The Tea Explorer

@90thParallel's THE TEA EXPLORER, is a journey along China’s ancient & exotic Tea Horse Road with self-described “tea addict” Jeff Fuchs.

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For anyone in Canada who missed @teaexplorerfilm, The CBC Doc Channel @cbcdocs will be re-playing it Wed July 25 at 7:00 PM. @90thParallel

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@JeffFuchsTea The Tea Explorer @teaexplorerfilm @90thParallel @cbcdocs

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This Sunday night on the CBC Documentary Channel at 9:00 PM! @teaexplorerfilm @cbcdocs @90thParallel

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Listen for @teaexplorerfilm Andrew Gregg @andykat2 on you local CBC afternoon show today and watch Sunday on the CBC doc channel @cbcdocs!

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@michaeljosselyn and @andykat2 filming near Lomnathang, Upper Mustang, Nepal @teaexplorerfilm @90thParallel

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Lomanthang

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The Tea Explorer ponders his fate at the hands of a camera crew @JeffFuchsTea

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Women spinning yak wool on the streets of Lomanthang. The ancient capital of Mustang has only recently opened its door to outsiders.

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Late sun, Lomanthang, Upper Mustang on the Tea Horse Road

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@teaexplorerfilm director Andrew Gregg will be on CHCH TV tomorrow morning at 7:20 to talk tea and adventure.

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A new road through the Kali Gandaki Gorge in Upper Mustang. At one time the tea caravans travelled the valley bottom on the way to Kathmandu

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It's clear that McDonalds retains no legal representation in Lower Mustang.

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When @JeffFuchsTea has had enough questions he will do this:

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After screening @teaexplorerfilm @JeffFuchsTea will be joining in via Skype from Hawaii for a Q&A! Many thanks to @beTeasInc for organizing!

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@teaexplorerfilm director Andrew Gregg will be at Wolf Performance Hall in London, Ont. tonight for a special screening of the film. 1

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And they intensified their cigarettes with home made stove pipe bongs...

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We spent the evening in smokey cabins, where they were drying out rhododendron logs in the rafters

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But back in '14 the pickers were wonderful hosts, who thought it was pretty funny that us westerners had arrived out of nowhere...

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...we found that the cabins had all been ripped apart and the camp destroyed. Another group had moved in and taken over.