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Trip to the mystical North East

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Trip to the mystical North East When Travelyaari announced the winners of a Travelog contest, I could not believe that I was declared the runner-up. Such pleasant surprises do not happen often, I said to myself. The prize was in the form of an all expense paid package trip for 2 to either Kaziranga or Alleppey or a hill station at Uttarakhand. I had no doubt in my mind about choosing Kaziranga  and my wife readily agreed. This was after all my maiden visit to the North East.  Just as my itinerary was being finalised, I thought since I am travelling all the way to the North East (about 3,000 kms), why not add mystical Meghalaya to our schedule. I had always learnt about Shillong being the Scotland of the East and Cherrapunjee as the wettest place on Earth....while here was a golden opportunity to visit these 2 places. The trip was planned in early November, when the Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary is open to the public after a gap of 6 months. Though locals say March-April is the ri