6 days of winter in Himalayas - Solo 2015 - Part 2 - Rishikesh to Gopeshwar

Part 1 The beginning
Part 3 In the land of Badri Vishal 
Part 4 Skiing at Auli
Part 5 Trek to Deoria Tal
Part 6 Beatles ashram and 3 sanyasis

      Today's stop was Gopeshwar  220km from Hrishikesh. Luggage loaded and geared up, left the place. Went back to Hrishikesh petrol pump and filled the tank. This was the first time I was riding in Himalayas, so I decided to ride first 25-30 kilometers to get used to the road and bike. Morning was chilled but roads were good. 

Near Byassi

Rishikesh - Ganga flowing down the mountain

Rishikesh - Night camping tents on the shore of Ganga

25 rupees Kadhi Chawal:

      Roads turned worst after Devprayag and continued till Srinagar. It was 13:30 and I was hungry. I was looking for some small dhaba. Found one just before the Srinagar town starts on the right hand side of the road.

     Kadhi chawal was ready. Every bit was delicious and quantity was much more than what we get in metros. In the 15 minutes discussion he shared how difficult it is to fetch good dahi from near by and other materials.To my surprise he said 'matra pachhis rupye sir'. I was surprised. I gave him 40 rupees but he was reluctant to accept. I was not going to take it back either.

 Dhaba where I had my lunch

Journey through the Prayag's:

Resuming the journey, I rode through the towns of Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Karnaprayag and Nandprayag. These are whole lot of awesome places. From Rudraprayag straight road goes to Badrinath and left one goes to Kedarnath. At Rudraprayag, Alaknanda from Badrinath and Mandakini from Kedarnath merges to become Bhagirathi. 

Devprayag sangam

Roads are pretty good after Srinagar right upto Joshimath with few bad patches in between. Any how riding in the mountains is fun. Throughout the route I was accompanied by gushing river down the road and green pointed leaf trees on both the sides.

 Enroute Chamoli

 Pine tree leaf - Enroute Chamoli

 

Enroute Chamoli

 

 

 Landslide hot zone enroute Chamoli

 River Alaknanda

Himalayan sunrise

 Just before the town of Chamoli a right turn down the road goes to Gopeshwar. Gopeshwar 10km from highway, is a scenic and quite hill town with beautiful people around. It was around 18:00 hours when I reached Gopeshwar GMVN. The GMVN rest house is right in the main market opposite to bus depo.

Unloaded my luggage and went inside the office. I was surprised they knew I was Niraj Yadav and they were expecting me by 18:00. Good. I had a booking in Dormitory. It was on the second floor. Resthouse was clean and tidy. Dormitory beds and covers were clean too. Washroom was functional. What else do you want in Rs.110 !!

Started the geyser and took a nice warm water bath. I was the only occupant in the 10 bed dormitory. Order a thali in the GMVN restaurant but it was not that good.

Planned things for tomorrow and went to sleep.

Part 1 The beginning
Part 3 In the land of Badri Vishal 
Part 4 Skiing at Auli
Part 5 Trek to Deoria Tal
Part 6 Beatles ashram and 3 sanyasis

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