Second day of the Gosykunda Lake Trek
On the second day of the trek, we made our way up the last three and a half to four hours of the elevating trailhead. We ran into two or three returning hikers. And saw the two hikers we had met in the teahouses on the first day as they made their way up the step. It was a cold morning for me. I woke up at 5am to use the restroom and was stunned by the stars. I ended up laying down on the benches, bundled up and under dressed, however, was treated to a breath-taking spectacle of shooting stars and bright constellations that seemed to be blown up and close enough to touch. They twinkled in the dark morning sky, and as I saw the tinge of morning light over the mountains in the east. I went back inside to curl up under the nearly usel...