Dag 15 Guwahati til Kohima, køretid 9 timer afstand 350 km

I dag var en rigtig lang dag. Vi kørte fra Guwahati kl 9 og var først fremme i Kohima i Nagaland kl 18.15. De første 150 km kørte vi på en god 4 sporet hovedvej. Dog var der samme problem som tidligere, at der var køer, geder og cyklister og biler der kørte i den forkerte retning.

                                        Cows and goat on the road - Køer og geder på vejen

Efter de første 150 km kom vi så ind på en mindre vej, som var i meget dårlig stand, med store huller i vejen. Vi så rigtig mange militær køretøjer og soldater på turen. Nagaland er et område hvor der har været mange uroligheder, og indtil for få år siden skulle man have tilladelse til at komme her. Vi stoppede i Dimapur og spiste frokost og derfra var der 75 km’s bjergkørsel til Kohima. Selvom det var en lang tur i dag, var det alligevel en rigtig flot tur, hele turen var der rigtig frodigt, med rismarker og udsigt til bjergene.

                                             Ready to leave Guwahati - Klar til afgang

30.5. Distance 352 km, driving time 9 hours

We left Guwahati at 9 am, and reached Kohima in Nagaland at 6.15 pm.

Today was a long, long but beautiful drive. The first part of app. 150 km was on a 4 lane highway, but again speed eluded us, as we could not average more than 40 km /hour. Everybody uses the 4 lanes as a 2 way highway, to top it all it seems like everybody owns a least 5 cows and 10 goats each.

                                      Car in the wrong lane - Bil på den forkerte side af vejen

The landscape we passed through seemed to be very fertile and again reminded me of our Malnad area.

                                                 Lush green area - Frodig område

We soon got into a single lane highway and this was full of potholes, so bad, that we were driving most of the time on the wrong side like everybody else. It was very difficult to overtake slow moving traffic, as we were not sure if we would fall into a massive pothole again. We soon reached the last stretch, which is about 75 km. We went from an altitude of 118 m to 1200 m. This drive was very scenic and beautiful, it is amazing the views we saw, even though we did not have much time, to stop and admire, as we were on a mission to reach Kohima before dark. “Yes” we just did that and checked into our hotel.