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.

Realm of divertissements

July 31, 2017 01:30 am

Core issue of public life in Nepal is still Madhes. The longer PEON hides its face, higher will be the price of political avoidance.