1. Having breakfast @ Sankhu bazar

2. A snap with Jhaakris

3. Healing Jhaakri Beat and Dance

4. Encounter with a Jhaakri (Traditional Healer)

5. Shree Ganeshaaye Namaha

6. A Risky Journey

7. A small waterfall

8. Men busy repairing Ghatta (a tradional water driven spinning machine)

9. Truss engineering

10. Seems lost in woods

11. A beautiful member of nature

12. Hiking is not Easy. Come on, Hurry up!

13. reaching high in the open sky

14. Flowers ready to bloom

15. An old man seems with no worries

16. Stony highway leading to Pauwa

17. Seven of us

18. guys getting ready to jump from 20ft wall

19. PragyaB on the move

20. A little snacks on the way

21. Our target school

22. Distributing copies and Pencils

23. Innocence with hopes

24. Nishchal donating stationeries to kids

25. A student orating on the essence of education II

26. Special gifts for their volunteering speech

27. I spoke on importance of education.. got rewarded

28. Without education every thing is dark

29. New items added to class room

30. Hanging charts in class II

31. Hanging charts in class III

32. Let me help

33. Distributing playing items

34. Distributing playing items

35. Donating books and sports accessories to the school

36. Maximum utlization

37. let`s play in group

38. football was the center of attraction

39. I can be the national champion

40. students excited for a group photo

41. Thank you for gifts

42. Ready 1..2..3....

43. Let me fly higher...

44. Mahesh and Rajendra trying some stunts

45. Ban, Nepal ko Dhan. Let`s preserve it!

46. Descending one after another

47. Hey....are they ascending or descending!!!

48. Close Up of spiky caterpillar

49. A beautiful regal flower

50. SureshT quenching his thirst

51. Sanchai hunuhunchha Aamai...

52. Visit to Salinadi Power Plant

53. 232KW production

54. A water turbine in operation

55. Curious RajendraB...

56. All set to take-off

57. Rejoicing in the fields

58. Dazzling green paddy fields overshadowed by dark clouds

59. A rice straw waiting for a shower

60. Team [NishchalS, SureshT, IshworM, RajendraB, PragyaB, PrajwalS, MaheshR]

61. In the midst of Pine Forest

62. I am waiting for renovation

63. Gunabahal Temple at Bajra Yogini

64. In Front of Gunabahal Temple

65. Acquiring history of Bajrayogini

66. Stairway to Bajrayogini Temple

67. Adhesive and cohesive forces of nature

68. How weighty am I...

69. An attic house with shed As a continuation to the “Community Service” theme based hiking, this week we took a trip to Sankhu, a small historical town situated approx. 25 km north east of Kathmandu. Although we were supposed to be a group of 13, only 7 of us could manage to be a part of the hike that day. Passing through the busy and dusty area, we reached to a peaceful area of Sankhu at around 9 AM. After having breakfast at Sankhu bazaar, we headed towards Lapsephedi, the base of Jersingh Pouwa. Local villagers, including Dhami- Jhakris [Traditional Healers], were gathered in the main bazaar for participating in a local festival there.

70. Many thanks to Ram dai

71. Tired hikers heading for home...

72. Different shades of the cloud

73. Shree Kalika Sharan Secondary School We intially had a plan to visit the local school at Lapshiphedi but unfortunately the school was off due to local festival. So we decided to visit the high school at Jarsingh Pauwa. We reached our destination Shree Kalika Sharan Secondary School; Jersingh Pauwa at around 12:30pm.This school stands as major institution in that locality, and is influenced by Tamang students and culture. We found the excitement among the students over there, might be thinking as if there is going to happen some special function.

74. Thanks d2..we knew the importance of speaking As our tradition, we distributed copies and pencils among students of primary level, from Grade I to VI. We also conducted a small talk program on “IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION” in three different classes. Total of 6 enthusiastic students spoke brilliantly on the assigned topic. The expressed views were so practical that it got us spellbound. We presented them with a special gift for their participation. We also distributed additional books and sport accessories to the school. Seeing the students play on the school ground with the accessories we provided brought a sense of great joy to all of us. Teachers supporting our visit seemed excited, as well.

75. Indeed....Small is Beautiful We visited 232KW ‘Salinadi Power Plant’ at Lapsephedi; named after a religiously famous river Salinadi where thousands of devotees offer Pooja and recite the Swasthani manuscript every day throughout the month-long Brata. “Small is beautiful” written on the board, of course it was beautiful. The technical officer of the plant was very friendly and helpful. He explained the functioning and the other aspects of the plant. We came to know that the power generated from that plant is connected to the national power grid. We heard that there are so many micro hydro power plants throughout Nepal but observed closely for the first time. Since it was a little early to return home, the team decided to visit the BajraYogini Temple, just half an hour away from Lapsephedi.

76. Approaching the temple premises Upon reaching the temple, we rested there for about half an hour. During the stay, we visited the main temple and then participated in a mini photo session before moving downwards the well maintained stairs of the temple. We then headed back to the Sankhu Bazaar.

77. Jaya Bageshwori The ride back to home was exceptionally quiet this time.We were all recollecting our energies back and relaxing our overworked leg muscles. Nischal Dai, on the other hand, was busy in site-seeing and photography on our way back. The smooth road at Sankhu soon lead to the bumpy roads at Jorpati, and this time these bumps were not doing well on our tiring bodies. We stopped at Sinamangal at a local Thakali restaurant for our lunch at around 5pm. Even though this week’s trip was not as physically demanding as compared to some of the past hikes, we were able to cover community service and a visit to the Bajrayogini temple, and of course delicious meal at a Thakali restaurant. Yum!! Hats off to all the brains involved in conjuring up such a motivational theme. Let the feeling of communal service prosper in future hikes as well.

78. Big Chain holding the bridge

79. Sesh Naag revered

80. Again seven of us The physical exertion was momentarily forgotten, eclipsed by a sense of accomplishment. Our contribution was not even equivalent to a drop of water in the sea, but still the smiles on the faces of the children, during our informal program, meant a lot. As we left school and returned, we were unanimous about the idea of integrating community service as a part of all upcoming hikes.

81. Another hike starts to Bajra Yogini Temple As we followed the route to the temple, the physical exertion started to take its toll again. The uphill route and growing hunger got us grounded momentarily on our way. Finally a few gulps of water and we were ready again for the final climb towards the temple.