We started from Chennai on the 22nd of December, flying to Dibrugarh via Kolkata. We reached Dibrugarh at 2 p.m. and were anxious to get out of that place due to the ensuing protests against the CAA. We entered Arunachal at around 4 and reached the Golden Pagoda at Namsai at around 1730 in the evening.
Route Taken: Namsai (Namsai District) (Day 1) -> Hawai (Anjaw District) (Day 2) -> Dong (Day 3) -> Kibithu (Day 4) -> Tezu (Lohit District) (Day 5) -> Roing (Lower Dibang Valley District) (Day 6) -> Pasighat (East Siang District) (Day 6)-> Dibrugarh (Day 8) -> Chennai
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| Golden Pagoda, Namsai |
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| Golden Buddha |
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| Bamboo Buddha inside! |
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| Golden Pagoda in the morning |
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| View from the Eco Resort of the Tengapani River |
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| Tengapani River |
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| Monastery by the Tengapani |
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| Parashuram Kund by Lohit River |
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| This was something we saw pretty often |
Other more interesting captions include:
- If you drive like hell, soon you will be there
- Better be Mr Late than late Mr
- Safety on the road is safe tea at home
- After whiskey, driving risky
- Your hurry may cause your family worry
- This is not a race, drive with grace
- Keep your nerves on sharp curves; & many others
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| Lohit River at Dong, near Walong |
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| First and safest looking hanging bridge of the trip |
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| View from bridge |
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| View from the bridge |
War Memorial near Walong
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| The Easternmost Outposts |
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| Army bunker |
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View on the road to Kibithu from Walong
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| Hanging bridge near Kibithu |
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Indo-China border (Maden Ridge),
perpendicular to it is the border with Burma |
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| Hot Springs at Walong |
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| Dong Resort, Walong |
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| Bridge keeps getting washed away in the monsoon... |
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| Sally Lake, Roing |
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| Siang River |
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| Abor Country River Camp |
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| Yamne River |
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| View from the last hanging bridge of the trip |
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| A broken hanging bridge, right next to the one we're on! |
We went river rafting in Pasighat, and returned to Chennai on the 29th after one of our most memorable holidays, that included adventures like the car getting stuck on the ghat road in the night with rain pouring down and nowhere to go, with nobody on the road, to being forced to stop to wait for a landslide to get cleared !
