Chailsa is a small Tibetan Buddhist Monastery about 280 kilometres east of Kathmandu in the Sulokhumbu. On a clear day, from the top of our hill, you can see Mt Everest, 70 kilometres away to the north. We travel either by 4-wheel drive on a rough road for 12 plus hours, or 30 minutes by plane! Flying is an option, but very heavily dependent on the weather. The journey, the remoteness, the beauty, the isolation, the sometimes Wi-Fi, and above all the need for resilience, make

The September trip was very successful thanks to the wonderful volunteers. Dr Tim Topalov who had been at Kopan Monastery in 2016, returned with his own group for the first week. They were the first group to go alone which worked out extremely well. The clinic manager, Sangye Tenzin ensured that any problems were attended to and organized the flow of patients. Sangye who is a Kopan monk, looked after the volunteers needs at the monastery. They had a very productive and enjoy