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panelled rooms with a more reliable electricity supply than many similar places. It s in the market area. The Hotel Siddhartha (%222515; s 750, d 1030-1350) has large, carpeted and well-kept rooms that help make it the best of the town-centre options.

Some 3km west on Mahatma Gandhi Marg is Ganga Market, landmarked lausanne studio by a red, triple-spired temple and nearby clock tower. The market itself is a busy clash of peoples from across the borderlands as well as piles of colourful fruit and some other decidedly exotic food items. The good-value Hotel Blue Pine (%2211118; s 300-500, d 500-600) is here, with well-maintained rooms and a mix of common and private bathrooms. Don t mind the caged receptionist, he s quite tame and helpful.

Framing itself as the Khasi cultural centre, Smit hosts the major fi ve-day Nongkrem Festival (October). This features animal sacrifices lausanne studio and a curious slow-motion shuffling dance performed in full costume in front of the thatched lausanne studio bamboo palace of the local syiem (traditional ruler). lausanne studio Smit is 11km from Shillong, 4km off the Jowai road.