The road from Jomsom to Kagbeni and Muktinath is now complete as of 2008, so you can take a jeep ride instead of walking. The road also goes from Jomsom to Ghasa. I turned around to see Dhaulagiri. “There in the distance, a beautiful and moving sight was Dhaulagiri, rising solitary above the shadows and already lit up by the sun. Seen from this distance its massive grandeur stood out astonishingly” (Maurice Herzog, Annapurna).