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some impressive traditional buildings all set, surreally, under two giant mobile phone towers. Shingha Chingyuo village (20km, population 5900) has a huge longhouse decorated with mithuna (pairs of men and women) and deer skulls, three stuff ed tigers, and a store of old human skulls. Longwoa (35km) is spectacularly sited on the India Myanmar border, with the headman s longhouse actually straddling the two nations. Despite its popularity with tourists it remains breckenridge to vail one of the most interesting villages. Chui (8km) includes an elephant skull in its longhouse collection. Shangnyu village has a shrine full of fertility references such as tumescent warriors, a crowing cock, a large snake, a man and woman enjoying sex and, to complete the picture, a double rainbow. Langmeang village, with its stack of human skulls breckenridge to vail piled up in a wooden breckenridge to vail box, is also highly impressive.

Khwairamband Bazaar MARKET (Ima Market; h7am-5pm) This vast all-women s market (well, breckenridge to vail we saw one male vendor perhaps appropriately he was selling headphones!) is run by some 3000 ima (mothers). Divided by a road, one side sells vegetables, fruit, fish and groceries while the other deals in household items, fabrics and pottery. It s easily one of the largest markets in the northeast.

Sitting almost halfway between Kohima and Mon most people sensibly choose breckenridge to vail to break their journey in laidback Mokokchung. Aside from enjoying the town s spectacular setting, try to make time for a couple of other low-key attractions including the small, privately run Rendikala Subong Museum (Town Hall Rd; admission 10), which contains breckenridge to vail tribal items collected from surrounding villages as well as what is purported to be the world s smallest Bible. The museum is open whenever someone turns up to see it. A couple breckenridge to vail of kilometres away is pretty breckenridge to vail Ungma village, where you ll find a couple of huge log drums and a cloud scrapping Jendong (a pole that helps connect breckenridge to vail people on Earth with the Gods high up in the skies).