Paved roads made visiting Metog much easier

Since 2008, I have made four trips to Metog county in Nyingchi city, Xizang autonomous region, and have witnessed the remarkable improvements in transportation and the local people's lives.

In 2008, I had to spend two weeks trekking in and out of the remote area, which had no paved roads until 2013. Along the way, I traversed two mountain passes with an elevation exceeding more than 4,200 meters, making the journey quite arduous and challenging. I had to hire two local people as my porters.

In the winters of 2020 and 2021, I made two more trips to Metog — the last county in the country to be connected by highway — by driving a rented car.