Bird’s Eye View: Today is our rest day at Joshimath. That is to say, we aren’t going from A to B and staying there. That does not preclude travelling from A to B and returning to A. Which we did. Leaving Joshimath (9.00 am): Before these Cartesian cases confuse you, let me revert to our usual start to the blog, saying that the sky was overcast, but some of the peaks were visible. It had rained quite hard at night, and when we woke up, the sky was still leaking. I can use no other word because it was like one drop here, then another drop a foot closer, then somewhere else, like a cloud with a prostrate problem. It was 2-3 degrees colder than yesterday and we had to carefully consider our wardrobe before we stepped out to our destination for the day, which was Auli. We wrapped up, bolted our staple breakfast of alu partha and dahi , and started our day-outing. Reaching Auli (10.00 am): Auli is a hill station close to Joshimath, around...