Things to do in Shillong
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Broadway
A no-nonsense restaurant serving the usual mix of Indian and Chinese meals, although staff here have taken that literally with bi-cultural offerings such as paneer Szechwan (unfermented cheese in a Chinese chilli sauce).
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Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous Cultures
The very professional Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous Cultures displays a truly vast, very well laid-out collection of tribal artefacts interspersed just occasionally with gratuitous galleries on Christian missionary work. The hexagonal museum building is an impressive, symbolic tower, seven storeys high for the seven states of the north-east. Tours (compulsory) last over an hour, departing on the half-hour. For an extra Rs. 50, a video explains the Nongkrem festival or you could choose from various film alternatives.
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Ginger Restaurant
Sink into cream-leather seating and enjoy a break from Indian fare with pasta, crepes, cannelloni, stroganoff or just a fruit sundae at Ginger Restaurant. Attached is the futuristic, metal-panelled bar Platinum, and a faux– British pub. PS: Early closing is a government restriction.
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All Saints’ Cathedral
The 1902 All Saints’ Cathedral would look perfect pictured on a biscuit tin. Located nearby, the turreted Das-Roy House (closed to the public) lurks behind a traffic circle that harbours five forgotten Khasi monoliths as well as a mini Soviet-style globe monument.
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Ward’s Lake
Colonial-era Shillong was planned around the ever-attractive Ward’s Lake with its pretty ornamental bridge. The city’s half-timbered architecture has been rather swamped by lots of drab Indian concrete, but areas such as Oakland retain many older houses and even in the centre a few gems remain.
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City Hut Dhaba
Tucked behind Earle Holiday Home, modestly priced City Hut serves a variety of Indian, Chinese, barbecue and ice creams in four different eating rooms, including a family-only room and an attractive, flower-decked straw pavilion.
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La Galerie
A suave restaurant compartmentalised into booths by photographs of local scenes offering excellent Indian food. Booking is advisable. Cloud 9 is the top-floor bar-restaurant serving dainty Thai dishes, cold beers and cocktails.
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Iew Duh
This vast market is one of the most animated in the north-east. Thousands of Khasi tribes-people flock in from their villages, selling everything from tribal baskets to fish traps and edible frogs.
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Wankhar Entomology Museum
The memorably named Wankhar Entomology Museum is a remarkable one-room display of pinned butterflies, gruesome rhinoceros beetles and incredible stick-insects in the home of the original collector.
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Delhi Mistan Bhandar
Delhi Mistan Bhandar is a popular sit-down sweet shop with lassis, snacks and gorgeous gulab jamun (deep-fried balls of dough soaked in rose-flavoured syrup).
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National Book Agency
Stocks Lonely Planet guides, Indian and English-language fiction.
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Cultural Pursuits Adventures
Experienced agency for caving, trekking, village stays and off-the-beaten-track stuff.
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