September 12th The next morning I had gotten 2 solid hours of sleep and had drank 8 liters of water over the night. The bright side is that I actually got rid of my sore throat and ear ache so I guess I was ready for another gruelling and rainy day of hiking.I'm with Gaurav again today, leading the pack and walking /through/ waterfalls and landslides till we reach our second bridge over the Pindari leading us to Dwali. As we waited for Gaurav to get his things si...

September 8th We started early for our long and enduring hike to Dhakuri. Luckily the hike was pretty gradual and the rain wasn't too bad, though we were going uphill for 6 solid hours. At the top we reached a temple but it was too far to visit and we were all so tired that we just wanted to make it to our destination. We waited at the top for the last 2 in our hiking team so I took off my pack; what surprised me was that I was the only one to do so! One of...

September 5th We ended up in Ranikhet and settled in to the Royal Mountain Lodge. Here, we got our last cooked dinner, bed, and use of toilet paper... We spent the entire day resting and enjoying the food at the hotel, overall it was pretty chill. September 6th We watched the sunrise over the mountains and ate some more incredible indian food. We got the rest of our equipment and divided into our tent groups, then spent the last part of our day in town. The orig...

September 5th We ended up in Ranikhet and settled in to the Royal Mountain Lodge. Here, we got our last cooked dinner, bed, and use of toilet paper... We spent the entire day resting and enjoying the food at the hotel, overall it was pretty chill. September 6th We watched the sunrise over the mountains and ate some more incredible indian food. We got the rest of our equipment and divided into our tent groups, then spent the last part of our day in town. The orig...

I realised the other day that my journal entries from the course could be a bit more descriptive of our daily activities and the journal has an interesting flow/structure so this is my attempt to make it more organized and also more comprehensive... Our journey to India has, indeed, come a long way from making that rushed decision last August and that was about the time I created this blog; it's amazing that Alaska is still in the mix, even though it's been...