That noon I had a unique meal. Chicken parts cooked inside a beer can with Poori and dhal. They put pieces of chicken inside the can with some onions and spices and cooked it on the grill. The grill was an old drum cut in such a shape so you could place the can on top and fire it from below. On my way I found a beautiful hut in Passi ghat to sleep. It was a windy night, winds so wild, even with the sleeping bag I shivered. The next morning, I moved through Aalo to reach Tato about 50 kilometres before Mechuka. It got dark and I hadn't found a place to camp. It was starting to rain and got colder. As I rode slowly looking around for a place, an Adi Mishmi man stopped his bike and asked me what I was looking for. I said I was wandering for a place to pitch my tent, and so Thakkar Nyogen took me along with him. After reaching his house he said there is no need to camp and I could sleep in his house for the night. With a fireplace to welcome, I had a quarter bottle of old monk which I...