Author: Robert

16 Days | 21 January - 05 February, 2026 $US3,640/$AU5760* per person, joining in Chiang Mai, concluding in Vientiane. "I invite you to join with me as we travel from the cultural centre of Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand, across the Mekong into the beautiful country of Laos, the home for many minority people who still produce and wear colourful fabrics using generations' old tech...

27 Days | 28 Aug - 23 Sep, 2025. $AU9,763 joining in Almaty, end in Tashkent. Bookings coming in. Places available. Our small group journey begins in Kazakhstan, through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, then to the Silk Road towns found in Uzbekistan. Our journey celebrates the famous textile and other crafts fostered by the crossroads of the famous Silk Road, sitting between Western China and the C...

14 Days | May 2026 bookings open. $AUD8771 approx pp, joining and concluding in Osaka. Expressions of interest for 2026 appreciated. Learning about silk production and weaving preparation Apart from textiles, Japan has profound skills in many other crafts and we will witness some of these from sword making, ceramics to cooking. We also see glorious scenery, magnificent anci...