The author can be traced at Exotic-nepal.com - Nepal travel guide and directory I was at the Pokhara airport quite tired of the plane's journey. I sat down on a chair and I looked around. The sun was pouring down its energy on the earth and the airport seemed to be quite busy as well. Then, I began remembering what I had done in the past five days. I had come from Kathmandu with the plan of visiting Mustang. My mother was running a health camp in Mustang and I was going there as a tourist. The flight to Mustang was a pleasent one. As soon as I came out of the plane I sensed the freshness in the air of Mustang. We had landed at Jomsom Airport. I gave a look around the airport. On one side of the airport there is a mountain, which seemed to start right from it. We went to the quarters and had our meals. As we all know, Mustang is famous for the Muktinath temple. So, we decided to go to Muktinath with some local people. They prepared for our journey instantly. I had not thought that the trip to Muktinath would have been possible on the very day we reached Mustang. Any way after, after the horses were ready, we mounted on them and started for the trip to Muktinath. We had heard that every afternoon terrible wind would blow in Mustang, so we had brought all the necessary things to tackle the problem. We passed many places and finally reached Muktinath. Muktinath is at a height of 13,000 feet whereas Jomsom was only 9,000 feet about sea level. While going up I had headache and nausea too. But we reached there without much problems. I was mystified at the mesmerizing beauty of the place. They were completely different from the noisy cities. There are 108 spouts that are considered sacred. Taking shower in all the 108 spouts is considered is considered a holy task. But the water of the spouts was so cold that, forget about taking a shower, washing the hands was a difficult thing. Then, we went inside the famous Muktinath temple and prayed to Lord Muktinath. After that, we took some photograph of that lovely place as a token of our memorable visit. Then when we were returning suddenly the weather changed. The wind started blowing like hurricane. It was so strong that I thought I would fall off the horse. I gripped the horse very tightly and faced the wind. Many small pebbles were uplifted by the wind. It seemed that they were coming to hit us. The wind blew for sometime and subsided and we made our journey back quite safely. The journey to Muktinath was quite interesting and I enjoyed it a lot. The second day of our stay was not so interesting. On the third day we visited the Marpha village. We had seen only a few bushes on our way to Muktinath but when we came to Marpha, things were very different - there was greenery all around . As we neared Marpha we saw many apples and apricot trees and when we reached there, we could see the whole forests of those fruits. The environment was very clean and pleasant in addition to those lovely apple and apricot forests. Truly, Marpha was a place to be visited at least once in the lifetime. On the fourth day, we visited the 5-star hotel of Mustand known as the Jomsom Mountain Resort. In fact, Jomsom is not what people think it to be. It has got several good things. There is even a five star hotel in Jomson sounds quite surprising. After the five star hotel, we visited the eco-museum. That night we had a party in our quarters that was really enjoyable. The party continued till late night although we had to catch a flight the following morning. We slept late but woke up early in the morning. We heard that the plane would be delayed and we waited for some time. Finally, the plane came and took us to the Pakhara airport. I had expected Mustang to be a very remote place but it came out so different from expectation. I still remember the fresh morning air and the whirly tornado like wind, but I enjoyed every part of the trip and wish to go there whenever I got a chance. The author can be traced at Exotic-nepal.com - Nepal travel guide and directory