Mustang. A Trek to the Kingdom of Lo A bunch of friends decided to explore the remote kingdom of Lo, and climbing the Pisang Peak in Nepal in October 2010. And.. this journal will record our adventures :))

Down along the Annapurna trek. Jagat, finally.

NEPAL | Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 | Views [764]

Updates, updates! After the famous Thorong La (pass) at 5400 something, we went down along the Annapurna trek route. Landscape is very different from desertical Mustang, and also: here there's so many more people. We were not used anymore :D Pisang ... Read more >

Tags: mountains, nepal, trekking

Lo Manthang.

NEPAL | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Views [1027] | Comments [1]

While I struggle with a very slow connection to upload some pics into this journal, Michela has set her mind to buy one of the traditional, beautiful dresses from here. She looks beautiful in it, so let's buy it! Lo Manthang is the capital of ... Read more >

Tags: king, mustang, nepal, trekking

Mustang, finally!

SWITZERLAND | Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Views [893]

...so we're entering officially the Upper Mustang area, it was time! We are in Kaghbeni, nice little village were we arrived today, and from tomorrow when we will trek up along the Kali Gandaki river valley. Kathmandu was hot and chaos, lots of tekkers ... Read more >

Tags: art, mountains, mustang, nepal, trekking

Lost Treasures of Tibet, or Mustang on PBS - the trailer.

NEPAL | Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 | Views [1473] | Video

Here's the trailer (10 minutes) and the complete documentary (almost 1 hr). What I like most in these images? The sky. How can it be so blue, remains a mystery to me.

Tags: art, caves, mountain, mustang, nepal, sky, trekking

The Colours of Silence. A photo exhibit on upper Mustang from Luigi Fieni

NEPAL | Monday, 27 Sep 2010 | Views [1313]

Luigi Fieni is a photographer and art restorer who has devoted years to the restoration of cave paintings in upper Mustang. Now his photo exhibition will be shown in Kathmandu and I can't wait to see it! From his facebook page: " The Colours ... Read more >

Tags: art, caves, mustang, nepal, photography

How it all began. Why Mustang?

NEPAL | Tuesday, 21 Sep 2010 | Views [1601]

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 ... Read more >

Tags: art, caves, mustang, nepal, trekking

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