Nepal’s Home Ministry and a variety of ... counts 14 households and is the last village in Mustang entirely of the pre-Buddhist Tibetan Bön religion. I had arranged to meet Yungdrung in Kagbeni ...

In some areas of Mustang, local people are saving Nepal's crumbling monasteries. In Samdzong , this culture is also at risk. The village's caves, meanwhile, contain elaborate burials and shed ...

Mustang, April 26 -- In the stark and arid landscapes ... practices-lifelines for the local population. The old Samjong village lies ghostly and barren. Abandoned houses, empty fields, and wild ...

Mustang, April 27 -- In the stark and arid landscapes ... practices-lifelines for the local population. The old Samjong village lies ghostly and barren. Abandoned houses, empty fields, and wild ...

Unlike their lowland cousins, yaks are a difficult lot. They can be unpredictable, their massive horns a great deterrent to anyone who wants to come close, and even the biggest cattle is dwarfed ...

Mustang, also known as the 'Forbidden Kingdom', is a hidden gem in Nepal! This place in the lap ... Charang is a charming village renowned for its ancient monasteries and traditional architecture.

The incense made from dried branches and leaves of black juniper and wild wormwood is threatened by overharvesting and ...

In Nepal’s fabled Mustang region, the Kingdom of Lo houses ... Ngwang Phinjo, a novice monk, opens the door to a monastery in a remote village in the former kingdom. Such monasteries have ...

when the village finally comes into view. Set 3510 metres above sea level, Ghami in Upper Mustang, an isolated kingdom in Nepal’s barren highlands that once controlled trade between Tibet and ...

In the 18th century it was assimilated into Nepal but retained some ... Every household in the village—indeed, in every village in Mustang—stacks wood on their roofs, usually thin juniper ...

A Sherpa village in Nepal’s Everest region has been engulfed by icy flood waters, officials say. Experts suspect Thame - which sits at an altitude of about 3,800m - was flooded after a glacial ...