In the local dialect, "Apani Dhani" means "Our Hamlet", an affectionate name given to the place by Ramesh C. Jangid, founder of the ecolodge and a pioneer of a form of militant tourism in India, especially in Rajasthan and his own native region of Nawalgarh.  

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Along is one of my favourite stop-off points in Arunachal Pradesh because I was pleasantly surprised by the welcome of its inhabitants and the interest of its surrounding landscapes. I was overwhelmed by its rice fields which look like South-East Asia. I didn't think I would see them during my <a href="/india/">trip to India</a>.
We asked our driver to drop us off at Kabu, 2 kilometres from northern Along to walk in the Adi villages, a central tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. Their houses are impressive. They are erected by robust stilts and have a very advanced architecture. Children said greeted us from balconies, the men showed us the route to cross the rice fields and an adorable dog followed me throughout the trek.
Along is a welcoming market town but nothing extraordinary. You can find somewhere decent to stay, try a good tandoori and do some shopping before setting off again.

Along is a must-see town in Arunachal Pradesh. You will stay there to go to the Mechuka Valley and/or in the Ziro Valley.

To reach Arunachal Pradesh when <a href="/india/">traveling India</a>, you have to want to get there and, above all, you have to plan it beforehand! The region around Along is certainly one of the most enchanting and mysterious in the whole country; and also one of the most isolated and difficult to access. The roads are in verybad condition and it's not unusual for a journey to take twice as long as announced. Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the Brahmaputre Valley, and populated mainly by Tibeto-Burmans, Mongolians and more than 60 different tribes, this is an infinitely rich region. I have vivid memories of immense forests, rice fields and tea plantations extending as far as the eye can see, and of little wooden or bamboo stilt houses.

Along is a small town in the middle of the forests of Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India.

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