AFTER STAYING IN THE DAYRA RESORT, BARSU VILLAGE FOR THREE DAYS, I LEFT FOR YAMUNOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT AT BADKOT, TOOK A ROOM IN RIGVEDA RESORT, STAYED THERE FOR THREE DAYS, RELAXED FOR THE FIRST DAY, WENT TO AN EX ECO PARK THE NEXT DAY WHERE I TOOK BATH IN A WATERFALL, THE THIRD DAY TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE NAND GAON AND SOMETHING SOMETHING.

FOURTH DAY I HEADED FOR YAMUNOTRI, WHILE REACHING THER I SAW BEAUTIFULL WATERFALLS AND BURANSH TREE FORESTS . THE YAMUNOTRI HIMALAYAS ARE LESS CROWDED AND NEITHER MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE NOR PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE DO MUCH INVERSTMENT THERE.

AFTER REACHING YAMUNOTRI, I DIDNOT RELAXED AND TOOK A MULE RIDE TO THE YAMUNOTRI TEMPLE, MULES BEING THE ONLY VEHICLE PRESENT THERE.

SINCE IT WAS AN OFF SEASON, I WAS THE ONLY PERSON GOING THERE, THE TEMPLE WAS NOT CLOSED UNLIKE GANGOTRI IN WHICH A CURTAIN WAS HANGED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN IDOL, SAW THE SURYA KUND FROM WHERE HOT SPRING WATER EMANATED. YAMUNOTRI BEING THE ONLY PLACE WHERE NEITHER I TOOK BATH IN THE GALCIAL WATERS OF YAMUNA NOR HAD A SWIM IN THE HOT WATER POOL NEAR THE SURYA KUND.

WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, RELAXED FOR AN HOUR, TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO THE NEARBY VILLAGE WHERE THERE WAS A HELIPAD, A TEMPLE ALSO KNOWN AS SOMESHWAR MAHADEV AND A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO SHANI MAHARAAJ. TOOK SOME JAGGERY WINE, WENT BACK TO THE ROOM, HAD THE WINE, HAD THE FOOD FROM THE DHABA BELOW AND SLEPT, THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO THE TEMPLE NEARBY WHICH COMES IN FUNCTION ONLY IN OFF SEASON, IT WAS CLOSED BECAUSE IT HAD AN OPENING – CLOSING TIME, AND I REACHED THERE BEYOND THEIR TIME.

LEFT YAMUNOTRI, IN THE WAY, I AGAIN TOOK A HALT IN BADKOT AND STAYED IN THE RIGVEDA RESORT FOR TWO DASY, RELAXED IN MY WAY,  AANDHI TOOFAAN ALSO ACCOMPANIED MY ENJOYEMENTT, COZ I LIKE BOTH OF THEM.

” I LIKE AANDHI, TOOFAN, THUNDER & LIGHTENING AND THE RAINS VERY VERY MUCH “

AFTER TWO DAYS I LEFT FOR DEHRADUN VIA VIKASNAGAR ROUTE, THE ROUTE IN WHICH AN ADAMKHOR TIGER KILLED A MAN A NIGHT BEFORE, I TOOK MY SMALL BUT DEADLY KNIFE WITH ME BUT TO MY ASTONISHMENT, THE ROUTE WAS FULL OF PEOPLE FROM DARKNESDD OF 4 AM TO THE TIME I DONT KNOW, DUE TO SOME EXAM OR SO, I SAW MANY PEOPLE WALKING ON THE ROUTE IN THE DARK TOO.