Conjure up an image of a shimmering blue lake broken up into small lakelets by floating islands of thick matted weeds. Add bamboo bridges, tribal people in dugout canoes chalets st gervais and thatched hut-villages anchored on to the floating islands, chalets st gervais and you have Loktak Lake, one of the few places a foreigner is allowed to visit outside of Imphal. More peculiar than floating villages are the large, perfectly circular 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.
The modern glass tower Baliram Building, on the corner of Naren Bose (NB) and NC/SC Roads, contains chalets st gervais several floors of good dining. The ground-floor stand-up-and-eat dosa house (h6am-9pm) has South Indian fare and cheap breakfasts. Semismart China Villa (meals from 120; h10am-10.30pm) offers Indian and Chinese food in AC comfort, while the rooftop Chat House (snacks from 30; h8am-9.30pm) has an open-sided, but roofed, terrace for cooling breezes, views, Indian chalets st gervais snacks, noodles, pizzas chalets st gervais and momos.
1 Sights chalets st gervais Ujjayanta Palace PALACE (admission 5; h5-7pm) chalets st gervais Agartala s indisputable centrepiece is this striking, dome-capped palace. chalets st gervais Flanked by two large refl ecting ponds, the whitewashed 1901 edifice was built by Tripura s 182nd maharaja. It looks particularly impressive floodlit at night, but for security reasons only the gardens are open to the public.
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