| Shillong is a pleasant three hours. Drive from | | | | roads, most of which are easily accessible. |
| Guwahati and approaches, the city seems natural | | | | Shopping: |
| to conjure up suddenly on their best face. All | | | | Your unforgettable experience shopping here, |
| along the way, the scenes in true splendor and | | | | Shillong's Bazaar, Bara Bazaar and Police |
| view points are determined Vantage height raised. | | | | Department, where local weekly market to be |
| And when you Umiam Lake, a little before | | | | known as Iewduh held. The Khasis follows an |
| reaching Shillong mercury drops dramatically - as | | | | eight-day week and the weekly market is held on |
| high as 10 degrees in summer. Non-partisan nature | | | | the first day of the week, as they have been |
| to be such a welcome, even the British, who | | | | held Iewduh, hence the name. |
| have wandered so far extended. | | | | You will see, to produce colorful stalls piled with |
| Nobody wants to be part of England anymore, | | | | the local village. Honey would be a particularly |
| but the "piece of England" is still a compliment. And | | | | good buy. You can pick up the souvenirs - such |
| that's what was Shillong - a chip from the British | | | | as hand-made knives, cotton bags, shawls, |
| Isles. But this description is a bit exaggerated now. | | | | bamboo cutlery, and other bamboo crafts in Bara |
| In the last two decades trying to save the | | | | Bazaar. Although local fruits and Sayang saflang |
| forests are the numbers of the traditional wooden | | | | sold, try wrapped in banana leaves. By the |
| houses here reduced, which had its own charm. | | | | Government in the near Emporium Police Bazaar, |
| The Polo and the weekly races have almost | | | | picking up a number of Jain Sayem, the traditional |
| disappeared, along with the horses. Yet there is | | | | Khasi Rock. The price may be steep, but these |
| still much beauty in Shillong, and thanks to major | | | | are made of pure silk. |