15th June 2011, Wednesday
Saiha
My photon worked in Saiha. Woohoo!! I left a message at Facebook and checked my mail. I know I have to gear myself for the long road to Sangau. I know, I know, it’s a mere 81 kilometre ride from Saiha. But when you’re stuck in a spell of roadsickness, even 10 kilometres in the winding and narrow mountain roads can be such a pain.
Visiting Sangau for my field wasn’t exactly my priority. Yet, since my dad joined me in Lawngtlai, I decided to join his programme and go with him till Sangau. Meeting and interviewing more people won’t hurt my fieldwork either. Besides, I get to meet families and relatives after 2 whole years of staying in Delhi without any holiday. I wanted to visit Vawmbuk, a village on the slopes of the highest mountain range in Mizoram. Yet, monsoon rain washed away the only road to the village. I still have hopes of going there. But somehow my dad intervened saying that I could find all data at Sangau itself. So I decided to join him till Sangau and still hope to make plans to go to Vawmbuk after that.
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| The road from Saiha to Tlangpui |
We started out at Saiha at 10 in the morning and made quick stops at Bualpui NG, Siacangkawn, Rawlbuk, Lungpher and Ceural. What can I say? I’m travelling with my dad. On the other hand, I get to stretch my legs and go exploring. And while my dad sat at some meetings I went hunting for phone signals, one of which I found from a tea-stall bathroom in SiaCangkawn and another near a certain pigsty at Ceural. We reached Sangau just when it was getting dark.
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| The phone signal has full bars near this pigsty in Ceural... Haa!! |
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| A Porch at Lungpher on a drizzly day! |
Bonus point today: I didn’t get roadsick… Yea yea yea. Iron-lined stomach’s back.
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