Travel diaries

Educational tour

DAY 1 (Kathmandu To Sauraha)

On first day our destination was Sauraha. We reached Naag Dhunga at 6:50 am. All the students were sleeping in the bus . The scenary around was not so visible due to a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmospher. It was really very cold at that time. At 7:15 we pass through Naubise to  Malekhu. We had our breakfast around 8:30. We were provided doughnuts  along with egg on the bus . We all were enjoying the bus ride. Some of them were singing and  some were dancing in the bus. We took a small  refreshment  in Dhading.

At 10:50 we reached Muglin. After that we enter to  Chitwan. It was really a beautiful place. I was suprised by seeing the yellow mustard flower. Around 11:45 we reached Ramnagar and we had our meal. After that we directly moved toward our resort. We reached resort at 1:15 pm.The resort was near to the bank of the beautiful Narayani river. Then we immediately went for the ride of Chitwan National Park the most enthusiastic Jeep Safari. It was almost  tokk 2 hour ride. Then we went back to the resort and again left for the museum and elephant breeding center.We observed the things kept in the museum which was very attracting and interesting. But we were massively starving. Then we return  back to the resort and had the most delicious lunch. Maybe it was also the hunger that made it more tasty. We had it watching the beautiful sunset on the bank of the river.


DAY 2 (Sauraha To Ghandruk)

As planned, we moved from the resort at 6:10 am after having morning tea.  we moved towards from Sauraha to pokhara.  we woke up early in the morning, we all slept in the bus . By 8: 10 am. we entered the Gandaki Province. We had our breakfast on  the bus . All of us again slept in the bus. We entered Pokhara by 11:05 a.m. It was almost same as  like Kathmandu. We had our morning meal by 11:50 a.m. at the Ivy Inn Hotel. The meal was really good. We rest for around half an hour after having meal.

Then, we left form pokhara  to Ghandruk by 12:25 pm. We all enjoyed the bus ride with the songs played and dance. We reached Naudanda by 1:50 pm. The road was not good as well . But, the scenery just suprised me a lot.I was just suprised looking that scenery. We saw many people paragliding at the top of the hill. By 2:50 we reached the Birethanti Pul following the Nayapul at 2:40 pm. We reached the Kimche Bus Station with lots of problems  facing in the off road hill.

We were  able to see the snow-capped hills and Mt. Machhapuchhre lying in the Annapurna Range. We had our lunch just noodles in the nearby restaurant at the Kimche Bus Station. We all just loved the noodles. We felt abit warm after having it. Then, we moved for hike to Ghandruk by 5:25 pm. We saw Khachhad on the way. During hike, we had to climb the staircase. We reached the way to Ghandruk by 5:55 pm. We were really tired by our hike. 

we reached the Hotel Rodhee. It was the place where we  stayed and enjoyed the amazing view of the Annapurna Range along with the Mt. Machhapuchhre. We got proper hospitality and well amenities in gandruk . It was really  very cold at night. We stayed at -1°C in Ghandruk. We had our dinner around  7:30 pm. Among all the places we visit, I loved the meal of gandruk very much  .  Around 8:00 p.m. we had the campfire. We played song competition between girls and boys and had lots of fun.  There were two groups of boys and girls.  After that, we went to sleep.

DAY 3 (Ghandruk To Pokhara)

This day was the most heavy day out of other 4 days. We woke up around 5:30 am and got ready to visit the Ghandruk by 6:450 am. We left at 6:50 am for visiting the Ghandruk and enjoying the view of the Annapurna Range. By 7:40 a.m. we reached the hotel Rodhee. Around 7:50 we had our snacks and we departed from the hotel by 8:15. We reached the Kimche Bus Station by 9:00 am. We rest there for some minute. 

At 9:20 we moved from the station by 10:45 am we pass through  the Birethanti Pul and reached the Nayapul around  11:00 am. At 1:00 p.m. we reached the hotel Ivy Inn. We had our meal by 1:15. Then, we moved for visiting Pokhara around 1:40 pm. At 2:10 we reached the Fewa Lake. There we did boating and visited Taal Barahi Temple.  We enjoyed the boating 
a lot.By 2:50 p.m. we returned from Fewa Lake and moved towards David's Fall.We reached there around  3:00 pm. We observed the David's Fall. We took some  image with cultural dress. 

It was 3:30 when we observed the Gupteshwar Mahadev Cave. The cave was very slippy and warm. We observed the David's fall and Kamdhenu cow inside the cave. Around  4:00 pm. we moved for the Shanti Stupa. We reached there at 4:15 pm. We were not allowed to make noise over there. We clicked photo quitetly, observed the view and returned back by 5:00 pm. We had our lunch  chaat at the nearby restaurant.

At 6:00 p.m. we started our night walk at the lake side enjoying the lollipop. After one hour walk, we returned back to hotel around 7:00 pm. Our teachers had planned a surprise for us. They gave us the Pizza party. The pizza was really delicious. Then, we rest for some time. We had our dinner around 9:00 pm. We had our campfire at 9:30 pm. We all dance and sing songs played and enjoyed a lot. We wanted to continue our dance but due to the ruleswe moved to our respective rooms. After that, we went to sleep by 10:30. 

