On the 18th we will set off for another long drive, to get the 1500km on bad roads to Arunachal Pradesh, in the far North East of India. This is a region set aside from the main bulk of India, sandwiched between Bhutan, Bangladesh and China. Arunanchal has only opened up for travelers in the past few years, and with only short term permits available, the area is still largely unexplored. Not much travel information is available about this large province of India, and the Lonley Planet guidebook only dedicates a single page to it.
There is the most concentrated number of rivers anywhere in India in Arunachal Pradesh, and it is believed there is enough Hydro-power potential to power the whole of india. This of course means there are already plans to Dam many of the drainages, so time is short for exploration here.
Our team for this trip will be Sam Hughes (UK), Zak Shaw (NZ), Shalabh Gahaut (India), Mikey Abbot (NZ), Al Ellard (UK) and Andy Phillips (UK).
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