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Asia

An early morning challenge: Photographing 1,000 Buddhist monks

Submitted by David Cardinal on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 04:15

djc_3784Sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for. We’d been hoping to see a procession of monks going out for their morning rounds of alms collecting, when we noticed preparations for a major ceremony and found out that the next day 1,000 (precisely 1,000 in this case) monks would be traveling by boat from the far corners of the Inle Lake region to assemble and then join a procession of boats which would receive donations of food and new robes. Read more »

Southeast Asia Trip Report–Destination Myanmar (Burma)

Submitted by David Cardinal on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 01:46

"Intha Style" boats are family cars for the villagers living on Inle Lake. Here the father takes his daughter to school and his wife to market before beginning his day fishing.After a busy five days in Cambodia we reluctantly took our leave and jetted off to Myanmar. After a short connection in the Bangkok airport (Bill was ecstatic to find they had Durian ice cream there but the foot massages were a bigger hit with most of the folks) we arrived in Yangon (formerly Rangoon and still the largest city in Myanmar) in time to see sunset on the way into town. We get asked a lot about whether it is difficult to get permission to travel in Myanmar and the answer is absolutely not—tourists are welcomed. And once there no country has friendlier people…


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Southeast Asia–Cambodia Trip Report and December Photo Tour Announcement

Submitted by David Cardinal on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 23:38
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Image by David Cardinal via Flickr

We’ve never had a disappointing photo trip to Cambodia or Myanmar (Burma) and once again both destinations delivered for us on our recent photo tour. Whether it was sunrise from a balloon over the plain of temples in Bagan or sunset on the Irrawaddy River while we visited with fishermen and their families at their seasonal camp on the river bank the trip was chock full of great experiences and unique photo opportunities. And even though tourism is rebounding throughout the region there were still plenty of chances to get early morning vistas of ancient Khmer temples all to ourselves…

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Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 14:35

djc_7562When the unthinkable happened and we got not just clouds but drizzle today in Mandalay during our Myanmar (Burma) photo safari it threw us for a bit of a loop.

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Southeast Asia Photo Safari

Submitted by David Cardinal on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 16:04
Dates: 
Thu, 01/10/2013 (All day) - Sat, 02/02/2013 (All day)

Cambodia and Burma (Myanmar) 14 days, 13 nights

Main trip: mid-January, 2013 - end of January, 2013 (maximum 8 photographers, 6 openings)

[+very special optional river trip to the unspoiled upper Irrawaddy river]
Final dates & prices still TBD as we work out the logistics of the river charter.

Angkor Wat

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most exotic destinations, and one of the most photogenic. The great monument sites of Southeast Asia are unique in their variety and scale. Taken together, sites in Siem Reap (the Angkor Wat temple complex and surrounding sites), along with Yangon, Bagan, and Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar) offer the opportunity of a lifetime to discover the legacy of several of the important cultures which form the Southeast Asian mosaic, as well as the chance to capture stunning images of lasting interest.

[Our last trip nearly Sold-Out so sign up soon!]

 

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