sorry i haven't been uploading lately. Kinda forgot my blog. Don't have a camera anymore so had to steal some pictures from Hadrien (thanks dude). 
Anyway we went to the north-eastern states of India 2 weeks ago for 10 days. A really unforgettable trip. Beautiful nature. Must mention Dzukou Valley close to Kohima in Nagaland and all the area around Cherrapunji in the state of Megalaya. Some incredible places as you will see by the pictures.
Anyway the first day we arrived in Guwahati by airplane. We directly left for Kaziranga National park which is some 270 km east. In this park we saw many one horned Rhinos, there are around 1800 in the park. Also 5 Elephants (including a mom and it's baby: really really beautiful to see) and some small turtles. We went around by jeep, would have prefered to trek but was not “available” as Indians would say.
The afternoon after we directly left for Kohima in Nagaland. We saw a tribal village with many rice paddies on a hill close to theirs and it was a nice walk through them. All the people in the tribe let us take pictures of them. Was sad to see a telephone antenna on the top part of the village though, took some originality out of it.
The day after we went trekking in Dzukou valley (not sure of the spelling). It was the last day of the hunting season. We saw just one really cute bird that our guide/hunter killed by shooting it from 2 meters away. The landscapes talk for themselves. The path was not very good because we weren't in season, thus part of our trek was a 2 our uphill walk through 2 meter high bamboo where the path was hardly distinguishable.
The day after we left for Megalaya. Took us 15 hours of transportation including bus, train and shared taxi up to Shillong. We found a little place to stay during the night, was really cold and am happy to have had my sleeping bag (thanks mom!!).
The next day we went on a sightseeing tour around Shillong towards Cherrapunjee. On the way only touristic t. Really nothing even worth one letter on your screen.... Until we arrived at Cherrapunjee. Beautiful valleys, waterfalls (including Nohkalikai Falls (4th highest in India) ) and more waterfalls and natural swimming pools... etc... !!!
The next day we went on a trek. We crossed a “real” tribal village this time after a 1 hour way down from the main road. We walked a little further across a suspension bridge above a river. We decided we had to stay there. Crystal water, rocks for jumping in the pools. The villagers built a few “living root bridges” which we crossed. The place the young baby roots, in such a way that with time a bridge will form. Just look at the pictures, no photoshop involved!!! Had a difficult physical way back up on top of the valley. When we arrived on top of Nokalikai falls we “climbed” down through, under and over slippery boulders to it's lower pool. Really deep but obviously wonderful water but really cold because it was getting cold again. Returned to our hotel and was completely dead, just had something to eat and went to bed!
We went to another national park close to Guwahati, where we saw many Rhinos, but this time we were on elephants back! We could get a lot closer because “nobody messes with an elephant” even rhinos (had the impression they have shields on top of their skin; Could probably shoot them with a shot gun and nothing would happen to them )
Back in IIT and no envy at all to study. So what am I supposed to do? Travel for 4 months back to Europe starts in 2 months WOOWWOWOW!!
