I've just spent over a month in Shillong and also visited Guwahati and Calcutta for the first time. There's so much to explore in India!
Which brings to me my next thought. For the past couple of years or so, I've harbored thoughts of doing a backpacking trip across Europe. Due to various reasons, this has not happened. Now, I'm glad that it hasn't.
There's so much to explore in India! My stay in Shillong was a completely new experience for me. The terrain, the weather, the culture, the cuisine. It was all so different from what I was used. It was exciting to be there and I long to visit the other states in the Northeast.
Anyone who has ever met me will know that I'm not much of a nationalist. And my case for travelling across India isn't macho chest beating. It just seems foolish to me that while there are so many different landscapes, cultures and people here in India, someone should go to Europe (or any other place) to see such sights. I saw landscapes that were staggeringly similar to the famed Norwegian fjords right here in Meghalaya. I saw pastured mountains and factories of smoke. I was in a society that follows matrilineage as a system. I'm sure many more such experiences are just waiting to happen.
A Euro Trip, I realise is a romantic idea. Its one of things you want to do, even though you don't really have an interest in it (is that perhaps a reason why I've kept it on hold for two years?). A trip across India is perhaps something I want to do more. In the Northeast, I particularly want to visit Nagaland, Arunachal and Sikkim. A trip to Rajasthan is something I've wanted to do. Ladakh, Himachal, Kashmir.. so much to see, so little time!
Which brings to me my next thought. For the past couple of years or so, I've harbored thoughts of doing a backpacking trip across Europe. Due to various reasons, this has not happened. Now, I'm glad that it hasn't.
There's so much to explore in India! My stay in Shillong was a completely new experience for me. The terrain, the weather, the culture, the cuisine. It was all so different from what I was used. It was exciting to be there and I long to visit the other states in the Northeast.
Anyone who has ever met me will know that I'm not much of a nationalist. And my case for travelling across India isn't macho chest beating. It just seems foolish to me that while there are so many different landscapes, cultures and people here in India, someone should go to Europe (or any other place) to see such sights. I saw landscapes that were staggeringly similar to the famed Norwegian fjords right here in Meghalaya. I saw pastured mountains and factories of smoke. I was in a society that follows matrilineage as a system. I'm sure many more such experiences are just waiting to happen.
A Euro Trip, I realise is a romantic idea. Its one of things you want to do, even though you don't really have an interest in it (is that perhaps a reason why I've kept it on hold for two years?). A trip across India is perhaps something I want to do more. In the Northeast, I particularly want to visit Nagaland, Arunachal and Sikkim. A trip to Rajasthan is something I've wanted to do. Ladakh, Himachal, Kashmir.. so much to see, so little time!
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