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A Look Across Time In Mustang
Updates from the remote region of MusÂtang in Nepal are on their way in! Here is anothÂer disÂpatch from MM Guide Deana ZabalÂdo as the team got ready to begin their MusÂtang Trek this month.
“Our jourÂney began in Pokhara, a lakeÂside town with sweepÂing views of the AnnaÂpurÂna range, where we had the rare opporÂtuÂniÂty to speak with Ngawang, an old Tibetan KhamÂpa warrior.
Our local guide OangÂdi and his father Ngawang, a Tibetan guerilÂla fightÂer based in MusÂtang in the 1960s. Deana ZabalÂdo photo
In the 1960’s, MusÂtang was the base for Tibetan fightÂers resistÂing the ChiÂnese invaÂsion. We heard stoÂries of life as a monk-turned-guerÂrilÂla fightÂer, receivÂing AmerÂiÂcan CIA trainÂing, and excurÂsions over the borÂder to attack ChiÂnese police. A decade latÂer, the resisÂtance endÂed, and the Tibetans who have lived in exile since then have takÂen wives from MusÂtang and setÂtled in Nepal.
Our group with Ngawang and OangÂdi. Deana ZabalÂdo photo
Our local guide for the trip is the son of this old Tibetan warÂrior, and we’ve gotÂten a great preÂview of the MusÂtang culÂture and hisÂtoÂry to come.
InterÂnaÂtionÂal MounÂtain MuseÂum in Pokhara. Deana ZabalÂdo photo
“A visÂit to the InterÂnaÂtionÂal MounÂtain MuseÂum in Pokhara, a deliÂcious dinÂner, and an earÂly mornÂing flight to JomÂson to begin our trek…”
~ MM Guide Deana Zabaldo
TakÂing off to the mounÂtains. Deana ZabalÂdo photo