Bird’s Eye View: As per Google maps, Karnaprayag to Joshimath is 80 km, and should take 2.5 hours. But frankly, I have never met the gmaps target time in the hills. My driving is always a couple of notches slower than the paharis . That said, we left at 8.30 am and reached at 1.30 pm, 5 hours total. We stopped at a scheduled stop, got diverted due to landslides, and chatted with some of the locals over tea. So, 5 hours was fine, what’s our hurry anyway? Roads were good, as long as it was NH7. Even then, we were diverted for 10-15 kms due to road closure on account of a landslide, and at many spots, we had to wait and be let through in single file where road clearing work was going on. Seems like yesterday’s cloudburst had done some damage. Weather was cloudy throughout, visibility good, and Ms Alaknanda our constant companion. Leaving Karnaprayag (8.30 am): There was nothing to hold us in Karnaprayag as such, since we had finished our local sightseeing yesterday...