Upper Mustang (from Tibetan: “fertile plainâ€) is the former Kingdom of Lo, and today part of north-east Nepal, bordering China up on the Himalayas. Mustang it’s one of last Tibetan enclaves: being almost unreachable since middle age it has managed to preserve original tibetan culture and buddhism practically untouched. The influence of the outside world is nowadays growing and contributing to an uncontrolled change. Chinese have decided to start building a new commercial road through the valley which will be finished in a few years and will be the lowest drivable corridor through the Himalayas. This road might represent the last threath to the surviving of local culture and environment.
