!!! The dogs in Shimla were amazing because they were all big mountain dogs, but they were sooo sweet!!! After playing with the puppy and seeing the views, it started to hail! After the random hail, I met some really nice guys from Chanidgarh who were showing me how much snow they saw earlier that morning. I continued walking down the hilly streets of Shimla until I arrived at the Book Cafe. I LOVE it there - all the employees are SO nice! After getting a hot coffee I saw the whole view of The Ridge. Then I walked past the two most famous buildings in Shimla - the church and the tudor style library before continuing to walk along the Ridge. While walking the Ridge I stumbled upon Bantony Castle. While I hadn't heard of this museum before, it was only 50 rupees to enter so I decided to go for it. It was actually a really interesting museum that taught me a lot about both Shimla as well as Himachal Pradesh! I then stopped at the viewpoint at Hotel Landmark where I met the most amazing mountain dogs ever!!! They were all so cute and even accompanied me on part of my walk! After walking along the road for a little, I found the nice walkway path to IIAS (Indian Institute of Advanced Study) in Shimla. I finally arrived at the Viceregal Lodge inside the IIAS complex. I was lucky that I arrived shortly before the last tour! Apparently you can only enter the Viceregal Lodge while on a tour and you can't take any pictures inside the building. It was so nice thought and definitely worth it! I then walked back to Mall Road where I ate an amazing paneer wrap. It then started to storm! I returned to the Book Cafe to warm up with a tea when we lost power! After then it was tons of snow all night. I woke up the next morning to a gorgeous, white, snowy Shimla! It was such a cool experience to see so much snow in India!
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00:01 Intro
00:40 Morning in Shimla
01:06 Jakhoo Ropeway
01:46 Inside Jakhu Ropeway Cable Car
02:38 Snow Flurries in Shimla
03:55 Jakhu Temple
04:31 Parathas at Cafe Under Tree
06:07 Walking Down from Jakhoo Temple
06:32 Scariest Monkeys Ever!
07:24 Cutest Puppy Ever!
08:03 Hail in India
09:31 Views of Shimla
09:57 The Book Cafe Shimla
10:38 the Ridge Shimla
11:02 Famous Christ Church in Shimla
12:47 Walking Along the Ridge
13:55 Bantony Castle
15:59 Hotel Landmark Viewpoint
16:31 New Dog Friends
18:05 Walkway to IIAS Shimla
19:31 Viceregal Lodge Shimla
19:44 Viceregal Lodge Tour Tickets
20:24 After Viceregal Lodge Tour
21:58 Mall Road Shimla
23:55 Paneer Kathi Roll
24:58 Shimla Ridge at Night
26:30 Storm in Shimla
28:52 SO MUCH SNOW IN SHIMLA INDIA

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