Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached

On 14th April, 2009 we left the guest house at Harsil and came on the Harsil-Gangotri route waiting for a lift. The weather was very pleasant even in the sun. A small rivulet flowing across the road coming from a icy pick mountain close by. We physically went into the water flow and played for a while reenjoying our childhood days. After some time we found a tempo going to Gangotri with some goods and it stopped on seeing our raised hands. The driver agreed to drop us at Gangotri in exchange of Rs. 100. It was a good offer and immediately we boarded the tempo and our journey to Gangotri reached the final stage.We reached Gangotri around 1.30 p.m. We proceded towards Gangotri temple to find a place to stay as whole area was deserted except a few police manning the area. We had to show our ID's before they allowed us to enter the temple area. The temple was being painted and a supervising priest was present. He directed us to Dharmasala where we could be put up for two nights.