Roads I Travelled

My bed was just next to this window and for five days i woke up with this view of an early morning sunrise and the dew covered window.I'm here in Nagaland where the Sun raises early when compared to the other parts of india and comes via Burma which is on the east of Nagaland and also is the border.Our homestay in Jakhama, over looking the Dzukou valley was just awesome. Dzukou valley as seen from our Homestay Read more about  Jakhama

When i first heard about Jakhama( Also written as Zakhama) where we planned to stay during hornbill festival, i went through goggling about this place trying to get more information.Most of the articles i read through mentioned about Naga hospitality.One article mentioned about Some German tourists, who came to attend the Hornbill Festival during 2011 and wanted to camp in the open terrace fields near Jakhama and they were some much enchanted by the lush green hills and forests surrounding Jakhama village that they wanted to brave the December chill and stay out in the open fields. They told the  village authorities that they do not need any help except a small hut where they can cook food.However the Nagas went out to extend Naga hospitality and assured the tourists of foolproof security. They said they would ensure that no untoward incident occurred during the tourists stay.One of the elders mentioned that “We want them to take home good memories of the Naga people”. Littl...

Travelling to kohima from dimapur is much better in taxis(You can get taxis outside dimapur railway station and make sure to book at the taxi counter, which reads "Nagaland taxi Association" who charge Rs 220/- per person.You can always book the whole taxi for yourself for Rs 880/-) and most of the taxi drivers speak English and Hindi.The road from dimapur to kohima had some bad stretches when we traveled. One can see lots of army personnel patrolling these roads.After reaching Kohima , we took another taxi to reach Network bus stop from where we can got shared taxi(Sumo) to Jakhama( Rs 40/- per person). Jakhama is 16Kms away from kohima and 5kms away from Kisama, which is the main venue for Hornbill Festival. We booked our accommodation at an home stay in Jakhama, Ono homestay.A decent big room with room heater and a common bath room with 24hrs hot water supply,this was more than what we imagined. Our stay at Ono Homestay for 7days was just fantastic. We got to t...