We leave Arunachal Pradesh behind, and return to Assam, and the plains dominated by the Brahmaputra. The descent goes via the Ranganadi dam, in the river of the same name, and then on a relatively small road, which more or less follows the Ranganadi down. Verdant green, jungle-like vegetation, lots of bananas again, and very … Read more
Tawang is end of the road, sort off, from here you can only continue to China, and that is obviously out of the question. So we need to track back to Dirang, again. On the way back we make a detour to see the Chakzam bridge, an iron suspension bridge built at the end of … Read more
I am not going to analyse the Sino-Indian war of 1962 in great detail. In short, parts of the border between China and India have been, are still being disputed, and an important part of the dispute is the border in Arunachal Pradesh. In this area, in particular, the Chinese maintain that Tibet had no … Read more
We leave Assam behind for the next NE India state, Arunachal Pradesh, home to the largest Buddhist monastery in India, Tawang. We plan to cover the distance, some 430 kms, in two days, also because we climb from Brahmaputra level to around 3100 m, deep in the Himalaya mountains. The Assam part of the journey … Read more