Bird’s eye view: Today we drove around 115 kms, mostly northward, ending with an arc to the east, reaching Uttarkashi, hailed as the gateway to both the Gangotri as well as the Yamunotri. For our purposes, it was Gangotri who lay just one more step away. From Tehri, the road was mostly single lane for around 50 kms, when it joined NH34, a grand two lane business till Uttarkashi, after which it petered out and reverted to the old narrow single lane, bumpy and crowded. Our homestay was 10 kms beyond Uttarkashi. The Bhagirathi, whom we had stuck closely to throughout, gurgled close by. Weather was fair all through. Just five minutes before we reached the homestay, around 2.00 pm, hell broke loose and it began to rain felines and canines. Looks like it will continue today. Uttarkashi is at a height of 3,800 ft, and the temperature is a healthy 22 degC. This time we had decided to take a 5-min break every hour, since a 100 km drive in the hills could be as strenuous as a 400 km ...