Meghalaya is small state in Northeast part of India. Its home of wettest place on earth and longest caves. I explored Meghalaya few weeks back and I have to no hesitation to call it India's best kept secret destination.
From Bangalore I flew to Guwahati. Guwahati has international airport and directly connected to most part of India. From Guwahati we hired a selfdrive car and drove to Shillong.
Road from Guwahati to Shilong is excellent and scenic. Its four lane national highway, 98 km journey and takes around 2 hrs to reach Shillong
Just before entering Shillong, you could see Umiam Lake. Its vast and scenic reservoir. Popular attraction in Meghalaya and has water sport facilities.
After checking in Hotel, we started exploring Shillong. Next attraction was the Ward's Lake. Its in middle of city surrounded by lush green garden. There is 10 rs. entry fee and 20 rs camera charge.
Next destination in Shillong was Police Bazar. Its most happening place in Shillong because of market place, shops, restaurants. There are few pubs where you can chill beers and enjoy the rock music.
Dawki is 80 km from Shillong. We started our day in bad note and stuck in traffic for 4 hours because of major accident in outskirt of Shillong. Route was again scenic, this time we could see mist all over the place. Roads were hardly visible in some places. Dwaki is small village near India-Bangladesh Border and most famous of its Umngot River
Umngot river is truly photographer's delight because of its crystal clear water.
After parking our car, we decided to take boat ride. Boat ride fee is 700 rs per boat. During boat ride, it started raining heavily. Without rain coat and umbrella we drenched, decided to stop the boat ride in mid way. The sailor of boat then helped us to connect with another person, who provides tent for camping. We decided overnight stay in Dawki and did camping at the river side.
Late afternoon we drove to Krang Shuri waterfall, 28 km from Dwaki village. The road condition is ok but you will see hundreds of truck lined up onside because of India - Bangladesh boarder trade. We came across a beautiful landscape on the way.
By the time we reached Krang shuri it was 5pm and it was getting dark. From car parking, 500 meter trek down, you can see the Krang Shuri water fall. Its beautiful waterfall with crystal clear water. Its like natural swimming pool, swimming is allowed there. We couldnt spend more time there, as it was completely dark and entry to waterfall is not allowed after 6pm.
We drove back to Dwaki. Our tent was ready, after exploring village and dinner, we retired to bed. It rained all the night but our tent was solid, stayed firm. Another good experience.
Next Morning after another boat ride, we left Dawki and started our journey to Tyrna village. Tyrna is the starting point of trek to Double decker living root bridge. From Dawki it is 95 km, From Sohra(Cherapunjee) its 13 km. Route was scenic and in some part full of mist.
In trekking entry point, there is parking place. We parked our car and started trekking.
Double decker living root bridge is in Nongriat Village. Its very small village with hardly 100 people living in there. Trek to Nongriat village is scenic. There is clear trek path with more than 3500 steps.
En route you can see many water stream, cross iron bridges and couple of living root bridge.
We completed the trek and reached Nongriat village in 2 hours.
Once we reached, we started looking for homestay and found small homestay close to Double decker bridge. There is nothing much to do in evening and we did hang out with other traveler in homestay. It rained most part of the night and sharing each other's story over hot cup of tea, It was time well spent.
Last day in Meghalaya, woke early around 6, after cup of tea and packing our bag, we trekked up to Tyrna village. It took exactly 2 hours and then we drove to Guwahati (159 km) to catch out flight back to Bangalore.
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