Blogs from Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

On the Road to Tawang The SUV was newly acquired Mahindra Scorpio S-11, that wife Rina nicknamed "Black Beast". Dear friend PT Bhutia & I decided to embark on a driving trip from Siliguri in Darjeeling foothills to Tawang in West Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. The mission was to drive through high altitude Sela & Bomdilla Passes and to pay obeisance to the guardian deity of Lord Buddha in the 400-year-old Tawang Monastery, the biggest in size and shape, next only to Potala Palace, Lhasa. The first long trip, immediately after taking the delivery of the SUV, was Siliguri-Dharan-Dhankuta in Eastern Nepal in April 2019 with wife Rina wherein the Black Beast clocked 200 km plus. Being a Mahindra SUV fan and having driven white Scorpio and Bolero in the past 10 years it was ... read more

Arunachal Pradesh – one of the seven sisters of the mesmerising north-east India. It is the eastern most state of India that allures everyone to explore its breath-taking destinations. Arunachal Pradesh till a few years ago eluded most of the travel enthusiasts, but with the government’s efforts to promote tourism, it now has 12 tourist circuits. Arunachal Pradesh has been blessed with abundant natural beauty with the green eastern Himalayas covering most of the region. From mountains to valleys to monasteries to orchids, this state takes pride in being one of the top three greenest states of India with almost 80% green cover. Of the 12 tourist circuits, we chose the ‘Tezpur-Bhalukpong-Bomdila-Tawang’ circuit and off we went in summer to explore the mystic land. Since most of the commercial airlines do not fly into Arunachal Pradesh ... read more

We had a picnic at chillipam. It all started with a visit to the monastery followed by a visit to the kiwi orchard. The location of the monastery is amazing with a breath taking view of the hills and the valley all around. A visit to the kiwi orchard was an amazing experience in itself.... read more

On 23rd March, we started again from Tenga valley, on the supposedly last leg of the journey to Tawang. The car was buzzing with anticipation as all of us were looking forward to today's sights. The Army guesthouse I was staying at rested at the very bottom of the valley - and the surrounding mountains were rising high above us. A fast flowing rocky stream cut through the valley. Short metal bridges spanned it at intervals. We crossed several of them on the road. We were climbing higher and several times I felt my ears pop. We bypassed the town of Dirang, and headed higher towards Bomdila. Bomdila is a sub-city - it rests on a horseshoe ridge and is fairly developed. It had two museums of craft, culture and ethnological basis, both of which we ... read more

Hello Tawang - Shillong. Hi Guys, I am in the process of planning my visit to North Eastern India and visit the places which I had seen a couple of years Earlier. My Travel plan is :- •Day 1 - Guwahati to Bhalukpong (250kms/5hrs). •Day 2 - Bhalukpong to Dirang (185 kms/6.5 hrs). •Day 3 - Dirang to Tawang (155 kms/ 6 hrs). •Day 4/5 - Tawang local sight seeing. •Day 6 - Tawang to Bomdila (180 kms/ 6 hrs). •Day 7 - Bomdila to Guwahati (230 kms, 4.5 hrs). •Day 8 - Guwahati to Shillong (110 kms, 2.5 hrs ) and local sight seeing at Shillong. •Day 9 – Shillong to Guwahati (110 kms, 2.5 hrs) and local sight seeing at Guwahati. I shall keep posting things as and when I progress them. Please update ... read more