Gangotri to Gomukh the source of the Ganges

Our second experience of trekking was brilliant, the guide book stated it was a easy trek, no steep climbs very obvious path and lots of people to say hi to on the way. We started the trek a bit late avoiding sleeping at Gangotri, this meant that we didn't really have enough time to acclimatize as Uttarkashi was only 1150m

above sea level and the start of the trek is around 3000m. However in a way this really work to our advantage as we slept in a tea hut which is meant for a lunch break. The guys running the place were very friendly, gave us food and a bed. Jerry and I got really excited when we saw some ibex high on the opposite slope. Jerry grabbed his camera and we both went running after them to get a better view and pictures. We are all really glad we stayed and didn't struggle with our heavy bags to the next place as the views of the mountains were amazing and we felt like we had the place to ourselves

We were promptly woken the next morning by some early morning hikers after some breakfast. Still in his sleeping bag with one eye open Jerry was bombarded with "which country are you from?, do you watch cricket?" kind of questions. We reached the next place to have some lunch and drop off our bags so we could go and see the glacier where the Ganges flows from. It's really exciting, every 15 minutes or some a chunk of ice or rock falls from the glacier, and when a big rock falls it makes a booming sound. Mayu was very excited when we met our first Japanese travelers, Ittoku from the north and Moi from the south. We spent the night with them at the ashram at Bhojwasa, Ittoku being a great entertainer and never short of charas.

                                             

The following morning we all went back to Gangotri and on to Ganganani hot springs where we met another Baba (guys in the orange get up) who had somehow met this Ukrainian fellow and had been travelling on the back on his motorbike for the last two weeks. Again, as most Babas, never in a short supply of charas.