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Feb March 2026 Arunachal Pradesh

  31st July 2026 is the date this is being written.  Just noticed that my blog for February March 2026 is just not there. Too far back to remember what, why, and, how. So will just try and get it all down again. The pictures and places for sure. Will be done in bits and pieces. Will keep publishing, so nothing written goes missing !! While traveling, writing is a natural activity. Goes extremely well with the setting sun, and, the drink. Now, recalling detail when in the right frame of mind, without a drink in hand, complex. The plan was to fly to Dibrugarh. My daughter would have her Thar waiting for me. I would take the vehicle and drive East. The target was Kibithoo. Got ticketing done. About a week before the trip, the Gods spoke. My daughter wanted dates changed as she was traveling out of Kaziranga when I was to be there. We worked around dates. Kept the total number of days the same. Optimized together time. My flight tickets stayed the same. Which was stupid, but, at t...
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North East November 2025 - Kaziranga

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  19th November 2025  Departed Manas by 0600. Forgot to pick up the breakfast pack I had asked for. More because there was no one visible when I walked the 100 meters from room to car. No traffic for the first part of the drive. Reached Guwahati comfortably in a couple of hours. Hunger had started calling. Unlike the south where you can get idlis as early as 0600, most places here were still asleep at 0830. Saw a board for a pure vegetarian place called N1e. No clue what it meant. But, the toilets were clean. Food was decent. Tool a bit to maneuver  my car out as a biker had parked at my nose. Buggers can buy fancy kits, but do not have basic parking courtesy. Drove very easy. No hurry. Near Nagaon, passed a RTO vehicle with a speed gun. Called my daughter who was about an hour behind me. Was positive they would be trying to catch up. Got to my daughter's place in Kaziranga by 1230. They came in half an hour later. Went and had an Assamese Thali, with mutton curry. Fantas...
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