On China’s Forgotten Road

Executive summary by darmansjah

Scott Wallace searches for traces of his wayward grandfather in China’s Yunnan Province. National Geographic Adventure follows the ancient trade route that crisscrosses these borderlands in “China: The Tea Horse Road and Shangri-La.” On this active journey, travelers track endangered golden monkeys, glimpse rituals at the 17^th-century Dongzhulin Monastery, and hike through mushrooms meadows.