Prepping with limericks

Sept 29th.

Tomorrow Mishmi beckons. My friends are as excited as me it seems.

Umesh limericked about the prepping.

Me
Her brains she was racking
Kept thinking, "I should be packing...
Should I take one bag or two?
Should I take sandal or shoe?"
And kept doing this till the plane was tarmac-ing!

G3 was in her room
Getting onto her broom
As she was about to fly
She waved Goodbye
And said "Naanga poyittu varoom"

Harness or strap
I was in a flap
Umesh suggested
Srinivas be requested
And that I agree, needs a clap.

DQ asked a question: Harness or Strap?
G3 said: Forget it, all crap!
Then KJo came on the scene
And said: Just make sure it's Green
And OC replied: Packing already done, it's a wrap!

Putting these here to remind me of the confusions. Vijay says bring fleece jacket, monkey caps and wooden socks. Prong temperature says 22deg C at night. 😮‍💨

15kgs baggage what to take what to leave?

30th sept

215am alarm!
Leave home by 3, pick up Usha along the way.
What a relief bags are within the weight.

Flights are on time and we make the connections and our bags make it to Dibrugarh, yay!

Lunch at NH37. It's HOT!!

Today is the day of rivers. Hooghly o the way to Kolkata, then the mighty Brahmaputra from the air, and then the glorious Lohit from the bridge.

Vultures in the air, more than 25, circling and landing as if at an airport! Amazing sight.

Chai stop, cattle obstacles a plenty and we cross into Arunachal and the whole scenery changes. Lush and green and the Mishmi hills ahead.

Cross Roing and teach Yatri Niwas and it's close to 4. We wander around, see tree sparrows, the Himalayan bulbuls, grass and blu skies.

Dinner at help Tourism camp is 20 minutes away. Moths!!! The moth screen brought some amazing specimens. And the Milky Way! Jupiter's moon, and the Panchami moon. Crickets calling. Quite magical.

So many things I learnt today. About Assam having a native tea species, and about Chabua being where the first bush was planted by the British.