So we woke up at the unusually early hour of 8 A.M and backpack slung over shoulders headed out to explore whatever lay beyond laxman jhula(about 4 KM from the city centre). At the outset we didn't really have a 'where and what' plan. The locals told us about the fall at garud chatti and that its 3 KM from where we started. On the way we encountered a few jeeps and bikes and after a couple of failed attempts to hitch a ride we quit trying. That light trek is one the best i'v had, mountain on one side the river on the other and the sun up above. Got a bottle of water from one of the tea stalls once we reached GC and started on the small but steep and a bit trecherous
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