Meghalaya: Dawki, Mawlynnong, Riwai
This is the final post in Meghalaya travel series.
Visit Shillong and Cherrapunji Part-1 and Cherrapunji Part-2 blog posts for other Meghalaya posts.
We checked out from our hotel in Cherrapunji on Day 4 and started to Dawki, the border town between India and Bangladesh. Dawki Bridge, a suspension bridge was constructed by the British in 1932 across the Umngot river.
Dawki was almost 3 hours away from our hotel and we crossed the suspension bridge in car to get to the boating point. From the cool weather of Cherrapunji, when we came to Dawki, we felt as if we are back in Hyderabad - sunny and hot.
Boating over Umngot lasts for 45 minutes and cost Rs.700(!). The water reflecting the greenery around the river is crystal clear. The river is spread across India and Bangladesh - you will see a big boulder in the river - one side is India and other side is Bangladesh. You can see the Bangladesh boating point on the other side of the river. Your boat can only go till the boulder and not beyond it. Lot of fishing activity by locals was seen here. We bought an amra fruit from a local seller and it was so good with the spices.
Next stop was Mawlynnong which was about an hour from Dawki, a very clean village with houses displaying variety of colorful plants and clean streets. This is where we had lunch with only one restaurant open(it was Sunday) containing rice, potato, okra, dal - all with no salt/chilli powder.
There was so much scope to roam - but our legs were not at all cooperating with our sight seeing endeavor(after effects of trekking).
We also visited the nearby Balancing Rock which is silly.
We then started to Nohwet Living Root Bridge, Riwai village. For all people who can't trek for an entire day to Double Decker bridge in Cherrapunji, this is the alternative. Though not as majestic as the Double Decker, it was still beautiful with stream underneath. It also had sky walk to view Bangladesh border - after ascending many steps, we still couldn't reach there. Many people were coming back mid way and told us even after walking quite a distance, the view point is nowhere near. So we gave up as it was getting quite difficult to walk with our screaming painful muscles. By the way, this is after taking a pain killer - pain killer may give some relief from pain, but it won't loosen up your stiff legs.
We stopped at couple of view points and then we went back to Shillong.
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This ends the Meghalaya series. Overall, Meghayala was awesome and Cherrapunji made it to my favorite places list :)
Visit Shillong and Cherrapunji Part-1 and Cherrapunji Part-2 blog posts for other Meghalaya posts.
Day 4: Dawki, Mawlynnong, Riwai
We checked out from our hotel in Cherrapunji on Day 4 and started to Dawki, the border town between India and Bangladesh. Dawki Bridge, a suspension bridge was constructed by the British in 1932 across the Umngot river.
Dawki was almost 3 hours away from our hotel and we crossed the suspension bridge in car to get to the boating point. From the cool weather of Cherrapunji, when we came to Dawki, we felt as if we are back in Hyderabad - sunny and hot.
Boating over Umngot lasts for 45 minutes and cost Rs.700(!). The water reflecting the greenery around the river is crystal clear. The river is spread across India and Bangladesh - you will see a big boulder in the river - one side is India and other side is Bangladesh. You can see the Bangladesh boating point on the other side of the river. Your boat can only go till the boulder and not beyond it. Lot of fishing activity by locals was seen here. We bought an amra fruit from a local seller and it was so good with the spices.
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| Dawki Bridge, Umngot river |
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| Dawki view |
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| Dawki Bridge on Umngot |
Next stop was Mawlynnong which was about an hour from Dawki, a very clean village with houses displaying variety of colorful plants and clean streets. This is where we had lunch with only one restaurant open(it was Sunday) containing rice, potato, okra, dal - all with no salt/chilli powder.
There was so much scope to roam - but our legs were not at all cooperating with our sight seeing endeavor(after effects of trekking).
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| Mawlynnong |
We also visited the nearby Balancing Rock which is silly.
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| Balancing Rock |
We then started to Nohwet Living Root Bridge, Riwai village. For all people who can't trek for an entire day to Double Decker bridge in Cherrapunji, this is the alternative. Though not as majestic as the Double Decker, it was still beautiful with stream underneath. It also had sky walk to view Bangladesh border - after ascending many steps, we still couldn't reach there. Many people were coming back mid way and told us even after walking quite a distance, the view point is nowhere near. So we gave up as it was getting quite difficult to walk with our screaming painful muscles. By the way, this is after taking a pain killer - pain killer may give some relief from pain, but it won't loosen up your stiff legs.
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| Nohwet Living Root Bridge, Riwai |
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| Nohwet Living Root Bridge view |
We stopped at couple of view points and then we went back to Shillong.
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| View Point near Cherrapunji |
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This ends the Meghalaya series. Overall, Meghayala was awesome and Cherrapunji made it to my favorite places list :)
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