chalet book Calling the Tawang Valley a valley just doesn t do justice to its incredible scale; it s more a migh

Calling the Tawang Valley a valley just doesn t do justice to its incredible scale; it s more a mighty gash in the earth ringed by immense mountains. Patchworking the sloping ridges of the lower hills is a vast sweep of fields dotted with Buddhist monast eries and Monpa villages. chalet book

oDon Bosco Museum of Indigenous Cultures MUSEUM (www.dbcic.org; Sacred Heart Theological College; Indian/foreigner 50/150; h9.30am-4.30pm chalet book Mon- Sat, 1.30-4.30pm Sun, until 5.30 Apr-Sep) chalet book This very professional museum displays a truly vast, very well laid-out collection of tribal artefacts interspersed just occasionally with gratuitous galleries chalet book on Christian missionary work. Tours (compulsory) last over an hour, departing on the half-hour.

Khwairamband Bazaar MARKET (Ima Market; h7am-5pm) chalet book This vast all-women s market (well, we saw one male vendor perhaps appropriately he was selling headphones!) is run by some 3000 ima (mothers). Divided by a road, one side sells vegetables, fruit, fish and groceries chalet book while the other deals in household items, fabrics and pottery. It s easily one of the largest markets in the northeast.