Images of Viet Nam

January 13 – 23, 2010  
(11 days)

Photograph culturally rich and varied regions of this diverse country including Hanoi’s French colonial charm and colorful markets, the limestone monoliths, grottos and boat culture of Halong Bay, SaPa’s remote and colorful hill tribe cultures plus the old Imperial City of Hue with it’s Forbidden City.  Danang is a beautiful region of ancient temples with the Marble Mountains and China Beach nearby.  Return home from Saigon (or continue on to Cambodia—see Inside Cambodia)

Images of Viet Nam—begins Hanoi, ends Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), maximum 9 travelers.  11 days land cost is $2728, plus $130 meal budget and $136 for domestic flights.  Single supplement $252.

Inside Cambodia—Meet the People; Make a Difference

January 26-February 6, 2010  
(12 days)

Begins in Siem Reap (4 nights),  Phnom Penh (4 nights) and coastal Kampot (3 nights), includes two days at Angkor  Archeological Sites.  Led by Bhavia Wagner, founder of Friendship with Cambodia, Inside Cambodia is a study tour with an emphasis on visiting local non profit organizations that provide services such as micro loans, orphanages, vocational training for land mine survivors, street children projects and women’s education centers.  Don Lyon will assist in demonstrating photographic techniques to capture story telling images that document the recovery of Cambodia.  Ends in Phnom Penh.  Minimum 8, maximum 14 participants.  12 day land cost is $2200, includes all meals except 2 dinners, single supplement is $250.

Canadian Rockies

July 18-26 (9 days)

If you imagine soaring jagged peaks with glaciers glinting in the sun, moose and elk grazing placidly in wild flower meadows—you’ve got the picture.  The Canadian Rockies are sublimely photogenic.  We’ll spend 3 nights at Lake Louise, another 3 in Jasper and one in Banff to make sure we have captured the best images at the right time of day.  Many Picnic meals ensure we won’t have to come in just when the light is getting good.

Australia; Extreme Nature Down Under

September 1-19, 2010 (19 days)

The Island Continent is a Nature Photographer’s paradise. So much wildlife—so few people. Our itinerary has been road tested more than a dozen times to ensure the best photographic opportunities: Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef, Darwin and Kakadu National Park, Adelaide and Kangaroo Island, Sydney and the Blue Mountains. In the wild and in wild-like game parks we’ll be constantly up close with an amazing variety of unique birds and animals. Landscapes of the limestone escarpments in the Blue Mountains are visions of the world when new. With seven, the price is $4624 plus meals and air. Begins/ends in Sydney. Optional extension to attend Australian Photographic Society’s annual conference in Roma, Queensland. Maximum 7.