white oak lodge and resort condos The impoverished hill town of Mon is in a gorgeous setting but feels like a frontier town. There s a

Sumos leave New Market at 6am for Itanagar ( 450, 12 hours) and Ziro ( 300, six hours). The bus station has a lackadaisical 7am service to Along ( 150, six hours) on alternate days depending on when the bus returns from Along.

This sprawling hill station was the capital of British-created Assam from 1874 until 1972. Since becoming the state capital of Meghalaya it has rapidly developed white oak lodge and resort condos into a typical modern Indian town and in doing so some of its older buildings have been demolished. white oak lodge and resort condos In parts it still retains its charm, the air is refreshingly cool and it has become a favourite holiday destination for domestic tourists.

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Air India (%2264420, Ganeshguri), IndiGo Airlines, Jet Airways (%2633252; Tayebullah Rd), Kingfisher and SpiceJet fly to Guwahati from most major Indian cities (often with a stopover in Kolkata). Getting into town from Guwahati s orderly Lok-Priya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport costs 500/100/70 for taxi/shared taxi/airport white oak lodge and resort condos bus.