A Trip to the Meghalaya :-
Just writing after like 1 year friends,
On 23rd June the Flight ticket was booked of Passengers Mr. Manoj Nayak and Mr. Vikas Bahetwar from Kolkata to Guwahati with the arrival date having 12th Jul 2019. Actually Gouranga was also ready for a trip to Meghalaya. My Scheduled departure was 09:25 pm IST from New Coochbehar to Guwahati KaNCHANJUNGA express which will reach on morning near about 4 am at GHY.
I had prepared the travelled itinerary of what to do list:-
1. Day 1 at shillong.
2. Day 2 will be waking up early t Cherrapunji, nearby sightseeing and all,
3. Mawlynlong and all the nearby local seeing,
4. Day 4- return from 11 30 am from there to Guwahati
In Between Manoj was little bit unsatisfied with the plan. He said that, “ Sudhir make sure that we reach Guwahati on 15th Forenoon. I then said Manoj, Dear leave it to me it will all go well.
I have given them a to take list which consisted of following items:-
1. Raincoats,
2. Tablets if you have an ongoing fever,
3. Mobile Charger and powerbank if you have any.
4. Biscuits and Mixtures to eat wherever in case you need it for yourself.
5. Toothbrush and Tooth paste.
6. Glucose, as for trekking.
7. Warm clothes and towels.
8. Shirt and Trousers as per your requirements.
9. Soap & Soap Paper
10. Odomus.
My Guwahati Train reached exactly on time. But theirs train got delayed by 5 hours and so do their scheduled Departure from Kolkata Airport. Both of them reached Guwahati at around 3:00 am. The Driver who was chosen was always in mood for a fight. So, after half an hour we had lunch at some random nearby dhaba. Then we talked about the rates mentioned but he seemed pretty unhappy about it. He said that he cannot drive to Cherrapunji Suddenly, So said that, the next driver will come at Shillong and he will pick us up.
I connected from our online Backpackers group. I posted in the Facebook page about a trip to Meghlaya, then from the comments I found numbers and comments, then I planned to connect with Sylvia Bella Lyngdoh . But the total confusion arose as Sylvia couldn’t booked the right driver.There was a total miscalculation guys, need to caution you first of all clear about the TAXi whether the AC will go on or off, how much advance is to be given, is that for travel or also lodging and food ?
The next driver arrived and then he exchanged and there was a tussle about the rates, about the turning on of AC. Because we thought that the AC would be included, but as per him it was not said specifically, God knows what he wanted. After that we took another car consulted by him and then we got ready for cherrapunji. The mists was so much and the fog lamps of the car weren’t working. We took it slowly and searched the travelers cottage as mentioned by Sylvia.
With such an experience, thought of never coming here second time, guys while booking be clear about all the things before booking anything.
We reached the Travellers cottage around 10:22 pm.
13.07. 19
Morning, I actually work up early at 4 55 am and went for a little walk-around, I then called the Softender who was from the same travelers group and as he couldn’t come at night, he came in the morning I think around 8 am. After some small discussions the craziness was on the Top and we started from the Homestay from 9 00 am, this time friend Softender helped.
We started and then there was the main attraction Double decker root bridge. Seven sisters Falls was nearby 4 kms when you will return from the Step point of Double decker Root Bridge. The mousami Caves were also on the same route.
From morning to the evening one thing never stopped the small tiny droplets of rain.
The Double decker root bridge comprised of almost 7500 steps, and we took only 3 hours 15 mins to complete the whole path. At first one of my friend Vikash told me that “Yaar the depth is so much it’s so much a scary looking from the top. Some Railings which were made on the sides of the footsteps were comfortable.
Deep down the steps there were so much hard clouds clouds covering the stairs. It was really difficult to see, but somehow we managed to step down slowly. The was a dialogue from the movie URI like How’s the Josh, we yelled and shouted to ignite ourshelves.
The main aim of umbrellas were not to get wet, but the very well drizzled rain droplets were so much attractive that you can’t be saved from it.
At last it’s like hey I can’t tell the exact time but it took something like 50 minutes or may be more, one thing I wanna tell you that have some water with you. The Root bridge was so beautiful and more beautiful was the splashing water.
We clicked some pics and after that returned and gave the guide Rs 400.
After that it was time for 7 sisters falls and mousami caves where we have some lunch which felt so much delicious as we have worked out too much. After the stunning delicious food we headed back to the cottage and then to Shillong.
This time the driver was nice and he helped us by arranging another driver to Shillong. The faboulous songs with the beautiful landscapes can’t leave you, it’s like the Meghalaya is taking care of every emotion of you. You all may see through the Google maps but due to single road a little jam you all have to encounter. And one more spot to hold Umiam lake. But we guys just couldn’t take the fun of boat ride due to time and patience.
So, in the journey only the driver arranged a hostel for us with minimum amount, which was affordable for three of us. We reached the hostel around 9 pm.
14/07/2020
Morning I woke up at 6:15 am actually which was too hard. Outside it was raining so heavily. The at somewhat around 9 am we got ourselves ready.
The first point was word’s lake, shillong
Next was The cathedral, then Shillong Peak and some more local attractions and returned to the hostel.
The followings were some of the travel fare:-
1) Taxi Cherrapunji to Shillong- 2500
2) Taxi Shillong to Guwahati- 3000
3) Per head total – Only Rs 6893.
On 15 th July 2019, From morning we became ready for Guwahati. And lastly had a darshan at kamakshya Temple.
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