Dong - Chasing India's First Sunrise of 2020 | Arunachal Pradesh
Towards the end of 2019, I took a trip to Dong, small village in Dong Valley of Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
The sole purpose for the trip (or rather, the hike) was to witness something happen on the morning of 1st of January, 2020. The sole purpose was to witness the elegant, orangey-red rays of the rising sun, falling on the misty mountains of Dong Valley, which happens to be the place that receives the first sunlight of India. So yes, I witnessed India's first sunrise of 2020.
Dong is a tiny hamlet of a village, located at an elevation of 1,240 metres and sandwiched neatly in between China and Myanmar. The nearest town to Dong is that of Tezu- the headquarters of Lohit district. From Tezu to Walong, it's a ten-hour ride in a shared Sumo through some pretty bad roads. From Walong, after a 20-minute drive, the trek to Dong begins. But all in all, it was worth every drop of sweat, every second of breathlessness, and every fatal shake of the Sumo I rode in.
This video is cannot do justice to the experience, the adventure, and the exhilaration. But hopefully, it can bring out the wanderlust in you, and make you feel a bit more alive at a time where we're all feeling hopeless in the middle of the pandemic.
Thank you for watching!
Best Regards,
Prayash
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Presented By: Eastside.Productions, in association with, empty cup films
Cinematography: Prayash Sharma Tamuly
Editing: Raktim Hazarika
Travel Partner: Discover Far East
Music: Aleksandr Shamaluev
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