Travelogue of Uttarakhand, 31st May 2103



31st May 2013.
So our journey was to start in right earnest today. Mr Manjit Singh came to pick us up in his Alto at 5.30. He was a bit late as we had got up at 4.30am and were ready by 5am. After cramming or luggage of 4 Rucksack’s in the car, we sat in the car. My friend had come to say bye and safe journey and we also said bye to him. And we were on our way. Our driver took us from Dehradun, and further from Mussoorie. Both the towns were silent as it was early morning. We saw Kempy falls, took some pics. We halted our car for a breakfast as some road side dhaba. Food was good. We had our full and proceeded further. We had reached Barkot by 12 noon. We had our lunch in a GMVN facility. The food was cooked to our liking. After having food we were in tha car again and on the way to Yamunotri. We reached Janaki Chatti by 3.30pm. We decided to stay back in Janaki Chatti and go to the Yamunotri trek in the morning. After seeing many facilities and there charges, we settled for Shri Hanuman Trust Ashram. The rooms were decent and the fare was not very high. They charged us Rs 600 for a 3 bed room. We roamed around Janaki Chatti, had our dinner at 7pm and were in our bed at 8pm.
On the outskirts of Rishikesh

On the way

Near Kempy Falls

Kempy Falls

Loose sand hills

Yamuna

Yamuna from our car

Nearing Barkot

At Barkot

A tree with wonderful purple flowers

Nearing Janaki Chatti

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