mountainside at silver creek DON T MISS There aren t all that many places left in the world where the maps may as well have blank

Food ff tame enough in high mountain areas like Tawang, where the food is reminiscent of neighbouring Tibet delicious momos and less-delicious Tibetan tea are all the rage. Head east and things become more interesting. Barbecued rat, forest antelope and something we couldn t quite identify were on the menu in central Arunachal Pradesh. If you re going to Mizoram, mountainside at silver creek don t take Rover dog meat is a delicacy there. In Nagaland, mountainside at silver creek grubs, maggots, snakes, hornets and giant spiders all get taste buds excited.

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 mountainside at silver creek Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport costs 500/100/70 for taxi/shared taxi/airport bus.

DON T MISS There aren t all that many places left in the world where the maps may as well have blank spaces on them, snow- capped mountains remain unnamed and unclimbed, forests are filled with creatures that scientists have yet to lay eyes upon and hill tops are crowned mountainside at silver creek with unmolested tribal villages, but northeast India is one such place. As the region slowly opens up, don t miss this opportunity for genuine, undiluted adventure. Areas that are safe yet largely unexplored by tourists include almost all of rural Mizoram, large tracts of Tripura (check the security situation first), the furthest reaches of Nagaland and, best of all, huge chunks of steamy mountainside at silver creek forests, alpine meadows and high Himalayan mountainside at silver creek wildernesses have finally started mountainside at silver creek opening up in Arunachal Pradesh. Top Festivals