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54. the road to Longwa

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Although distances aren’t very large, between towns in Nagaland, the quality and the design – winding up and down mountain slopes – of the roads is such that driving takes a long time. From Mokokchung to Longwa is less than 200 km; yet, it takes us a full day. But, as almost every day, we [...]
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53. Mokokchung and the Ao villages (2)

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Mopungchuket There are a few villages left, still. One is Mopungchuket, a village like all others, except that it has the name to be somewhat of a tourist attraction. Not that there are any tourists at all, no, no, but the village has a museum! With a ticket booth. Not that there is anybody to [...]
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52. Mokokchung and the Ao villages

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The centre of Mokokchung is rather underwhelming, a few streets with shops, the occasional restaurants, and a church or two – this is Baptist territory, no competition. There is the meat market, the football stadium, and even a real piece of modern art, a sculpture made of used car parts. And it has the Whispering [...]
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51. to Mokokchung

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We drive from Kohima to Mokokchung on a Sunday. Yesterday’s busy commercial centre is now abandoned, all the shops are closed, and the only people on the road are those who, well-dressed, make their way to church. Outside town, in the villages we pass, it is the same: everything closed, and now not a soul [...]
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50. around Kohima (2)

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Pfutsero We reach as far as Pfutsero, a town some 80 km from Kohima, and allegedly the highest and the coldest town in Nagaland, at some 2100 m (I presume there are villages higher than that). Which is a bit of a disappointment, because you come to Pfutsero because of the expansive views over the [...]
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Zakhama village

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I also added some extra photo’s for Zakhama village (sometimes called Jakhama), another Angami tribe villages outside Kohima. There are no traditional houses with machete-like totems on the roof, like in Kigwema, but the people are equally friendly. What is special about Jaghama is the widespread decoration with flowers, everywhere in the village, in the [...]
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Kigwema village

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Just because it is such a wonderful place, I have added a few more photo’s of Kigwema village, one of the Angami tribe villages surrounding Kohima. What is so special here, in addition to the many wonderful people who happily go about their business of gathering wood, is the collection of traditional houses. There are [...]
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49. around Kohima

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Kohima is located on a couple of hillsides. As soon as you leave the city, you are confronted with the rice paddies and vegetable terraces that surround the town, a fabulous sight. Every river valley is built up from below, up the slope, with terrace after terrace, interspersed with little huts for shelter, or for [...]
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The Kohima central market

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Just because markets are fun, and Kohima’s market is populated by fun people, who are incredibly nice and friendly, patiently explaining the various goods for sale – many of which I haven’t seen before. A few more pictures, of the odd products, the colourful stalls, and the atmosphere.
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48. Kohima

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As soon as we leave the plains of Assam and enter the mountains to the south, we know we are in Nagaland. We are supposed to show our permits again – for Nagaland we need an Inner Line Permit, an ILP, much easier to obtain that the PAP for Arunachal Pradesh. But there is no [...]
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