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36. the road to Ziro

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Our next destination in Arunachal Pradesh is Ziro, further east. Most people would probably drive down to Brahmaputra level, the plains of Assam, follow the river upstream and then turn north again, to reach Ziro. But I manage to convince our driver to take an alternative route, through the mountains, which may take a little [...]
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35. Bomdilla

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Bomdilla is a bit like Dirang. Quite some tourist infrastructure, in the form of hotels, homestays, and restaurants – which, confusingly are also called hotels, but for ‘fooding’ only. Yet, there doesn’t seem to be a lot to do in town. There is the market, in Bomdilla’s case the old market and the new market, [...]
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34. the festival

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It happens to be Tibetan New Year, called Losar. And this is celebrated in Dirang for all the villages in the surrounding, many of which have sent their traditional dance groups to the festival. The groups are small, perhaps four of five people each, but all have been dressed up, with costumes, masks, and colourful [...]
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33. Dirang

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There is not an awful lot to do in Dirang, where we landed again on the way back from Tawang. A small commercial district, referred to as the market, contains some 10, 15 shops, many selling the usual general supplies, and recognisable from the strings of salty crisps outside. Some sampling has actually revealed that [...]
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32. the Sela Pass

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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 [...]
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31. the 1962 Sino-Indian War

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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 [...]
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the Tawang Monastery

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Just because it is such a photogenic place, I have selected a few more photographs of the Tawang monastery, in Arunachal Pradesh, and close to Tibet and Bhutan. It is the biggest Buddhist monastery in India, with some 560 monks in residence. It belongs to the Gelug school of Vajrayana Buddhism and had a religious [...]
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30. Tawang

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Except that there turns out to be another road to Tawang. Since a few years, there is also a Sela tunnel. And the tunnel is open. Until now, that had not been worth mentioning. So after having come down a bit from the road to the pass, which we found closed, we take a turn [...]
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29. the road to Tawang

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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 [...]
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28. the traffic signs

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Most of the time, in a car, I drive myself. Obviously, you look outside, try to appreciate some of the countryside, but mainly, you pay attention to the traffic. And to the traffic signs along the road. Perfunctorily. That is to say, you register the signs, you know what they are supposed to tell you [...]
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