7th June 2013. Kedarnath to Gaurikund and Sonprayag




We got a little late by 7am and were ready to depart to Gaurikund. We started our descend at 8.30am and the journey down was uneventful. We reached Gaurikund by 1pm. We had the entire half day and we decided that we should start our onward journey. So we had our lunch picked our bag and thought that if we can reach till Gopeshwar it will be nice. There was lots and lots of rush and not a single vehicle was empty. We somehow crammed ourselves in a bus which was heading for parking at Sitapur and got down at Sonprayag. We waited and waited that we would get some transport to go beyong but to no avail. It was almost 5pm and was starting to get dark. After looking at the distress situation I called Mr Ashish at book the bus  ticket from Kedarnath to Badrinath for all of us. He was fortunately still at Kedarnath and was courteous enough to book the ticket. We took a vehicle heading to Gaurikund and after getting down there headed to the bus booking place. Our tickets were booked. We checked in again at Baba Kalikamaliwala Ashram. After changing we were again in the hot water fountain. It was bliss. We had our dinner and retired for the day.

Samadhi of Shankaracharya

Kids at Sonprayag which lies at the confluence of river Basuki and Mandakini.



River Mandakini just opp the Baba Kalikamaliwala Ashram

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