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| Good Morning |
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| Overnight, it had snowed heavily at the mountain tops |
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| Green Valley and white peaks all around. Girya's place sits in these serene surroundings |
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| As if gods had dropped a wheat flour sack over the mountains |
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| Prayers wheels in the frontyard |
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| We enjoyed playing badminton here.. |
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| Photo sessions till others got ready for the day |
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| Colourful and Beautiful flowers |
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| Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder |
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| Busy Bee |
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| Entrance of the Tawang Monastery |
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| Lord Buddha - Inside the Monastery |
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| Intricate art work everywhere |
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| may be an oil pot to serve oil to the lamps.. |
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| Colourful decoration everywhere |
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| View inside the monastery campus |
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| Old part of the Monastery getting renovated |
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| Entrance of an old house near the monastery |
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| Stories Painted on every wall of the Monastery |
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| Lot of history and culture in every painting |
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| Attention to detail- This is just a part of Buddha's crown |
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| Large cauldrons used for special occasions |
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| Museum houses lot of articles used in yesteryears |
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| View from the the Monastery |
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| Another View - Today we will drive up these mountains |
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| Majestic Tawang Monastery |
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| We start our journey to the top |
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| Beautiful Landscape |
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| Road width becomes smaller and smaller |
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| Many many lakes on the way.. |
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| Cameras cannot capture and explain the experience |
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| More than 15000 ft |
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| Finally reached y junction - mid point |
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| Best momos I ever had - hot and delicious |
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| Taking a break |
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| More lakes and we are told this place is heaven when the snow melts and there is some greenery around |
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| Another break for snaps in the snow |
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| It was very very cold.. light wollen clothing was not enough at all :) |
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| Rambo playing with ice |
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| It started snowing again |
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| Roads were dangerously slippery |
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| We reach our destination for the day - Shonga tseir lake |
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| splendid beauty of mountains all around |
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| This is also called as Madhuri lake |
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| Devine Ducks |
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| It started snowing again |
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| We started back |
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| Sikh Guru - Guru Nanak had visited here |
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| Snow dogs |
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| Snow daggers |
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| Double daggers |
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| Another break at Y junction - 14615 ft |
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| Icicles |
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| PTSO lake |
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| Another view of PTSO lake |
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| Lord Buddha - overlooking Tawang valley |
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| Lord Buddha Statue - under construction |
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| View of Monastery while returning from Madhuri lake |
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| In the evening we visited the dragon retaurant in Tawang. - Must visit place |
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| Waiting for dinner to be served |
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| Excellent, Fantastic, Fabulous, super food |
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| Thus ended one of the best days of our life.. what an experience. |
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