As we hadn’t seen much of Shillong yesterday, we decided we would do some of the sights here. Got up pretty early and went to Lady Hydari Park in the south of the city. Nothing much to write about the park other than that there is a small zoo also inside. There were very few people inside as it was very early in the day. We loved looking at the majestic Serpent Crested Eagles in the aviary though!...
Inder: Dude Ajay, the water is freaking cold, I couldn’t bear the first three bowls of water on my body. Ajay: Oh is it! Man, I am now scared of taking a bath. Btw just the first 3 bowls??? Inder: Yeah dude, it didn’t matter after that, my entire body became NUMB :( Ajay: @#\(^#\)^
We started the day a little late today - waking up until late in the night to write blog posts does that! Most travelers spend just one day at Shillong and then go to Cherrapunjee apparently. But since we’d already lost half a day, we thought we’ll take it slow and spend some more time here (that’s another way of saying we are yet to figure out our travel and acco plans for Cherrapunjee)....
Last night, we were so tired when we got into the hotel that we didn’t even ask for sheets - we just crashed on the beds. Plus, the huge amount of money (Rs. 600) we had to pay for the hotel room had really got to us and had put a doubt in our minds if we would be able to keep up with the #150aday challenge. But a good night’s sleep rested our minds and got our resolve was back again....
Here we are in Guwahati at last! The journey from Siliguri till here has been an adventure in itself. What could have been done in a straightforward fashion by taking a direct train or bus, was instead done in 2 truck and 3 bus rides. Did we stick to our budget, oh yes - till we got to Guwahati. And then, in one shot, we overshot the budget! But let’s start from the beginning to get a good perspective....
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Much awaited moment. The trip finally starts!
Arunachal was a mystery place for not so long ago. The state is very pristine and primitive which attracts me to it. The tourist places which I could find over the internet are very far from each other and takes hours to days to get from one place to other. Our hitchhiking will be put to test in this state for sure. Hope we can find enough rides to hitchhike our way in this beautiful place....
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