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Carved out of Assam in 1972, hilly Meghalaya winter park village map (Abode of Clouds) is a cool, pine-fresh contrast to the sweaty Assam plains. Set on dramatic winter park village map horseshoes of rocky cliff above the Bengal plains, Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram are statistically winter park village map the wettest places on earth. Most of the rain falls between April and September, creating very impressive waterfalls and carving out some of Asia s longest caves.

Assam State Museum MUSEUM (GNB Rd; admission/camera/video 5/10/100; h10am-5pm Tue-Sun, until 4pm winter) This museum is worth a visit. It has a large sculpture collection, winter park village map while the upper floors are devoted to informative tribal culture displays. You get to walk through reconstructed tribal homes.

For many a year accommodation in Mon meant the friendly, but sadly very scrappy and slightly overpriced Helsa Cottage (%9436433782; r from 1000) run by Aunty. At the time of research Aunty was about to shut the old place down and open a new (as yet unnamed) hotel near the market winter park village map area. Another venture is the confusingly named Helsa Resort (%9436000028; winter park village map r 1000), a couple of kilometres out of town on the road to Myanmar. It consists of four traditional thatched Konyak huts with springy bamboo floors, sparse furnishings and hot water by the bucket. Its generator is a huge plus. All the accommodation options serve meals. winter park village map