Our car was parked in Guwahati at a friend’s place. We had to pick up the car, get it serviced, and stock up on provisions in Guwahati before the start of the trip. We had two days in Guwahati to do all this.
We had the Inner Line Permit to stay 2 weeks in Arunachal. Travellers diarrhoea caught up with one of us even before we reached Guwahati and we had to spend the first few days indoors except when driving. We also had to cancel/rejig our homestay bookings. By the time we reached Tawang, we were back to our usual routine. At the end of the Arunachal leg, we stopped in Guwahati to get our clothes laundered and supplies replenished. We also rationalised our luggage to create space for two friends who would be joining us for the Bhutan leg.
The Bhutan leg threw up some surprises. We could not travel - even in a self drive vehicle - without a guide. As we had a couple of friends with us for this part of the trip, we could not accommodate the guide in our car. We parked our car in Phuentsoling and hired a car with a driver for the Bhutan tour.
We had originally planned a drive through East and North Sikkim after Bhutan. The Restricted area permit for driving in East Sikkim was made in Rongli as planned and we were able to drive to Zuluk and very close to Nathu La before heading to Gangtok.
By the time we reached Gangtok, we were under cloud cover most of the time. The prediction for North Sikkim was fog, clouds and rain at least for part of the day. The permits for visiting North Sikkim had to be made in Mangan by approaching the local police station through authorised travel agents. We were somewhat weary after a month on the road. Looking at the prospects and difficulties along the way, we decided to cut out the North Sikkim tour and return a few days earlier than planned after shipping the car to Bengaluru from Siliguri.
11: Bangalore- Guwahati Flight
11-12 : Treebo trends umal homestay, Guwahati
Western Arunachal Tour: 13th - 26th
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| Route for Arunachal tour |
13: Guwahati - Bhalukpong;
13: hotel mandal ghang , Bhalukpong
14: Bhalukpong - Bomdila - Dirang
14 - 15: Stay at Dirang boutique cottages
16: Wangdi homestay, Dirang
17: Dirang - Tawang
17 -18: Stay at Donedrub homestay,Tawang
19: Tawang - Zemithang
19: Panchen homestay, Zemithang
20: Zemithang - Tawang
20: Donedrub Homestay, Tawang
21: Tawang - Thembang
21: Kharjap homestay
22: Thambang - Sangti Valley
22: Norbu homestay, Sangti
23: Sangti - Shergaon
23, 24 DKT homestay, Shergaon
25: Lopon homestay, Shergaon
26: Shergaon - Guwahati
26,27 Hotel Rajdhani regency, Guwahati
Bhutan tour: May 28 - June 4
28: Guwahati - Phuentsoling
28th - Hotel Phuentsoling
29: Phuentsoling - Thimpu
29th, 30th - City Hotel Thimpu
31: Thimpu - Ha valley
31st, 1st - Soednam zinkha heritage, damthang
2: Ha Valley - Paro
2nd, 3rd - village lodge Paro
4: Ha valley - Jaigaon
Amidst serene
East Sikkim & Darjeeling Tour: June 5 - June 12
5: Phuentsoling - Rongli
Ashraya boutique homestay
6: Rongli - Zuluk
6th,7th - Zuluk Tibetan Villa
8: Zuluk - Gangtok
8th, 9th, 10th Kingsway Boutique hotel
11: Gangtok - Kurseong
11th, 12th - K Den Homestay, Kurseong
Return to Bangalore
13: Kurseong - Siliguri
13th - Loft Hotel, Siliguri
14: Siliguri - Bengaluru
Flight from Bagdogra
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