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The Remote Lands of Lohit Valley in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh
Read more: The Remote Lands of Lohit Valley in Eastern Arunachal PradeshThe Lohit Valley lies in the easternmost road of India. Mountains here feel virgin, cut down by the river Lohit. When our team had visited, the river was in a phase of transition; the deep turquoise water of dry winters turning mud red. The April sky had been a mix of rain and blue, and…
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Photo Of The Day ~ Misty Valley
Read more: Photo Of The Day ~ Misty ValleyAmong only a few hundred outsiders so far, we entered the smoky Ghallum Valley in April this year. A tributary of the Assam’s beloved Lohit River in the very eastern edges of India near to the border to South Tibet, the river Ghallum originates in glacial peaks never seen by any man.
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Photo Of The Day – Camping in Namdapha Tiger Reserve
Read more: Photo Of The Day – Camping in Namdapha Tiger ReserveFor few days, we were inside a rainforest. Surrounded by a continuous layer of greenery. The tall trees, standing next to each other, so many of them, would seldom allow sunlight to touch the ground. It was on the fourth day that our trek brought us outside the enclosure, into a landscape that stretched magnificently till…
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The Ledo-Stillwell Road: From India to Burma and China
Read more: The Ledo-Stillwell Road: From India to Burma and ChinaWorld War II can be regarded as one of humanity’s breaking point. The tragedy of Hitler’s Europe is well known, but there are also places far away, where the war brought with it the same approach to death. One such is the China-Burma-India (CBI) region which remains not much publicized. It began in 1942 when…
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Central Arunachal Pradesh Tour – Day 3,4 – Daporijo, Subansiri And Tagins
Read more: Central Arunachal Pradesh Tour – Day 3,4 – Daporijo, Subansiri And TaginsContinued from here. Day 3 When in the mountains, the eyes open early in the morning, as if to embrace the cool fresh air. We woke up, finished our morning chores, and left for a six hour drive to Daporijo. Before leaving Ziro, we spent time visiting a temple devoted to Lord Shiva where a…
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Splashing Monsoon Water in Mawlynnong
Read more: Splashing Monsoon Water in MawlynnongFor the coming month and a half, I’ll be writing a series of posts which will complement the campaign of a ‘just launched’ Indian personal grooming brand – Cinthol. This blog has agreed to participate, intrigued by the creative concept underlining the campaign. Alive is Awesome, as the campaign is so called, deals with showcasing…
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Tawang – Travel, Adventure, Lakes & Buddhist Spirituality
Read more: Tawang – Travel, Adventure, Lakes & Buddhist SpiritualityPerched at a soaring height of around 10,000 ft above sea level, Tawang is a mountainous tract in the North-west extremity of Arunachal Pradesh. This earthly paradise is a hidden treasure filled with Buddhist chants & benign monks. Feed you souls to the heavenly views, immerse yourself in the serenity & marvel at the pleasant…