Friday 29 May 2009

Ninetails (Nainital)

We decided to escape to the hills, and in a way that is what we have done, in that we are in the hills and it is lovely and cool, but in a way we haven't really escaped because half of India seems to have "escaped" here too.
It's not such a problem really, because the place is still really beautiful. It surrounds a lake right up in the hills. I had another early morning run up a hill; a big one this time, and it in fact left me feeling quite dizzy and sick due to altitude and lack of breakfast. But the lake was really stunning from above with no boats on it. You could see the patches where the gas springs bubbled up from the bottom.

Just like we in the UK enjoy going to hot places for holidays, Indian tourists enjoy going to the hills for holidays, so places like Ninetails, Mussoorie and Shimla are always all done up with fairground rides and amusements. Me and Felix have been putting them to good use, frequenting the games arcade and visiting the coolest pool hall in the world.
I also found the most classic public library and I don't know why they don't make them like that anymore.

Unfortunately Megan and Felix were robbed of the chance to go really high up, but we decided to go exploring in search of a nice looking building we saw on the hillside. We found one of them, which we found out was the court house, and was an amazing colonial British stone and wood building. I love exploring. It's better than doing other things.

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