A peaceful lane winding through forested hills and tribal settlements links Ziro to Pasighat via Along. Highlights are dizzying suspension slopeside grill steamboat footbridges and thatched Adi villages around Along. Do be warned though that the attractions along this route are very low-key, the villagers slopeside grill steamboat around slopeside grill steamboat Along are much less welcoming to foreigners (and they don t sport the Apatanis tattoos and nose plugs) slopeside grill steamboat and the route, which involves three full days of travel, is very tiring. slopeside grill steamboat 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.
After all this huffi ng and puffi ng around the Northeast it s time to relax with a jolly nice cup of tea, don t you think old chap? And where better to do so than in a colonial-era heritage bungalow on a working tea estate. Bookings are essential. slopeside grill steamboat
1 Sights Kamakhya slopeside grill steamboat Mandir HINDU TEMPLE (admission for no queue/short queue/queue slopeside grill steamboat 500/100/free; h8am-1pm & 3pm-dusk) While Sati s disintegrated body parts rained toes on Kolkata (see p443), her yoni fell on Kamakhya Hill. This makes Kamakhya Mandir slopeside grill steamboat important for shakti (sensual tantric worship of female spiritual power). Goats, pigeons and the occasional buffalo are ritually beheaded in a gory pavilion and the hot, dark inner womblike sanctum is painted red to signify sacrificial blood. The huge June/ July Ambubachi Mela celebrates the end of the mother goddess menstrual cycle with even more blood.
Bodoland s Manas National Park (www.ma nas100.com; Indian/camera/video 50/50/500; foreigner/camera/video 250/500/1000; hOct- Mar) is Unesco-listed and has two ranges Bansbari and Koklabari with diff erent access points.
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