Uttarakhand Sojourn : Walking in wilderness from Deoriatal to Chopta
It was day 3 of our trip and today we were walking from Deoriatal to Chopta, from one mountain to another passing through meadow of "Rohini Bugyal", passing through the dense forest laden with red and pink coloured Rhododendron trees.Our host family was up early in morning by 4am to ready our breakfast and making our packed lunch of Paratha. By 7am we were all set and ready for our 14 kms trek to Chopta, our guide from Sari village had reached previous night and was staying with our host family. It is advisable to start early at first sunlight as we later found that it is a long trail with lots of ascend and descend, also the rains with icy cold droplets can slow you down substantially. Bidding goodbye to our host we started our trek at 7.30am passing next to Deoria tal and the watch tower. The trail starts from behind the forest lodge passing through Rhododendron flowerbed and forest cover. The peaks of Chaukhamba and Kedar dome were peeping out of the clouds a