Bus To Tawang

To get to Tawang, you have to cross the Sela Pass. This pass is at a height of 13,700 feet above sea level following a high altitude lake of crystal blue water and rhodendrons running along the road in various colours and hues. 

Reaching Sela pass was an experience that will take more than a lifetime to forget. Lady luck was very pleased with us as we experienced sun shine for the first time in two days when we halted at the Paradise Lake at Sela Pass. With knee deep snow, bright sunshine, a clear blue sky and Brahmini ducks swimming in the lake. I can’t think of anything else that would have completed the experience. 

The crowning glory and unforgettable memory of this trip was the bus. Never in my life, have I seen a bus with such an inborn ability to puncture its tires. While the true number of punctures has been lost to an insignificant historical statistic, legends and exaggerations abound. After quick calls for refreshing the number with the other campers, I arrive and present to you an average of 19. Mind you, these are not to the same tire. The burden of causing delays was evenly distributed.

Dubbed by us as the ‘World Heritage Bus’, it attained its moment of glory when it managed to puncture itself during an over night halt at Tenga. That, my friends, takes raw, pure, mind-blowing, unrivalled talent.