Itinerary

Date Activity
21-FebStudents depart Principia College
22-FebAM:  In Transit
PM:  In Transit/Late Arrival
23-FebAM: Digamber Jain Lal Temple, Jama Masjid, Jain Temple, Shiva Temple and Gurudwara Sis Ganj
PM: NGO Jamghat
24-FebAM: 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-FebAM: Agra; Sheroes conversations
PM: Sheroes; Taj Majal
26-FebAM: Fatehpur Sikri; Agra Fort
PM: Travel to Delhi; testimony meeting
27-FebAM: Partition Interviews; pack
PM: Guided Delhi Slum Walk (Sanjay Colony) and Interviews; move into Noida homestays
28-FebAM: Gurgaon, Canon Office Tour and Interviews
PM: Sustainability
29-FebFull day with homestay families in Noida
1-MarAM: Move out from homestays; travel back to New Delhi PM: Debrief Homestays; prepare for trip to Amritsar; church
2-MarAM: Fly to Amritsar; lecture about Sikhism
PM: Golden Temple Tour; check into hotel
3-MarAM: Volunteering at Golden Temple
PM: Partition Museum; travel to Wagah Border; Wagah Border Ceremony
4-MarAM: 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-MarAM: Travel to New Delhi
PM: Debrief Chandigarh and Delhi, free time
7-MarAM: Finish assignments; free time
PM: Finish assignments; free time
8-MarAM: Church; free time
PM: Free time
9-MarAM: Depart hotel; flight to Nepal
PM: Arrive hotel, settle in
10-MarAM: Bouddha Tour
PM: Pashupati Tour
11-MarAM: Shyambhu Tour
PM: Kathmandu Tour. Meet with Rajendra Suwal for World Wildlife Fund Nepal lecture and electric motorcycle development talk
12-MarAM: Drive to Kathmandu to Chitwan
PM: Check into resort, settle in, explore resort area
13-MarAM: Elephant Breeding Center
PM: Canoe Ride, Tharu Cultural Program
14-MarAM & PM: Jungle Safari
15-MarAM: Check out of resort, travel to Pokhara
PM: Check into guest house; evening church
16-MarAM: Pokhara Orientation
PM:  Group project work/time
17-MarAM & PM: Hike to forest community/forest user group.
18-MarAM & PM: 2-hour hike to village outside Pokhara for interviews and homestays
19-MarAM: Return hike from Homestays
PM: Conservation & Annapurna Lecture
20-MarAM & PM: Prepare for Trek
21-MarAM: Fly from Pokhara to Jomson
PM: Trek from Jomson to Marpha
22-MarAM: 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-MarAM: Trek from Kagbeni to Muktinath
PM: Temple, monastery, and nunnery
26-MarAM: 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-MarAM & PM: Trek from Muktinath to Lupra
29-MarAM: Church
PM: Lecture on Bonism
30-MarAM: Trek from Lupra to Jomsom
PM: Visit to Eco Museum
31-MarAM: Fly from Jomsom to Pokhara
PM: Time off for laundry and relaxation
1-AprAM & PM: Story project and group work
2-AprAM & PM: Conservation course and forestry college visit
3-AprAM: Fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu
PM: Day off. Optional trip to Bouddah in the evening for dinner.
4-AprAM & PM: Storytelling project day
5-AprAM: Church; free time for final shopping
PM: Farewell banquet with all contacts
6-AprAM: Flight from Kathmandu to Delhi
PM: Flight from Delhi to St. Louis
7-AprAM: 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