North East India 2015 ←Bhutan 2015 Gallery Page Myanmar 2015→ Photo courtesy of Wikipedia We’re back in India The queue of stationary trucks stretching for 5km out of Panitanki Nothing like a drum being played right next to your head to wake you up in the morning Anglo-German Peoloton One of the many Asamese Tea Gardens The road to Bhutan Heavy vehicles ahead Drawing a crowd in Assam Dewali lighting displays Spot the elephant Taking assembly at the 7th Day Adventist School, Borobish The staff of the SDA School, Borobish Going for a ride with Raju Jacob, The Principal In the scrum at the 7th Day Adventist School Teachers on the move Father Biju Joseph The bridge over the Brahmaputra Fishing in the shallow water The banana market at Darranggiri Don Bosco School, Boko Spot the elephant The first Decathlon store to be opened in NE India father Jose at St Paul’s Catholic School, Nemphu Haggis pakora anyone? Fish market in Shillong Looking down onto a soggy Bangladesh Not a place for arachnophobes Bjorn inspects natures engineering The longest living root bridge in the world The longest living tree root bridge in the world Kirsty found the man made bridges far more terrifying to walk across A unique’Double Decker’ living root bridge This beautiful butterfly was about 7cm long Paradise pool Dropping down from A pineapple taking shape in the undergrowth Light fading fast on the endless climb back up to the plateau Our cell for the night The Raliang chief of police The smallest man in India Dam on the Assam border Umrongso The party girls pre-wedding celebrations in Umrongso Meghalyan villagers with typical beetle nut stained lips This river stains blue every winter by the limestone rocks on it’s bed Leg extract A Marmite hater Students from our English class Trying on a Kameez Hanuman temple in Silchar Howzat? Rubbish. The curious game of Koko. Father Nelson discovers that riding a tandem is harder than it looks Father Raphaels birthday. Everyone queued up to force cake into his mouth. Home Economics Class A message from Silchar to Plymouth Don Bosco to the rescue once again Nuns on the run. Kirsty with Sister Mary and Sister Salomi Worn out rikshaw driver Don Bosco School assembly Don Bosco Olympic Opening Ceremony, Silchar One selfie please Sir! Guest of honour handing out the medals Relay race, with a biased track where lane 1 always won Brother Reggie, head of the Don Bosco Technical College Hay making Bamboo being floated down the river Manapuri line up Bokul and his family who helped us find lunch in return for helping him with his English With Chief Manapuri loom More dressing up with King chillis. Approach with caution. A sikh soldier guarding Kirsty Halt! Who goes there? Christmas is coming Up through more jungle before Imphal Army base above Imphal Kerbside stall in Imphal The streets at night in Imphal Happy Journey! Scream if you want to go faster Birthday kuji cake Birthday kuji cake and chai Wash day Bongyang Baptist Church The view from Bongyang Bongyang Ladies Brooklyn, the birthday boy View from the final climb before Moreh Max’s maxi-rig Our next border crossing awaits ←Bhutan 2015 Gallery Page Myanmar 2015→ Share this:ShareFacebookEmailTwitterPinterestPrintWhatsAppLike this:Like Loading...