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| One of the many river valley we have driven through |
We set off early as it was another 6 hour drive that would
turn into 7 or more, with our stops. We drove along and stopped frequently for
the many birds along the way, had lunch at a little shack that offered basic
rice and daal for a dollar, and reached Daporijo by 3:30 PM. The town had very little to offer, and the
hotel we saw looked uninviting, so we drove out to the small village of
Ligu. There we found a basic but quiet
Ligu Tourist Lodge, with a western toilet, but no hot water, except if heated
in a home next door that ran the lodge and provided dinner and breakfast. The guide and driver stayed across the hall
in another of the 6 small rooms.
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| Our guest house for the night in Ligu |
We enjoyed a short stroll around the village, seeing the
Metune (local bison) and other animals as well as the village people on their
own. We had not seen another tourist
since leaving Aalo where there were three Russians sharing our hotel the last
night, as well as a French couple the night before, and one German the first
night. Overall, we usually see no
tourists at all on an average day.
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