Tawang Trip - Day 3

Good Morning Dirang - Hotel Pemaling

View from the Hotel

Jayaramji - Busy tying up our luggage at the top.

Budda and Rakya getting ready

The days agenda was to spend some time at Sela Pass, visit Jaswant Garh and Reach Tawang by late afternoon. And if possible visit a few places in Tawang in the evening.

Dirang - Sela pass - Tawang

Road conditions kept varying between good and worst

 Scenes were beautiful all around. By now we were used to prayer flags of many kinds. Prayer wheels were also the norm. Thick clouds on the top and fog all around just added to the drama and magic.
We stopped for breakfast at hotel Monyul. We ordered for breakfast (Daal Roti) and walked around the place to enjoy the beauty. Rakesh and Jyoti had maggi which was good too.

We stopped for breakfast at another scenic place

This was our breakfast today

Hotel Monyul

We took a walk around till the breakfast was prepared

Another View

War Memorial at Nyukmadong

Homage

We stop a few more times to absorb the beauty

Person turning the prayer wheels

Beautiful view of the roads we traveled so far

Mountains and clouds

Beautiful mountain flowers

View of the snow peaks

Happy that we finally get to see snow peaked mountains of himalyas

Another view

Roads again turned bad

Another view point

Sela pass is somewhere there

Above the clouds

Stop to thow snow at each other

More snow peaks

catch catch

Light wollen wear may not be enough

What ??

Gandhijis three monkeys

Superb Sela Pass - Highest point reached till now

Splendid Sela Lake

Road conditions further deteriorate

Semi frozen Sela lake

Sela Lake

Colourful flags

Wow

Change in the landscape 

No vegetation here

Lunch break 

Well deseved break after working in harsh weather

We descend after Sela pass

How can a man die better than ..

Battle of Nuranang

Jaswanth Garh

View of a bunker used during 1962 war

First view of Yak

Another Bunker 

Inside the bunker - as it was in 1962 

More Yaks

Jaswanth Garh

Blow Gently you winds blow gently

Jai Badri Vishal

Blazing Sword Cafe

Hot delicious samosa with tea

posing with Yak

Jang Falls 

Not enough time today to go down till the falls

Cheese

Final stop before Tawang 

Monks playing cricket 

Monatery at Bomdir, Tawang

 We reached Tawang by late afternoon. We stayed at Giryas place he had arranged for all the 3 families. We visited Monastery at Bomdir, it is the oldest monstery here. We also visited the war memorial and light show in the evening.

Oldest Monastery in Tawang

Colorful interior

Monk explaining the stories and beliefs of the 5 floors

Inside the Monastery

War memorial at Tawang 

2213,2208,2217and 2199

It was a great day today, we were finally in Tawang. We had already witnessed mesmerising views and splendid Sela pass. There was further snow in the area and going to Madhuri lake looked distant possibility as all the roads were blocked due to snow. Girya mentioned we will decide on that tomorrow. With that we had a nice dinner and retired for the day.

More photos of day 3 here