Keywords: outdoor The view from the open terrace of our hotel. Thanks to the creation of the Gangotri National Park, the march of ugly urbanization has been halted at Gangotri (abandoning the planned road all the way to Gaumukh, the snout of the Gangotri Glacier). The sharp contrast of human squalor and pristine wilderness is a stark reminder of the beauty that we are constantly destroying. The tallest of peaks visible is Mt. Sudarshan. The view from the open terrace of our hotel. Thanks to the creation of the Gangotri National Park, the march of ugly urbanization has been halted at Gangotri (abandoning the planned road all the way to Gaumukh, the snout of the Gangotri Glacier). The sharp contrast of human squalor and pristine wilderness is a stark reminder of the beauty that we are constantly destroying. The tallest of peaks visible is Mt. Sudarshan. |