http://tourismnortheast.org tourismnortheast.org provides Tourism In Northeast, Northeast Tourism Guide, Northeast Travel Tourism Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/cherrapunji/ http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/cherrapunji/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:15:28 +0000 admin http://tourismnortheast.org/?p=173 Cherrapunji (locally known as Sohra) is a town in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. It receives both the Southwest and Northeast monsoon showers which give it a single monsoon season. Cherrapunji is one of the wettest places in the world with yearly average rainfall of approx 450in. Most of the rainfall comes in the months of May-September and during these months Cherrapunji is transformed into a misty valley with numerous gushing streams, lush tropical forests and beautiful seasonal waterfalls.
To reach Cherrapunji the most convenient railhead and airport for most travellers would be Guwahati, (Assam), where many trains and flights are bound from Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore. Shillong is located about 60 kms from Cherrapunji and is connected by a steep road. Taxis are available from Shillong to Cherrapunji.

]]> http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/cherrapunji/feed/ 0 http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/01/cherrapunji-in-meghalaya/ http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/01/cherrapunji-in-meghalaya/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:19:55 +0000 admin http://tourismnortheast.org/?p=152 High above the hazy valleys and foaming rivers, hidden in the rolling clouds and perched on an headland, lies Cherrapunji, 4,500 ft above the sea level. Cherrapunji in the north eastern state of Meghalaya is a spectacular location with the year-round rain. Long ago, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya had earned the coveted place in the Guinness Book of World for being the wettest place on the earth. This is one place all over the world, where the rainfall can be recorded in feet rather than in millimeters.
Cherrapunji , the pristine land with ever-lasting beauty, is perhaps the only place in India, which has just one season – the monsoon. The rainfall varies from heavy to medium to light, but there is no month without rain. Another surprising fact about Cherrapunji Meghalaya is that, it rains mostly at night. Day-to-day activity does not really get disrupted by the rain.
But, in the recent past the increases in pollution and deforestation resulting in environmental changes has affected the rainfall here, leading to the shortage of water in the region.

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