03/09/2016
"After five days of walk, sometimes by foot, sometimes by horse,suddenly, in a plain surrounded by barren and yellow hills, "Lo Mantang" appears (literally the plain of soul's aspirations).
With its three Gompas painted in red, with walls made out of mud and white lime and two huge willows, the town seems untouched like it was the day it was erected. From afar it seems to finally get at the heart of an unrevealed secret.
Getting closer to it, the image downplays and the traveller finally understands: the meaning of search is in the path done and not in the destination; the aim of travelling is the travel itself and not arriving in some place".
T. Terzani - Asia
Thanks to Alberto Scapini, photos by Venturesafrica
