Just 60 years ago, when much of Asia still moved by foot or hoof, the Tea Horse Road was a thoroughfare of commerce, the main link between China and Tibet. But my search could be in vain.

Tea's emigration out of these little green bastions of China to all points of the compass, this is a tale that needs to be told. A thousand years ago, people in southern Yunnan kept their pu’erh ...

Yet while it's safe to assume the majority of Yunnan residents have never heard the name, Nakeli is home to a palpable cultural rebirth of the ancient Tea Horse Road. Located 20 kilometers from ...