The Forever Walk: China (2024)
Paul Salopek, a National Geographic explorer and Pulitzer Prize winner, treks through the mountains of Yunnan in southwest China, to the neighbouring province of Sichuan with his Chinese partners.
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National Geographic explorer and writer Paul Salopek is in the mountainous terrain of Yunnan Province, China’s southwest. Trekking with a cast of walking partners, walking guests, and the first local in sight after hitting his first milestone in the mainland, Paul documents the region’s rich biodiversity and the protection efforts being made by every level of society.
National Geographic explorer and writer Paul Salopek walks from Yunnan into the neighboring province of Sichuan with the help of his Chinese walking partners and hospitable locals. Paul documents the strong bonds that are forged through a shared experience such as ‘The Forever Walk,’ furthering the fact that this is not one man’s journey, but a collective one.
National Geographic explorer and writer Paul Salopek walks the Tea Horse Road, a southerly branch of the vast ancient silk road network in China, delving into its rich history and culture through the lens of a village historian; a tea farmer at a plantation; and a Chinese cultural icon.
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