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Day 4 saw us head out early from the hotel in Phaplu hotel for the hour-long drive to Mopung, where the principal of Zeke O’Connor School has his ancestral home. Principal Lhakpa Sherpa was kind enough to host our group and a couple of the ZOC teachers. On the way, we...

After settling in at the Everest Hotel in Phaplu, we had lunch (boy, you are well fed in Nepal!) and then split into 2 groups for the afternoon. Half the crew set off down the hill on a walk to visit the nearby town of Salleri and its market, basking in the gorgeous...

On day 3, we flew into Phaplu to visit the Zeke O’Connor School, at last! When we arrived, we had an amazing surprise: several of the teachers and many of the students came down to the airfield to meet us, with a greeting to Mary emblazoned across their banner!...