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RUDRAPRAYAG TO KEDARNATH, RUDRAPRAYAG TO JOSHIMATH
Day 5
Rudraprayag – Soneprayag – Gaurikund – Rudraprayag
12:45PM – 8:20PM
160kms
 This
stretch was a short trip of 160kms (both ways). We started at
around 12:30PM (a relaxed start) and went slowly towards Gaurikund.
Our lunch break was at Soneprayag and lunch itself was Omelets
and Bread. We reached Gaurikund at 4:45PM. I felt it to be a
very dirty place and wondered how it would be when yatra is
on. We waited for Jay (who had wandered away) till 6:00PM and
then left for Rudraprayag. The return leg was a very good ride
(fairly fast) in the mountains. We could see the moon peeping
out of the mountains, garland forest fires etc. We again dined
with the army, this time with Col. Pawan Kumar and three other
officers.
Day 6
Rudraprayag – Ukhimath – Chopta – Chamoli
- Pipalkoti – Joshimath
9:30AM – 5:40PM
170kms
 The plan
was basically to go up to Badrinath via Karnaprayag and reach
Joshimath. For this, we had to take the highway. Upon Col. Pawan
Kumar’s suggestion and by discussing among ourselves,
we decided to go through Chopta-Chamoli a supposedly beautiful
route. And was it beautiful! An absolutely fantastic route;
naturally pristine ‘out of this world’ scenery and
really 100 times worth the detour. “Stopping by the woods
on a snowy evening” was an apt refrain for our impromptu
halt at a place just before Chopta. We also had the childish
pleasure of riding through
snow at couple of places and it is here that Histu’s bike
had a small slip. The road from Chopta to
Chamoli winds through thick vegetation and thereafter becomes
a highway. On the highway stretch, owing to road-repair work,
at some places the road was horrible. We had our lunch at Pipalkoti,
and must say this was the fastest lunch served, so far. We also
had the fortune of witnessing Holi as it is played in Uttaranchal
as it was day before Holi. We were stopped at a lot of places
but fortunately not coloured!
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