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Mehao Lake Trek: Trekking in Arunachal Pradesh

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“What is the weirdest food you have eaten?” The question I didn’t have exciting answer to, until today... Arunachal Pradesh is so big and diverse, it’s impossible to cover it even in a months' time, I only had 7 days. While Tawang was my initial choice, despite of all the efforts I could not get satisfactory information on road conditions, stays and most importantly the transport cost. People I spoke to had split opinion on visiting Tawang during winter month of December. I shifted my attention to Namdapha national park which had been on my list since almost a decade. However soon I found out it wouldn’t be economical for a single person to trek inside Namdapha. Every year before anyone can trek inside Namdapha , the jungle had to be cut to create walking trails, prolonged monsoons have been pushing this activity till January since last few years. This meant trek in Namdapha was not on till January. Fortunately, I received response from Karun Roy of Down Lit adventures, and he