travelogue

Can you help but feeling that you are in paradise when you have views such as this one, every morning you wake up? Aizawl, a place usually not on our radar (unlike some other areas in the North East, Mizoram and Aizawl are very peaceful and so stay out of news) is tucked away in the remote south of the North East of India. Mizoram is not frequented by outsiders much – partly because of the above reason and also maybe because it is a little hard to get here....

Last night on our way back home Today evening on our way back home again :) Did we make you jealous yet?

The journey from Agartala to Aizawl in Mizoram was not a direct one. We had to visit one of the main attractions of Tripura on the way – Unakoti. Part of the journey is described in this post but here is the detailed info – We started from Agartala early in the morning and took the first train to the Station Kumarghat. We were relieved at the idea of boarding a train as we were totally got sick of buses (sitting in the last seats might be the culprit)...

The Grandeur in itself - Ujjayanta Palace Another of the Royal Palace cum State Assembly A typical village street - I loved the ambience of the villages in Tripura more than the city of Agartala Fishes outside the Ujjayanta Palace. Loved the Hustle bustle of the fish market Boats to go to Neer Mahal The inner courtyards of Neer Mahal The famous Mata Bari/ Tripura Sundari Temple Kamalasagar - the lake that has three sides Bangladesh and one side India…a surreal experiece...

Resplendent Ujjayanta palace - Agartala Neermahal All that stops you from crossing over to Bangladesh (border near Kamala Sagar lake) Rock cut sculptures (Unakoti)

I can describe our travels in Tripura in two words - We sweated. Oh, you want more than that - We sweated, A Lot. Of course, you guys want more that. Tripura has been a complete change from Meghalaya - the weather, dominant culture, everything here has been very different. The first sentence gave you a fair indication of how the weather here is - it’s humid, very humid. And for both of us, it’s been very hard to cope here....

We were falling in love with Shillong and the beautiful girls there, but then we realized that the one thing that stays constant in a traveler’s life is change. We stayed 4 days and 4 nights in Shillong and covered almost all the city on foot and got used to the city so much that we were even able to guide routes to new people :) The only disappointment in the Shillong stay is that we couldn’t visit couple of places partly due to the weather constraints and partly the budget....

Just 50kms from Shillong, the weather is so different, you would wonder if you came to some other land. We have been having warm and very pleasant weather (early 20s - celcius) in Shillong - it does cool down in the evenings and is even a little chilly. There has been some rain too - only a little, but nothing prepared us for what we encountered at Cherrapunjee - the wettest recorded place on Earth....

Posting some good captures from Meghalaya. There are tons of them left. Will Try to post them some other time. The Bara Paani or the Umiam Lake near Shillong My Fav place - The Ward’s Lake in Shillong Up for sale near Police Bazaar, Shillong A handicrafts shop in Shillong - A Not-To-Miss Activity here Cherrapunjee - Got the taste of the wettest place on Earth Tripura Castle, Shillong - a Castle turned Luxury Hotel...

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)....