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The scenery changes in Upper Mustang every day After a reasonable nights sleep in the ever colder Upper Mustang and a hearty double breakfast of porridge I felt slightly more prepared to take on today’s trek. Yesterdays trek from Chhussang, Ghyakar, Samar, Chungsi Ranchung Cave and Syanbouche had been tiring. We began with an inclined …

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The second day brings the first tough trek in Upper Mustang & our first encounter with the infamous road constuction It was always going to be a long day. But somehow that doesn’t quite sink in until the day actually starts and you realize it will end after about 8 hours of trekking. This would …

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Chhusang to Tetang Upper Mustang From Chhusang to Tetang Upper Mustang is about an hour, trekking.  After trekking from Kagbeni to Chhusang we trekked to Tetang after lunch. It’s a flat trail that’s very easy to follow. Tetang is basically to the east of Chhusang’s suspension bridge. From the Bhrikuti Guesthouse it’s straight out the …

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From a Lower Mustang Trek to Upper Mustang: Kagbeni to Chhusang We leave Lower Mustang’s Kagbeni and within a few feet are technically in Upper Mustang – this is technically our first day in Upper Mustang or day one of the Upper Mustang Trek. There’s no dramatic change in scenery, special check point and no …

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Upper Mustang: the Forbidden Kingdom Awaits past Pokhara to Kagbeni Back in 2007 I first completed the Annapurna Circuiit trek in the middle of a punishingly cold winter. I trekked across the Throngla Pass, down into Manang and then entered the stone village known as Kagbeni. As we turned a corner in Kagbeni village late …

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How to reach Upper Mustang & Lo Manthang? All of Upper Mustang is within a “restricted area” in the north of Nepal, bordering with Tibet and the Annapurna Circuit just after Manang. You cannot enter Upper Mustang without a restricted area permit. I cover the necessity and failures of this in the previous post about …

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The Forbidden Kingdom of Lo is about to vanish forever A mystical, forbidden Kingdom that for centuries lied hidden in an otherworldly mountainous valley in the northern Himalayas. There are few other words that can tempt intrepid travelers to venture forth and discover the Kingdom of Lo in Nepal than these. Whether known as the …

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