Maldives/India - Week of April 6, 2025
Greetings and salutations from Dimapur, Nagaland in northeastern India! Wonderful to have you return for another week of unexpected adventures, amazing people and aligning my expectations with reality! I was anticipating this week to a time of changing travel and accommodation expectations as I started my three weeks in Nagaland. I'm also cognizant of the gap between my intellectual awareness and on the ground experience. I'll need to quickly adjust my comfort zone to fully appreciate the people, the scenic beauty and opportunities my new surroundings offer me. All this to say is that I'm feeling vulnerable with/I need more experience with specific travel plans like negotiating taxi rides without feeling taken advantage of. As I've quickly discovered first-hand, transportation within and between communities is more about my personal resourcefulness in finding the appropriate bus or taxi service. Using online booking services, even for accommodations, became more challen...