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2006 Sep by Jorge Sanchez	Contact Jorge Sanchez
Sorry, but I do not want to describe the whereabouts of that magical bridge that permitted me to traverse to Mizoram, the lost Shangri-La. Travellers might find it if they persevere, but tourists better do not try. Mizo people have intuition and will accept the real travellers as seekers of the true, but the tourists, those who travel for leisure and bargain with the poor sellers for peanuts, or take pictures indiscriminately, will be denounced to the Indian Army.While crossing the bridge I heard two girls taking and looking at me. I only understood the word “foreigner”. I followed my way faster and, Dios mio, que emocion! There were no soldiers at the other side of the bridge; I had entered in Mizoram, and openly, as my monks’ friends suggested me!I slept in the patio of a school and next day, at 4.30 AM, I asked a driver of a minibus going somewhere in the direction to Aizwal to take me with him. When we arrived at his village he invited me to be his guest. I cheerfully accepted and spent two days with his family, who had a shop selling beetle nuts.After two days with that family I almost got married to the elder daughter, charming Mapuii, but I said to myself: “No, I am a traveller and must keep on travelling learning from my world, I do not have time for love”, and thus next day I proceeded to Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. Aizawl the beautifulI was told about a British traveller who entered Mizoram illegally twice and twice was put in jail. Local people helped me a lot. Indeed I had been fortunate.The minibus took the whole day to reach Aizwal through endless bamboo jungles and hanging bridges. Most of Mizoram is mountainous.Aizawl is a lovely town living in vertical; there are no rickshaws because of the hills, but taxis charge 50 rupees for ride. People lived in a sort of palafitos, with half of the house built in the hill land plus the rest protracted with long wooden pillars. During the night the many hills of Aizawl looked as illuminated Christmas trees.I was accepted to spend the night in the Catholic Cathedral, in the Bishop House.What I heard about the customs and history of the peaceful Mizo people caused me admiration.Next day, during the exit to Assam, I saw a training camp for guerrillas in the jungle where there were Israelis and Cubans.Nobody checked me. I travelled openly.
2006 Mar by Veikko Huhtala*	Contact Veikko Huhtala*
While staying in Silchar in southern Assam, we took taxi to Aizawl, capital of Mizoram. Mizoram is one of the India States where you need a special permit. We got our permit from Indian Embassy in Helsinki. Mizoram is located between Bangladesh and Myanmar and it is the southernmost of the NE states. Distance from Silchar to Aizawl is about 200 km and it took all day to visit there. The road is little bit mountainous and the speed is limited. Taxi was not very expensive. If I remember, driver took approximately 50 euros about this trip. But 50 euros is a big amount money in India of course.