We Survived 5000km Riding Northeast India 😍 (Emotional Last Ride) [🇮🇳37]

And actually, guys, I have an announcement to make, a sad announcement. >> [music] [music] >> Good morning, world. Welcome back to the channel. It's ride number 37 on our motorcycle adventure exploring the northeast of India. >> And we're here in the town of Mawsynram, whose claim to fame is that it's really, really rainy. This town has the Guinness World Record for being the wettest place on Earth. 12 m of rain a year on average, and [music] a daily record of 1 m of rain in 24 hours. >> But can you believe it? It's dry and sunny this morning. We're so lucky because it was raining the whole night. Really crazy monsoon rain with thunder and lightning and all. >> Yeah, we're pretty lucky, actually, because we arrived here and it was beautiful and sunny. Then we got to experience the rain of the rainiest place in the world whilst being in our hotel room nice and dry. And now we're on the bikes again, and it's lovely again. So, we have officially survived the rainiest place on Earth without getting wet. >> And this area is just beautiful. The surroundings are really, really stunning. >> Yeah, this town, Mawsynram, [music] sits on the edge of loads, loads of massive valleys, like huge canyons on nearly all sides. So, it's a pretty crazy [music] place for a town in a pretty spectacular landscape. But today it's [music] time for us to leave this wet, but also sunny place behind, and also leave the state of Meghalaya behind. [music] So, let me show you where we're heading today. >> So, we are here in Mawsynram, and today we will be riding through Meghalaya's capital city, Shillong, and finishing the day in Northeast India's largest city, Guwahati. >> And actually, guys, I have an announcement to make, a sad announcement. This ride will be the final ride of our Northeast India adventure. In Guwahati, we're going to be dropping off our beloved Sikkim and Assam with a shipping company, where they're going to be shipped back to their family at Royal Enfield in Chennai. >> Guys, we just [music] have >> to stop here because that looks like a really nice place to get a beautiful view. >> Yes. Taking the views of Meghalaya on our last ride, our last day of views of Northeast India. >> I will miss these kind [music] of views so much. >> Meghalaya has just some of the most spectacular valleys and canyons. It's a really, really impressive state. Soon we'll be back in the city, the big city, Guwahati, but they have Zomato there. >> Yes, pizza. Yes, I still can't believe that this is going to be our last ride here in India. I'm really sad, but I'm really happy as well at the same time that we could see and experience so much. I'm going to really enjoy my last ride here in India. So, it's about 140 km to reach Guwahati. And Google Maps says it will take us 4 hours. It is already 10:00, so better hit the road. Let's go. >> Oh, wow. We did not get these views yesterday, hey? >> Yes, it was completely cloudy yesterday when we reached this road. >> I'm so glad that it's clear because that is one of the best views that we've seen here in Meghalaya. What an epic road [music] to such a humble little town. We arrived back at our favorite bakery. We stopped here yesterday already and they had really nice pastries. We are still sick. Me and Ollie, we're still sick and we have to take some painkillers now. Hello. Can I get two water? >> [laughter] >> Two water. Thank you so much. Okay, my love. Your throat pain now? Yeah. I can tell you it's not fun to be traveling when you feel sick. Oh, thank you so much. And then what pastry do we want? Can I have one one of these? Do you want one as well? But you do need to eat something. Maybe just a piece of cake? Okay. And one chocolate cake. I will get you chocolate cake anyway, my love. >> And what is your name? Yeah, she knew. She knew. My name is Apika. >> That's a really pretty name. >> [laughter] >> Nice to meet you. Bye-bye. Thank you so much. Name Saka. Saka. Apika. Apika and Saka. Very, very nice. >> Oh, she saw it. This hair, that's why she's telling that I want that. >> [laughter] >> Bye. >> Bye-bye. Oh, no, guys. We run out of luck. The rain has just started, but I'm too lazy to put my rain stuff on. Please stop rain. Please stop. Oh, Ollie, I think we have to stop and put our rain coats on. I think it's a little bit too much. So, quick update as well. We have done so far 46 km and we have still another 102 km to go. I can see on the map as well that we are just coming into Meghalaya's capital, Shillong. Here is the capital and then further up is Guwahati. >> It looks like the rain has stopped. I'm hot now. >> Yeah, me too. Let's take it off again. >> No, I think it's good because there's a lot of dark clouds around. So, I don't think it's the last rain shower we're going to get today. So, we're just coming into the outskirts of Shillong now. Check out this mural on the wall. Looks like it celebrates a lot of the culture of Meghalaya. Oh, and the animals. Look, there's some people playing flute and a sort of guitar. And there's a marong. >> And the streets are busy here. >> Oh. >> Ambulance. >> Oh, yeah. Look at that. Definitely coming into the big city now. >> So, how many people live in here in Shillong? >> Apparently, over 140,000. >> [music] >> So, that makes it the largest city and the capital city of Meghalaya. Look, there's a big mural on this building as