Mizoram: A road trip

[Point Zero]

Simply outstanding with crispy pictures .... Bookmarked in the wish list ...

Thanks for sharing

 

[hackernewbie]

@hackernewbie Rajiv bhai thanks a lot! haha Dzukhou valley should take minimum 3 days to and fro Guwahati. We can test out your tent.

Chalo, let's test them around July end?

 

[samudrav]

Nice travelogue

 

[Naturebuff]

What a beautiful state and so well captured @Gunin Is early march too a good time to go?

 

[subhankar paul]

Lovely
Thanks Gunin for getting me a booking for the amazing movie " Mizoram the travellers paradise"!

Just one query:
Which would be the best season for a first time visitor in this wonderland?

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[Gunin]

What a beautiful state and so well captured @Gunin Is early march too a good time to go?

Thanks! March is a good time to visit Mizoram.

Lovely
Thanks Gunin for getting me a booking for the amazing movie " Mizoram the travellers paradise"!

Just one query:
Which would be the best season for a first time visitor in this wonderland?

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Thanks a lot

October to March would be a good time to visit Mizoram. Post that, the rains start and with it the usual suspect of landslides etc.

 

[Shekar Reddy]

Lovely Log, enjoyed reading and watching awesome views.

 

[manucares]

Great read and great pics. Loved it.

 

[subhankar paul]

Thanks! March is a good time to visit Mizoram.



Thanks a lot

October to March would be a good time to visit Mizoram. Post that, the rains start and with it the usual suspect of landslides etc.

Thanks for the guidance Gunin bro . I shall plan in February. Anybody interested?

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[veembil]

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

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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.

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Was it the beautiful sunsets?

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Was it the parks beckoning us to be kids again?

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Maybe the neat and clean villages?

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Or the sleepy towns?

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Was it the rain kissed mornings?

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Was it the shops which have no shopkeepers?

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Its panoramic views?

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The drive which challenges man and machine?

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Was it about the diamonds in the sky?

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Or of love in the night sky?

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Driving into a foreign country?

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Maybe the joys of driving among the clouds?

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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.

Your write up was beautifl with excellent explanation and photographs of Mizoram. Continue to get more travelogues.