The best trip we've taken
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.
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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.
Getting to the living root bridge before anybody else was on the path. Not perfect — messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered — 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 hotel on the first night was a clear step below the rest of the trip — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
Getting to the living root bridge before anybody else was on the path. 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, a permit check held us up for half a day and nobody had warned us it was likely, and for what we paid I'd expect the whole trip to be at the level of its best day.
The naturalist, who could name everything and never made us feel slow for asking. The whole thing was organised without ever feeling packaged, and we were never once left wondering what happened next.
Two nights in a Nongriat homestay where the food was better than anything we ate in Shillong. Not perfect — messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
Camping above the valley on the second night, which none of us expected to be the high point. Not perfect — messages before the trip took a day or two to get answered — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
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.
The naturalist, who could name everything and never made us feel slow for asking. 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.
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