well. So, apparently, they really like their murals. And this city was actually created as a hill [music] station in 1864. And it was used as the administrative capital [music] of Assam. And actually, it remained the capital of Assam until the state of Meghalaya was created. And then they said to the Assamese, "Sorry guys, you got to find your own capital." And it was chosen as the capital mostly because the climate is just [music] a lot nicer and cooler here than down on the plains. And the name Shillong actually comes from the name of a deity called Lei Shillong. And this deity is said to reside on Shillong Peak, which is a big mountain overlooking the city. And we wanted to go up on top of the mountain because there's a really good viewpoint from up there where you can see the whole city in front of you. But unfortunately, it's just closed on Wednesdays. And today is Wednesday. So unfortunately, we're not going to be able to give you a vantage point of the city, guys. But here it is, Meghalaya's capital, the city of 140 something thousand people. But Shillong is also known as the rock music capital of India, which I had no idea about, but apparently they really like rock music here. And there's also a really big [music] rock music festival that goes on here as well. So I think the city has a very vibrant music scene. Thank you so much. Wow, look at this place. They actually have a real coffee machine here, eh? >> Looks like it. >> Nice. >> I need sugar. >> Uh sweetheart, that was a pretty good choice to stop there. I mean, this is probably the first petrol station cafe we've seen like I don't know, anywhere. >> Because normally in India, they always have a petrol station, but they have nothing to eat around, no restaurants, like nothing, just a petrol station. If you see something like this, like a nice cafe next to a petrol station, I mean, it's so inviting, eh? >> Absolutely. It had a real coffee machine as well. So I was pretty happy with that. That was a good stop. Cuz yeah, I'm definitely still not feeling 100% after this massive flu that we had. >> Yes, I mean the flu totally knocked us out, stole us a week of our precious life. >> Yeah, and even after you've sort of recovered like enough to get back on the bike and carry on, it's still a little bit of a struggle to be honest. Anyway, the cappuccino was really good. Thank you so much Bee Cafe, good on you. >> Good on you. >> You should definitely expand this. Wee! Look sweetie, I did a nice U-turn. >> Have you finally learned how to turn in a circle? >> I'm one now with the bike. On our last ride, I finally managed to do some U-turns. >> [laughter] >> So now it looks like we're going to be coming down from the hill station, leaving Shillong, and heading down into the plains towards the final destination on our journey here in the northeast, the big city of Guwahati. But it does feel very hill station-y here, doesn't it? You've got all these pine trees around, quite a lot of forest around here. It reminds me of Shimla, actually. >> Except that Shimla was way, way busier. >> That's true. Apparently, they call Shillong the Scotland of the East. I mean, I don't know if this really looks like Scotland, but I think they just mean because it's cold and it rains. >> Oh wow, look at this here. >> Oh wow, look at that. That is one hell of a lake. >> Wow. Let's stop here for a second. That looks like a fairy tale here. Wow. Check out that view. Amazing. >> Wow, I had no idea this reservoir was here >> [music] >> until we came round the corner and suddenly boom. >> Wow. I mean, that looks just [music] magical. >> Look at all these little islands and sort of inlets. It does kind of remind me of the Scottish Highlands [music] actually. The only thing missing is bagpipes. >> And sandflies. >> Ah, yeah, and sandflies. I looked it up and this is called Umiam Lake. An artificial [snorts] lake, it's a reservoir created on the Umiam River. Another stunning landscape here in Meghalaya. And after the red car. Oh, before the red car there. That's right. >> I know here is actually a smaller lookout. You want to stop here? >> Yeah, okay, let's stop here as well. >> Oh, wow, yes. >> Yeah, we were just looking at that bit. But there is all of this as well. It's a massive lake, isn't it? >> We are just spacing our last ride out now to make our last ride lasting as long as we can. >> [laughter] >> We're going to take in all the views we can. >> Because soon the journey is over. >> [laughter] [music] >> Guys, can you believe it? We have reached the last hour of our last ride here in India. >> Yes. One more hour and then we can say we have survived India for a second time. 11,000 km on the first journey from Kanyakumari to Ladakh. And now the odometer says that we have done more than 6,000 km on this journey. >> These are some crazy numbers. >> Yeah. You are a bonafide Indian rider now, my love. >> Do you think so? >> You've ridden more miles in India than you have in UK. >> Yeah, or anywhere else in the world. >> But what an amazing journey this one has been though, hey? >> Absolutely. Starting all the way down in Kolkata. Such a busy start. A bustling city and [music] we were jumping on these bikes, riding all the way north to zero point in Sikkim with our new friends and our new family from Ride to Sikkim. That was a hell of a journey already. And in Sikkim we had some amazing snowy landscapes, some [music] windy roads, some scary roads. >> And