tripura

Trying to bathe from a 2 litre bottled water can (cut into half) is such a pain

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....

Not much information is available regarding places to see in Tripura apart from its tourism website. Collected some info although. From the list the only place that excites me is the Jampui Hill Range. There are trekking possibilities and also to see Mizoram and Chittagong from the highest peak in Tripura - Betalongchhip. Here are the places we plan to cover in Tripura: Agartala Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala Chaturdash Devata Badi - Agartala Kamalasagar (artificial lake) - on the border of bangladesh Sepahijala Sanctuary Neer Mahal - 60 kms from Agartala Unakoti - 178 km from Agartala Tripura Sundari Temple - Udaipur Jampui Hill - Trekking, Betalongchhip - highest peak in Tripura Agartala is 24 hrs :( away from Guwahati by road and it traverses through Shillong....