Guwahati is JAIN- Just Another Indian Nagar. Crowded, dusty, chaotic.
Everybody eats Ghutka or Pan Masala.
You get all kinds of food here. Local Dum Biriyani, Poori-White Lobia curry were yum. Street food is big, chur muri, fresh cut fruits
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Guwahati has fantastic public transport. We used bus to go everywhere. Very well connected city. In spite of this, traffic is terrible. And this coming from a Bangalorean 😅
Most happening places are Dispur, Christian Basti, Ganeshgudi. Has all the major brands and eats.
3) Autos are bloody expensive and they cheat. Maybe because people prefer bus. Ola & Uber are as bad as everywhere else.
All NE States have a Bhawan here. If NE was a country, Guwahati would have been the capital.
Countryside is flat and nothing much to see. Brahmaputra is big.
4) So use Guwahati has a launchpad to your NE journey. Assam can be easily covered in 4/5 days. Kaziranga,Manas, and a Tea Garden Stay, that's it. Unless you are a Wildlife phographer.