the cleanest village in Asia | Mawlynnong | Meghalaya

A day at the cleanest village in Asia:        Mawlynnong, Meghalaya

                                         Mawlynnong won the status of being the cleanest village in Asia, in 2003

Having lived my entire life in an urban jungle I love to get away to the mountains and staying at a village for a night was the cherry on the cake. Around 100km from Shillong there is a magical paradise – Mawlynnong – a small village which won the status of being the cleanest village (2003), not just in India, but in Asia. I could not wait to get there.
This is a time for many firsts – my first trip to Meghalaya, my first stay in a village and the first time I’m going to see one of the rare Living Root Bridges. After soaking in the beauty of Shillong for a couple of days I make my way to Mawlynnong, located in the East Khasi Hills, very close to Bangladesh.

 I reach here and I am stumped. Not only is this village spotless clean but it’s one of the prettiest ones I have seen in the country. I am greeted warmly and taken to the guest house, my home for the night. I walk on cobbled streets bordered with thatched Khasi huts and go past gardens that are full of colourful flowers. There are bamboo baskets outside every house, used as bins.

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I reach the guest house which is entirely made of bamboo. Raised on stilts it almost seems as if I’m in a tree house with two tiny bedrooms, a living room, verandah and a machan which is connected to the verandah with long bamboo poles and jute. It resembles a typical Khasi hut and it is serene and calming just sitting there amidst greenery with a gentle gurgling of the waterfall in the background. I had my lunch and just wanted to laze there with no agenda, no mobile or internet (thank God). I’m enjoying every minute when it just gets better – it’s time to go and see the Living Root Bridges.

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