A few weeks ago the head of school decided to take the senior girls somewhere because last year the boys went to Kathmandu. So we went to Pokhara with the girls last week.

It was just two days long but I was exhausted when we came back. Before that I had only seen school trips from a student's perspective for understandable reasons but I never thought that going on a school trip as a teacher can be so different. Funnily enough my father mentioned to me the day after we came back that I only took a few pictures in Pokhara. "Of course, I had to look after four seven-year-olds all day long!:D I had no time to take pictures." I replied. And indeed I physically couldn't even get my phone out because I had to hold the girls' hands wherever we went. Pokhara is a very busy place unlike Damauli; traffic, tourists, shops and people everywhere. 

On the first day of the trip we managed to go to the National Mountain Museum which was a pretty interesting experience. Unfortunately the kids found it boring. Apart from reading fascinating facts about the Himalayas, to me (coming from Europe) it was also interesting to see a very different exhibition from what I was used to. I had seen so me very good efforts to make the museum more visitor-friendly but also there were some parts where I got the feeling that the curator just wanted to fill up space with hiking related stuff.

After the museum we also visited a religious cave and the David's waterfall. At both places (unlike in the museum) I was rather concerned looking after the kids not falling off some cliffs than enjoying the view but at the end of the day I think the students really enjoyed both.

I don't want to seem selfish but I think one of the absolute highlights of trip to me was the hot shower at the hotel where we stayed. Since October it's been getting colder and colder on the hill where we live and taking a shower at the fountain can be very challenging in 5 °C.  So I was delighted when I found out that we had hot water in the bathroom. 

Another fantastic thing was the dinner on Lakeside Road. It was much fun to walk along the main street of the touristy quarter with the kids in the evening. There were shops, lights, music and foreigners everywhere so they really enjoyed it. Also it was good to have a chat with the other teachers after dinner since we did not have much time to talk during the day.

On the second day of the trip we only had time to have breakfast and go to the lake for a quick boat ride but then we had to get on the bus and go back to Damauli. At the end of the day I really enjoyed the trip and had good fun with the kids and the teachers.