Bird’s eye view: Today we had a 100 km drive to Kapkot. Now, the discerning gent, quick off the starting block, might ask: “Why Kapkot?”. The answer is rather complicated, and I am sorely tempted to retort: “Why not?” and switch off the main server. But let me make an attempt to share the workings of my Machiavellian mind. Our ultimate short term goal is Binsar. But driving from Munsiyari to Binsar would take us around seven hours, and leave me a nervous wreck, tearing my vestigial hairs. So I examined the route to Binsar that Google maps suggested (usually the shortest route) and picked a town roughly half-way there, and Kapkot drew the short straw. The more popular route to Binsar is via Thal (that too would have been 7-8 hours), but this is what we chose as a route and stop. Knowledgeable folks at Munsiyari (read KMVN sous chef ) confirmed that ‘via Kapkot’ is the more scenic route to Binsar, though the road has a single-track mind. Pretty and dangerous, just ...