Comments on: Wakro – a Prelude

By: TravelLenz

TravelLenz — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 04:35:34 +0000

In reply to Romesh Bhattacharji. Thanks Romesh for the information. Have passed it on to Debjit.

By: Romesh Bhattacharji

Romesh Bhattacharji — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:00:55 +0000

First get your Inner Line permit.

After that I suggest that you plan your stays at Namsai, Tezu, Hayuliyang (2 kms before which there is a good Tourist Guest House at Khupa) and then at Walong and at the indifferently maintained tourist facility at the Dar hot springs.

Maybe you can go all the way up to Khab and stay at the Rest House there. Once at Khab you cane walk to Kahao Pagoda- the last point one the border.

And, if you are adventurous and plan well you could trek up to the lakes at Dichu Gate (12,122 ft), which is on the trijunction of Burma, Tibet and India.

For accommodation it will be best to stick to the Government Rest Houses. if you need help, ask me.

Good luck.

romesh bhattacharji

By: TravelLenz

TravelLenz — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:07:29 +0000

In reply to Debjit Rakshit. Debjit, will get back to you personally on this.

By: Debjit Rakshit

Debjit Rakshit — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:47:47 +0000

Hi Malini
I ‘ve planned my tour like this.
21.10 evening—Leave Mumbai and arrive at Kolkata.
22.10 morning—-Leave Kolkata for Dibrugarh. Arrive at Dibrugarh around 1230 or 1300 hrs.
From Dibrugarh go to Miao and stay at Miao 22.10 night. Early morning on 23.10, go to Deban by vehicle. I ‘ve spoken to a gentleman at the Namdapha Tiger Reserve and he has kindly agreed to send a vehicle to me. I will travel alone.
I ‘ve planned to stay in Namdapha Tiger Reserve between 23.10.15 and 27.10.15. On 28.10, I will leave Namdapha. I ‘ve decided to visit the Lohit district and the Anjaw district. I ‘ve to return to Dibrugarh on 06.11.15 as my flight to Kolkata is on 07.11.15 morning. So, from 28.10 to 05.11, i.e., 9 days I ‘ve got to explore Lohit and Anjaw. I ‘ve read from the net that Hayuliang, Kibithu and Walong are places worth visiting in Anjaw district. In Lohit, Namsai, Parasuram Kunda, Dong, Tezu, Glow Lake, Wakro are worth visiting.
Now,
1) Whether I can cover all these places in Lohit and Anjaw within 9 days ?
2) Which district to travel first, Anjaw or Lohit ? It seems to me from a glance of the map of Arunachal that if I have to start from Namdapha on 28.10.15, I should first enter Anjaw district, cover places worth visiting there and then enter Lohit. This is so because I ‘ve to return to Dibrugarh by 06.11.15 and from map I ‘ve seen it has border with Assam. Please guide me.
3) Please guide me how many days (please mention dates) I should spent in Anjaw and then in Lohit (if I visit Anjaw first and then Lohit).
Please guide me in any other matter which you feel correct. This is my first visit to the Arunachal. Thank you
Debjit

By: TravelLenz

TravelLenz — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:41:32 +0000

In reply to Rachit Nimavat. Thanks Rachit. A visit during the monsoon season is sure to look forward to.

By: Rachit Nimavat

Rachit Nimavat — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:07:44 +0000

Wonderfully written! Re-lived the memories of parshuram kund, the tales of the pujariji and especially the small restaurant on the other side of the bridge… You should visit it in July, the river is more mightier then!

By: TravelLenz

TravelLenz — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:02:05 +0000

In reply to Romesh Bhattacharji. Thanks Romesh for all that information. I'm sorry I did not make an effort to read about the 'recent history' of the axe and thought of rather writing about the mythological significance of it.

By: Romesh Bhattacharji

Romesh Bhattacharji — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:45:16 +0000

I have enjoyed your blogs very much. One thing about the’axe’ though. Till August, 1950 it was part of the hill side to its left. Then on 15th of August, 1950 there was a severe earthquake ahead of this spot when large parts of forested hills crashed and dammed the Lohit. A month later this dam broke and swept away this part of the mountain, which is on a bend and the ‘axe’ remains. Earlier accounts of Brahmkund describe it as being in a gorge. The same flood washed away Sadiya town too.

By: TravelLenz

TravelLenz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:36:54 +0000

In reply to Alhad Godbole.

Alhad sir,

Yes, we meet in Wakro. The place that inspired us to pack our bags and embark on this beautiful journey. You should visit Wakro while it still remains not polluted by those ‘so-called’ tourists.

Crowds do spoil the beauty and rob you of those natural and magical surroundings. I can imagine how desperate you must have felt, seeing the touristy ones.

So happy to know that Dubeyji remembers us. We had already booked ourselves into the IB at Nampong, or else we would have stayed at the VKV in Jairampur. Maybe next time. Guess its time to pack our bags again.

By: Alhad Godbole

Alhad Godbole — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:36:44 +0000

Nice to meet you again in NE at Wakro.. You are really dragging true nature-lovers to Arunachal.. You have a nice pen which sketches beautiful drawings of NE..
People like R B Singh, Dube ji said that you often says, that ‘I must have born here last time’.. I am sure now, you must have..
Well, I also wish to reborn somewhere there..
By the way I witnessed Pangsau Festival last month, but I will advice to avoid this period because the festival fades up the beauty of serene jungle and zigzag historical Ledo Road loses it identity due to socalled ‘tourists’ flood ..
The festival denied me to ‘return’ in time from Lake of no return, so I am planning to revisit Pangsau.. and Walong, Kaho, Kibithu also..
I stayed at Jairampur VKV where you have left memories with Dube ji.. and returned -of course- via Lekhapani (the last of East and now abandoned station), Digboi, Dibrugadh, Shivsagar, Jorhat and Kaziranga.. but my eyes were looking at East of NE again and again..
The thirst is unending..