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Getting to the living root bridge before anybody else was on the path. Not perfect — so little was fixed that some days drifted, which won't suit everyone — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
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Getting to the living root bridge before anybody else was on the path. Not perfect — so little was fixed that some days drifted, which won't suit everyone — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
The walk down to the double-decker root bridge, which our captain paced so we stopped where we wanted rather than where the schedule said. Not perfect — there were two more people in the group than we'd been told to expect — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
The mechanic who rebuilt a derailleur by torchlight and had us moving by seven. Not perfect — the Guwahati leg took five hours in traffic and ate most of a day — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
Two nights in a Nongriat homestay where the food was better than anything we ate in Shillong. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
Swimming at Rainbow Falls before the day crowd arrived. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
How little of it was scheduled — we were asked each morning what we felt like. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
A village lunch that wasn't on any itinerary and was the thing we still talk about. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
Riding out of Ziro with a support van that turned up exactly where it said it would. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
Our permits being sorted before we landed, so we rode on day one instead of queuing. Against that, the hotel on the first night was a clear step below the rest of the trip, and for what we paid I'd expect the whole trip to be at the level of its best day.
Swapping the raft for bicycles on day six, which broke up the trip perfectly. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
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