Why Mustang?
Well.. why not? :)
To
be honest, Mustang has been a dream of mine since I heard a
photographer and friend talking about his expedition in the region,
something he did way back in the seventies. The area was still close
to visitors, and he was escorted for the whole trek up to Lo Mantang
by police officers. It all sounded very adventurous to me. Borders
between Nepal and Tibet are now much less sensitive, but the area
opened officially to tourism
only in 1992.
Still, it's a quite
remote and therefore less travelled zone, with special permits
needed.
Landscapes are wonderful. It hosts important sanctuaries and
caves that alone are worth the visit. And: it has a beautiful name.
Enough
reasons to pay a visit to the Kingdom, I would say.
