Travel2Shillong

I remember a "time" when I was in High School, my buddies and I would hang out in an "all-vegetarian" restaurant. We were Khasi, Assamese, a Bengali, Lushai and myself a Gurkha girl. We'd pool in all our change and feast on "dosas," "cholay" and "chai". We'd hunker down while it rained outside, sharing secrets and gossip like no other, discussing the book, "Peyton Place." Nobody had any clue as to what "time" it was. I miss my youth and Shillong. This is actually the best time of the year to travel to Shillong, Meghalaya (a place where I spent my teenage years). "Time" as in the past tense; "time" as in the present tense; I will always remember Shillong; I miss Shillong; looking forward to when I can visit Shillong again. Like many Shillongites who live overseas, I follow many YouTubers and enjoy their videos of Shillong. "Time" -- look at this watch folks!!

A place where I spent my teenage years

Ref: Wikipedia June 27, 2019 The roots of invention Living root bridges like this can be found in the tropical rainforests of Meghalaya, a state in northeast India that is among the wettest places on Earth. The gentle waterways that flow through the region’s valleys become gushing torrents during the summer monsoon season and will wash away traditional bamboo bridges. So, generations of indigenous Khasi people have devised a way of building root bridges by shaping living trees, like this one near the village of Mawsynram. It works like this: Rubber fig trees are planted or located on opposite riverbanks. As the trees' above-ground roots grow, the Khasi will guide them across the water, sometimes with the support of temporary scaffolding like bamboo. After years of tending, the roots will eventually join and take hold of each other, forming a living suspension bridge that provides safe passage over the swollen river. The innovation has proved critical to the Khasi people. In ...

Now that Christmas and New Year 2020 are fast approaching, perhaps, you are considering new travel plans? Here in the midwest (Indiana), many young college people are eager to fly out to diverse destinations. I was skimming through some sites and I saw this one: