When I packed my sleeping bag that early morning before sunrise for this longjourney, I placed a white (khatak) scarf at the altar of His Holiness and said Ihave decided, whatever happens, I will make my way through. Walking for almost70 days with 300 people covering more than 900 kilometers through Himachal,Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, we reached Almora town yesterday in the Kumaonmountains in Uttrakhand. From here, Tibet is not very far.