It has been a culture as our school always organizes an educational tour of 4 nights and 5 days for the students of Grade IX. We all students were really excited for this tour since last year. And finally, we had 4 nights and 5 days educational tour from 2076/09/19 to 2076/09/23. During this time, we visited 4 different places i.e. Chitwan, Ghandruk, Pokhara and Bandipur. We were altogether 30 students ready for this tour. Our 4 honorable teachers: Murari Sir, Deepak Sir, Bijay Sir and Sabina Mam went with us in this educational tour.
Day 1:Kathmandu to Sauraha
We were told to arrive the school at 5:30 am. The weather was extremely cold. I had decided the outfit the previous day. As planned, I wore my outfit. Our journey started around 6:00 am. At first all felt asleep.All the students felt hunger when we reached at Naubise and moved towards Malekhu. At around 8:05 am we had our breakfast in bus. We had dounts and boiled egg as our breakfast. Then, we started dancing in the bus. We all enjoyed the bus ride.Then, we entered Chitwan at around 10:40 am. We had our morning meal at Ramnagar. We all ate the food and got fresh up and without any delay we moved straight to our resort. The resort was beautiful and attractive. Then, we immediately went for jeep safari on Chitwan National Park. We were 16 in one jeep and others students were in another jeep bus. I with my 3 friends sat together and enjoyed the most with no cover but wind. It was almost 2 hour ride. Then, we gather in resort and again moved for museum, Elephant breeding center and National Trust for conservation. The museum was very interesting and attractive. We also observed elephant of differnt age group. Then, we moved to see the sunset near the bank of river.After that, we went back to resort and had our lunch. As, all the students were ravenous so they all like the food. After that we washed our face became fresh and went for the room selection. We chose the middle room as we were 4 girls in a room. Then, we changed our dress and went to see cultural dance. We had a lot of fun there. We also dance in the stage at the end of the program. Then. we had a small walk and we went to the resort. Then, we burned fire. We had camp fire. All of us gathered and played music and started dancing. Then, we had dinner at around 9:45 pm. Then, we wished good night to our friends and went to our respective rooms.
day2:Sauraha to Ghandruk
As planned, we departed from the resort at 6:00 a.m. after having morning tea. Then, we moved towards Pokhara from Sauraha. As we woke up early in the morning, we all slept in the bus. By 8:00 a.m. we entered the Gandaki Province. We had our breakfast on bus only. All of us again slept in the bus. We entered Pokhara by 11:05 a.m. It was almost same as if like Kathmandu. We had our morning meal by 11:40 a.m. at the Ivy Inn Hotel. The meal was really delicious. We rest for around half an hour.
Then, we left for Ghandruk by 12:20 pm. We all enjoyed the bus ride with the songs played and dance of our friends. We reached Naudanda by 1:45 pm. The road was not so good as well as satisfying. But, the scenery was just awesome. I was just thrilled 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 2:30 pm. We reached the Kimche Bus Station with lots of jerk facing in the off road hill.We were even able to see the snow-capped hills and Mt. Machhapuchhre lying in the Annapurna Range. We had our lunch as noodles in the nearby restaurant at the Kimche Bus Station. We all just loved the noodles. We felt very warm after having it. Then, we moved for hike to Ghandruk by 5:20 pm. We saw Khachhad on the way. During hike, we had to climb the staircase. We reached the gateway to Ghandruk by 5:50 pm. We were really tired by half an hour hike. Some of us were lost on the way.Again, after half an hour hike we reached the Hotel Rodhee. It was the place where we stayed and enjoyed the incredible view of the Annapurna Range along with the Mt. Machhapuchhre. We got proper hospitality and well facilitated room over there. It was really cold at night. We stayed at -1°C in Ghandruk. We had our dinner at 7:30 pm. Among all the places we went, I liked the meal of this place the most. At around 8:00 p.m. we had the campfire. We played Antakshari and had lots of fun. There were two groups of boys and girls. We had a draw and decided to continue it tomorrow. After that, we went to sleep.
