Mogan's magic

Natural splendors and historical legacies endow a slice of the Tianmu Mountains with wild and man-made allure, Owen Fishwick discovers.

"Keep your back straight and clench your buttocks," says Tintin, my Filipino horse guide whom I was allotted just 30 seconds earlier.

It's the first time I have ever ridden a horse and my director tells me to "relax" and look "more professional" as I deliver my lines to a camera some 50 meters away.