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Wednesday, Third day in India
... their power from Shakti, a goddess no less. So far so good, but then it gets more complicated. Vishnu in particular has 10 different reincarnations that include: #7 Rama, #8 Krishna, #9 Buddha, and #10 Kalki. These reincarnations appeared when the world needed some"cleaning up." Interestingly, Kalki is a future reincarnation, expected in the next 100 years. Seems to me the world might need a little cleaning up before then. There's much more, but it ...
Monday, First day in India
... couple of working elephants! Since the roads are narrow and seemingly all under construction, much dodging and weaving is required and necessitating the constant use of horns. I have found it best not to watch the road because the number of close calls is heart stopping.
Today is day 8 of the ten-day Durga Puja, a Hindu festival. Basically it is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, specifically the ...
Guwahati - the gateway for the North East
... to any place in the North Eastern states is better since it is conveniently located.
To give an idea, 4 to 8 hours drive in one day is a pretty common case in this region and that should be expected.
Also, DrukAir (the Bhutanese Airline) has a flight to/from Guwahati. So, for travelling to Bhutan as well, Guwahati is a quite convenient.
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The Hill Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Sadly we had to leave Bhutan. The Bhutanese guides and drivers had to leave early in the morning in convoy as the Bodo Assamese separatists have problems with the Bhutanese. The guerrillas were expelled from the hills of Bhutan a couple of of years ago. After breakfast a luxury car arrived for us with our new guide, Dojum, and driver, Ari. They will take us for the next 10 days via Assam to the hill tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Dorji our Bhutanese guide already did our ...
Long journey from Sikkim to Guwahati
... train station after buying an unreserved ticket in cattle class. When you buy an unreserved ticket in India, the ticket does not tell you the train number and departure time. There weren't any departure info at the train station, the tourist info booth was conveniently closed and none of the staff at the train station or the station master could tell me the departure time and platform number. After two hours of running around the ...