12. November 2025 Nagas are not Indians. Their land is not part of India. That’s what is written on this memorial stone on the way to Khonoma. It was said by the first president of the Federal Government of Nagaland in the 1950s — by which time Nagaland already belonged to India.   Next to … Continue reading Nagaland: Khonoma – War, Conservation and Koka → Read more

10. + 11. November 2025     II’m already writing a bit here about the Hornbill Festival. It takes place every year from December 1–10, and has been held since 2000. That means last year was its 25th anniversary. I still have no real idea whether the Nagas themselves think it’s absolutely fantastic on its … Continue reading Nagaland: Kisoma + Kohima: PAPperlaPAPp → Read more

11. November 2025     In the morning, I set off with my driver Abul to Kigwema, a village of about 7,000 people, where a village guide recommended by Pauls was waiting for me. The village isn’t very far, but the traffic in Kohima is unfortunately full of jams.   A local village always has … Continue reading Nagaland: Kigwema – Potatoes and Pumpkin make nice Skin → Read more

8. + 9. November 2025     In my last blog post, I felt like something was missing — and then I realized there were still some photos from Wokha! So here’s a little add-on. There were plenty of food stalls, but Nagaland’s cuisine is, unfortunately, quite heavy on meat. In these greens things there … Continue reading Nagaland: Kohima – The dog: pet or meal? → Read more

7. November 2025     The view from my bed that morning already looked very promising! I had wanted so much to be in Nagaland on November 7th because that’s when the Tokhu Emong Festival takes place in Wokha, a kind of harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha people, who mainly live in the Wokha … Continue reading Nagaland: Kohima + Wokha – Eggwinning in the mud → Read more

6. November 2025     I barely slept that night and got up very early to head to the airport. I passed the long waiting time there with a strange sort of breakfast: an overpriced coffee and a slice of cake. Somehow, that has become my little ritual whenever I have to be at Delhi … Continue reading Delhi -> Kohima/Nagaland – PAP hoi hoi → Read more

5. November 2025     One day before my departure, I got really nervous. It was about the PAP — the Protected Area Permit for Nagaland. The information online first suggested that you don’t need one — and the websites presenting this looked quite trustworthy.       But my local contact was certain that … Continue reading Nagaland – The PAP-Drama → Read more

3. November 2025     My head is full of information and buzzing!   I’m traveling for five weeks to a region of India I’ve never been to before. Usually, you can easily distinguish India’s regions by their individual states and talk about each of them separately — they’re mostly quite distinct units. Not so … Continue reading Northeast India – before the trip → Read more

24. September 2025     5 hut-to-hut-trips in the Alps 2 alone, 3 with friends 3 in Austria, 1 in France, 1 in Slovenia several altitude meters and kilometer 2-bed-rooms and many dormitoriy-beds crisp bread, delicatesspaste, salted nuts, müsli and nescafé 4 Tours with changes, 1 Tour without 3 days with rain 2 lost caps … Continue reading Hiking Summer 2025 – After the Trips → Read more

15. September 2025     8,3 km 0 m up 1.370 m down 3:45 hrs.   The first time I was actually faster than Mapy! How could that be??? But first things first: First waking up and looking outside: fog. Breakfast outdoors: fog. Almost done with breakfast: movement in the fog. And – hooray — then … Continue reading Sillianer Hütte -> Sillian train station – the Knees are singing a Song to the Tighs → Read more