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.