Gunin
Well-Known Member
Last leg of the journey:
Time: 1:30 am:
We are parked for the night at a petrol bunk somewhere near Jowai, Meghalaya. I was surprised at how comfortable and spacious the backseat of my bolero felt. Pahar on the hand was struggling to get in some kind of sleeping position in the front.
Earlier, my mighty bolero 4wd forced us to stop near Khleriat, Meghalaya with a loud clang clang noise and steering vibrations. I was smiling to myself as I drove into the only garage we could find on a late Sunday evening. No, the bolero was not emitting laughing gas but it’s just that I was planning to write glowing tributes to my vehicle and how nothing ever goes wrong on my mighty steed. And here I was at the roadside garage
The problem was pointed out to worn out propeller shaft bearings and by the time we were done, it was already 10:30 pm. A quick dinner at Rajasthan Dhaba, Jowai (which serves everything from pork to paneer) followed by a quick nap and we were ready for completing our mission to travel from Aizawl, Mizoram to Guwahati , Assam in a single day. It did not matter to us that it was technically not possible as it was already 12:30 at night.
I tried driving but soon remembered the excellent thread on teambhp on the dangers of sleepy driving and drove into a well-lit petrol pump. Before the trip, we had planned to sleep in the car if we couldn’t manage accommodation at any place. As we had done almost all the things we had planned to do on this trip, we decided against searching for any hotel and used this rather excellent opportunity to tick the sleep-in-the-car bit as well.
As I drifted off to sleep in the backseat of my bolero, my mind wandered to the past week travelling in Mizoram. It was one of my best trips till date and I tried to point out a single factor which contributed towards it.
Was it the beautiful sunsets?
Was it the parks beckoning us to be kids again?
Maybe the neat and clean villages?
Or the sleepy towns?
Was it the rain kissed mornings?
Was it the shops which have no shopkeepers?
Its panoramic views?
The drive which challenges man and machine?
Was it about the diamonds in the sky?
Or of love in the night sky?
Driving into a foreign country?
Maybe the joys of driving among the clouds?
Or simply a cup of hot tea on a rainy afternoon?
Maybe it was one of the above or all of them. Maybe it was just its lovely and kind people.
This is an account of our road trip in Mizoram.
Time: 1:30 am:
We are parked for the night at a petrol bunk somewhere near Jowai, Meghalaya. I was surprised at how comfortable and spacious the backseat of my bolero felt. Pahar on the hand was struggling to get in some kind of sleeping position in the front.
Earlier, my mighty bolero 4wd forced us to stop near Khleriat, Meghalaya with a loud clang clang noise and steering vibrations. I was smiling to myself as I drove into the only garage we could find on a late Sunday evening. No, the bolero was not emitting laughing gas but it’s just that I was planning to write glowing tributes to my vehicle and how nothing ever goes wrong on my mighty steed. And here I was at the roadside garage
The problem was pointed out to worn out propeller shaft bearings and by the time we were done, it was already 10:30 pm. A quick dinner at Rajasthan Dhaba, Jowai (which serves everything from pork to paneer) followed by a quick nap and we were ready for completing our mission to travel from Aizawl, Mizoram to Guwahati , Assam in a single day. It did not matter to us that it was technically not possible as it was already 12:30 at night.
I tried driving but soon remembered the excellent thread on teambhp on the dangers of sleepy driving and drove into a well-lit petrol pump. Before the trip, we had planned to sleep in the car if we couldn’t manage accommodation at any place. As we had done almost all the things we had planned to do on this trip, we decided against searching for any hotel and used this rather excellent opportunity to tick the sleep-in-the-car bit as well.
As I drifted off to sleep in the backseat of my bolero, my mind wandered to the past week travelling in Mizoram. It was one of my best trips till date and I tried to point out a single factor which contributed towards it.
Was it the beautiful sunsets?
Was it the parks beckoning us to be kids again?
Maybe the neat and clean villages?
Or the sleepy towns?
Was it the rain kissed mornings?
Was it the shops which have no shopkeepers?
Its panoramic views?
The drive which challenges man and machine?
Was it about the diamonds in the sky?
Or of love in the night sky?
Driving into a foreign country?
Maybe the joys of driving among the clouds?
Or simply a cup of hot tea on a rainy afternoon?
Maybe it was one of the above or all of them. Maybe it was just its lovely and kind people.
This is an account of our road trip in Mizoram.
