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Paul Salopek

Walking storyteller begins historic trek through China’s heartland

15 October 2021. By Paul Salopek

Leaving Myanmar—and agonising over friends left behind in the coup

1 June 2021. By Paul Salopek

The unexpected twists on a writer's 24,000-mile walk across the world

19 February 2021. By Paul Salopek

How much work goes into flattening gold leaf? 20,000 hammer blows.

7 December 2020. By Paul Salopek

In Myanmar, everyone swears by this natural skin cosmetic

3 September 2020. By Paul Salopek

Hunting for particles of gold in the jungles of Southeast Asia

24 June 2020. By Paul Salopek

A new battle zone for the coronavirus looms: the developing world

7 April 2020. By Paul Salopek

Memories of World War II bloodshed surface in a trek across India

15 March 2020. By Paul Salopek

Outsiders don't venture into this lush corner of India. Could that change?

14 February 2020. By Paul Salopek

Living tree bridges in India stand strong for hundreds of years

16 November 2019. By Paul Salopek

Nat Geo's world walker maps every time police stop him

28 October 2019. By Paul Salopek

Leopards, elephants and cobras... the perils of picking tea

31 August 2019. By Paul Salopek

Travel and Adventure

Trekking India’s wild north, where bandits ruled

11 February 2019. By Paul Salopek

A deadly scourge ravages hard-rock miners in India

23 January 2019. By Paul Salopek

Travel and Adventure

Witnessing mass migrations and China's rise on a global trek

11 January 2019. By Paul Salopek

Travel and Adventure

Why animals carry life lessons—not just cargo

5 January 2019. By Paul Salopek

Environment and Conservation

Historic Water Crisis Threatens 600 million People in India

21 October 2018. By Paul Salopek