spa chalet Noisy and polluted it might be, but Imphal, with its melange of peoples and positioning right on the

Several trains serve Dimapur (sleeper/3AC/2AC from 166/401/531, four to six hours), Jorhat (sleeper/3AC 202/521, seven to 11 hours) and Dibrugarh (3AC/2AC/1AC 926/1206/1970, 11 hours). Trains to Jorhat spa chalet and Dibrugarh cut through Nagaland, but you don t need a Nagaland permit spa chalet as long as you stay on the train (the same rule doesn t apply for buses however).

Sumos have their booking counters in Jenkins Rd and run to Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh ( 250, eight hours) and Tawang ( 500, 15hrs). Bargain for a private taxi in the same street for the Eco-Camp at Potasali ( 1500) and Kaziranga ( 1500). A little further on is the bus station (Jenkins Rd) with frequent services to Guwahati ( 140 to 150, five hours), Jorhat ( 100, four hours) and Kohora for Kaziranga ( 45, two hours).

Conjure up an image of a shimmering blue lake broken up into small lakelets by floating spa chalet islands of thick matted weeds. Add bamboo bridges, tribal spa chalet people in dugout canoes and thatched hut-villages anchored on to the floating islands, and you have Loktak Lake, one of the few places spa chalet a foreigner is allowed to visit outside of Imphal. More peculiar spa chalet than floating villages are the large, perfectly circular fishing ponds created out of floating rings of weeds. The best view is atop Sendra Island, more a promontory spa chalet than island. You can hire a boat (per person 100) in order to get a closer look at lake life.

Noisy and polluted it might be, but Imphal, with its melange of peoples and positioning right on the border lands of India and southeast Asia is undeniably fascinating and travellers who spend any time here are well rewarded. The airport is 9km to the southwest.