day3:Ghandruk To Pokhara
This day we woke up at 5:30 am and went to visit Ghandruk village. We went by walking. It was so fun to see the beautiful mountains. It was my first timethat I had seen the such a beautiful mountains from so near. This was the most beautiful memory I have captured from Ghandruk. At 7:50 we had our snacks and we departed from hotel at 8:10 am. We reached Kimche Bus Station at 9:00 am. We took rest for sometimes and moved toward Pokhara. I enjoyed the beautiful scenery from the bus. We reached our hotel at 1:00 pm. After reaching there we had our meal. Then we moved for boating in Fewa lake. The lake was so big and wonderful. At 2:10 we reached Fewa lake and Taal Barahi Temple. It was so enjoyable moment while boating. We clicked photographs and sing while boating. At 2:50 we returned from Fewa lake and moved towards Devid's Fall. We reached Devid's fall at 3:00 pm. We observed the Devid's fall and clicked some photos with the cultural dress. At 3;30 we observed the Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave. It was very hot inside the cave. It was very slippery also. We observedDavid's fall and Kamdhenu cow inside the cave. After that we went to Shanti Stupa. On that stupa we were strictly prohibited to make noise. We clicked photographs without making noise. We observed the beautiful scenery from that stupa. We returned at 5:00 pm from stupa and we had our lunch at nearby resturant. We were provided Samosa Chat as our lunch. Me Ojashwi, Resha, Susmita, Swastika, Deepak sir and Bijay sir had a competition that who will finish the chat at first. Deepak sir won the competition. One of our friend Anmol bought Lolipop for all the students. We ate lolipop and enjoyed our night walk at lakeside. During night time Fewa lake look so amazing. We returned to hotel at 7:00 pm. Our teachers surprised us by providing Pizza. The pizza was so delicious. After that we had camfire. We dance and sing on the campfire. We had our dinner at 9:00 pm. Again after having dinner we started dancing. We danced till 10:00 pm. I was so tired that I went to room and sleep.
Day 4:Pokhara to Bandipur
As told we got ready at 5:40 and went to Sarangkot to see sunrise. By 6:35 we reached Sarangkot. The scenery was overwhelming and mesmerizing. We couldn't see the sunlight clearly but we all were satisfied by seeing thebeautiful mountains. By 7:10 we returned back from Sarangkot and weleft for the Bindyabasini Temple. We reached temple by 7:45 am. We visited all the round from temple and click photographs. After returning from temple we had our breakfast at nearby hotel. After having breakfast we went to Mahendra cave. We enterd the Mahendra Cave at 9:05. The cave was slippery same like Gupteshwor. There was many ancient sculpture inside the cave. I had a good time inside the cave. The exit for the cave was little bit difficult but I managed it. We returned back to the bus and we went to Bat Cave. We reached there at 9:50 am. It was totally different and difficult to walk inside tha cave. The cave was fully covered with bats. We crawled to get outside of the cave. I got scared atthat time but teachers helped us a lot to get out of that cave. We returned to bus and went to observe Seti river. After that we returned to hotel and we had our meal. We rest for some time at hotel and departed from hotel and moved towards International Mountains Museum. We reached there at 12:30pm and observe the cultural dresses of diferent caste. We observed the equipments of climbing mountains. After that we were shown a small video. I enjoyed a lot watching that video. We left for Bandipur at 1:50 after returning from museum. We reached Bnadipur at 5:15. The local people welcomed us with a flower and a tika. It is a culture of that place. They too give us a cup of tea and a piece of potato to enjoy the view. On that day we stayed in home stay. Wedivided groups and went to different different homes. Me along with my 4 friends Ojashwi, Resha, Swastika and Salina stayed in one home. We had our dinner at 7:30. After having dinner we gathered in Rodhi Ghar. There we played dohori and we too observe the local song of that locality. Around 10:00 we returned to our respective houses.
day5:Bandipur to Kathmandu
We had a plan to go for a hike to Bandipur at 6:00 am. All the groups went for hike but our group was late. We walked fast and finally we catch all thestudents. There we climbed staircase. I got so frustrated. We went there to watch the sunrise but this time also we couldn't see it due to fog. While returning from hike we saw a little part view of sunrise. We return to our respective home at 7:30 and we had our snacks. After that we departed from the home. While returning back local people again put tika and gave small flower. We departed from there at 8:50 and moved towards the Siddha Cave. While returning from Bandipur we visited local market and buy some gifts to the teachers. We kept our bags on the bus and moved towards the Siddha Cave. Siddha Cave is the largest cave of Asia. We went through jungle. It was really a memorable experience for me. We reached the cave at 10:00 am. It was so big and huge. Among all the caves we visited it was the biggest of them. We were very excited to go inside the cave. One of their guide joined us and he showed all the monuments present inside the cave. It was dark so we turned the flashlight from our mobiles phone. We all were amazed by seeing such beautiful architect. We departed from cave at 11:00 am. Around 11:30 we reached the hotel and we had our meal. The meal was so delicious. After that we departed for Malekhu. We reached Malekhu at 2:00 pm and we had a plate of fish. The fish was sogood. Many students bought it and took to their houses. We rest their for some time and we moved toward Kathmandu at 2:15. All the things were happening according to our schedule. We crossed Naubise at 4:00 pm. We were not ready to go home. We still want to spend some more days with friends and teachers.The time passed so quickly that we could not even realize that our tour has been completed. Finally we reached our school we took our bags and moved towards our home. I share all my experience to my family members. With this beautiful trip I was so energized. I would like to thank our school administration for organizing such an wonderful and memorable tour. Throughout my life I had never experienced such an interesting, enjoyable, amazing and memorable tour. This has become the best part of my life with friends and teachers. I would like to visit this places again and again.THANK YOU!!
