We caught the train to Dimapur and enjoyed the trip. I was impressed with the neatness and dignity of the chai walla and bought a cup from him. the landscape from the train was interesting, initially flat country from the Brahmaputra, then climbing a bit to Dimapur, where we were met by our cars and drove on to Kohima.
the road was once again rough and narrow with landslips. On the way we stopped for fresh pineapples and also to look at produce stalls along the road.
Kohima is the capital of Nagaland and runs along the top of ridges, while the airport and railway are at Dimapur.
We got to our hotel and Denise and I were shown a room with a double bed and an unmade bench but Alister quickly got us another carpeted twin room which was quite good compared with the tiled one Dick and Neil got adjacent to the front lobby.
In the evening Liz and Mike hosted a birthday party in their room for Dick. I wrapped his new Modhi jacket as a gift. Alister had bought him a bottle of red wine.
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