MYSTIC SHILLONG & CHERRAPUNJEE IN MEGHALAYA.
Though it was my first visit to Meghalaya region but I happened to come across lot of beautiful snaps of my friends taken in this region...............So, my impression in my mind was" a land amongst the clouds"............. As we hit the meghalaya region , i was very much disappointed by the sorry state of affair.............trees being trashed down, beautiful green mountain slopes cut down by bulldozers....& dust engulfing us as we moved on.....Yeh , i can understand for development of the region ,roads r required BUT ............................this is just painful to see;
Since its end of winter season, the region looked very dry with falling leaves,making the trees look naked....We stayed in the heart of the city ,so could easily go round the market place at Shillong....Nice place to go round shopping for jackets & lovely boots but we hardly need any such stuff here in mumbai ,so it was a better idea to drive upto the Shillong Peak to capture the glance of the whole SHILLONG City...............It was indeed a lovely place to see the city from top.... But truely speaking ,people in Meghalaya have very well learnt to loot the tourists pocket. At every spot we went to see ,we had to shell-out 30/-Rs for individual,100/- for a small digital camera ,20/- for car parking & 300/-+ for video camera.............. Just crazy!!!!!! We thought to stop using our video camera; Next we went to see the" Airforce Museum"............... lovely collection indeed.... But as it was mention:"NO PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE" ,we left all our cameras in the car ; later learnt that we can use our cameras.............Felt bad; Sign boards shouldnot have misguided people.....
The Elephant Falls ,was good one ....but we didnot feel like going upto its lowest level....
Next we started off for CHERRAPUNJEE................As we entered Cherrapunjee,the roads were not good upto few kms....moreover, it was a single road for both up & down traffic........... than the road start on a twist & turn curves thru' the jungles.... everywhere,the road construction work was on ,along with limestone cutting & coal extracting sites(open cast). Warden Falls site was quite good,but since it was winter,only a narrow strip of water was flowing down. Nohkhalikai water falls site was lovely but not upto my expectation...................Had lunch at a nearby dhaba at Nohkhalikai waterfalls site............ We walked almost 1,5kms stretch inside the table top to capture the glimpses of the falls from various angles..............At RK MISSION Anthropological museum,photography was prohibited. Then we moved onto the Eco-park point, Mawsumai caves, Seven Sister's falls sight & at lastKhoh-Ramhahor Maw trop from were ,Bangladesh's town& rivers were easily visible.
Next very day ,before we left for Kaziranga, we visited The Ward Lake, & St. Mary's Cathedral,Shillong..........................The dinner at Baba lodge ( bengali food) at Shillong was really at treat after all those momo frys & chowmein all day thru'....
Since its end of winter season, the region looked very dry with falling leaves,making the trees look naked....We stayed in the heart of the city ,so could easily go round the market place at Shillong....Nice place to go round shopping for jackets & lovely boots but we hardly need any such stuff here in mumbai ,so it was a better idea to drive upto the Shillong Peak to capture the glance of the whole SHILLONG City...............It was indeed a lovely place to see the city from top.... But truely speaking ,people in Meghalaya have very well learnt to loot the tourists pocket. At every spot we went to see ,we had to shell-out 30/-Rs for individual,100/- for a small digital camera ,20/- for car parking & 300/-+ for video camera.............. Just crazy!!!!!! We thought to stop using our video camera; Next we went to see the" Airforce Museum"............... lovely collection indeed.... But as it was mention:"NO PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE" ,we left all our cameras in the car ; later learnt that we can use our cameras.............Felt bad; Sign boards shouldnot have misguided people.....
The Elephant Falls ,was good one ....but we didnot feel like going upto its lowest level....
Next very day ,before we left for Kaziranga, we visited The Ward Lake, & St. Mary's Cathedral,Shillong..........................The dinner at Baba lodge ( bengali food) at Shillong was really at treat after all those momo frys & chowmein all day thru'....
Cherrapunjee is locally known as Sohra and most visited tourist place in the North Eastern India. This rainiest place on the earth is only 56 km from Shillong and situated at an altitude of 1300 meters above sea level. Click here to know more about Cherrapunjee tourism.
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