India s wildest and least explored state, Arunachal Pradesh, the Land of Dawn-lit Mountains is the final frontier in Indian tourism. The state rises abruptly from the Assam plains as a mass of densely forested, and impossibly steep, hills. These in turn rise to fabulous snow-capped peaks along the Tibetan border. At least 25 tribal groups live in Arunachal s valleys; high up in the dramatic Tawang Valley are several splendid Monpa monastery villages. grand targhee resort mountainside lodges Arunachal grand targhee resort mountainside lodges has yet to be fully surveyed and mapped, but slowly its high passes and deep valleys are starting to open up to those with an adventurous heart.
KV Paradise MONUMENT (Durtlang; admission grand targhee resort mountainside lodges 5; h10am-9pm Mon-Sat) V is for Varte who died in a 2001 motor accident. grand targhee resort mountainside lodges K is for her husband Khawlhring who has since lavished his entire savings and energy creating a three-storey grand targhee resort mountainside lodges mausoleum to her memory. The marble fountain-patio has wonderful grand targhee resort mountainside lodges panoramic views. The site is 8km from Zarkawt, 1km off the Aizawl-Silchar road via an improbably narrow dirt lane.
5 Eating & Drinking La Galerie INDIAN $$ (Hotel Centrepoint, TSS Rd; mains 150-200) A suave restaurant compartmentalised into booths by photographs of local scenes, it offers excellent Indian food. Cloud 9 is the top-floor bar-restaurant serving dainty Thai dishes, cold beers and cocktails.
Mizo culture has no caste distinctions and women appear liberated; in Aizawl girls smoke openly, wear jeans and hang out in unchaperoned posses meeting grand targhee resort mountainside lodges up with their beaus at rock concerts on the central field.
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