[Samba]

Originally Posted by arghyaheart

I still wish to join you someday in a road trip as epic as this one and make some unforgettable memories for the rest of our lives.

Thanks Arghya. We will definitely go for a road trip together.

Originally Posted by gmhossain

The pictures from your drive between Anini and Bruni are simply mind-boggling!

Thanks dada. This stretch in particular felt heavenly.

Originally Posted by AviC93

First and foremost all the credit goes to Sukanya di for putting Dibang on your ears without which it would not have been possible for us, the fellow bhpians, to see some of the eastern most part of the country rarely visited.

Thanks Avi, I admit, the credit goes to Sukanya for suggesting this place. This was actually not on my to-do list.

Originally Posted by ampere

And not to mention the amazing vibrant pictures. I still hope you are with Nikon? Although I did see Canon flaps!

Thanks a lot, ampere. I agree, NorthEast is beautiful. Am in love with Arunachal now. Arunachal is a vast state and it will at least require 3 to 4 visits to cover this state itself!

I have been a Canon user since 2009.

Originally Posted by haisaikat

This account provides an excellent perspective of touring the western side of Arunachal.

I once made a plan to visit Arunachal and even validated the itinerary with Gunin but could not make up for the leaves as the plan was to cover both western and the eastern circuits together.

Thanks dada.

I have not covered the Western side this time. The Tawang circuit lies on the Western side which I covered back in 2019. My coverage was mostly from the center to East Arunachal this time.

I will suggest you against covering west and east Arunachal together in a single trip. Arunachal is a vast state. You will need at least 2-3 visits to cover the whole state. If you want to cover in one go, you will roughly need a whole month.

Originally Posted by saket77

How difficult was it doing such long drives on highway in the Jimny. Of course, in the woods and rocks, it would have felt at home but highways?
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Thanks a ton, saket.

Regarding the highway performance of the Jimny, I will say, it's adequate.
On the 4-lane highway, you can easily cruise between 100-110 for the whole day. I have taken it well past 120 km/hr too, but I find no fun pushing this car beyond 120.

When you are on a single-lane highway, you need to downshift to overtake in small gaps. With correct shifting you won't find any lack of power.

The body roll is surprisingly less for a body-on-frame SUV.

The brakes are strictly average. The stopping distance is any day more than a regular sedan, hatchback, or crossover.

Originally Posted by swsumit

amazing Travelogue and pictures especially the way the beauty of nature has been captured. Loved reading the narrative.

Thanks a lot, swsumit.

Originally Posted by Kandisa

as it was raining continuously and we were supposed to go towards Anini next day. The only difference was, the rain only started getting heavier next day morning and our host at Anini himself advised us not to venture under such condition. Thankfully I had included Anjaw also in our ILP even though it was not part of original plan and we proceeded towards Wakro and subsequently to Walong through occasional live landslides and shooting stones in our Vcross amidst incessant rain!

Thanks, Kandisa. That was indeed a good decision. It is always best to be on the safer side.
We have faced rain en route to Anini and at Walong both places. I must admit, I was scared of the shooting stones when it was raining. I had no option to stop then, else I would have stopped. At many places, I saw small to big boulders that came on the road and we had to negotiate through them. It was scary. While driving on landslide zones, I have made a habit of looking up on the hills for shooting stones.

And, yes, Jimny has not disappointed us after the Duster. We were a bit skeptical, but in the end, we were impressed by the Jimny. Both has it's own pros & cons.

Originally Posted by Mountain_Deep

Adding this trip itinerary to my bucket list, and hopefully, I will recreate the photographs with a white Jimny soon!

Thanks Deep, I will be super happy to see the pics of your white Jimny along with you & your parents in this part of Arunachal!

[Travelmania]

Went through a long but engaed trip travelogue . Lovely photos with description of endless Arunachal Pradesh. Specially loved the performance of jimny and felt proud to be a jimny owner. Would love to hear the trip while we meet to get more esscence

[tacho9000]

Excellent travelogue written there dada. Beautifully captured pictures too. You had a lot of fun from what I can infer looking at your thread and pictures. Arunachal Pradesh is indeed a beautiful place. Have been there in Jan 2010. Mayudia Pass was not open for civilian vehicles back then, when I had gone. Since then, the craving to revisit the place has lingered. This TL intensified the craving and I wish to revisit this part of the country someday soon. Co-incidentally I was on a Meghalaya visit during the time you were doing the Arunachal Pradesh trip.

One question though. Since you did the trip on stock tyres. At any point of time did you feel the need for better tyres to expand and explore the Jimny's limit than what was already available with the stock vehicle for the purpose and intent of the trip??

Regards,
Subhra

[Samba]

Originally Posted by Travelmania

Went through a long but engaed trip travelogue . Lovely photos with description of endless Arunachal Pradesh. Specially loved the performance of jimny and felt proud to be a jimny owner. Would love to hear the trip while we meet to get more esscence

Thanks a ton Travelmania. An off-road meet with both of our Jimnys are long pending, hope to catch up soon.

Originally Posted by tacho9000

One question though. Since you did the trip on stock tyres. At any point of time did you feel the need for better tyres to expand and explore the Jimny's limit than what was already available with the stock vehicle for the purpose and intent of the trip??

Thanks Subhra.
I have shared the details on how the Jimny performed during the trip in this link-

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/offic...ml#post5745028 (Maruti Jimny Review)

This was my take on the stock tyres-

Originally Posted by Samba

Regarding the stock tyres, all I can say is, it's adequate for touring. For serious offroading, it's better to upgrade.

I have driven on deep slush, steep gravelly inclines in 2wd itself, the tyres never gave up. On fast corners the esp kicks in a bit early, may be with a better tyre that will improve.

The brakes are strictly average. It's best to rely on engine braking while driving fast. Avoid late braking with this car. Better tyres might improve the braking a bit.

[meetarin]

Finally got the time to read your travelogue and what a brilliant one Samba da! Thoroughly enjoyed the detailed and vivid descriptions and the beautiful pictures. I’m sure this would be used as a textbook for the future adventures of many bhpians!
The Jimny feels at home in its familiar landscape.

[Samba]

I have been asked several times, how to obtain the EILP for Arunachal Pradesh.

Let me share the details over here-

This can be applied online-

https://arunachalilp.com/index.jsp

There are two options. One is the group ILP and the other one is the Tourist ILP.

The tourist ILP is generally processed faster than the group ILP. But it's much more costly.



The group ILP may take 1 to 5 business days to get processed, but it's just Rs 100 per person for 15 days. I applied for the group IPL a month before my travel date. I paid Rs 200 for both of us. I got it approved in less than 48 hours. Once approved, one needs to make the payment on the link provided by them. Once the payment is done you can get a printout or the soft copy of the permit.



I will recommend applying for group ILP. It saves a lot of money.
While applying, keep extra days in hand, and tick all the districts.

Documents required-
A passport-size photo and an ID proof. Both should be resized to less than 50 kb.

You need one local reference. That can be any friend/relative or any staff from the hotel you have booked.

Originally Posted by meetarin

Finally got the time to read your travelogue and what a brilliant one Samba da!

Thanks a ton, meetarin.