19-01-2017, 0730 hours, Kaza, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India:

Looking out the window, I could understand what temperatures below -5 ºC could do. As the room was warmer than outside, water which had condensed on the window pane had turned into ice. The sky is blue today with some clouds, and that means it will be colder than the previous day. Eagerly waiting to get out of the room and head out. Till then lighting the gas heater to make the room warm enough to move around.

Water frozen to ice on the window pane; Photo: Abhinav Kaushal