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The MTC bus station (Jail Rd) also has a computerised railway-reservation counter (nearest train station is Guwahati). Private buses depart from Dhanketi Point; book tickets from counters around Police Bazaar, including Network Travels (Shop 44, MUDA Complex, Police Bazaar) and Deep (Ward s Lake Rd).

A peaceful lane winding through forested hills and tribal settlements links Ziro to Pasighat via Along. snowshoe vacation Highlights are dizzying suspension footbridges and thatched Adi villages around Along. Do be warned though that the attractions snowshoe vacation along this route are very low-key, the villagers around snowshoe vacation Along are much less welcoming to foreigners (and they don t sport the Apatanis tattoos and nose plugs) and the route, which involves three full days of travel, is very tiring. Unless you re going to be heading from Along to fabulous Mechuka or remote eastern towns and valleys such as Tuting or the Namdapha National Park then you may find this route something of a let down.

KV Paradise MONUMENT (Durtlang; admission 5; h10am-9pm Mon-Sat) V is for Varte who died in a 2001 motor accident. snowshoe vacation K is for her husband Khawlhring snowshoe vacation who has since lavished his entire savings and energy creating a three-storey mausoleum to her memory. The marble fountain-patio has wonderful panoramic views. The site is 8km from Zarkawt, 1km off the Aizawl-Silchar road via an improbably narrow dirt lane.

567 NORTHEAST TRIBAL STATES W E S T E R N A R U N AC H A L P R A D E S H THE LAST SHANGRI snowshoe vacation LA? Recently the government of Arunachal Pradesh has opened snowshoe vacation up a couple of new areas to foreign tourists. Possibly snowshoe vacation the most exciting of these is the road from Along to the small, remote town of Mechuka, close to the Tibetan border. In the past the Mechuka snowshoe vacation valley, which until recently had no real road connecting it to the rest of the state, was called snowshoe vacation the forbidden valley or even a Last Shangri snowshoe vacation La. Populated by the Buddhist Memba peoples, Mechuka, snowshoe vacation sitting on the banks of the West Siang River, lives up to its Last Shangri La status and is notable for both the 400-year-old Samten Yongcha Monastery and the stunning landscapes snowshoe vacation surrounding the town, which culminate in a massive hulk of snow- draped mountains running along the border. For the moment tourist facilities (and tourists!) remain virtually non-existent but sumos now ply the 180km from Along ( 300, seven hours, 5.30am). The only accommodation snowshoe vacation is the Circuit House, but if that is unavailable then it s likely that local people will put you up be generous in your donation. the owners of which have realised that it is possible to buy new tins of paint a fairly revolutionary thought for many hotels in the northeast. Otherwise try the plusher