DAY 4 (Pokhara To Bandipur)
As informed, we got ready and left for Sarangkot around 5:40 am. By 6:35 we reached the Sarangkot. The scenery was very much amazing and power generating.  we couldn't see the sunrise clearly, the scene was amazing.We were just   looking  at the scenery. By 7:10 we returned back from Sarangkot  the bus was waiting  for us. Then, we left for Bindabasini Temple by 7:25 am. We reached there by 7:45. We had our snacks at the Shakahari Bhojanalaya near to the temple. It was around 8:20 a.m. After having snacks, we left for visiting Mahendra Cave by 8:50. We entered the Mahendra Cave at 9:05 am. The cave was  slippery and warm just like Gupteshwar Mahadev Cave. There were different ancient things inside the cave. We enjoyed a lot and had good experience of cave as well. We returned back to the bus and left for Bat Cave by 9:40. We reached the bat cave at 9:50 am. It was really different and difficult to move inside the cave. We saw numerous bats lying upside down inside the cave. We crawled to get out of the cave. It was really a great experience. We returned to the bus and went to observe the Seti River. We took the water as blessings and returned back to the hotel by 10:50. 

Then, by 11:25 we had our meal. We rest for some time. After that, we departed from hotel and moved towards the International Mountain Museum. We reached there at 12:30 pm. We observed the cultures, lifestyle and customs of different castes. We observed different pictures of mountains, equipment required for mountaineering, yeti and its story in the different part of the Himalayan Region. We even took the documentary class on mountaineering to Mt.Everest. 

We left for Bandipur by 1:50 after returning from the museum. We enjoyed the bus ride while heading towards the Bandipur. We reached Bandipur at around 5:15 pm. The local people welcomed us with tika and flower. They too gave us a cup of tea for enjoying the view. Actually, there was home stay in Bandipur. So, we were divided into groups and sent in separate houses.We gathered together at 6:00 pm. and went for a walk to the Bandipur Bazaar.

We had our dinner by 7:30. After having dinner, we gathered and went to Rodhi ghar. There we played the dohori and Antakshiri with Sewa Sadan School. We too observed the cultural song of the local people and danced in their song as well. We played the Antakshiri between us as girls and boys also. It was really fun and recreational. Some of our friends felt sleepy so we all returned back to our respective houses and slept.

DAY 5 (Bandipur To Kathmandu)

We had planned to go for hike to Bandipur by 6:00 am. All other groups went for hike. But, as our group woke up late, we went later on with Murari Sir and Bijay Sir. There we climbed the staircase. We were very tired. Actually, we went there to experience the glamorous view of the sunrise. But, we could not experience it due to the fog. While returning back, we saw a little part of the glamorous view of the sunrise.

We returned back to our respective home stay by 7:30 and had our snacks at 7:40 am. We had Kodo ko Roti, Bodi and a cup of tea as our snacks. While returning back to the bus for visiting Siddha Cave, the local people again put tika and gave flower to show their respect for us. We were extremely pleased by the hospitality they provided to us. We really enjoyed that moment. We departed from Bandipur by 8:50 am.

At the Bandipur Bazaar, we bought the key rings and purse for the teachers. Our Girendra brother came late so we couldn't load the bags on time. Though it was late for visiting Siddha Cave, we left by 9:10 a.m. and reached there on time. We were very excited to observe the Asia's largest Cave; Siddha Cave. We reached the cave at around 10:00 am. We were divided into two groups with 15 students each.

We were very excited to go inside the cave. One of the guiders showed us the way inside the cave. He showed us different architects which came into existence by itself. Some of the architects were of duck, brocolli, King Cobra, Sankha, Head of Lion, Shivalinga with Ganesh and Siddha Baba. We were exclaimed with surprise to see those architects. The cave was really very large. It was slippy and warm as if like other caves.

We departed from the cave at 11:00 am. On the way, we met the Sewa Sadan School with whom we played Antakshiri. We reached the Siddha Cave Restaurant by 11:20 am. Then, we had our meal at around 11:30 am. We rest for some time. By 12:00 we departed from the restaurant. We moved for Kathmandu by 12:10 pm. We reached Muglin by 12:50 pm. We were looking our pictures taken during the tour.

At 2:00 p.m. we reached Malekhu where we had fish and potato chop. It was really tasty. We rest for some time and moved from Malekhu towards Kathmandu at 2:35 pm. We bought some food stuffs and had them with Deepak sir. It was very recreational moment. We crossed the Naubise by 4:00 pm. We crossed the Nag Dhunga by 4:45 pm. We all were not ready to go home back.

We were even requesting our teachers to extend our tour for one day. But, it was already too late. The time passed so quickly that we didn't even realized that our tour had been completed and we reached our school. We took our bags and headed towards our home. At home, I shared my all experiences with my family members. I won't forget this most memorable tour throughout my life.

Throughout the life I had till now, I never experienced such a recreational; beautiful; mesmerizing and remarkable educational tour. I personally want to thank all the teachers and school administrative who gave this wonderful opportunity for taking us; grade IX to these naturally beautiful places. I don't know whether I will get this opportunity again in future days.

Moreover, I want to share the lesson that I got from this tour. I learned that it is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times. The next thing I learned is live with no excuses, travel with no regrets. I am saddened for my other friends who could not join us in this such an remarkable tour. I too hope they will once enjoy this experience in upcoming days. Thanks to my Mom and Dad for sending me to these sophisticated and remarkable places.

                  THANK YOU !!!