Major Festivals The monasteries and religious places of Mustang serve not only as places of worship and cultural identity but also as places of celebration. After one celebration it is usually not long before the halls of mud and stone [...]
In the district of Mustang, there are four culturally distinct settlements. In the south is the area of Thak Saatsae, which literally means ‘seven hundred houses’. This area comprises of the villages of Ghasa in the south, Lete, Kalopani, Kobang, [...]
The Land of Fascination Introduction: There are few places left in the world where mystery still exists, where the long arms of ‘civilization’ and globalization have not reached. On the northern border of Nepal in the heart of the Himalayas [...]
Jomsom lies at 2,700 meters above sea level, in an area that bridges the Himalayan foothills and the Tibetan Plateau. Jomsom is the main commerce and administrative centre of Nepal’s Mustang region. Featuring the only major airstrip north of the [...]
