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A village lunch that wasn't on any itinerary and was the thing we still talk about. 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.
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A village lunch that wasn't on any itinerary and was the thing we still talk about. 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.
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.
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.
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.
The naturalist, who could name everything and never made us feel slow for asking. Not perfect — we did three safaris and saw very little on two of them — but it didn't take much away from the rest.
An elephant grass drive at last light that felt like the whole reason to come. 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 — the Guwahati leg took five hours in traffic and ate most of a day — 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.
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.
The mechanic who rebuilt a derailleur by torchlight and had us moving by seven. 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.
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