chalet photography Tariffs are seasonal and highly negotiable in the low season. During peak periods hotels fill fast,

CROSSING INTO BANGLADESH AT AGARTALA Border Hours The border at Agartala is open from 7am to 6pm. Foreign Exchange chalet photography There s no exchange booth and Agartala banks don t sell Bangladeshi taka, so changing money is hit and miss; ask local traders or border offi cials. Onward Transport From central Agartala the border is just 3km along Akhaura Rd ( 50 by rickshaw). On the Bangladesh side the nearest town is Akhaura, 5km beyond, reached by baby taxi (autorickshaw). From Akhaura trains head to Dhaka, Comilla chalet photography and Sylhet. Coming chalet photography eastbound, be sure to pay your Bangladeshi departure tax at a Sonali bank before heading chalet photography for the border. Visas Unhelpful, but the northeast s only Bangladesh visa office (%2324807; Airport chalet photography Rd, Kunjaban; happlication 9am-1pm Mon-Thu, 9am-noon Fri, collection chalet photography same day 4pm) hides down a small lane in Agartala, about 2km north of the Ujjayanta Palace.

Tariffs are seasonal and highly negotiable in the low season. During peak periods hotels fill fast, but there are dozens of choices chalet photography around the Police Bazaar area, so just keep looking. Taxes add a discouraging 20% to your bill (included in the prices listed here).

Two kilometres east of Hajo is a mosque sheltering the tomb of the multi-named Hazarat Shah Sultan Giasuddin Aulia Rahmatullah Alike who died some 800 years ago. Muslims need to walk (the less pious may drive) 4km up a spiral road to reach the mosque, which is architecturally unremarkable.