Hotel Siphiang Phong

We reached Guwahati Airport right on time and quickly took a taxi to ISBT Guwahati, where our bus to Bomdila was waiting. The Prime Minister had chosen the same day to visit Guwahati — thankfully, we made it through before the roads began to close.

Helicopter services in the Arunachal sector weren’t operating; they run only when the weather is perfectly clear. So, the road journey it was.

The bus ride stretched on for nearly 12 long hours. It doesn’t actually enter Bomdila town, instead sticking to the highway via the Bomdila bypass. But given how late it had gotten, we managed to convince the driver to drop us directly at our hotel.

By the time we arrived, it was 11:45 pm.
And yet, because India follows just one official time zone, that 11:45 here felt more like 1:45 in the morning.Læs mere