Walk to Almora

This weekend as a procrastination tool, I walked to Almora, the town beneath the stretch of the Garhwal Himalaya that we have a view of from Sonapani. It's great, there is actually a trail that goes all the way from the train station down Kathogadam to Almora. It passes nearby Sonapani and we were easily able to find it and verify our destination with people we saw along the trail. "Namaste, Almora? Dhanyavad." Moving slowly and taking breaks, Brittany and I covered the 15km in just under 4 hours. It was such a beautiful walk! We crossed a bridge over the Kosi River, which had huge rocks that made me wish it was summer and I could hang out on by the river. We walked through forest, and had a drastic change of landscape to plain grassy fields, and different types of vegetation and even cacti! We were also invited in for chai by some locals in a small village just before Almora. It was a There was a conference going on so the directors of our program were in town and I was able to catch a ride back in the evening. While in town I did manage to get some momos and naan, and a scarf!

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