The mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh runs along the top of Assam, stretching from Bhutan, all the way to Myanmar. China invaded Tawang in 1962 as part of its claim to all areas formerly occupied by Tibet, but the Indian Govt. successfully repulsed the attack. As a result, there is still a heavy military presence in the state. It took us about 16 hours to get from Guwahati to Tawang, the place we stayed in Arunachal. The journey was very long, mostly because we were going through mountains. Part of the Himalayas run through this state and we went through the second highest pass in the world, Sela Pass, which is nearly 14,000 ft. high. The air was really alot more thin up there and we easily ran out of breath. It was incredibly beautiful and very different from other states that we have visited.
These densely forested hills of Arunachal are home to more than 65 different tribal groups. The area that we visited were home mostly to the Buddhist Monpa Tribe.
