Intentionally Different Tours
Textiles, Craft, Arts & History – the ‘Four Stans’ 2026, including the Nomad Ethno-Festival.
28 Days | 27 Aug - 23 Sep, 2026. $AU9,843 joining in Almaty, end in Tashkent. Our small group journey begins in Kazakhstan, through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, then to the Silk Road towns found in...
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Discovering the Caucasus – Cultural Fusion 2027
18 Days | April-May, 2027. $AU8,413 joining in Baku, end in Yerevan. The Caucasus, a region of profound historical and cultural richness, remained largely obscured behind the Iron Curtain unt...
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Textiles of Thailand & Laos with Valerie Kirk 2027
16 Days | 20 January - 04 February, 2027 $US4,157/$AU6,258* per person, joining in Chiang Mai, concluding in Vientiane. (Limited Availability) "I invite you to join with me as we travel...
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Textiles of Japan with Valerie Kirk 2027
14 Days | 26 May-08 June, 2027 bookings open. $AUD9,433 approx pp, joining and concluding in Osaka. Learning about silk production and weaving preparation Apart from textiles, Japan ha...
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Elephants of Katha
Throughout Asia elephants were both sacred and workers. Sacred ones live as sculptural edifices in temples, while worker...
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Japan and the People you Meet
Japan is a place of deep craft skills and where the very contemporary meets the very traditional is such a way that they...
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Japan and the unexpected