West and North to Daporijo

 Was pleasantly surprised this morning at 0500 when Divya called me saying what was the delay. I was supposed to knock on her door at 0500. 

Slight drizzle when we started out. The mist was in. The road was wet. The clouds hanging over the mountains looked absolutely beautiful.



The green cover on the mountains was awesome. Traffic was minimal along the road. Our average speed for the first two hours was not more than 15kmph. State of road.

But, the beauty of the surroundings never allowed us an ounce of complaint.



We had planned to have breakfast around 0730. So started looking out for roadside eateries. There were only two dishes available at the very few eating sports we found. One was country chicken and rice, the other was broiler chicken and rice. Decided that as a bad joke. Moved on to our emergency breakfast of energy bars.

There is a lot of road development work going on in this stretch. We passed a sign that restricted traffic past a certain point from 0900 to 1700. Lucky for us we passed early. The development work means we hit road closures from time to time. Nothing that kept us for long. In fact, it gave us the chance to get out, stretch our legs and get a few pictures done. 




 Got our first serious look at the River Subansiri some time later.



 Was using Apple maps for this run, as only Airtel had connect. Well, it too had it's plans for me as we neared Daporijo after an 8 hour run, at an average of 20 kmph. It wanted us to turn onto a road that led to a bridge across the River Subansiri. Only problem was that the bridge was a hanging bridge meant for human beings on their two feet. As we went past the turn off, poor thing started screaming at us to turn around and get back on the road marked for us. Ignored it. Got to a Bailey Bridge a few kilometers ahead.

 Got into the hotel checked in and had a hot lunch. Well earned.

Then went to see the bridge the map had wanted us to use to cross the River Subansiri. Leave you with that.





 Another small piece of information.

The rivers crossed this trip in the North East are listed here.

River Lohit on the drive between Tinsukia and Roing
River Dibang walked it while at the resort at Roing, then crossed between Roing and Aalo
River Siang on the drive between Roing and Aalo
Ribver Subansiri on the drive between Aalo and Daporijo
River Jia bharali ( Kameng ) between Zero and Tezpur
River Dhansiri  on the road between Guwahati and Tinsukia
River Manas on the road between Darjeeling and Guwahati
River Torsa on the road between Darjeeling and Guwahati

River Sankosh on the road between Darjeeling and Guwahati
River Teesta  on the road between Darjeeling and Siliguri

The mighty River Brahmaputra on the road between Darjeeling and Guwahati

River Kopili on the road between Guwahati and Kaziranga
River Diphou on the road between Jorhat and Dibrugarh
River Burhi Dihing on the road between Kaziranga and Tinsukia

Just realized this today. Fascinating.


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