http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Meghalaya/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Meghalaya en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:02:50 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:02:50 UTC Ein Dorf wie im Bilderbuch. Blumenbestueckte Gaerten Bambushaeuser ein Fluss eine Aussicht wein in der Ferne in die Ebene nach Bangladesh.Die Fahrt dauerte laenger als gedacht. Die Kurven waren enger als gedacht und die Unterkunft war schneckeliger als gedacht. Alle ein wenig angeschlagenmit Schnupfen und Husten lagen wir bald flach und schliefen uns aus. Am naechsten Tag gab es eine Trekkingt http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Cherrapunjee/blog-345481.html Bilder gibts sobald es ein Inet zulaesst.Von Kaziranga gings mit einem Taxi weiter morgens um 700. Quer durch Assam zwischen Teeplantagen und teilweise schlechten Strassen. Wo wir genau landen werden war uns allen nicht so ganz klar denn Raj hat immer noch seine Haende ueber uns. Er organisiert von seinem Buero aus irgendwo in Siliguri fuer uns die Unterkuenfte und Destinationen. Auch hier in d http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-344969.html By the time the beautiful Barna Borat our hostess in the air smiled her customary goodbye at the drenched Guwahati airport we had had enough of the clouds. The ATR from Kolkata was a bit scarier than the usual air journeys. Turbulence the captain had said as I was reliving childhood fantasies where clouds shaped into snow castles prancing unicorns landing eagles and fighting demons. Then we http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Cherrapunjee/blog-296159.html Amazingly I have spent almost a week in Delhi without either Killing half the population Finding cheaper accomodation Bitten my arm off in a fit of boredom Tried desperately to leaveI have in fact quite enjoyed my time here. After traveling for more than 2 months its nice to just camp down somewhere and have the same pillow for a few nights in a row. Also there have been important football http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-279345.html Shillong has quite a few betting shops and the betting is on the result of lots of arrows being fired at a target.Jay and I made our way to the obscure location on the outskirts of Shillong and observed the daily shooting. The shoot starts in the late afternoon and there's oncourse betting so as an Australian of course I felt obliged to place a bet.Basically hundreds of arrows are fired i http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-271787.html Shillong is high in the hills of Megahalaya. In fact almost from the moment our shared Sumo a model of 4wheel drive about the size of a Toyota Landcruiser started out from Guwahati we climbed slowl continuously up a very winding and crowded road. Along the way we passed through heavy rain and hail not uncommon so it was just as well we were not motorcycling as originally plannedShillong http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-268654.html Look at my photos from Providence at face value and you will see only bright smiles and happiness. Laughing children playing and learning in a mismatch of clothing and various states of dishevel but they all seem to have shoes. A school facility that offers shelter running water and even electricity. The classrooms have colourful tables and chairs murals blackboards pencils chalk. Food http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-229362.html I visited this little charming capitol city in the northeast of India few years ago when my sister lived there. They call it 'an Abode in the clouds' and it lived up to the title lots of beautiful clumps of clouds put up a dazzling display in the crystal blue sky when I was in air. I had heard about this quaint archery gambling in Shillong before my trip. I was eager to see it. So I asked my br http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-216614.html I've covered a few miles since my last entry The last time I wrote I was Bhubaneswar Orissa. I left Orissa on Monday morning at 6am on the train to Kolkata. We booked tickets through an agent but didn't really check the tickets properly before travelling. They had me down as male. The conductor came round and wasn't accepting the ticket. I had my first proper taste of the Indian way of sorting http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-203657.html Meghalaya seems to be somewhat of a forgotten paradise perhaps that is because it is the wettest place on earth and is often shrouded in fog... In fact the name means abode of the clouds... But even though we came here during the start of the rainy season we have been very lucky and had very little rain... Shillong the capital is one of the nicest cities in India it certainly is the cleanest c http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-191773.html The bus ride was one of the funniest things i have ever done. It took an hour before we even left as they had overbooked the bus and they had to move everyone around as women and men are not allowed to sit next to one another let along sleep next to each other So i got a lower birth bedseat...it is a seat which you can totally lie flat...which was fine they tried to make me lay down and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/blog-155370.html The bus drops us at the junction to Shillong where the road back to Guwahati forks sharply uphill next to a small Hindu temple. It is midday and the sun is beating down on us as we reload the bikes which have emerged unscathed from the back of the bus no damage and only 2 minutes to load and unload at either end and cheaper than putting them on the train. We vow to use buses from now on if w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-153796.html First off Happy Spring Second apologies for not writing sooner. Itrsquos been a crazy month since the last time I wrote. So as you can imagine itrsquos hard to even begin to write about my experiences. I will try to keep it short if that is even possible. So it begins After Kerala I headed to Maharastra to see Pink Floyd in Mumbai and quickly fled the city after the concert on a midn http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-144623.html Summary I've been scrambling down a cliff cutting my way through dense forest trying not to get lost to get to the base of the a stunning waterfall met a great Khasi family and had my picture taken a lot.I made only three trips to this region sadly but what trips Just a little background first. This is the wettest place on earth Cherapunjee the local name is Sohra Cherapunjee is the Briti http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Cherrapunjee/blog-37364.html This bloody travel blog thing doesn't even have a category again for the whole district I've just been to so I've put it in the title again.I arrived in Shillong on the afternoon of the 18th having randomly deciding to leave a day early just because I happened to walk past the place where the Sumo's looks like a landrover or something except cheap and nasty with no 4WD leave from.Pretty much http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-37355.html