The view from Walong the Easternmost place we could make to

The eastern Journey

The reason that this blog comes so late is because this is one of the easternmost cybercafes in the country. Which makes it my first access to the net in more than a week. What all did happen in this week? We went to see Walong the easternmost point we could reach. It seems our passes were incorrect and the central government stopped us from going ahead. The journey had to end at the hot springs near Walong (google map it). Walong is really beautiful. It took us three days to reach there. On the way we stopped at Hayliung ('the place of my liqour' in the local Mishmi language) and Hawai the new District Headquarters of the Anjaw district. It was very tiring and we had some good stays in Government Inspection Bunglows. By the way Anuj got pissed on by a pig. We were travelling by a Sumo (jeep) from Tezu to Hawai. There was a live pig trussed up and tied to the roof of the car, after a few minutes of the crazy mountain roads it decided to relieve itself while the car was going at around 60km/h, the result was that the piss streamed into the car through the open window and splashed on Anuj and a lady who was sitting beside the window. In some way it was revenge for all the salami and bacon we had enjoyed over the years. The river lohit is very strong even in this dry season and the sound of flowing by was a constant companion on this trip.

Day 1 in guahati.

I am writing this from Guahati. Let me first tell you why I am in Guahati. Sometime in the last semester of my college I came up with a an idea. Why not go to the four corners of India literally. The four extreme inhabited parts of India. I ended up sharing this idea with my good friend Anuj. When I discuss something crazy like this with my other friends, they limit themselves to pointing out what a great idea it is. They realise that in India, the ultimate traveller's Challenge, this is insane and will involve huge amounts of energy and will probably turn out to be painful. Sadly, Anuj is not one of those. The guy pointed out that, instead of talking about it why not do it.
This is first day of that trip, I am in Guahati and running short of time, but I promise to write this one regularly.