Nine hours before I set for this trip, Phejin contacts me. This must be my lucky week I think.

 

Phejin is from the Konyak Tribe. The tribe is famous for its tattoos. I had pinged her long back asking her if we could stay with the tribe and learn about their culture, before it is wiped off the face of this earth. I didn't get any reply. I gave up on the idea of Nagaland later. With the political tension I didn't want to risk checking out war cemetries in Kohima.

 

But after speaking to Phejin for about 20 minutes, I have decided I will take the risk of going to Nagaland. I won't be checking other parts of Nagaland though.

 

Now I have to figure out how to fit this into the itinerary. I am not sure Arpit will travel with me to Nagaland. So That means, we will have to split up and then join again.

 

Guwahati (1 day) -> Shillong (1 day) -> Tripura (3 days) -> Mizoram (3 days) -> Meghalaya (31, 1) -> Assam (transit) -> Nagaland (2,3) -> Assam (4).

 

But that will be cutting it too close. I have to drop a day in one of the states. Man everything is so messed up because of the Manipur-Nagaland border tension.