My experience for tour

Travelling is different for everyone. Some people travel for work, for family, for tourism, for adventure, for culture, and beyond these all as well. Travelling provides us with new experiences and perspectives. We are able to see the world in a different way and learn about new things as well as about ourselves. During our travels, we see new things that we have never experienced in our daily life before.

By travelling, we can make new friends, and, most importantly, we can understand how tiny we are. In short, travelling is not just only a mean to go sightseeing in a new place; it is a deep interaction between one’s self and culture.Travelling helps us jump from our original world to a world we cannot see from our computer at home. Depending on how much we immerse ourselves, we will discover different things.

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. 

I swear, it was the most incredible tour that I had ever experienced. We even didn't want to get home back. Still I think about those 5 remarkable days and smile for a moment without any reason. I can even feel like I am addicted towards travel. I am really really grateful to all of the respectful teachers, my beloved parents and school administrative. Moreover, it is the time when the Visit Nepal 2020 just started. We are the most luckiest batch to experience such an exciting and wonderful educational tour. 

Activities:

DAY 1 (Kathmandu To Sauraha)

As sir told, we all 30 students arrived near school at 5:30 am. Then, we left for tour with 4 teachers towards Sauraha from Kathmandu. We crossed Nag Dhunga at 6:40 am. We all were feeling very sleepy. The scenery around us was not clearly visible due to the fog. It was really cold. At 7:10 we crossed Naubise and moved towards Malekhu. We crossed Malekhu at around 8:20 am. We had donuts and boiled egg  as our breakfast. We all were enjoying our bus ride. We played songs and danced in the bus. It was really a remarkable moment.

There was traffic jam due to an accident at Dhading where we had our tour last year. So, At 10:40 we reached Muglin following to Kurintar at 10:30 am. Then, we entered Chitwan. The scenery with yellow mustard flower was just mesmerizing. Around at 11:45 we reached Ramnagar, where we had our morning meal.After that, we straightly moved towards our Thakali Resort. There we rest for 10 minutes. Then, we moved towards Chitwan National Park for experiencing the remarkable andmesmerizing moment of Jeep Safari at 1:10 pm.

We could see only some species of birds, crocodile and spotted deer. We observed the famous lake of Chitwan i.e. Bishazari Taal. It was very big and crystal clear. It took 2 hours for the ride. We returned back to the resort at around 3:20 pm. Then, we left for Elephant Breeding Center at around 3:30 pm. We observed the female elephants and their babies with different age group. Likewise, at 4:05 p.m. we went to the National Trust for Nature Conservation. There we observed different animals and species of crocodiles. We were truly satisfied and surprised looking those species.

As we all were starved, we returned to the resort at 5:00 p.m. and had the delicious lunch. As we were late to visit the places, we could not completely watch the sunset view. But, we clicked several photos with friends. After that, our Deepak sir divided us into different groups. We were four girls in a group. It was very comfortable with well facilitated rooms. Then, we went to observe the Tharu Culture Program at around 7:00 p.m.

The cultural program was very unique and watch worthy. We enjoyed a lot. The Danfe which was dancing gave pink rose to our Deepak Sir. Moreover, we had an evening walk. Then, we returned back to the resort at 8:30. We had a campfire and after that dinner at around 9:45. Again we enjoyed the campfire and danced by playing music. We sat around the fire and enjoyed our first night of the tour. After campfire, we went to our respective room and slept.

DAY 2 (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.

DAY 3 (Ghandruk To Pokhara)

This day was the most busy day out of other 4 days. We woke up at 5:30 a.m. and got ready to visit the Ghandruk by 6:30 am. We left at 6:50 a.m. for visiting the Ghandruk and enjoying the incredible view of the Annapurna Range. By 7:40 a.m. we reached the hotel Rodhee. At 7:50 we had our snacks and we departed from the hotel by 8:10. We reached the Kimche Bus Station by 9:00 am. We rest there for some time. 

At 9:20 we departed from the station. By 10:35 a.m. we crossed the Birethanti Pul and reached the Nayapul by 11:00 am. At 1:00 p.m. we reached the hotel Ivy Inn. We had our meal by 1:15. Then, we left for visiting Pokhara by 1:40 pm. At 2:10 we reached the Fewa Lake. There we did boating and visited Taal Barahi Temple. We took blessings from the temple. We enjoyed the boating a lot.

One of our friends; Sohendra lost his mobile in the lake. It was very sad moment too. But, the mesmerizing view of Mt. Machhapuchhre from Fewa Lake was just amazing. By 2:50 p.m. we returned from Fewa Lake and moved towards David's Fall. We reached there by 3:00 pm. We observed the David's Fall. We too clicked some photos with cultural dress. It was very watch worthy.

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

One of our friends; Anmolsponsored the lollipop for all the students and teachers. 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 by 7:00 pm. Our teachers had planned a surprise for us. They gave us the Pizza party. The pizza was really tasty. It was the first time I ever tasted the pizza. Then, we rest for some time. We had our dinner at 9:00 pm. We had our campfire at 9:30 pm. We all danced in the songs played and enjoyed a lot. We wanted to continue our dance but due to the rules went to our respective rooms. After that, we went to sleep by 10:30. 

DAY 4 (Pokhara To Bandipur)

As told, we got ready and left for Sarangkot by 5:40 a.m. By 6:35 we reached the Sarangkot. The scenery was very much overwhelming and power generating. Though we couldn't see the sunrise clearly, the scene was amazing.We were just stubborn while looking that scenery. By 7:10 we returned back from Sarangkot where the bus was waiting us. Then, we left for Bindabasini Temple by 7:25 am. We reached there by 7:45. 

We visited all around the temple and took blessings from the Goddess Bindabasini. 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 both slippy 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 theglamorous 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 !!!