Stories from the road
Trip reports, guides and news from people who have travelled the Northeast.
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Four days of music in the rice fields of Ziro
The Ziro Festival of Music came back for its 13th year, with more than 40 acts playing on bamboo stages among the Apatani paddy fields.
By Fancyland
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The day the train finally reached Aizawl
After ten years of tunnelling and bridge-building through the Mizo hills, a railway line now runs to Sairang, at the doorstep of Aizawl.
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Assam's royal burial mounds join the World Heritage List
The grassy mounds of Charaideo, where the Ahom kings were laid to rest for 600 years, became the Northeast's first cultural World Heritage Site.
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From Varanasi to Dibrugarh by river
The world's longest river cruise ended its first voyage in upper Assam, 3,200 km and about seven weeks after leaving Varanasi.
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Meghalaya's living bridges take a step towards World Heritage
The root bridges that Khasi and Jaintia villagers grow across their rivers were placed on UNESCO's tentative list.
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Kongthong, the village where every name is a tune
A small Khasi village where mothers compose a melody for each child was picked as one of India's three entries for the UN's Best Tourism Villages.
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The shops with no shopkeepers
In the year everyone had to keep their distance, Mizoram's roadside honesty stalls turned out to be exactly what was needed.
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The Hornbill Festival turns twenty
Nagaland's festival of festivals marked its 20th year with its biggest crowd so far: more than 2.8 lakh visitors in ten days.
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Adventurous bike ride and trek testing our physical limits
We are back with more interesting pictures and stories to tell, so let’s begin the journey to Cherrapunji.
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Top romantic getaways in the Northeast
They say that trekking helps strengthen the bond with your beloved one.
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A student's guide to budget travelling in the Northeast
For a student, money is the chief obstacle that needs to be overcome before planning a trip. While connectivity has largely increased over the years in the Northeast, transport…
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Resorts in Northeast that you should visit once in your lifetime
Zizina is located in a historically endowed, exotic place Mayong, Morigaon. For history buffs this is an ideal, calm getaway.
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Top holiday homes in Sikkim
It has been said, if you want to explore a new place, live like the local and eat the food that they eat. Hence, there can be nothing better than these home stays to discover Sikkim.
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Nightlife in Aizawl: unrefined and unpolished
Aizawl has come a long way from spirit worshipping and Jhooming practices, to being one of the most progressive cities in the region. Read more about the city's changing nightlife.
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Ethnic Table in Dimapur: an all-women team serving authentic Naga food
Nagamese food is not just about what you eat, but also about the love with which food is served and lives of the hill people. If you visit Dimapur, we recommend that you eat at visit…
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A weekend away in Khonoma, Nagaland
Khonoma is a loner’s paradise. From the capital city of Kohima, the quaint little village is about 20 km away.
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Assam launches carbon-free tourism project for Majuli
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal rolled out a carbon-free tourism project on 5 Nov 2017 in the world’s largest river island Majuli.
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Two explorers and a land unexplored
Our trip lay in the middle of our exhaustive journey through India. Noob mistakes done and dusted, we were up to the task of navigating through North-East, especially during the…
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A solo traveller's journey of discovery
In the summer of 2016, I set off on a solo trip to the Northeast region of India. This was something I had been planning for a very long time because of a curiosity that I wanted to…
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Ziro Valley!
‘Ziro valley’ is located in the heart of Lower Subansiri District in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh can be most succinctly described as an ‘undiscovered paradise’, it is a place…