I visited Meghalaya in the summer of this year and I must admit that it stands true to its designated name as the Abode of Clouds. The scenic beauty is mesmerizing and the weather is just certain to be uncertain. I flew from Bhubaneswar to Guwahati and then took a share Cab from Guwahati to Shillong for 700 rupees. The cost though is 500 rupees per head with 4 travellers in a cab, excluding the driver. Since we were 3 persons only we settled for 700 each. There was traffic congestion at couple of places while getting out of Guwahati city, but once we left the city behind, the roads were a breeze. It rained for quite sometime during the journey and we took a whooping 4 hours to reach Shillong instead of 2 hours.
The third traveller descended just before Shillong to part ways for his homeland. Upon reaching Shillong, we were amused by the hilly terrains and lakes while on our way to the hotel cum guest house. The clouds playing around the mountains were a welcome sight for us. We checked in the guest house to take some rest and planned for the next day. I met Ajay and Iba, who dwell in Shillong, for the ongoing planning and making of my Drone for videography. We had started the work of making the Drone with the help of Pradesh but were not able to meet the timeline of Meghalaya trip. However we decided to Shillong as the first day visit destination of our Meghalaya trip. With this planning I departed from their dwelling to meet the next morning to be hailed as Day -1 of Meghalaya Tour.
There is something different about the sun in Meghalaya. It rises quite early as compared to the rest of India. North-East is the first to witness the daylight and can be candidly said as the Land of the Rising Sun for India, Japan being the title owner of the world. We got up early and waited for Ajay and Iba to pick us up in their divine and blessed 4 WHD. They got breakfast for us which we ate with pleasure and enjoyment. We kickstarted of the journey to visit the most sought after and easily reachable UMIAM lake. UMIAM lake is the biggest lake in Shillong with a beauty and historical enigma attached to it.The meaning of UMIAM lake when translated from Khasi to English is the “Water of Tears” or the “Water of Eyes” and is also known as “Lake of Crying Water” or “Lake of Tears” or “Flood of Tears”. The mythological story goes as such that once upon a time there were two sisters from Heaven, who decided to descend to the Abode of Clouds, Meghalaya in Earth. However only one of the two sisters was able to reach Earth and the other sister was not able to make it to the Earth. The sister who reached Meghalaya was consumed by grief and remorse and cried...
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