Anita Bhuju

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Into the heart of once forbidden realm

Published On: April 14, 2018 11:19 AM NPT By: Anita Bhuju

For weary travelers, amid the ashy, arid trans-Himalayan desert of Upper Mustang, the villages act as green beacons. I hadn’t expected the climb from Kagbeni to be beautiful. The three white peaks of Nilgiri Mountain towered over us and the ochre canyons in the distance throughout, as we started our march to the once-forbidden city of Lo Manthang.