Travel Adventure Arunachal Pradesh India North east Road Trip Tawang

Tawang In Winters – A Road-Trip

Tawang roadtrip in winters

I have been to Tawang many times and in almost every season. The drive to Tawang is beautiful and for me, that alone is reason enough to drive to this lovely little town. So, it was only natural for me to pay a visit up there when the mountains leading to Tawang are covered with …

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Meghalaya Adventure India North east Travel Trekking Weekend Getaway

Walk To The Double Decker Living Root Bridge of Nongriat

double decker living root bridge trek cherrapunjee

The last time I was here on the Living Root Bridge Trek in the Nongriat village, it was all yellow and dry. This time around, everything is gorgeously green. On that trip, I was determined to go beyond the double-decker living root bridges of Nongriat, up to the oh-so-gorgeous Rainbow waterfall. [And that is what I …

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Travel Hill-Stations Meghalaya North east Weekend Getaway

Another Meghalaya – Story of a Week-end Drive

weekend drive to mairang off beat meghalaya

I have lost count of how many times I have driven the Guwahati – Shillong stretch. On this weekend, we were again heading to Cherrapunjee (more on that later) but there was no way I was taking the usual route. I had heard enough about how picturesque the Guwahati – Mairang route was but had …

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Travel Longwa Nagaland North east Tribal Destinations

Meeting The Last Surviving Headhunters of Nagaland at Longwa

nagaland hornbill festival

It was pitch dark when we finally reached the faraway village of Longwa, in remote Mon district of Nagaland. Ours was the only vehicle that was there at that time, heading towards the India – Myanmar border that evening. Some 50 kms back we had taken a left just outside Mon, the last town in …

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Through Lush Green North East – Story of An Unplanned Drive

Like most of the weekends in the past few months, the coming Saturday too, looked unexciting and monotonous when I went to bed last night. Lately, either I had been busy or the missus had been working on the past few Saturdays. Hence, to road-trips even though we live in the North East [read heaven …

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