Over the summer between my first and second year at the University of Vermont, I had the opportunity to participate in a month-long travel study course called Nepal: Changing Communities. This class took us to the Kingdom of Mustang in northern Nepal, close to the border with Tibet. Although we were only there for a month, the Kali Gandaki gorge and the people we met there changed the way that I thought about travel and my own place in the world, and fueled my desire to return to the country.
In Jomsom
Prayer wheels in Jomsom
The Kali Gandaki
Prayer wheels in Kagbeni
Looking out over the terraces fields around Kagbeni
Mani wall stones engraved with mantras
Karma and our three horses for the trek
Ancient monastic caves
Fields of buckwheat (I think?)
Stupa and prayer flags
Students at the end of the earth
Looking back at Nilgiri
Prayer flags at the cave monastery
Thanks for the ride
Adding to the prayer flags
The valley
They say the demon’s heart is stored in this ancient stupa
