Birds eye view: We were shifted from the Karnaprayag-Joshimath-Badrinath road system to the Rudraprayag-Sonprayag-Kedarnath road system, though we would not be going to Kedarnath. Confusing? Well, in the 120 km drive today, we retraced our steps from Joshimath to Chamoli (remember the Nandaprayag-Chamoli bad drive?), then turned right (westward) towards Gopeshwar, Mondol, Tunganath, Chopta, then finally our homestay in Sari - all places in the picturesque Chopta Valley. To continue the lecture in Geography, the same road continues to Ukhimat, a junction, from which Sonprayag runs roughly north, and Rudraprayag runs south. When we leave Chopta valley, we will be going to Rudraprayag. Here’s a rough map. We left Joshimath at 8.15 am and reached Sari at 2.30 pm, a bit longer than we anticipated, due to touristy stops, landslides and bad weather. Overall a strenuous and adventurous drive through total mountain terrain. Leaving Joshimath (8.15 am): We anticipated a ...