Yes 'hill stations' are great :). I knew you'd most likely be talking about the sub-continent when I saw that word in the title. I spent a lot of my childhood in a hill station - in N. India though, not far from Shimla. There were plenty of monkeys (Rhesus and Langurs) around although sadly the school didn't consider them 'guests' and so there was always an 'us' and 'them' mentality. I guess you know how badly animals are often treated in India :(.