Ancestral Home

Ancestral Home

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...
Market, Monastery, Music

Market, Monastery, Music

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...
Reunions!

Reunions!

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!...
Temples and Thangka

Temples and Thangka

On day 2, most of the travellers (other than a couple who weren’t feeling well, sadly!) set out into Kathmandu to visit 2 iconic sites: the Pashupatinath and Boudhanath temples. Pashupatinath is a vast Hindu temple complex, classified as a United Nations World...
Meet the Travellers! (Part 3)

Meet the Travellers! (Part 3)

Heather & Erica Mother-daughter team Heather, a physician, and Erica, grade 7 student, will be visiting their sponsored student at the Zeke O’Connor School in Phaplu, and revisiting Kunde Hospital where Heather worked in 2002! Shelagh & George Shelagh and...