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Fantastic stuff Gunin bhai!!
Roadtrip to Walong, Arunachal Pradesh
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Gunin
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Day 4: Walong
We did not have any plan for today except that we would not be driving any place. The caretaker of the IB had informed that a shop just before reaching Walong stored diesel. In the meantime, we met our fellow travellers who had come from Tinsukia, Assam. They were planning for a picnic by the river side.
View from Walong IB
After having an early breakfast of rice, dal and sabzi we set off first in search of diesel. We went back around 10 kms but were unable to find any diesel. As we were returning, we saw the army cleaning and sweeping the streets on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. Thinking us to be locals of Walong, some army men waved us down and gave us a lecture on how we too should participate in the cleanliness drive.
We drove to the previous day’s point of Garampani or hot springs and set on foot from there to get to the other side of the river.
We came across this suspension bridge which looked very sturdy and we thought it would be easy to cross. However, although the sideways swaying is very less, the bridge tends to swing upwards/ downwards with the wind. So yes, we had to hold on to the railings at some point lol.
Some pics:
We crossed over to the other side of the river and the trek was proving to be a release from the muscle stress caused by the last few days’ driving. There are a lot of orange trees- sadly the oranges were not yet ripe.
Some pics:
We came across a different river with yet another hanging bridge over it. A good place to unwind and simply relax.
The previous day, we observed how the land on the other side of the river was looking very beautiful. Today, we saw that the side which we were on yesterday was looking beautiful too. Perspectives I guess.
Some pics:
Trek to freedom
Grasslands
As we were returning from the trek, we met the travellers from Tinsukia. They were returning from their picnic in Garampani and were planning to travel to Hawai for the night. On learning that we were in search of diesel, they pointed us to a small grocery shop in Walong where we found the cheapest diesel of the entire trip. 20 lites for Rs.1000/-.
It was already dark and our new friends decided wisely to stay back at Walong instead of going to Hawai. As night descended, we had a small party to ourselves in the lawn of the IB.
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We did not have any plan for today except that we would not be driving any place. The caretaker of the IB had informed that a shop just before reaching Walong stored diesel. In the meantime, we met our fellow travellers who had come from Tinsukia, Assam. They were planning for a picnic by the river side.
View from Walong IB
After having an early breakfast of rice, dal and sabzi we set off first in search of diesel. We went back around 10 kms but were unable to find any diesel. As we were returning, we saw the army cleaning and sweeping the streets on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. Thinking us to be locals of Walong, some army men waved us down and gave us a lecture on how we too should participate in the cleanliness drive.
We drove to the previous day’s point of Garampani or hot springs and set on foot from there to get to the other side of the river.
We came across this suspension bridge which looked very sturdy and we thought it would be easy to cross. However, although the sideways swaying is very less, the bridge tends to swing upwards/ downwards with the wind. So yes, we had to hold on to the railings at some point lol.
Some pics:
We crossed over to the other side of the river and the trek was proving to be a release from the muscle stress caused by the last few days’ driving. There are a lot of orange trees- sadly the oranges were not yet ripe.
Some pics:
We came across a different river with yet another hanging bridge over it. A good place to unwind and simply relax.
The previous day, we observed how the land on the other side of the river was looking very beautiful. Today, we saw that the side which we were on yesterday was looking beautiful too. Perspectives I guess.
Some pics:
Trek to freedom
Grasslands
As we were returning from the trek, we met the travellers from Tinsukia. They were returning from their picnic in Garampani and were planning to travel to Hawai for the night. On learning that we were in search of diesel, they pointed us to a small grocery shop in Walong where we found the cheapest diesel of the entire trip. 20 lites for Rs.1000/-.
It was already dark and our new friends decided wisely to stay back at Walong instead of going to Hawai. As night descended, we had a small party to ourselves in the lawn of the IB.
Keep reading
Gunin
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haha on it
Gunin
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Thanks. Yes we enquired about diesel in many shops including one near Garampani. No luck till that point.Lovely update... diesel is available in couple of shops in Walong also the shop present near the Garam paani
hackernewbie
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Jaldi karo jaldi karo
EnglishAugust
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Those hanging bridges are SO scary !
sanuroxz
Super User
EA its actually one of the safer one.. there are so many more dangerous ones