Day 15 - Itanagar

A pretty good day. We slept late, until 9, that felt good, then after some Internet frustration (half an hour to log into Google), we met with the operator and used their much faster Internet. From there we hit the museum which had exhibits on all the 26 major tribes of Arunachal, their dress, their customs and their homes. It was fantastic to be there with Aruna as she had such detailed knowledge of the tribes. The sheer quantity was a bit overwhelming and it was hard to believe that this all comes from one near-forgotten Indian state.

We looked at some of Aruna's photos of the tribes when we got back, then had some food and discussed the plan for the next leg up to Tawang in Western Arunachal. We leave the day after tomorrow as there is a student union strike tomorrow - protesting about the governments lack of action in the face of Arunachal students being forced into terrorist activity by neighbouring Nagaland terrorists - which unusually means that the roads will be closed until 5pm.
-Dave