Archives from July 2011
Biking Nepal's Wild West: Upper Mustang
Unpsoiled Tibetan culture - many believe Mustang is the last TRUE vestige of Tibetan culture... Spectacular, and out of this world, landscape... And SUPER friendly people. This is Mustang for you. It is by pure co-incidence I had packed Seven Years in Tibet to read while on this trip. Our trip to Tibet had just recently been cancelled as China had stopped issuing permits as they were celebrating the "60th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet". So our two time client, Joelle Koster (she had previously done the Ultimate Everest Trek with us), and I decided to go to Upper Mustang as it was in the rain-shadow region and it was the best substitute for Tibet in Nepal.