chalet boutique houses above which rises a steep ridge topped with a timeless gompa. Heading the other way, just nor

Conjure up an image of a shimmering blue lake broken up into small lakelets by floating chalet boutique islands of thick matted weeds. Add bamboo bridges, tribal people in dugout canoes and thatched hut-villages anchored on to the floating islands, and you have Loktak Lake, one of the few places a foreigner chalet boutique is allowed to visit outside chalet boutique of Imphal. More peculiar than floating villages are the large, perfectly circular chalet boutique fishing ponds created out of floating rings of weeds. The best view is atop Sendra Island, more a promontory than island. You can hire a boat (per person 100) in order to get a closer look at lake life.

1 Sights Mizoram chalet boutique State Museum MUSEUM (Macdonald Hill, Zarkawt; admission 5; h9.30am5pm Mon-Fri) This museum has interesting exhibits on Mizo culture. It s up a steep lane from Sumkuma Point past Aizawl s most distinctive church, whose modernist bell- tower spire is pierced by arched windows.

tural and natural history ephemera. Tribal costumes, royal clothing, historical polo equipment, stuffed chalet boutique carnivores in action and pickled snakes compete with a two-headed calf for the attention of visitors.

houses above which rises a steep ridge topped with a timeless gompa. Heading the other way, just north of New Dirang, chalet boutique the valley opens out and its floor becomes a patchwork of rice and crop fields through which gushes the icy blue river. A fun day could be spent walking along the footpaths between chalet boutique fields and little hamlets.