Solo trip to Munsiyari

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Took a 25 hour bus ride from delhi to munsiyari.

Went through the narrow roads that lead to munsiyari

Reached munsiyari , took a room and set my camera for a timelapse while i went outside for a walk.

Then came back , had dinner and did a self photoshoot under so many stars

Then woke up next morning to see this majestic view of the panchachuli peaks.

Took another photo of me with the panchachuli peaks while i waited for the bus in which i was going to back about 10km back from munsiyari to reach balanti bend from where the trek of Khaliya top begins!

This view was amazing but had to leave and leave i did

Just as the bus dropped me at balanti bend , i met Ronak. He had also come solo from banagalore but he was actually travelling in uttarakhand since january while working.

Started the trek with him through the dense jungle and found patches of snow on the way

Lots and lots of buransh trees (total 8 species in that jungle) all around the jungle made it a colorful bliss

And the more we climbed , more the views became open and majestic

Beautiful jungle on the way to khaliya top with the dark blues of the clear skies of munsiyari

And the view kept getting bigger and wider. Found a lot more snow than expected although i was told that there wouldn't be much because it hadn't snowed properly this year.

The birds just chilling around while chirping

Wide open area filled with snow. We were the only two people that day there.

More we climbed , more the way became steep and dangerous and the views better.

It had started to snow and we were supposed to go around this mountain but we just straight up climbed it and hence it seemed too dangerous. I was told that there wouldn't be much snow or snowfall and that's why i didn't keep my snowproof jacket with me. Surprisingly it started snowing and i was concerned that i was going to get wet , my feet were already numb and it was very cold there so i started coming down.