24th August, 2010: 4:00PM
We got off at Sangamchatti. After an failed attempt to buy kerosene, our guide decided to buy it from or loan it from his village. We started our trek while the rain gods dint have no mercy on us!!! After an initial steep climb, the trek got relatively gentler once we started approaching Agoda. We soon started realizing that our bags were over loaded. You see we were carrying luggage for Kedartal and doing Dodital trek. It was not an option either to leave some luggage back at Uttarkashi because we were not going to come back there. Loaded with heavy bags, we reached at Agoda at about 6:15PM. Our guide offered us, either to stay at Agora or head ahead to a small village 2km from Agoda named Bebra. But then he warned us that the whole place is full of leeches, and they would trouble us all night. Us gents, were all tired of day long travel and 6km of walking with heavy luggage. We decided STAY.
After changing our drenched clothes we sat with the cup of garam chai. The sky had opened up a bit, sun was shining a bit and the rainbow too appeared a little bit. Quickly all our cameras were out and click click went all of them. We had a nice dinner cooked by Mr.Jai and Co. and the skies kept on clearing. Out came the round and white... very bright moon!! Soon we all headed for our goodnight sleep. Chatting before sleep, we though over of our luggage. We came to a decision that we will not cross over from Dharwa Top and come back the same way, hence we could leave some of our luggage at Jai Bhai’s place. All agreed, we went of the sleep and snored off the night until the morning.
We got off at Sangamchatti. After an failed attempt to buy kerosene, our guide decided to buy it from or loan it from his village. We started our trek while the rain gods dint have no mercy on us!!! After an initial steep climb, the trek got relatively gentler once we started approaching Agoda. We soon started realizing that our bags were over loaded. You see we were carrying luggage for Kedartal and doing Dodital trek. It was not an option either to leave some luggage back at Uttarkashi because we were not going to come back there. Loaded with heavy bags, we reached at Agoda at about 6:15PM. Our guide offered us, either to stay at Agora or head ahead to a small village 2km from Agoda named Bebra. But then he warned us that the whole place is full of leeches, and they would trouble us all night. Us gents, were all tired of day long travel and 6km of walking with heavy luggage. We decided STAY.
After changing our drenched clothes we sat with the cup of garam chai. The sky had opened up a bit, sun was shining a bit and the rainbow too appeared a little bit. Quickly all our cameras were out and click click went all of them. We had a nice dinner cooked by Mr.Jai and Co. and the skies kept on clearing. Out came the round and white... very bright moon!! Soon we all headed for our goodnight sleep. Chatting before sleep, we though over of our luggage. We came to a decision that we will not cross over from Dharwa Top and come back the same way, hence we could leave some of our luggage at Jai Bhai’s place. All agreed, we went of the sleep and snored off the night until the morning.
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