Day 11 : Mizoram House for ILP then Silchar-Aizwal.

Day 11:

Mizoram House for ILP Silchar-Aizwal-Silchar

Kms Planned: 468 kms.

Today I was up early as yesterday I wasted half a day as I did not get ILP for Mizoram, praying that Silchar Thumpers help me to get the ILP ASAP. Finally at about 9:00 am Robin Singha came to my hotel room and we went took off to Mizoram House in Silchar. We reached Mizoram house by about 9:15. The traffic was huge and roads were pathetic in Silchar.

We finally did the paperwork and asked how soon we could get the permit. I thanked Robin & he left for his work. The lady there asked me to come by 2:00 pm. The paperwork was nothing much its just a document with name, permanent address, reason for visit & Signature. Other things required are a passport size photograph & a permanent address proof.

I went back to my hotel and took some rest and packed all luggage and came back to Mizoram House by 2:00 pm . To my dismay, the lady at the counter searched for my form for about 5 minutes & was unable to find it. She searched almost all the desks for about 20 minutes before realizing that the form had gone to higher ups for signature. So finally the form landed in my hand by 2:45. PM. As I did not want to waste even a minute more, I set off towards Aizwal. 

The roads till Mizoram Border were pathetic the least to say. Silchar to Saiphai (Entry point of Mizoram) was 57 kms. Trust me it took me 2 hours 15 minutes to do this stretch. By about 6:15 I entered Mizoram. It was damn foggy and drizzling. I could see fog rising from the tarred surface of the road. Visiblity was almost 'ZERO'.

Do I look high? Mizoram is a dry state so its riding which gets me high. 


Fog with drizzle can ride you nuts.

Luckily the roads were good except for 2 small patches of 100 meters each which was knee deep slush. At one such place, I got struck and behind me there was an Army ambulance which was carrying a martyred soldier home. They got down and helped me get out off the mess. I thanked them and my heart sank for the family of the soldier who lost his life for India.

I finally reached Aizwal by about 9:30 PM. On the outskirts it started raining heavily so I topped by a Nepali food shop & ate whatever they could spare me as it was almost closed. I then ate it and reached Aizwal by 10:00 pm. I called up Rcho & he was stuck in something so he sent Fela Lana Jr. on his behalf. Fela was a seet guy, he helped me locate my hotel and helped me check in. I was dripping water everywhere. I said good bye as I first wanted to jump out of wetness and put the stuff for drying in front of the fan. If someone would have seen me they would think what a mad man he is. The whole place was freezing and I was switching on the fan.

I took a hot shower and jumped into bed cursing British Empire & Government of India & all those who could have but did not do anything to abolish ILP, with an alarm at 5 as I wanted to start early and reach Imphal through Jiribam which was suppose to be a NO ROAD TERRAIN.


A short video of Day 11: https://youtu.be/qT48JGdXqXo


Route taken : Silchar-Kolasib-Aizwal.

Road conditions: Bad roads in South Assam. Moderate to decent roads in Mizoram. Just 2 bad patches.

Kms Done: 288 kms


Destination tomorrow: Aizwal-Jiribam-Imphal  

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