The living root bridge of Riwai
"You are calling it a bridge,and you are saying that it is living,you must be joking!" my bemused wife retorted back as I told her that the next point of interest is the Living Root Bridge of Riwai,after we had a pathetic meal at the "cleanest" village of India,Mawylilong. Apart from the tree house,the village reeked as a tourist trap.
Riwai was a welcome change, a small village with a few houses and shops. We were walking down a unpaved path through a green jungle in the month of April. The climb down is a bit steep,but won't take more than 10mins. And then the living root Bridge came into view. A natural bridge made with interwined roots of two fig trees across a shallow stream,which had dried up in the summer,the bridge being reflected in the shallow puddles of water. It was afternoon,the sun shining through the thick foliage of the forest,making interesting patterns here and there. It felt like we are in a set of the movie Avtaar. A place where humans had woven poetry with the notes of nature, a piece of architecture which changes it's shape and form everyday to produce a new beauty-a kalaedescop.
Be there before human greed destroys it,as it always had.
Note: It's rather unfortunate that no proper study has been done or published on the numerous Root bridges of meghalaya.
Also I think that the entry fee should be a little bit more,to manage the unruly crowd damaging the bridge and for the holistic development of the place.
Note: It's rather unfortunate that no proper study has been done or published on the numerous Root bridges of meghalaya.
Also I think that the entry fee should be a little bit more,to manage the unruly crowd damaging the bridge and for the holistic development of the place.
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