The “lost and forbidden” kingdom of Upper Mustang, tucked away in northern Nepal, is an arid and ancient land, like a flashback to the Tibet of the 1950s, when the Dalai Lama still reigned in Lhasa.
Virtually untouched by modern civilization and isolated by rugged mountain terrain, the old way of life of the Lobas (people of Mustang) still exists, while its ancient Buddhist monasteries are still intact. It was led by King Jigme Palbar Bista until 2007, when Nepal was declared a republic.
Trekking in the Upper Mustang is comparatively less known as the region was only opened to outsiders in 1991. The landscape is a visual feast for your eyes. The vivid backdrop of a weird and wonderful semi-desert features vast desolate mountain slopes where nomadic shepherds herd their flocks.
The eroded mesas are colored brown, blue, yellow and red by natural earth pigments and sculptured by the wind and snow, as if they were carved by men. Surrounding are some 35 mountains ranging from 2,800 to 3,800 meters, some with shining, snowy peaks. It is almost like the American Grand Canyon…but more mystifying, indeed, breathtaking.
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