Naygyama Gompa

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Some 10km south of Nangchen is an atmospheric kora path sitting beside a wide section of the Za Qu River (扎曲), which swells to become the Mekong River. The nunnery here isn't much to look at but the kora wends you round a small hill past stupas, fluttering prayer flags and carved stones.