This was an amazing trip and one of my first travelling experiences without my parents. It's probably safe to say that this trip set the ball rolling on my opinion that you can help people while travelling and have a great time doing it!

The climb to Everest Base Camp was a tough one and took us 12 days in total. It took most of the trip but given this is about the charitable work we did, I won't go into it too much. Teaching English was relatively simple as the monks already had a good level of vocabulary. The school is clearly very well thought of as they have a waiting list to get in. The kids are disciplined hard with 3 hours of prayers each weekday morning, as well as being fed by the monastery too. Some of the children would not have access to food at home so living in this setting was a real lifeline to the children and adults alike.

Most english lessons were informal and relaxed as everyone was very tired because of the fasting situation we described beforehand. In the second week we were invited to celebrate with them and went to a water park. We hadn't planned to but we ended up holding swimming lessons for the children as not many of them had seen water before. Teaching 120 monks who have never swam before in about an hour was tough, but a great challenge and something we will remember forever.