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South Tea Sips 5: Concluding Sips…for now
One of the many tea hostesses that inevitably must tire of our continued sipping Last days inevitably require ‘last sips’, though no sips...
Jeff Fuchs
May 8, 20136 min read
Mupa, Nyima, and Songjè – (Cloud, Sun, and Songjè)
The word for mist, clouds, and fog in many Tibetan regions is the same: mupa. Mupa is what engulfs us and sucks us all into itself and...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 9, 201211 min read
Songjè and a Sacred Lake – Part l of ll
Bells chime through the wet air and the odd manic high-pitched wail of urging in Tibetan rips over the grassland. Plodding through the...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 7, 20126 min read
“Yunnan Tea Road” Article in award winning TRVL
Arriving back to Zhongdian (aka Shangri-La) to wet, hints of snow in the surrounding mountains, and the usual fun and games getting...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 16, 20121 min read
Global Times Interview with Jeff Fuchs
Interview with the “Global Times” on the importance and enduring legacy of the Tea Horse Road #HimalayanExpedition #TeaHorseRoad #Nomad...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 15, 20121 min read
Kawa Karpo Expedition Updates
Our expedition has been generously joined by additional sponsorship and assistance from Canada’s Zoomermedia, travelling ‘off the beaten...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 2, 20121 min read
Expedition February 2012 – Ancient Trade Route to Sacred Mountain
One of the sites our eyes will take in upon the trek Back to the comforting cold and silence of ‘Shangrila’ here in northwestern Yunnan...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 27, 20121 min read
Wild China Explorer Grant for 2012
Applications for the WildChina Explorer Grant due soon! By: WildChina | Categories: Adventure Travel in China Sustainable Travel...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 13, 20111 min read
First Steps and a Phalanx of Bodies
In their wonderfully tangible way mountains introduce, stymie and beckon. Heading northwest from Gyalthang (Zhongdian) through rows of...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 7, 20114 min read
A Nomadic Mountain and a Yak God – Genyen and Brongri
One of the memorable faces that reside close to five kilometres in the sky near Genyen Brongri is a mountain god that is only called upon...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 21, 20115 min read
A bus, A Cherub and More Hills
A young nomadic boy in a rare moment of silent intent Gansa is no more – back to Xining and onto one of those bizarre 15 hour bus rides...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 25, 20116 min read
Mr. Lu’s Dong Ding – A Flight of Taiwanese Fancy in Qinghai
One of the many dreamscape tea vistas of Taiwan, where fogs permeate everything and wander at will Days of wandering the mountains and...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 22, 20118 min read
Horses, Blue and a Rail
Qinghai or for the Tibetans, Amdo – Michael and I have entered from the eastern Gansu border by that ‘everywhere’ mode of transportation...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 18, 20114 min read
Jeff Fuchs to headline “Explore” Series at Bookworm in Beijing
One of the very special 'lados' (muleteers), whose memories alone keep alive the ancient tales of life along the great trade routes...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 6, 20111 min read
The Way of Heights
A sight and activity repeated twice daily – milking. Tibetan tents and compounds are usually erected facing east…and the rising sun...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 6, 20113 min read
Yaks, Creases and Nomads
The calm force that is Songjem The man we pick up in Nyimalung has the calm eyes and weathered face that the mountains create and sculpt...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 1, 20114 min read
Gansu – Towards the Hills
Michael and I are back in our beloved hinterlands driving deep into the nomadic territories of Gansu province. Continuing my travels into...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 26, 20112 min read
Mountain Passes – A Mountain’s Memories
Peaks and mountain spires often steal the dreams and minds – with billowing snow-encrusted lines, thin-aired risks and altitude numbers...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 7, 20114 min read
Jeff’s article in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on the Salt Road Expedition
Click here for the article. For access to the full feature article you must sign up (free for the first two weeks). Enjoy with a cup of...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 3, 20111 min read
Amne Machin Farewell – A Descent
Early morning wind upon an Amne Machin ridge Looking at the sky we see fierce white monotones and wind’s power, below in front of us on...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 6, 20114 min read
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