04 5 / 2010
Itinerary for Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal was a mystery place for not so long ago. The state is very pristine and primitive which attracts me to it. The tourist places which I could find over the internet are very far from each other and takes hours to days to get from one place to other. Our hitchhiking will be put to test in this state for sure. Hope we can find enough rides to hitchhike our way in this beautiful place.
Our most important place to visit in this state is none other than Tawang. We will complete that circuit before anything else.
The route we plan to take is Guwahati —> Tezpur —> Bomdila —> Tawang.
After finishing this picturesque Buddhist place. We venture out in the longer circuit covering the capital city of Itanagar. We heard that the below circuit is very beautiful to see and we really hope the weather doesn’t play the spoil sport.
The Circuit is
Ghy —> Itanagar —> North lakhimpur —> Ziro —> Daparijo —> Along —> Pasighat —> Tezu
Pic Courtesy: Arunachal Pradesh’s Photostream on Flickr
30 4 / 2010
Itinerary for Manipur
Very little information available for Manipur over Internet.
We might visit this state after Nagaland as the connectivity is more from Dimapur/Kohima. Our first stop in this pristine state is the capital city of Imphal. Some of the places that we want to cover are
- War Cemeteries
- Ima Keithel
- Zoological Gardens
Apart from the city of Imphal, the places that we dare not to miss are:
- Keibul Lamjao National Park - 53 km from Imphal. The only floating National Park in the world.
- Loktak Lake and Sendra Island - try to get a glimpse of floating islands.
We shall also visit the Ukhrul district. Some of the places to cover include:
- Khangkhui Mangsor - one of the oldest archeological cave in India.
- Parks like Duncan Park, Japanese Pond etc
- Khayang water fall
Pic Courtesy: maNo’s Photostream on Flickr
29 4 / 2010
Itinerary for Mizoram
We need an Inner Line Permit to get into the state.
We’ll start from Guwahati and reach our first stop in Mizoram - Aizwal
We want to get a night view of the city as we heard that it is quite beautiful. Some of the places we don’t want to miss in Mizoram are:
- Tamdil: 85 km drive from Aizawal - will try to go on a boat ride here. Also a trek in a nearby jungle should be exciting here. Will try find accommodation in Sangau.
- Vantawang 152 km from Aizawl -Mizoram’s highest waterfall (750 ft).
- Phawngpui 300 km from Aizawl - Very excited to go there, the highest peak of Mizoram. Will try to camp.
- Saiha 378 kms from Aizawal - An angler’s paradise on the Chhimtuipui, Mizoram’s biggest river.
- Champai - 7 hours from Aizwal - Want to see the famous Rih Dil - 2hrs from Champai.
Pic Courtesy: Chamteas photostream on Flickr.com
28 4 / 2010
Itinerary for Nagaland
Need ILP to get into the state, can be taken in Shillong or Guwahati.
First Stop in the state will be at Dimapur which is the commercial capital of the state. We might go and see the Medieval Ruins of the Kachari kingdom.
Next we plan to head to the Capital city of Kohima. There are quite a few places to see in and around this place. Some of them that we plan to visit are
- Kohima World War II Cemetery,
- Kohima Cathedral (largest in Asia),
- Naga Heritage Complex,
- Kohima Village
- Trekking and camping at Japfu Peak (The peak boasts of having the tallest rhododendron measuring over 130 ft. in height and the girth at the base of around 11 ft. The tree is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records)
- Dzukou Valley
- Dzulekie
- Khonoma
From Kohima we move to Wokha where we plan to trek Mount Tiyi. Ahead of Wokha we plan to go to Mokokchung. Couple of place to see here such as
- Longkhum,
- Ungma,
- Langpangkong cave
After this depending on our energy and the weather conditions we might cover Mon and/or Kiphire. Some of the places we love to see in these destinations are
- Longwa village
- Veda Peak (for trekking)
- Saramati peak (trekking)
22 4 / 2010
Itinerary for Tripura
Not much information is available regarding places to see in Tripura apart from its tourism website. Collected some info although. From the list the only place that excites me is the Jampui Hill Range. There are trekking possibilities and also to see Mizoram and Chittagong from the highest peak in Tripura - Betalongchhip.
Here are the places we plan to cover in Tripura:
- Agartala
- Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala
- Chaturdash Devata Badi - Agartala
- Kamalasagar (artificial lake) - on the border of bangladesh
- Sepahijala Sanctuary
- Neer Mahal - 60 kms from Agartala
- Unakoti - 178 km from Agartala
- Tripura Sundari Temple - Udaipur
- Jampui Hill - Trekking, Betalongchhip - highest peak in Tripura
Agartala is 24 hrs :( away from Guwahati by road and it traverses through Shillong. Hope the route is attractive enough.
-Inder
20 4 / 2010
Itinerary for Meghalaya
As said earlier, we are setting off on May 5th 2010 from Hyderabad. We travel from Hyderabad to Siliguri in West Bengal by train as we don’t want to make a bbq of ourselves before we even reach the North East.
We start our hitchhiking from Siliguri. We are skipping Darjeeling and Sikkim (and feeling very bad about it) as we have to complete the entire North East before the Monsoons cut them off the plains. Our first stop is Guwahati.
We have modularized our trip by treating each state as a separate leg and depending on the weather, events we might select the next destination.
We wanted to start with Meghalaya and end at Assam after Arunachal. But we don’t want to miss the dylan fest which happens in Shillong on May 24th. So we might cover Tripura earlier and then head to Meghalaya.
This is a rough itinerary of Meghalaya. Since we are hitchhiking along with camping equipment we do not know exact dates when we arrive at each location. Also, the information over internet is very less and vague. Hope after we come back we have enough info for the other tourists who plan to visit these places ( that is one of the agenda points).
Here is the list of places that we plan to cover in Meghalaya. In no particular order:
- Shillong
- Bara Pani (Umiam Lake)
- Cherrapunji - especially the road between Shillong and Cherrapunji
- Mawsynram
- Dawki
- Some of the numerous caves - especially the Krem Liat Prah (the longest natural cave in India)
- Some of the numerous waterfalls - especially the Nohkalikai Falls (read that is third highest in the world)
Picture: Ka Kshaid Lai Pateng Khowsiew (Elephant Falls), Shillong
Pic Courtesy: Neeraj2608’s Flickr photostream
