Annual trek to Nepal  | resting on a bridge |  | The Group at the orphanage |  | Langtang kids |
During the last school holidays, Bharat Pancha and 16 students completed a 10 day trekking trip in the Langtang area of Nepal. They did some sightseeing, got involved with the local villagers at grass-roots level and did some serious tramping. They also donated $1300 (US) to an orphanage which plans to use this money to pipe water to the school, build retaining walls and provide equipment for the students. The money was raised by our current students, parents, staff and ex students who have previously trekked in Nepal.
Nepal is an in-your-face country and can be very overwhelming-haggling hawkers, death-wish traffic, toilets that make you gag, cultural vibrancy and the peaceful coexistence between Buddism and Hinduism. Then there is the Himalaya, containing not only the world’s highest peak, but also 1300 peaks over 6000m. (Mt Cook is less than 3800m)
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