Apples & Dust

The contrast between the East and West side of Teri La Pass is fascinating. While coming up through Naar Valley the landscape is fertile and pastures are common, on the West side of the pass, Upper Mustang is dominated by eroded cliffs, empty plateaus and dust. We entered this moon-like landscape through narrow and steep […]

To one of the highest villages of Nepal and beyond

We couldn’t imagine at all what life looks like for the people of Naar, living the whole year on 4’200m. What we discovered is a phenomenal place in the world where people and animals live an intense symbiosis. Neither could live in the highest village of Nepal without the other, because yaks, horses, goats, sheep […]