The entire team was up by 5 AM today with the excitement of getting a glimpse of Mt. Everest but all of us were disappointed to the clouds above us. People consoled us by saying that they will clear out by 7am so we went back to work with the installation that we had left incomplete. It didn't take our technician more than 10 minutes to realize what the problem was so after finishing up our work we started loading the jeep. Just like the local people had told us, the clouds started to clear out and the mountains became visible. We clearly saw two mountains "Aama Dablam" and "Numre". Unfortunately we couldn't see the top the world but we did see parts of Everest and I must say, the view was spectacularly breathtaking! I was glad we faced the technical difficulties yesterday and decided to stay back. The clouds covered the mountains in just a couple of minutes and we headed our way to Okhaldhunga.
It had rained so much in the last few days that the roads were all very muddy. After driving for about 30 minutes, our jeep got stuck in the mud! It took the boys a whole hour to get he jeep out and running. and in about another 2 hours we reached Rumjhatar, Okhaldhunga. Arrangements had been made for us to meet that principals and the management committee of each school that we were visiting. They gave us a warm welcome and we soon started our program. We posted lots of awareness posters in Rumjhatar Higher Secondary School which is the first school we are working with here. After we finished installing, we talked to the management committee and some students who had come to see us despite the fact that it was a Saturday. The management surprised us by setting everything up so quick! We knew for sure now that our project was going to leave a big impact in their lives and that the project is going to sustain!
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