Morning dawned with dew and pearly-sunshine at Sa-I-Mika Park. Sa-I-Mika Park? What’s with the name? It’s not a Shillong thing, in case you were wondering. In the grand tradition of naming your business after your children… Liji Electricals (Lissy and Jijo, see?), PooMa (pooja and Manjushri, maybe) Mining etc. (not real companies, so don’t Google…
Month: December 2016
Sighting the abode of the clouds
5 people, 5 large backpacks, 5-ish small-ish backpacks and 2 cardboard boxed cycles left Cooke Town one early December morning. Long lines at 6am. Check. Dumb airport jokes (“What’s the worst things to say at the airport?” delivered at loud volumes). Check. Food falling into bag, leading to evacuation of contents. Check. Blow drying said…
Shillong-ward bound
It’s 1.05am. In less than 3 hours I’m to rouse myself and make my way to that flight. I’m going with 5 others. For 2 weeks. This is something I haven’t done in the last close to 15 years: travel anywhere in a group. There is none of the tension that shy, panicky-me-feels at the…
There and back again 