The Forgotten Kingdom Of Upper Mustang
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Michael Burton and Mid Life Adventures had twice ridden the southern side of the Himalayas from the madness of Delhi to the highest motorable road in the world and across to the majestic houseboats of Srinagar. It was time to explore the northern, Nepalese side.
Not a gentle jaunt on big adventure bikes.
With the Forgotten Kingdom of Upper Mustang only opened to the public in 1991, and with a hefty entry price, the area hasn’t undergone the intense development occurring in India. Influenced by the Tibetan culture, for thousands of years the isolation has kept the culture, lifestyle and heritage uncorrupted. An interesting fact was that polyandry, a type of marriage where all the brothers of a family marry the same woman, is a common practice throughout the Upper Mustang Kingdom…that’s true brotherly love! But the times are changing on this remotest part of the Himalayas as the Chinese are working their way down the plateau in search of minerals and building roads to open trade lines to Kathmandu and India.