The various regiments of The Indian Army
This is the Sumo Spacio we hired for our trip from Guwahati
On the way from Guwahati to Bomdila
A Recovery van towing an Army Truck
Hum kis gali jaa rahe hai?
Welcome to Bomdila
You are here
In a restaurant in Bomdila
Tea Gardens on the way to Bomdila
Welcome to Arunachal Pradesh, this town is BhalukPong
A beautiful bridge
Government Guest House, Bomdila
and we did not get a room there
9 degrees inside the hotel
Good vegetarian food at the restaurant just next to hotel LA
Nice and affordable rooms, thanks to Hotel La, Bomdila
End of the world
War Memorial
Keep your eyes wide open while traveling from Bomdila to Tawang
Cloud No. 9
Where it becomes difficult to breathe if you run, laugh, etc.
At last, found some snow
SELA PASS
yakyakyakyak
This yak kept posing right from the time it saw our car
Jaswant Garh, a tribute to Jawan Jaswant Singh, who gave his life during the war against China in the 1960s
Buddha Stadium, opposite to Hotel La
the pavilion
a superb view from Bomdila
and the problem with our sumo starts
I guess the only source of pollution in Arunachal Pradesh!
in deep thought!
e mere watan ke logo...
completely pukka roads, thanks to BRO (Border Roads Organization)
the GANG
Yummy samosas and coffee at Jaswant Garh, courtesy The Indian Army
with some Jawans at J'Garh
In the Army mess, Bomdir (12 km from Tawang)
Arvind, the ultimate BLUFF MASTER
the road ahead looked tough to cross!
PTSO Lake, on the way from Tawang to Bomla Pass (The Indo-China Border)
and our car started skidding, so had to stop and turn back :(
need any explanation?
spot the vj contest
as we could not go upto Bomla Pass and Madhuri Lake, we returned back to an Army camp nearby called Nagula
we scaled a mountain and visited a lake nearby
and here he is, our SNOWMAN
backstabbing
stalactites or stalagmites? I don't remember!
SNOWSTORM
had delicious kichdi with the 3 army jawans at Nagula, on the Shivaratri day. Really got the feel of Kailasa!
needed this badly
Tawang Monastery, the 2nd largest monastery in the world!
with some monks
why so serious, son?
awesome view from Jumbo Holiday Home, Bomdir
in the Holiday Home
sunrise in Arunachal
one of the hundreds of bunkers we saw
This is where we pushed and rotated the car 180 degrees and started our journey back
Experienced -ve temperature for the first time in my life (-6 degrees, to be specific)
inside a bunker
Our enemies will think a hundred times before attacking us
furry dog
ever heard of an ice pipe?
my art work
we also had tea and delicious aloo pakodas in Nagula
with the jawans at Nagula
roof of the monastery
buddham sharanam gachchaami
view of Tawang from the monastery
we got the best deal as we got to see Tawang without snow as well as with snow, in a difference of just one day!
Tawang was covered with snow the next day
a waterfall on the way from Tawang to Bomdila
this yak was also covered by snow
the road was really dangerous and we had to drive very slow
I'm out of words to describe the beauty of Tawang!
during the wait for diesel
classy look
thandi me girne se bahut chot lagti hai
grasslands
bikers
water freezing before reaching the bottom of the wind shield.
no idea what lies on the other side of the bridge!
mystic bridge
at J'Garh
cleaning the wind shield at Sela Pass
do you see the difference in the same board in the previous pic? That was 2 days ago, and absolutely no snow! So we were very lucky to have seen the place with and without snow, yippie :)
the full kukree
at J'Garh again
these big machines saved the day for us, otherwise we would not have been able to travel on this road at all
Men at Work. Without these people, we would not have been able to start our journey back that day. I wonder how they work in these conditions!
notice the chain tied to the wheels of the truck? This is how these trucks do not slip in the snow.
cheers to the Indian Army. By the way, this is hot coffee at J'Garh!
looked like christmas time in Tawang
another instance of recovery van at work. Without the army, the place would have been a real mess
This is the truck that was unable to climb the slope
and without even a little slip, the recovery van pulled the truck up the slope
tea gardens again
in discussion after coming back to Guwahati
at Nag Mandir
29
congrats BRO for constructing and maintaining roads at such difficult conditions and places
and our Sumo, the most problematic on the road, with more problems
A party at a picnic spot, it was their new year day in Arunachal Pradesh
back to the plains
trying my hand at our sumo
can you see the road we took?
really nice to feel the sun rays after so many days
with Parth's mom and dad, who helped us a lot in arranging the trip to Tawang
in the train
with a fellow passenger
chemical bonding!!
nice experience to sit on the top of a bus, this was not my first time though!
a view of GT road from the bus top
This is how a guy who hasn't taken bath for a week looks like
Day 0 in Guwahati, Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary
we saw a lot of rhinos in the park
Royal Treatment in the Army Mess
