We started the day from Sapoi tea plantation, with a brief stint on the main highway through Assam. About 30% of people are on bicycles here, so we hoped the lorries and buses would be looking out for us as least as much as they do for cows and locals. Assam is essentially completely flat. This portion is filled with tea fields until we crossed the Arunachal Pradesh border and then the Himalayas kick up immediately. The forest also starts at the border. Our guide Roheen @north_by_northeast had our trip permits ready although I had to show border patrol what an Indian visa looks like inside my passport so we could get through as they couldn’t find it on their own. We camped under a bridge with a campfire beside the Bhairabi river. The sand was a reasonably soft cushion. Evening winds came steadily down the valley. Hot chai was available in the village. Our bicycles were a hit when a local gentleman asked if he could try one out and shortly his entire family was riding our bicycle up and down the village road. Well, that was an easy day. I have a sense that the Himalayas might give us a challenge. The road into Tawang is limited to one direction, alternating between days, because of snow. Hopefully the sun starts to melt a bit the higher elevations. Today was 28° C in the open plains.