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The Pushpavati - milky with silt.
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Signs of life
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Pray tell me, what brings you here?
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This waterfall was so fine that its spray would be blown away by the breeze.
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Phulna, true to its name, is the first inhabited village on the trail from Govind Ghat
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The Hemganga, which flows down from Hemkunt Sahib, absorbs the Pushpavati that rises in the Valley of Flowers, and carries on to meet the Alaknanda (which rises near Badrinath) downstream at Govind Ghat.
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In this neck of the woods, the dear departed monsoon still made its presence felt.
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Memorise this - you need two weeks to do the whole routine if you're fit and able.
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The rocks were so white that my eyes hurt
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The Pushpavati -- at kissing distance -- is a foaming torrent
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Dawn
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Knotweed
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Bracket fungi forming discs on tree bark.
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The helipad near Ghangharia
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Glissading down that snowcliff remained a dream...
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A temple in a village
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A feeder stream from an adjacent valley joins the Hemganga at a turbulent confluence.
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Near Govind Ghat, the weather is warmer. And the sun tempts some young people to come out and play.
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There she flows -- one of the cleanest rivers in this part of the Himalayas.
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White-capped Water Redstart
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This is the place in my mind I retreat to when I want to get away from the world. My happy place.
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Left turn to Ghangharia up ahead.
