Kham then and now. How Southwest China looked in the 1920s and when revisited from 1991-2025 by Michael Woodhead of Sydney, Australia. Based on the explorations of botanist Joseph Rock.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Random photo: Mundon village, Yalong canyon
Joseph Rock passed through Mundon (now known as Mongdong)on his way to Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) from his base in Lijiang. It took him 'five terrible days' to cross the canyon.
Dr Joseph Rock was an Austrian-American botanist who explored the Tibetan borderlands of Sichuan and Yunnan in the 1920s and 30s. This is about my travels to revisit the places he described in the National Geographic magazine. Any questions? contact me at beijingweek AT gmail
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