Shergaon was one of the last few stops in our trip to Arunachal Pradesh. We had stayed in Bomdila a day previous. The cold was bearable by then (or I had begun to acclimatise). I had started to miss home-cooked food. šš Yeah, I can be a child. I cut short my trips sometimes just…
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7 things to do in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh for a soulful experience
Perched at a height of 10,000 ft., Tawang monastery is one of the oldest & the second biggest monasteries in Asia. Itās also one of the main attractions of Tawang. That, and the war memorial! On a 10 day trip to Arunachal Pradesh in March this year, we spent three days in Tawang from Day…
Exploring the unexplored; travelling through Dirang & Sela Pass to reach Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
Our 10 day trip to Arunachal Pradesh began with a flight from Delhi to Guwahati. We had planned to savour this trip, take it slow, with no more than 3-4 hours of travel on any given day. Our plan was to enjoy the scenic landscapes, the clouds, the cold & the conversations with the localites…
Theme 5: Introducing the Land of the Rising Sun in India – Arunachal Pradesh
Welcome to the next theme of our ongoing travel campaign of 2023, āRediscover India, Incredible Indiaā, as part of which, we bring unique & magnificent places of India to you one blogpost at a time. This week is the time for our next theme, and here we are with Theme 5: Introducing the Land of…
Two days in the wettest place on Earth: Cherrapunji, Sohra (India)
Back in the late 90s, they showed the footage of a place on TV that received the maximum rainfall. It took me no time to figure our that this was the wettest place on the face of this planet. It was Cherrapunji. Since then, I have wished to travel to Cherrapunji and realise my childhood…
Encountering Occult and much feared black magic in a town of 21st century: Mayong, Assam
āA lot of cabbies donāt go there no matter the amount of money. We believe, āblack magicā is still practised there.ā, our cabbie told us when we enquired about Mayong village of Assam. No no, itās not that kind of story. So donāt just get scared yet. š š But first, let me tell you…
3500+ demanding stairs to one of its own kind, the double-decker bridge of Meghalaya
While man-made marvels excite me, I prefer the wonders of nature: the gushing waterfalls, towering mountains, an ordinary brook, a giant & old tree, a secluded beach somewhere remote and quiet spots inside a forest. Over the last seven years, I have been rediscovering such hidden and visible riches of my countryā¦and waiting for my…
What’s so GREAT about the World UNESCO Heritage Site, Kaziranga National Park?
People love their school days. I don’t. You would never find me reminiscing about my school time or talking about the memories one makes during their school days: planning for mass bunks, stealing food from your neighbour’s lunchbox, waiting for the Zero Period so that one can go out & play & going to the…
Life on weekends- Home 