A surprise trip to Harsil

 

Harsil is known for its apples, and Gangotri is known for Char Dham pliligrimage,yet the apple trail was surprisingly busy with with piligrim buses and minibuses, during what was known as off season in November,vs the usual rush in April to June and august.

 

This time baba’s favourite zen,was in the garage,and we took a rented car from zoom,quite a new experience

So  after a long time,me maa and baba were on our own truly enjoyable mountain ride.

Also we intended to visit gartangali,a very famous wooden bridge, built by the pathans,150 years back, then it was built to connect the old trade route to Tibet,which went via nelong valley.

But, unfortunately we couldn’t enter, due to unforeseen weather conditions due to which the trail was closed. Anyway here God not Google maps reigns supreme!

We also spent some time at gangotri , the shrine the bazaar and also its quiet peaceful parts, a stark contrast to the busy market

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Back in harsil, we had a good cozy time in the apple orchards,also as it was directly owned and in  the backside of the homestay in which we were living

I spending time on my favourite hobby of patting a calf.

Ultimately on the way back home, we found several shivlings made by people,near a shiv temple.It’s said to be asuipcious and fulfliing for those who wish to build their own house.