Ebook of my “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” now – and finally – available

Posted on August 8, 2012 by JeffFuchs

At long last an ebook version of  my ‘The Ancient Tea Horse Road‘ lives and breathes, making the whole tale a little more convenient and giving some of those incredible geographies and personalities another opportunity to shine, charm, and threaten.

Of considerable importance (and in answer to many, many requests) the ebook has a map, so the journey our team took will make a little more sense and will be put into a context.

Tenzin, his memories, memories and continued enthusiasm for the Tea Horse Road gave (and still give) the route, lifeblood

The ebook does contain images, but we are at work to create a more image intense version of the book including photographs of the route that were taken on the original journey as well as upon several more recent journeys along unchartered portions of the route.

Butter tea, whose very offering represents one of the timeless gifts of travel upon the Tibetan Plateau

The book retraces our team’s journey along the grand ‘route through the sky’; a route of memories, of mountains, and of course of that eternal Asian commodity, tea.

Tea...a simple green leaf, that had no real equal on the trade routes

From the mist-laden subtropics of southern Yunnan up, and onto the Tibetan Plateau, the route known as Gya’lam (wide road) to Tibetans, Cha Ma Dao (Tea Horse Road), to the Han people, and ‘The Eternal Road’ to the legions of traders and muleteers, lives again.

Yeshi, Jeffers, Dakpa, Tenzin, and Sonam in a rare moment of physical unity standing outside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa

The read is apparently enhanced with a cup(s) of tea at hand.

 

About JeffFuchs

Having lived for a decade in Yunnan, Fuchs’ work has centred on indigenous mountain cultures, oral histories along with an obsessive interest in tea. Fuchs is the author of 'The Ancient Tea Horse Road' (Viking-Penguin) and he was the subject of 'The Tea Explorer' documentary based on his exploration of the Tea Horse Road. His photos and stories have appeared on three continents in publications such as Kyoto Journal, TRVL, and Outpost Magazine, as well as The Spanish Expedition Society, The Earth, Silkroad Foundation, The China Post Newspaper, The Toronto Star, The South China Morning Post, and UNESCO amongst others. Various pieces of his work are part of private collections in Europe, North America, and Asia. Fuchs served as Asian Editor at Large for five years at award-winning Outpost magazine. Jeff has worked with schools and universities, giving talks on both the importance of oral traditions, tea and mountain cultures. His recently released book ‘The Ancient Tea Horse Road’ (Penguin-Viking Publishers) details his 8-month groundbreaking journey traveling and chronicling one of the world’s great trade routes, The Tea Horse Road. Fuchs is the first westerner to have completed the entire route stretching almost six thousand kilometers through the Himalayas a dozen cultures. Fuchs partnered with Wild China to create a journey along the Tea Horse Road which National Geographic Traveler called one of the "50 Trips of a Lifetime". He is co-founder of Akahiao Nature Institute on the island of Hawai'i along with his wife, Julie Rogers.
This entry was posted in Explorations, Media, Mountains, Tea, Uncategorized and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Ebook of my “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” now – and finally – available

  1. Lynne Gerard says:
    March 1, 2017 at 1:15 pm

    Greetings Jeff Fuchs!
    My love of horses and tea somehow led me to discover your writings and photos, which are presently enhancing the passing of winter here in a most enjoyable way.

    I was able to purchase the ebook version of your “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” book through amazon.ca, but it seems to be a version that does not contain maps or photos. You are a super writer and your descriptions generate amazing images behind my closed eyelids, but your photography is also so wonderfully evocative I find it disappointing it does not accompany the text in this version of the ebook. Have I purchased the wrong one? Should I have ordered through amazon.com instead? If there is a different link to the version you describe in this journal entry would you pass it along. In the meantime I will keep looking through your blog to see if I have missed a follow up to this topic.

    My best,
    Lynne Gerard

    • JeffFuchs says:
      March 20, 2017 at 3:18 am

      Hi Lynne – thanks for the note and apologies for the map-less version.
      I’m going to send on a map for the book which I drew up but wasn’t used (no idea why not). Much appreciate the words and check your email for a map of that wonderful route through the sky.
      best to you,
      Jeff