COUNTRY: Nepal - Pokhara
PROGRAM: UniBreak
PROJECT: Community Healthcare, Teaching
WRITTEN BY: Divya Venkataraman
It’s the last blog post! The January Pokhara team finished up the program earlier in the week and parted ways, with some heading home and others moving on to other travels.
The last week was a mix of emotions! Fare-welling our host families in the settlement was bittersweet, as we’d all gotten so close over the past month. We were treated to a farewell dinner with the group, where we were presented with katas (traditional scarves) and given a talk from Sonam on the history of the Tibetan situation. This was a fascinating experience, as we finally felt as though we understood the realities of what Tibetan families who’ve fled their country face. We also bade goodbye to our various schools, the hospital and the NGO who had hosted us and been so welcoming during the last month.
For some of us, a predicted 6-hour bus ride from Pokhara to Kathmandu turned into an 11-hour one, but we reached the capital in the end! Most of the group spent a few days at least in Kathmandu, enjoying the sights and hitting up the shops (filling our suitcases up to the brim) until it was time to leave Nepal!
It was undoubtedly a fantastic experience, and I’m sure the whole group is keen to return to such a beautiful country with such wonderful people sometime in the future.
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