#EyesForArunachal

Behind me is a waterfall but the view opposite the waterfall was more mesmerizing. Clouds starting to crawl over mountains as the sun gets ready to set on our drive…

Palm trees and bamboo fences and blue mountains in the distance. Driving further from Aalong to Kaying, Arunachal Pradesh. #EyesForArunachal  

Reflection of the sunset over Siyom River from my room at Aalong, Arunachal Pradesh. #EyesForArunachal  

Surreal scenes while driving from Likabali to Aalong raise my hopes that our final destination, Menchukha, will indeed be the Switzerland of North East India as has been described by…

North-East India is replete with Bamboo, which is used for construction, fencing, food, fiber and myriad of other things. It grows tall and thin in Arunachal from whatever I could…

Mountains are being dug up for laying better roads. Arunachal Pradeshs till has a multitude of landslides each year and layers of brown soil slide off to reveal darker black…

Spots of orange and red her and there on the hillsides of Arunachal Pradesh during the drive from Likabali to Aalong. And the ubiquitous wild banana trees. #EyesForArunachal  

The layers of colour and contrast! While driving through Arunachal Pradesh. Quite a bit of deforestation as farmers / villagers clear land for cultivation of rice and pineapples. #EyesForArunachal  …

Driving past a bamboo fence and a child at a small village on our way to Aalong, Arunachal Pradesh as the mountains and clouds loom in the distance. It has already…

Bright blue sky and sunshine – and tiring temperatures on the road as we finally enter Arunachal Pradesh and drive to Aalong from Likabali, Assam. Insane variety of trees and…

Wasn’t too hard to photograph lightning – because there was so much of it in the sky! Photographed from my room at Likabali, Assam, on our way to Arunachal. #EyesForArunachal…

Rainy, stormy weather turns into an electrical storm at night in the distance over the plains in Assam. Photographed from my room at Likabali. #EyesForArunachal  

Flowers of a creeper growing on the trunk of a tree at Likabali, which is still in Assam. Humid, rainy and stormy weather. #EyesForArunachal  

After crossing the Brahmaputra River over from Bogibeel to Likabali, plains stretch to as far as the eye can see. Most of it is land that will soon be flooded…

Crossing the Brahmaputra River on a wooden boat, the Bogibeel Bridge is visible in the distance. Hyacinth washed out from local ponds is floating in the river that’s already swelling…

Hillsides in Arunachal Pradesh are also dotted and sometimes overflowing with the Toko Palm tree that is used by the locals as building material, fibre and even food – the…

Another photograph of the Cyathes fern trees that dot Arunachal Pradesh’s hillsides. Pictured here in a previous Landscape photo on the blog. #EyesForArunachal  

The view of the unfinished 20-year old Bogibeel Bridge over the Brahmpatura River from inside the boat. We were making the river crossing from Bogibeel to Likabali in Assam, to…

The captain of the boat that was got on to make the Brahmaputra river crossing on from Dibrugarh to Likabali, Assam. We ended up switching boats because of shuffling of…

Photographed from the drop-off point at Bogibeel, at the banks of the Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh, Assam, where we would be getting on a boat to make the river crossing…

Tea gardens on the road to Likabali, before the Brahmaputra river crossing at Dibrugarh, Assam. Owing to the soil, the availability of water, the moisture in the air, Dibrugarh is…

View from our temporary accommodation at Dibrugarh, Assam. The green was already overwhelming and starting to soothe my eyes and my soul. I could breath the water in the air.…

A crow flies over our temporary accommodation at Dibrugarh, Assam on our way to Likabali, Assm, further on our way to Menchukha, Arunachal Pradesh. Dibrugarh is hot and humid, lies…