Our captain made it
The riverside camp, where the crew cooked over a fire and nobody touched their phone. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
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The riverside camp, where the crew cooked over a fire and nobody touched their phone. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
The drive out to Dawki, where we were on the water by eight and had it almost to ourselves. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
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.
Two nights in a Nongriat homestay where the food was better than anything we ate in Shillong. Against that, rain closed the Nongriat path and we lost the root bridge day entirely, and for what we paid I'd expect the whole trip to be at the level of its best day.
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. 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. Not perfect — messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
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.
How little of it was scheduled — we were asked each morning what we felt like. 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.
Our permits being sorted before we landed, so we rode on day one instead of queuing. Against that, messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered, and for what we paid I'd expect the whole trip to be at the level of its best day.
Messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered, and we were told about it far too late to plan around. Getting to the living root bridge before anybody else was on the path was genuinely good, which made the rest more frustrating.
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