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Originally Posted by vb-san Excellent write-up Hemanth!
After the London-Mongolia trip report by Rejoy, this is one travelogue I read through fully in one stretch. Looking forward to your next epic journey! |
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vb-san,
The Mongol Rally is one of the items in the '
What next???' list
I will be the happiest guy on earth if I can do that some day.
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Originally Posted by Ananth_shukti I have been dreaming to do a trip like this, but not sure whether I could do it on a 10 year old TCIC safari which has done about 80K kms till now.
what I liked the most in your write up is the learning from your trip, Thanks for motivating lot of us , & do let me know routes like this are ok to go ahead for amateur like me.
Wish you to do many more trips like this . |
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Ananth_shukti,
If your vehicle is well maintained, then with good planning, it should not be impossible.
If it is a Single driver, then it needs more planning. Each driver is different, the main thing is not to overstress our body and minds.
As far as the learnings are considered...I believe that "If we don't learn from our experiences, then our life is wasted"
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Originally Posted by aneezan Its equally wonderful, how you actually kept to your plan of completing the trip within the time. |
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If planning is one thing, getting up early in the day is a key factor to keep up times. All said and done, Nature rules and it's Mercy is what you can only hope for.
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Originally Posted by Samba That time i was unaware that it will snatch 3 hours from my yesterdays sleep..! But that was worth it. |
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Samba,
Sorry for robbing your sleep...I'm sleep-lover and I know how it feels to rob one's sleep
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Enjoyed reading the Kolkata part very much. Its my native and i can very well relate to what you have gone through. During Durga puja at night when you were entering park street with heavy rain, i was near Parkstreet area enjoying the madness with my friends! That was Nabami night.
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Its a different perspertive right? Recently I read a Travelogue of Bangalore on TBHP and it was refreshing to see my own place from a visitor's eyes
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The only thing i want to say is- What people do in few or more trips you have done all in one trip!
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But I would want to visit these places individually covering more in detail.
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Originally Posted by kaushik_s Same thing happened to me as Samba, I also clicked on it just before going to sleep and couldn't resist myself from completing it till 3.30am Very nicely written and loads of pics to the boot. Thanks a lot for sharing.. |
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kaushik_s,
Sorry for robbing your sleep too, that too on a week day.
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We stayed in Khoppa(Hyuliang) guest house and it was a nice clean place to stay. Couldn't find accomodation in Walong as the Guest house there was already occupied by some other people.
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It seems we were very lucky.
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When I read about you being told that KA Scorpio has crossed before you at Mahadevpur (Namsai) checgate, I almost thought it was us and then realized that you guys were there in 2013 and not 2012. |
It would have been great if it were you
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There is an another river crossing near Chongkham and that's probably a better route to reach Tezu from Tinsukia/Rupai instead of using either Chapakhowa or Wakro routes. But it's very difficult to find out unless you know someone in that area who can direct you properly or a regular road user there. We couldn't find it even after taking so many direction advices from the people there. Sadia (Chapakhowa) roads are very very bad due to the flood situation and also the negligence of the administration. We stayed in Chapakhowa for a day and had interacted with the very very helpful locals there...
...The Saikhowa-Chapakhowa bridge is currently under construction and probably would take another 3-4 years to complete. Touted to be the longest River Bridge in India at 9km ro something length would be a boon to travel towards Arunachal from mainland.
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This information should help others planning to go there. Thanks for Sharing. We were really unaware of any such alternate route.
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2500Rs for river crossing was way too high, we paid 1400Rs for that private crossing in Nov 2012. Probably me being from Assam helped a bit in bargaining.
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Outsiders are always looted. Its an universal truth. Although we knew we were paying more, since we didn't have any 'local support' we had to move on.
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Originally Posted by Vikki@Hyderabad Definitely, why wouldn't I? Have started preparing my better half already |
All the best!
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Originally Posted by amansanc Congrats Hemanth for completing your dream drive and for the cute little angel
Read the thread in one go!! Amazing narration and pics. Thank you for putting up all the details so nicely.
I also dream of embarking on such long journeys later in my life |
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Originally Posted by nekfar Hemant, what a great Travelogue
Trust, any other roadtrip you guys now undertake would be a "piece of cake". |
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nekfar
I don't want to believe that as it may lead to over-confidence. Every roadtrip is a challenge in its own way. If we start believing that any one of those will be a "piece of cake", it will hurt in some other unexpected way.
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Originally Posted by ashbhat2 Wow !
One of the perks you get with travelling in India is that you get to taste such a variety of cuisines. Being a big foodie myself, I was drooling at the pics of Kewpie's and Haldirams. Also Maggi at high altitudes turns into something entirely different. Survived on Maggi and omelettes on my Ladakh trip a couple of years back. |
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ashbhat2,
I completely agree with the food part. Unfortunately I have not taken many pictures of food this time because I was more busy eating them
Our country is truly a foodie's paradise
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Originally Posted by Shanksta What an absolutely epic travelogue? I just cannot express my feelings in words! 4 corners in two years is just absolutely brilliant hats off to your determination and passion. |
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Also loved the fact that you returned Airavatha in pristine condition! Respect! |
It was our duty. Here I would like to quote Subroto Bagchi (founder of Mindtree) of a lesson that he was taught...
“You should leave your newspaper and your toilet, the way you expect to find it”.
As a auto-enthusiast, I added a car to that list
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Sir, I sincerely request you publish both your epic journeys as books with complete details as it would benefit future nomads like me who wish to cover the 4 corners.
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Too many guys have asked me this...let me see if I can manage to do it.
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I am planning for next year. North and West drive.
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All the best!
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The most thrilling part of the travelogue for me was when you encountered those 10 men on bikes with guns. Must have been really scary.
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You bet, yes! That few seconds are still in fornt of my eyes
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Originally Posted by JoseVijay Hemanth,
Congratulations on completing one among many of your dream drives . |
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I admit I never knew or thought that Arunachal Pradesh was so beautiful.
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Not just Arunachal Pradesh, all the 'seven sisters' are beautiful. hoping to visit all of them