Tour to Chitlang
Date: 31st
January & 1st February
Total time: 1 night 2 days
Participants: Dipendra Nepal,
Sarika Shrestha, Prabesh Bardewa, Yashoda Khadka, Ashish Pokhrel, Dinesh
Poudel, Prajwal Badal, Salil K.C., Rabin Kaduwal, Alisha Tamang, Roman Mahat,
Yashoda Ghimire, Rupesh Kafle, Dipendra Basnet, Jyoti Thami, Shristy Karki,
Meghana Rai, Sachita Buddhathoki, Srija Adhikari, Cosmic Koirala, Aditya
Bhujel, Alen K.C., Amrit Koirala, Adip Thapa, Karma Tshering Sherpa, Pradeep
Magar, Krishna Govaju, Bipal Kattel, Sabin Shrestha, Sabin Paudel and Sujan
Gurung
Teachers: Murari sir, Deepak
sir and Samuel sir
“Travelling broadens our mind.” So, we must travel different places
as it gives us knowledge and information about different things which we have never
seen or will never see again throughout our life. Apart from this, it also
helps in refreshment, enjoyment, and entertainment. Nowadays every school take
their students for visiting different places so that students can learn
different things. School administration knows its importance as only learning
things from our textbooks and note copies makes our mind dull and monotonous.
So a short but unforgettable event call ‘Educational Tour’ is held by schools.
Before a couple of weeks, we, grade 9 students went on educational
tour to Chitlang. Chitlang is a small village lies in Makwanpur district of
Narayani zone. We visited many religious and historical places over there. So,
this is a short description of what I experienced from this tour which of course
will please you if you have a squint on it.
Day 1:
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Gathering at School |
The tour began with
full excitement and enthusiasm. We were wild to start our journey. We were called in the school at exactly 9
A.M. but some of our friends didn’t arrive by time so we kept on waiting. This
moment of patience as making us feel bored and anxious at the beginning but we kept ourselves
busy by involving in photography.
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Heading towards Chitlang |
Finally our waiting
was valued and everyone arrived. We immediately grabbed our bags and left for
our destination. We headed towards our school bus which took us up to Thankot
and dropped us there. Then we started to walk to reach Chitlang. On the way to
our destination, we observed beautiful scenarios including natural herbs and
trees which was heartrending.
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View of Chandragiri |
After
about a couple of hours we reached the top of “Chandragiri” which was the place
where our late king Prithivi Narayan Shah had observed the beauty of Kathmandu
valley and decided to capture it. Our vice principal, in fact our guide, Murari
sir told us many things about this place of beauty. Then we continued our walk
to our fascinating destination.
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At Chitlang |
After a long walk of
about 6 hours, which felt to be passed within a blink of an eye, we reached our
destination. The place was filled with natural beauty. As soon as we reached
Chitlang, we ran and jumped with joy and excitement. We were very tired and
hungry by this time. So we took our lunch. We were taken to stay in a resort
cum homestay by our teachers where we took rest in our allocated rooms. After
about an hour we were fresh and later all of us met in front of the stay.
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Shivalaya with 3 pinnacles |
Next we hired a
local guide and then we headed to visit a religious temple, “Sivalaya with 3
pinnacles”. Our teachers as well as the local people explained about the
history of the place along with the vegetation, environment, and climate of the
place which was quite interesting. All of us then prayed in the temple and
became busy in taking photographs for the memory of this masterpiece.
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Yummy Cheese ^_^ |
After visiting the
temple we headed towards the water mill. We observed the process of converting
maize into flour. We were informed that the flour which comes out from maize is
more nutritious than anything else. Then through the guidance of our teachers
and guide we walked towards “The Nepalese Goat Cheese Industry”. All of us then
had yummy piece of freshly prepared cheese.
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Campfire |
We also visited the
factory and closely perceived the method of preparing cheese. Then we went to
“Shree Swochanda Bhairab Madhyamik Vidyalaya”, which was the only school in
Chitlang. After that we came back to our stay. When it was dark outside, we
enjoyed campfire. Then we had our dinner and went to our room to take rest and
sleep. We had chat for about an hour and then went to sleep.
Day 2:
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Recalling the previous day |
We were quite
excited about our 2nd day as we were heading towards the Nepal’s
largest grazing field, Markhu and Indrasarowar(largest artificial lake). We
then headed to the resort and took some photographs of the chilly morning.
After that our teachers made us write some information about the place. We
gathered a lot of information and were very happy.
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Saat Dhara |
Then we had our
breakfast and planned to leave the resort. Then we visited “Saat Dhara Temple”.
It was situated at the middle of a forest which was really amazing. We snapped
some pictures and then headed towards Nepal’s largest grazing. On the way was a
Chaitya which was built by a great emperor, Ashoka. We collected some
information and then moved towards the field.
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Largest grazing field |
We
walked through the forest where cold breeze was blowing. After a long walk we
reached our destination which was really very large. After that we went to
Marku and had lunch. Then we visited Indrasarowar and enjoyed boating.
Next we
went to Kulekhani from a tourist bus. The view of Kulekhani Dam was dazzling
and breathe taking. Murari sir gave us information about the construction of
dam, its depth and so on. Then we
returned back to our school with sadness for the end of our tour.
Talking about the
places
Chitlang:
Chitlang
lies about 30 km west from Kathmandu valley. It is situated in Makwanpur
district of Narayani zone. Its old name is Chitrapur and was later changed to
Chitlang. It is one of the best tourist attraction areas. Different types of
people like Newar, Chhetri, Tamang, etc. live here. People are very kind and
hardworking and respect other people and tourists. The land here is very
fertile and people mainly grow maize, barley, peer, and so on. The climate is
moderate and it consists of coniferous and deciduous forest. It has religious importance
as it includes religious spots like 3 pinnacles Sivalya, 7 dhara with temple
and so on. Some other places to visit are “Majha gaun(a village of Newar
community)”, “Swochanda Bhairab temple”, and so on.
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Indrasarowar |
Markhu
Markhu is a village development committee in Makwanpur district
which is widely known for the largest artificial lake Indrasarowar and the
boating experience in this lake.
Kulekhani
Kulekhani is a village development committee in Makwanpur District
of Narayani zone which is famous for the Kulekhani hydropower-1, which is the
only reservoir type of hydroelectric power station in Nepal whose installed
capacity is 60 megawatt.
My Expression
The tour to Chitlang
was really memorable and unforgettable for me. I have collected a lot of sweet
and fun moments which can never be regained again. I was really impressed by the
natural beauty and originality of the place. I was totally amazed to have such
comfort and heart catching beauty.
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9 stars of 9 |
I really had best times with my
friends and teacher which will always be placed in one of the corners of my
heart throughout my life. This tour also enriched our heart with beauty and
glamour of the beauty of the place. This tour has cherished my heart with joy
and happiness.
Lastly, I would
like to thank my school administration for all those enchanting and blissing
moments which will never come back to my life ever again.