Dear Vishal,
The dust of returning from a month’s holiday had settled a bit. We had a very good time with a couple of wonderful guides and drivers. Mustaque and Kamal really made a large contribution to our trip. We had a lovely holiday - although the north-east and especially Nagaland, is rather tough at times, both re the roads and the hotels. The hotel in Dapo was terrible - and the only one there. We found the people in the Mon area to be rather unsmiling. The tribal aspect in Arunachal is still to be found; in Nagaland there is the language (which we can’t appreciate as we don’t know about it) but the tribal aspect is all but gone, apart from a few very old people. There is a festival during which people perform in their tribal dress in February or March, but we get the impression it must be very much a revenue driven occasion. We saw a lot of nice things in Nagaland, but we think Arunachal is the (much) better place. Ow it’s time to sort out our memories and our photographs.
Best regards,
Peter