to fork out 907 rupees. perhaps fortunately, none of these creatures were travelling with us today. and incredibly, after a few last minute panics. ..we re set to go. i climb onto the corrugated aluminium roof tojoin men who do this trip day in, day out. starting in tibet, the brahmaputra river is nearly 2,000 miles long. it s second only to the amazon in the volume of water that rushes through it. so, an interesting game of cards going on here. i think they re playing whist. ifeel like i should join in, but it may be a private game with high stakes.
so, tell me, what do you think about shillong? this is your home city, yeah? yes. what do you think about this place? like, you see the people, like, you know. more than half of meghalaya s population belong to the khasi tribe. and here at shillong s british built polo ground, a traditional local sport is thriving but it sure ain t polo. every afternoon, hundreds of people gather from all around to take part in a really interesting daily ritual.