The day did not start off really well for me and Sham. Nor did the previous night. Sham sufferred a serious stomach upset during the night. She did not sleep most of the night! The next day, the first thing she did was to throw up:( !!!!A great start to our 5th marriage anniversary:)Thankfully, this was a rest day, giving us time to recuperate! There was not much that we did this day, apart from lounging in the serene surroundings of Chandertal. After breakfast, we relaxed in our tents playing 28, boys Vs the girls:) Around 12ish, we decided to go for a walk around the Chandertal lake. The lake looked beautiful against the backdrop of the snow-clad mountains and super-green pastures. The trek around the lake took us about 1.5 hours. Returning, we went straight into lunch. The rest of the afternoon was spent in playing 28, reading books and taking naps. One regret perhaps is not seeing Chandertal in its full glory. Its fabled blue crystal clear waters we never saw. What we saw instead was a green Chandertal, pretty beautiful actually for some parts of the day and otherwise just regular colourless water due to the heavy cloud cover.
Early evening, we went for another walk hoping to touch some dirty snow on one of the hills. After going some distance, we decided to turn back as the climb looked very uphill and in the mountains, distances can really fool you! We generally did some time-pass, creating small pillars of stones – the Buddhist way and taking pictures.
The evening was turning really beautiful, with the mountains looking gorgeous in the golden hues of the setting sun.
Dinner was served at 7 pm. It was getting cold and windy in Chandertal. Dinner done, we all retired for the night around 8 pm.
The next day was to start early, and it promised to be a long one …
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