Started the day by a short hike to the stone which demarcates the Indian – Burma border in both Hindi and Myanmar language. Got to know that there are still villages which lie in no man’s land – the Konyaks there are clothless and don’t belong to either side. A trek is there is almost impossible as only Konyaks are welcome.
Some stuff about the Konyaks -The Konyaks are known to be pretty creative – both in arts and crafts and weapons.. Indigenous guns are in plenty and its not uncommon to find the men carrying guns for hunting wild animals. Also the houses are adorned with bull heads along with a large single wood plank grain grinder. The cultivation is slash and burn – this time of the year looks a little bleak but March (the onset of Monsoons) is pretty lush.

One of the prettiest rides is to the far flung village of Longmein. We take a 2 hour drive to see the hundreds of human skulls, still in custody of the Angh, here. As a head hunting tribe, Longmein is one of the few villages that has preserved these as souvenirs from their forefathers. A little coaxing by our associate (Phejin – a Konyak herself and a travel buff), and they let us see the treasured wins. It also takes anywhere between Rs 350 – Rs 500 to get some close up pictures of the same. The village is pretty guarded about these and its imperative to go with a local, better if somebody knows them, in order to get a view.
Off to Shiyong village, where there is maximum cultivation of tea in Nagaland.