Magical Mask Dances in Bumthang, Bhutan
We visited Bhutan in the Autumn of 2015 on a trip organised by photosafari. We did a cross country trip…
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Nenets Boarding School at Yamal Peninsula
Yamal means “The end of the earth”. This place is right in the Arctic Tundra. The subsoil is permafrost. It’s…
Reindeer Festival, Salekhard, Russia
The Reindeer Festival is held yearly at Salekhard, Russia in March. However, the dates are usually announced very late in…
The Geisha World
I was intrigue by the Japanese Geisha culture so I joined a walkabout at the Geisha districts around Gion, Kyoto…
Narrow Alleys of Fez, Morocco
The Medina (Fes el-Bali) of Fez is like a place trapped in time. The local people were also dressed as…
A visit to an Inuit family at Greenland
Rodebay is only about an hour’s ride by boat from Ilulissat, Greenland. It is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in western Greenland…
A Decade’s Journey along the Old Silk Road
Maxby Chan of Photosafari will be presenting an online talk on his decades journey along the old Silk Road from…
The Old Silk Road from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan from 18 Sept to 1 Oct 2020
Introduction The Old Silk Road was collectively an ancient network of trade routes that were central to Cultural Interaction through…
Reindeer Herders of the Arctic Tundra
Maxby’s article, the Reindeer Herders of the Arctic Tundra was featured in the December 2020 issue of Heritage Fashion Magazine….
Kamchatka – Land of Fire and Ice
Here is the video we made during our visits to Kamchatka. We will be organising another visit to Kamchatka from…