Day 1: Kathgodam to Birthi. This is how it all began. Rajesh and six of his colleagues were to attend another colleague, Manish’s wedding in Dharchula. It was to be a touch and go trip, as the travel time involved was a lot and these guys had only a day’s leave clubbed with a weekend… no boss would allow six of his men to go on leave simultaneously to attend the wedding of a seventh! Despite vociferous opposition from Rajesh’s friends, I wheedled my way into this all-male party as the opportunity to visit the border town of Dharchula was too good to resist. We left Dehradun by the Kathgodam Express on the night of 17th February 2011 and reached Kathgodam early next morning. Getting off at the picturesque and well maintained railhead put us in
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