A month left in Guwahati and now it is time to satiate that wanderlust and subject the pristine outdoors of North East India to my cold judgmental eyes, in hope that the sights may reinvigorate my vision. And they will.. Escapades to Shillong are now a routine affair; Hills of Khasi no more induce charm and wonder. Construction and expansion of this route has progressed, most of the road is now a four lane affair and that is in itself an achievement of engineering and logistics. The travel times to Shillong have now been cut by a third, speeding commutes of trucks that carry capital goods from rest of India to Shillong and vice versa. Most of this part of journey is spent in dreamy trance, as our company sleeps while the driver leisurely traverses the pass. Ambient noise of Shillong pulls us out of our rapture, we now negotiate a wet Saturday’s traffic. One car at time. Khasi Highlands Next you hustle past Indian Air Forces’ Eastern air command and take a le