Date | Activity |
21-Feb | Students depart Principia College |
22-Feb | AM: In Transit PM: In Transit/Late Arrival |
23-Feb | AM: Digamber Jain Lal Temple, Jama Masjid, Jain Temple, Shiva Temple and Gurudwara Sis Ganj PM: NGO Jamghat |
24-Feb | AM: When in India Rikshaw Tour (bazaars, havelis, spice markets, pigeons) PM: Shopping for traditional Indian clothing (FabIndia, Dilli Haat, or Sabhyata at Laput Nagar) |
25-Feb | AM: Agra; Sheroes conversations PM: Sheroes; Taj Majal |
26-Feb | AM: Fatehpur Sikri; Agra Fort PM: Travel to Delhi; testimony meeting |
27-Feb | AM: Partition Interviews; pack PM: Guided Delhi Slum Walk (Sanjay Colony) and Interviews; move into Noida homestays |
28-Feb | AM: Gurgaon, Canon Office Tour and Interviews PM: Sustainability |
29-Feb | Full day with homestay families in Noida |
1-Mar | AM: Move out from homestays; travel back to New Delhi PM: Debrief Homestays; prepare for trip to Amritsar; church |
2-Mar | AM: Fly to Amritsar; lecture about Sikhism PM: Golden Temple Tour; check into hotel |
3-Mar | AM: Volunteering at Golden Temple PM: Partition Museum; travel to Wagah Border; Wagah Border Ceremony |
4-Mar | AM: Traveling to Chandigarh PM: Arrive Chandigarh; church at Chandigarh Christian Science Society |
5-Mar | AM: Chandigarh Le Corbusier Museum PM: Capitol Building Tour; informal get-together with Chandigarh CS Society |
6-Mar | AM: Travel to New Delhi PM: Debrief Chandigarh and Delhi, free time |
7-Mar | AM: Finish assignments; free time PM: Finish assignments; free time |
8-Mar | AM: Church; free time PM: Free time |
9-Mar | AM: Depart hotel; flight to Nepal PM: Arrive hotel, settle in |
10-Mar | AM: Bouddha Tour PM: Pashupati Tour |
11-Mar | AM: Shyambhu Tour PM: Kathmandu Tour. Meet with Rajendra Suwal for World Wildlife Fund Nepal lecture and electric motorcycle development talk |
12-Mar | AM: Drive to Kathmandu to Chitwan PM: Check into resort, settle in, explore resort area |
13-Mar | AM: Elephant Breeding Center PM: Canoe Ride, Tharu Cultural Program |
14-Mar | AM & PM: Jungle Safari |
15-Mar | AM: Check out of resort, travel to Pokhara PM: Check into guest house; evening church |
16-Mar | AM: Pokhara Orientation PM: Group project work/time |
17-Mar | AM & PM: Hike to forest community/forest user group. |
18-Mar | AM & PM: 2-hour hike to village outside Pokhara for interviews and homestays |
19-Mar | AM: Return hike from Homestays PM: Conservation & Annapurna Lecture |
20-Mar | AM & PM: Prepare for Trek |
21-Mar | AM: Fly from Pokhara to Jomson PM: Trek from Jomson to Marpha |
22-Mar | AM: Church, museum PM: Apple Tree Husbandry and baking |
23-Mar | AM & PM: Trek from Marpha to Kagbeni |
24-Mar | AM & PM: Side trip to Dhagarjung & Phalyak, interviews and tea with locals |
25-Mar | AM: Trek from Kagbeni to Muktinath PM: Temple, monastery, and nunnery |
26-Mar | AM: Day in Muktinath PM: Side trip to Jhong & Puthak to do interviews for storytelling project |
27-Mar | AM: Day in Muktinath PM: Side trip to Chahare Phedi/Base Camp (optional) |
28-Mar | AM & PM: Trek from Muktinath to Lupra |
29-Mar | AM: Church PM: Lecture on Bonism |
30-Mar | AM: Trek from Lupra to Jomsom PM: Visit to Eco Museum |
31-Mar | AM: Fly from Jomsom to Pokhara PM: Time off for laundry and relaxation |
1-Apr | AM & PM: Story project and group work |
2-Apr | AM & PM: Conservation course and forestry college visit |
3-Apr | AM: Fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu PM: Day off. Optional trip to Bouddah in the evening for dinner. |
4-Apr | AM & PM: Storytelling project day |
5-Apr | AM: Church; free time for final shopping PM: Farewell banquet with all contacts |
6-Apr | AM: Flight from Kathmandu to Delhi PM: Flight from Delhi to St. Louis |
7-Apr | AM: Return from Airport to Campus PM: Day off |
Please note that Metaphysical Time (individually or as group, per abroad leader’s directive) will be provided each morning before students depart for daily activities.
*Itinerary Subject to Change