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Noisy and polluted it might be, but Imphal, with its melange of peoples and positioning right on the border lands of India and southeast Asia is undeniably fascinating and travellers who spend any time here are well rewarded. The airport is 9km to the southwest.

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Once you leave the outskirts of Shillong mon chalet co the road to Cherrapunjee passes through pretty scenery that becomes dramatic mon chalet co at Dympep viewpoint, where a photogenic V-shape valley slits deeply into the plateau.