Today we drive eastward along the Nujiang River. It has its source on the southern slope of the Tanggula Mountain Range in Tibet with a total length of 2’816 kilometers. The name of the river is changed into the Salween River after flowing into Burma from China, and it finally empties into the Andaman Sea. The Nujiang road follows close beside the river linking the Lisu, Nu, and Tibetan communities along the Nu River for 300 miles of gorgeous scenery.
We cross the river at Nujiang Bridge, drive over the Nujiang and East Grand Mountains and across the Bamda Grassland, and arrive at Markham via Lancangjiang River - the sixth longest river in the world and the largest in Southeast Asia with a total length of 4’880 kilometers. It has its source at the Gangguori Peak at the north of Tanggula Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flows through Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China. At the border areas of Laos and Burma, its name is changed to Mekong River and flows through Laos, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to empty into the South Pacific.

After arrival at Markham we will stay overnight at the “Shenkang Hotel”.