vail peaks program All Dirang s commercial services are in New Dirang, with a strip of cheap hotels, eateries and sumo

Wild Grass Resort ECORESORT $$ (%262085; www.oldassam.com; r 1900) This delightful and slightly ramshackle ecofriendly resort is so justifiably popular that it doesn t bother with a sign but carefully labels all the trees instead. Raj-inspired vail peaks program decor makes you feel that the clock has slowed. The dining room serves tasty Indian food. The entrance is opposite the Km373 marker on National Highway (NH) 37. In season, bookings are essential.

All Dirang s commercial vail peaks program services are in New Dirang, with a strip of cheap hotels, eateries and sumo counters around the central crossroads. vail peaks program Tourist Lodge (%200176; d 825), a kilometre south and overlooking New Dirang, is a basic but friendly vail peaks program family hotel in an old-style hill house crowded with potted plants. Nicer is the next-door Hotel Pemaling (%207265; s/d 1815/2420), which has shiny rooms, excellent service and a very pleasant garden where you can enjoy the views towards the sometimes vail peaks program snow-bound Se La and the high Himalaya beyond.

Despite being an oil-service town, Sivasagar exudes a residual vail peaks program elegance from its time as the capital of the Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam for more than 600 years. The name comes from waters of Shiva , the graceful central feature of a rectangular reservoir dug in 1734 by Ahom Queen Ambika. Three typical Ahom temple towers vail peaks program rise proudly above the tank s partly wooded southern banks to the west Devidol, to the east Vishnudol and in the centre, the 33m-high Shivadol vail peaks program Mandir, India s tallest Shiva temple. Its uppermost trident balances upon an egg-shaped feature whose golden covering the British reputedly tried (but failed) to pilfer in 1823.