snowmass jazz Baba Tourist Lodge HOTEL $ (%2211285; GS Rd; r 500-900) Ageing but clean, and popular with backpacke

oTourist Lodge (%0369-2226373; snowmass jazz tourist.lodgemkg@yahoo.com; r 750, without bath 400; aiW), The only place to stay worth considering is the superb Tourist snowmass jazz Lodge, which has bright and clean rooms, excellent service and a decent snowmass jazz restaurant serving Indian and Naga dishes.

Baba Tourist Lodge HOTEL $ (%2211285; GS Rd; r 500-900) Ageing but clean, and popular with backpackers, Baba hides behind a deceptively small PCO shop. The best rooms have windows and views out onto greenery. Bucket showers and bucket hot water.

CROSSING INTO BANGLADESH AT AGARTALA Border Hours The border at Agartala is open from 7am to 6pm. Foreign Exchange There s no exchange booth and Agartala banks don t sell Bangladeshi taka, so changing money is hit and miss; ask local traders or border offi cials. snowmass jazz Onward Transport From central Agartala the border is just 3km along Akhaura Rd ( 50 by rickshaw). On the Bangladesh side the nearest town is Akhaura, 5km beyond, reached by baby taxi (autorickshaw). From Akhaura trains head to Dhaka, Comilla and Sylhet. Coming eastbound, be sure to pay your Bangladeshi departure tax at a Sonali snowmass jazz bank before heading for the border. Visas Unhelpful, but the northeast s only Bangladesh visa office (%2324807; Airport Rd, Kunjaban; snowmass jazz happlication 9am-1pm Mon-Thu, 9am-noon Fri, collection same day 4pm) hides down a small lane in Agartala, about 2km north of the Ujjayanta Palace.

Of the various Adi villages around Along, Kabu (2km north of Along) is the best known and most easily accessible. snowmass jazz Before entering the village you must seek permission from the headman (who often demands a 500 fee). As well as admiring the spectacular longhouse architecture snowmass jazz that is a hallmark of all Adi villages don t miss the terrifying cable-trussed snowmass jazz but bamboo-decked wobbly suspension bridge snowmass jazz over the river. Fortunately for vertigo sufferers a modern metal bridge has just been completed, which makes crossing snowmass jazz the river slightly less sickening. It remains to be seen if the old bridge will be maintained snowmass jazz or not. There are further interesting, and less visited, Adi villages on the road to Pasighat, but whichever village you visit be discreet with cameras as the locals aren t at all keen on them.