Date: March 28/29, 2009
Participants: SuyeshN, KapilP, JeevenB, AshimK, DeepakM, SubashT, NishchalS, PravindaR, RaviS, SantoshK, MaheshR, ShishirA
Hiking Route: Shisneri – Kulekhani Dam –Kalanki
Total Distance covered: 22 kms (approx)
Extra activities:
Football: 1.5 hrs, Swimming: 2 hrs, Carrom board: 1hr
Duration: 6 hours
Report By: MaheshR and PravindaR
Coordinator: NishchalS
Caption: RaviS, PravindaR and SuyeshN
Photos: NishchalS, SuyeshN, RaviS, PravindaR, MaheshR
Creative Support: Dijup Tuladhar / Pallavi Sharma

Geographic Information of Kulekhani
Country: Nepal
Zone: Narayani
District: Makwanpur District
Type: Lake
Area: 124 sq. km
Range: 1500-2600m
Latitude: 27.58333
Longitude: 85.15000
Latitude (DMS): 85° 9′ 0′
Longitude (DMS): 27° 35′ 0′
Aerial Distance from Kathmandu is about 30 km.

Two days would obviously be an exciting trip. This time we did the same through ‘Revisiting Kulekhani’ trip. As it was my first trip to Kulekhani, I was quite curious about the place. This is because of the current situation of Load Shedding and of course the name ‘Kulekhani’ is popular due to the decrement of water level in it. Besides these the widely talked about delicious fish and swimming experience of the past trip made me excited to be a part of it.

Twelve of us left Kathmandu through Nagdhunga by making commitment to follow the rules and regulations of the trip as per one of our members decision. We agreed and started making jokes and singing famous Nepalese songs. All teammates joined in, making the atmosphere livelier. We use a popular “THEGO” as “HASAUNCHA BUDA LE” throughout the trip. After reaching Naubise,we had a heavy lunch in the same hotel as we used to have breakfast earlier.

After having beautiful snapshots on the way, we reached a place called Markhu approx at 4 PM. We tried to stay at the same lodge that we had during last trip, but couldn’t and the reason behind was the ongoing SLC examination. People are facing hard time during SLC exam there. The entire lodge was full of SLC Students, as they have to come across long distance just to attend exam. Some of our friends also thought of staying outside and to play cards if we had brought tent. A prompt Question arose, “how to play card if there is no light”. We got a funny answer “Play Blind”!

After couple of hours walk we finally got one lodge at a place called Kalanki, We booked 3 rooms and returned back to Markhu with fishes, snacks and drinks. Few of us enjoyed photography, others busy beholding nature. We also met another group who were enjoying their picnic at the same place. We formed two teams and enjoyed a competitive match during this football festival of our office. It was a good experience with air filled plastic ball and slippery ground. All of us were tired and then we had a light meal. We enjoyed food in different styles and posed a bit at the bank of the river, some in the natural stream. We finally danced to the famous song “Rato Rani Fulejhai Sanjha ma…” which was the most unforgettable event of this trip. We stayed at Kalanki that night, having our tummies filled with dinner. Few of us played cards, few enjoyed the photos that we took at day time and finally completed the first day of the trip.

At the crack of dawn next day, we went to the descend towards Kulekhani DAM. We saw the actual level of the water there, analyzed the reason and predicted the solution. We enjoyed there by boating, stone throwing and having photo sessions for almost two hours. After that we climbed uphill towards Kalanki. After a few hours drive, we reached a place where we had fun swimming and gossiping with locals, watching traditional ‘ghattas’ and finally got safely back to Kathmandu on time.

Before about 10years
Source:http://www.worldagroforestry.org/Sea/networks/RUPES/download/Site_Study/Siltation_and_Economic_Losses_in_Kulekhani%20Reservior.pdf

Today

01 world largest child shakyamuni buddha statue at Chobar about 38ft	02 Archery preparing for next olympic
03 follow me guys	04 on the road
05 jokes and poses on the way	06 we found picnic spot
07 grassland for a cow	08 spy cam
09 river between hill	10 how to get that ball
11 I`ll get it- Beach Foot ball	12 let me score
13 its my turn now	14 you are big enough to carry back home
15 six at the time	16 You want some, Come get some
17 Rato rani fulejhai sanjha ma	18. They are staying at hotel to give class 10 exam (SLC). There are many students who have to walk hours to reach every day school due to lack of transportation.
19 here`s the way	20 ke garne hiking start garne ho ta
21 lets start our hike	22 you, plz follow me
23 action	24 stupa on way
25 I can`t save him	26 tough hiking
27 yini haru ta gayo aba hami…	28 KP in action
29 some one blink at us	30 football pani hiking pani uffff
31 Exploring nepal	32 they found the big one
33 football hiking swimming and more	34 source of darkness
35 making of wheat	36 rest house, how to be there
37 trap for fish	38 village home
39 village on the way	40 ohh..so long to go
41 where to go	42 auta ta kasso na fasla ra
43 macha ta maree cha	44 hope water level doesn`t decreases than this
45 Indra Sarowar	46 per person Rs. 500 only
47 doing his part time job	48 hope this won`t be my future job
49 Kalakar ko Kalakarita	50 I love this hairstyle
51 continuing hiking sprit	52 march pass
53 fifty bugs found, post in…	54 balla paani pary aba kheti garnu parchoa
55 aru ko ghar ma paani chaina yahain ghar bata paani niskandai	56 can you swin in 3 ft. water level
57 Chill out	58 rare species
59 smile please	60 Love birds flying high
61 I`m stock in this rope	62 Ram dai- with his baby …..
63 lalliguras	64 men at work
65 Farping captured thru lens	66 oh my god please help me
67 amazing..No Loadshedding	68 Ohhh scary spider (how do i sleep)