oak chalet restaurant A peaceful lane winding through forested hills and tribal settlements links Ziro to Pasighat via Alo

With an oversized foyer better suited as a car showroom, Hotel Arun Subansiri oak chalet restaurant (%2212806; Zero Point; s/d 1100/1320; a) has comfortably large rooms with soft beds. It s within walking distance of the decent oak chalet restaurant State Museum (Indian/foreigner/camera/video 10/75/20/100; h9.30am-4pm Sun-Thu) and the brightly decorated Centre for Buddhist Culture gompa set in gardens on the hill above.

A peaceful lane winding through forested hills and tribal settlements links Ziro to Pasighat via Along. Highlights are dizzying suspension footbridges and thatched Adi villages around Along. Do be warned though that the attractions along this route are very low-key, the villagers around Along are much less welcoming to foreigners (and they don t sport the Apatanis tattoos and nose plugs) and the route, which involves three full days of travel, is very tiring. Unless you re going to be heading from Along to fabulous Mechuka or remote oak chalet restaurant eastern towns and valleys such as Tuting or the Namdapha National oak chalet restaurant Park then you may find this route something of a let down.

Some 3km west on Mahatma Gandhi Marg is Ganga Market, landmarked by a red, triple-spired temple and nearby oak chalet restaurant clock tower. The market itself is a busy clash of peoples oak chalet restaurant from across the borderlands as well as piles of colourful oak chalet restaurant 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.

Doe-Gu-Khill Guest House (%223232; r from 700), just below the large monastery, providing fabulous views. oak chalet restaurant The Hotel Tsepal Yangjom (%223473; www.hoteltsepalyangjom.co.in; s/d from 800/1200) in the market area is probably the town s most popular hotel. Its wood-panelled rooms have a vague Scandinavian feel and it has a generator to cope with the frequent blackouts.