Sunday 3 March 2019

Kalaktang Diaries

I am posted in Kalaktang, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh.
The place is well connected via road to different places of West Kameng town/ villages and with neighbouring state Assam.
Guwahati, International airport is around 6 hours from the town.
It also shares its international border with Bhutan.
The people here are majorly Monpas and also we has Sherdukpen and Bropas living around the area.
The place is scenic and rustic, a good place for touring and home-stay.
People follow Mahayana form of Buddhism.

River flowing through Kalaktang Town

This is a place to burn pyre... One can see such construction in every corners of the entire district... It makes me feel respectful of the place and understand that after we die, we become one with the nature... 

Prayer flags are posted everywhere, from road to houses, from farms to shops, etc... This a resting place along the way to Tenzingang...

 This is a Gompa in Samdrung village. The Gompa is very small but it is a reflection of Tiger's nest Gompa of Bhutan

 Autumn 

Autumn/ Winter blooms

 Early spring plum blooms...

 Kamlanchen Village...

 Towards Balemu road...

A cowherd tending his cows on the way to Balemu...

 Balemu scene...

 Across Balemu, somewhere in Assam...

 Free-rider, somewhere in Assam...

 Changing colours, early spring in Kalaktang...

 A closer look at the foliage...

 Chicken and Beer on the riverside...

Machete found commonly in Arunachal Pradesh... out of focus...

She is Anna, our neigbour's daughter. Caught her in a grumpy mood after she just work up.

Big Pixel, our dear cat

She is Midula. She stays with us and studies in Standard II (passed and now in Standard III)

This is a footpath in Kalaktang town with Buddhist inscriptions...

I often see this large mixed Tibetan Mastiff roaming about in the town... he got cherry eye symptoms... Poor him...

Golgappa/ Pani-Puri, a street food from the mainland India especially North India is very famous in Arunachal and there are two such stalls even in Kalaktang...

 A small dingy hotel with no name which has very tasty food. At times, we got here for lunch...

 Rice, beef curry, Lentil curry, Potato fry, Cauliflower fly, Shizchuan Chutney and beer!

 Strawberry in a Nursery in Udalguri, Assam. Nearest town for major shopping for us... Leica DG Summilux 25mm/F1.4 Lens test

Flower in Udalguri Nursery. Leica DG Summilux 25mm/F1.4 Lens test.

 Uninvited guest...In Udalguri while buying stationery for office...

 Hanging buckets outside a shop... 

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