Mustang Nepal: In Search for Guru Rinpoche

Mustang Nepal: In Search for Guru Rinpoche

Destination: Pharping, NepalPopulation: ~40,000Elevation: 4,514 feet (1,376 meters) Rocked by the pockmarked roads of Nepal’s capital city, I secured my backpack and tightened my grip on the backseat of the motorcycle. The bike jerked and rumbled past women stirring steaming pots, men drinking tea, and kids flying kites between towering apartments under construction. Other bikers…