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    Mustang Spaces 4 – Lo Gekar and Kunga
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 7 min

    Mustang Spaces 4 – Lo Gekar and Kunga

    Abu is chatty. Not prone to overly long sessions of speaking, Abu, when he is talking, usually has something to expel and it is always a treat watching it begin to emerge. Weeks in and heading west out of old Samzong to Lo Manthang, with our caravan of two and four-legged ones spread along a weaving line, Abu is going on how “the valleys need to talk to one another and they need to share”. His energy is ‘up’ and his eyes glow with some sort of inner force of conviction, which
    In the Land of Ayni (Part 1) – Outpost Magazine
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    In the Land of Ayni (Part 1) – Outpost Magazine

    Part 1 of our journey into the Andean world and my own slight obsession with the concept and Quechuan word, Ayni, here. The Quechuan word ‘Ayni’…a sublime and old Andean idea; a responsibility that one has to one’s community. A guiding principle and philosophy rather than any law, it very roughly translates into ‘reciprocity’. A part of the social responsibility to one’s community and the earth, the Pachamama. The idea is a living thing and not simply an arcane idea where one
    Mustang, Leaves, and Kunga
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Mustang, Leaves, and Kunga

    Ladakh expedition plans changed last minute to Mustang. One stunning Himalayan world for another…and one historically linked to another in days of trade. We will trudge by foot north to Lo Manthang from just north of Jomson providing the flights are able to negotiate through the famed winds that can chuck a piece of metal around at will. The mountain sanctuary that awaits Our small team will still be travelling along an old trade route but a team and logistics have had to be
    Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jul 26, 2017
    • 1 min

    Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer

    Love when the word ‘conversation’ is used instead of Interview. Had a wonderful ‘conversation’ with the eloquent Ruhani Sandhu of Rangsaa and Love for Teas about our upcoming Tea Explorer documentary film. No conversation in recent times could be had without referring to one of my very favourite people, Konga. Here a moment during one of our own conversations about the days of tea trade in Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal. The conversations ( Part 1 here) touched on some of the mo

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