UPPER PISANG - Yes, the upper one

Consider Upper Pisang the elder brother of Lower Pisang. The height difference between them is a mere 100m. Surrounded by red patches of barley fields in early fall, Upper Pisang is a beautiful village with a newly made gompa and a 250 years old gompa as well. At Pisang, both upper and lower, you will start to feel the dryness of the Upper Manang region. Although the Pine and Spruce trees will still not have left you entirely you will stop seeing them once you reach Bhraka. From here on the locals you meet are either Gurungs, Ghales or Tibetan immigrants. The identity of the Gurungs as mentioned in many research papers is quite controversial. However (they are most probably of Tibetan descent and their language is different from that of the Gurungs of the lower altitudes). Here at Upper Pisang, there is a school as well. This school has a football ground and if you so wish to you can chat and arrange a small football match for yourself. Playing football at over 3000 m is no ordinary feat though, and if you push yourself you will be gasping for oxygen pretty desperately.