one very nice hot spring. At the end of Sikkim it felt like the adventure was over, but we hadn't even begun because then we went into the kingdom of Bhutan. [music] >> Where we could experience as well some epic roads. And also we learned a lot of that culture. We went to a really nice local festival in Bhutan, which was absolutely amazing. >> Yeah, and not to mention the monasteries. Oh, the monasteries. Bhutan was a spectacular experience. But then going from that to a wedding in Assam, that was a whole different kind of experience, but absolutely [music] amazing as well. >> Plus we could experience some amazing wildlife in Assam. [music] And after Assam we headed into Arunachal Pradesh. And these roads were absolutely amazing. It was so wild. >> And then we almost died trying [music] to cross a mountain pass in a blizzard. >> That was scary, man. >> Yeah, that was definitely one of the hairier parts of the trip. When will this nightmare end? >> But we survived it and therefore we could enter Nagaland, where we had the chance to camp with our new friend, the Roving Naga. He showed us an amazing jungle camp. >> It was awesome hanging out with you, Roving. You are awesome and thank you so much for showing us your local places, your local culture, and for providing us with our first taste of local chicken cooked in bamboo on an open fire down by a river in the middle of the jungle. >> I will definitely [music] always remember that day. >> I will remember the hangover the next day, but then topping off this whole trip with the beauty of Meghalaya has just been incredible. This state is the land [music] of waterfalls and canyons and valleys. >> Yeah, and special places like the wettest place on earth, the amazing living root bridges. We have seen so crazy things here which you can't see anywhere [music] else in the world. And this is as well the amazing thing about India. It is a huge country and very diverse. Every state has [music] a different history to tell and every state is so unique. >> Such different cultures. >> Different languages, different people, [music] but the hospitality was the same beautiful everywhere. >> So that's really why we wanted [music] to make this series here. Just to show you guys and to show our viewers, show the world what the northeast of India has to offer. In this 3-month [music] trip, we packed in as much as we possibly could, but there are still so many more places that we couldn't get to. >> You can spend a lifetime just going around the northeast of India. It's been an absolutely beautiful experience. [music] >> [music] >> The final approach into the city of Guwahati. Oh, and we have a sign. Welcome to Guwahati. Nice. >> Yes. It's official. We made it back. We made it back in one piece. >> I feel like I'm in like five pieces to be honest. >> Yeah, I feel like I'm in 10 pieces. >> No, you are actually in 10 pieces. I can see it. >> Oh. >> So we wanted to finish this journey by riding to a place where we can get a nice view of the city. So we've routed ourselves to uh what is hopefully a viewpoint. We might get there and we don't have a very good view at all. Oh, we're starting to go up. I think we're starting to ascend our hill to what is hopefully a very nice viewpoint. Also, I just realized that we're taking you guys to another viewpoint. We've shown you so many viewpoints today. >> [laughter] >> And look at that, one last muddy puddle of the trip. >> [laughter] >> I don't think this is a very popular viewpoint. Oh, yeah, we're starting to get some views. Wow. Epic, man. Woo! Nice. Look at this. You would not believe you're in the middle of the city here, hey. >> It's very remote here. Very calm, very relaxing. >> Oh, I think we're getting somewhere here. Look at this. Oh, okay, yeah, that is Yeah, there we go. Look at that. That is the city view. >> That's not the city view. This is like a postcard. [music] How amazing, man. I'm so happy we made it here. Yeah. >> We did [music] it, sweetheart. >> We did it. >> We survived India round two. >> Yay! And guys, this is your last last view you get from us. >> [music] >> So, there we go. [music] It's the end of another beautiful adventure. And can we just take a minute to appreciate these amazing adventure [music] machines, our beautiful Royal Enfield Himalayan 450s. >> Yes, it really doesn't matter which road. These [music] machines have been just amazing. It doesn't matter if the bustling cities of Kolkata or the Himalayan mountain roads in Sikkim or even the crazy dirt roads in Nagaland, this bike was really able to handle every road. >> know if you guys can see that on camera, but there's some goats fighting next to [laughter] us. Yeah, we really pushed these [music] bikes to the limit here on this trip, but Northeast India was no match for the 450. [music] 6,000 km of everything we could throw at them and they're still here, happy and alive. >> And us, too. And us, too. >> Yes. >> Which is pretty unbelievable. >> So, thank you so [music] much, Assam. >> Thank you, Sikkim, and thank you, guys, for watching the series. >> Yes, I hope you have been enjoying [music] our videos here in the Northeast of India, and stay tuned for the next adventure. That's it from [music] us today. We hope you enjoyed the video. If so, please give us a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel, share the video with your friends and family, [music] comment below, and we will see you next time.