Month: June 2020

Overland from India to Myanmar – our adventure over the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border

From Aizawl, the capital of the North-East Indian state of Mizoram, we headed to Champhai in the same state. Champhai was our last destination in India, as it is the last bigger town before the border to Myanmar. We crossed the border through the Zokhawthar-Rihkhawdar border post, which opened up for foreigners just recently and …

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Eri Silk, the ”peace silk” of Meghalaya – Visiting Muezart in Shillong

We aim to live without harming other beings, including animals and even insects. Therefore, we have avoided buying silk products as most of the silk is produced in a way where the silk moth is boiled alive in order to obtain the fibers of the cocoon. In fact, until we came to the North-East Indian …

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