beaver creek snowshoe While each of these hotels have good restaurants, the cosy Dragon Restaurant (Old Market; mains 60-1

From the main bus station (Mancotta Rd) both ASTC and private buses depart for Sivasagar ( 51 to 69, two hours, frequent 6am to 9am), Jorhat ( 130, three hours, frequent 6am to 9am), Tezpur ( 260, six hours) and Guwahati ( 380, 10 hours).

The most accessible villages are the Konyak settlements around Mon. Traditional houses abound, and some villages have morungs and religious beaver creek snowshoe relics from pre-Christian beaver creek snowshoe times. Village elders may wear traditional costume and Konyak of all ages carry the fearsome-looking dao a crude machete used for headhunting right up until the mid-20th century.

While each of these hotels have good restaurants, the cosy Dragon Restaurant (Old Market; mains 60-150) is the town s best eatery with freshly made local dishes such as churpa beaver creek snowshoe ( 150), a fermented cheese broth with fungi and vegetables that tastes much better than it sounds. Also don t miss the Tibetan tea. An acquired taste if ever there were one.