I Discovered Ziro Valley—Rice Fields, Apatani Villages, Forested Hills, and a Slower Side of Arunachal Pradesh That Felt Completely Away From the Usual Tourist Trail

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a place once you are far enough from a highway. I noticed it first somewhere past Kimin, when the road narrowed, the trucks thinned out, and the hills on either side turned a deeper, wetter green – Ziro Valley. By the time the car climbed […]