Above Kagbeni

Incidents of Travel >   Trekking the Kali Gandaki >   Kagbeni to Jharkot

In the background is Dhaulagiri, eighth-highest mountain in the world.

The horse-tender boy sang a popular love song as we walked along, about how to reach his lady the singer would climb the highest mountain and swim the widest river, carried along by the strength of his love.

Photo: Bishnu Subedi.