Aamnaya Raj Dhungel
Aamnaya Raj Dhungel
We left the school at 6:30 am for Chitwan. The bus ride was enjoyable because all of my friends were there. We stopped at some places to charge our vehicle. We were given a boxed breakfast that we ate in our van. We had lunch at Blue Heaven restaurant, where we met our seniors who were going to different destinations for their trip. After having lunch and waving bye to fellow travelers, our journey to Chitwan resumed. We reached Shaswat Dham in the afternoon and went to the temple. We spent time in the temple and headed towards the hotel. We ate lunch and got our hotel rooms. We went to a cultural Tharu dance event and saw Tharu dance and a peacock dancing. We also saw the fire dance. After the event, we went to our hotel rooms and tried to sleep. But my friend Rex stayed up all night and went to sleep at 3:30 am.
The next day, we quickly ate breakfast and headed towards canoeing. Canoeing was a peaceful experience where we were on the boat and saw animals like crocodiles, peacocks, ducks, etc. We went to the elephant breeding center and saw different elephants after that. We also saw an elephant named Ronaldo. He was named that because he could run very fast. Our tour guide told us a lot about elephants. Then, we went to a Tharu house and saw different things that the Tharu people use. While we were at it, we also went to visit our school in Bharatpur. It was called Deerwalk Bharatpur School and was very nice. We had a great time visiting the school and getting to interact with the people there. After that, we went to our hotel, had our lunch, and headed towards the jungle safari. We saw different animals, and I even bought a souvenir at the stop. Then we went to the hotel, but on the way, we saw a rhino. Then we ate snacks, and we roamed around the market seeing the sunset, and we also had a campfire and BBQ, and went to sleep.
The next day, the girls woke us up, and we ate breakfast. We also visited Chitwan Deerwalk School. We were finally finishing the trip. We ate our lunch at Blue Heaven and reached Kathmandu. Then our parents came to pick us up.
Rex Acharya
We arrived at school early in the morning, around 5:45 am. The teachers were gathering all the students, and at roughly 6:45 to 7:00 am, we got into the van and started our journey. There were two teachers with us in the van: Rahul Sir and Sabita Ma'am. Most of the boys took the back seats. We headed off on a 9-hour drive to Chitwan, and along the way, we all ate snacks and breakfast, along with some chips, and we sang songs along the way. I thought we were in Hetauda, so I kept asking Rahul Sir if we were there yet, probably a hundred times. Because of that, everyone on the bus started calling me "Hetauda-man." They even made up a song about me.
We finally reached Chitwan and saw another school there. Spoiler alert: it looked way better than ours! When we got to the hotel, I stayed with my roommate. Things didn't go quite as planned, though; we got so scared that Aamnaya, Pranik, and I stayed awake for about two hours. It was 2:00 AM (or PM) by the time we finally fell asleep. The next day, we ate a delicious breakfast and went to an elephant reserve. We met Ronaldo and the other elephants. They are huge and need a lot of food! Afterward, we went to Shashwat Dham, explored the cultural areas, and visited the museum.
On the second day, we ate breakfast, played at the hotel, and had lunch. Then we went canoeing and saw crocodiles sunbathing. We also saw many other animals, like peacocks. Later, we had a barbecue at the hotel with a real fire for about an hour and brainstormed some ideas. I slept so long after that.
On the last day, some girls had to knock on my door to wake me up! We went on one last safari to see more animals and then had breakfast. Our final stop was a jharana (waterfall), where we played in the water and took photos before heading back home to Kathmandu.
