River And Forest

Tag: Shillong

  • Canyoneering ~ Weilyngkut to Umlyngka, East Khasi Hills

    Canyoneering ~ Weilyngkut to Umlyngka, East Khasi Hills

    “…we were forced to raise our minds for the instant from the routine of life and to recognise the presence of those great elemental forces which shriek at mankind through the bars of his civilisation, like untamed beasts in a cage.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle, “Adventure V – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” The sun…

  • A Night At The Opera (Rainiest place in the world)

    A Night At The Opera (Rainiest place in the world)

    1 mad Irishman, 1 laid back half German-half Khasi, 1 native Khasi. Kut Madan – from the native Khasi language translates into – “End of the Land”. Located on the eastern edge of the Sohra (Cherrapunjee) headland, it has an almost geographically arrogant view of the Bangladesh wetlands below. The gradients fall in quick succession…

  • David Scott’s Trail – Ladmawphlang to Mawphlang

    David Scott’s Trail – Ladmawphlang to Mawphlang

    David Scott.  British Administrator, political agent to the British Raj, and all around bad-boy left something behind that still exists in bits and pieces till this day. His operations and reach stretched about 29 years (1802-1832) in the Khasi Hills and the surrounding low-lying areas. These areas are now in Bangladesh and the Indian states…