Back In Shillong

Yes, you read that right. We are back in Shillong. No, I can't believe it either.

In the last post, I wrote that we were getting ready to board our flight to Aizawl. Well, we boarded the flight, it took off, and it flew all the way to Aizawl. And that's when things stopped going according to plan.

We were most of the way into our descent to the airport when the plane leveled off. We flew directly over the runway, and then the plane pulled back up. And it kept going up and up. About twenty minutes later, they made an announcement that due to "technical difficulties with the aircraft", the plane was being diverted back to Guwahati! Definitely not what we wanted to hear, but not much we could do about it.

So back to Guwahati we went. When we landed, we waited for a few minutes and then the officials told us to come to the podium to make further arrangements. They told us there would not be another flight today, and that the flight for tomorrow was full.

So we decided to try to find an overnight bus to Aizawl. But they were all full. Next step was to try to book a "sumo" or jeep to take us on the fourteen hour trip. Not much luck there, either. So we called up Remkung, our guy in Shillong, to ask him what to do. We finally decided to return to Shillong and arrange for the all night ride from there.

So here we are, back in Shillong, after the three hour ride here. Our great friends once again provided us with dinner, and we will be heading out in another hour or so... once again to make an attempt to go to Aizawl.

Never a dull moment...