Ranikor, Meghalaya, India

On the edge of Meghalaya, a crack between the Shillong plateau flows river Kynshi into Bangladesh. The weather is erratic and the road is long but the in end you forget all that and only remember this. Surrounded by tropical forest with Dipterocarps and Duabanga on all sides, you can hear cicadas damping every other sound around.

dawki, Meghalaya, India

About 60kms from shillong is an old route to Tamabil used since the days much before the Raj for trade between Khasis and Bangladesh. Till date this continues. A scenic evening from above the cliff as it hangs imposingly overlooking the plains holds a place called Dawki. Absolutely magnificent with beetle nut plantations and brooms. Plenty of river quarries stand below on the shallow waters which appear dark bluish to emarald.

on the way to doon from chakrata this was a point where we stopped after birdwatching to catch a breath of the neverending mountains..



















local girl near her house..built to stand quakes...