Future tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:
THE SILK ROAD IN CENTRAL
ASIA
Tajikistan
7th 21st June 2017
Dushanbe, Shahr-i-tuz,
Khorog, High Pamirs,
Wakhan Valley, Murgab, Osh, Uzgen
& Bishkek
Visit Shahr-i-tuz,
part of the elusive Graeco-Bactrian kingdom of
Alexander the Great which over the centuries thrived in an intense,
material, spiritual and artistic melange much influenced by Turkic and
Buddhist Indian worlds. Follow the Pandzh River
(upper Amu Darya) to Kalaikhum before joining
the Pamir Highway to Khorog, which has the
second highest botanical garden in the world and where we will spend a
couple of nights visiting the gardens and museum before heading south to
hot springs, ancient caravanserai, castles and petroglyphs in the Wakhan Valley. Turning northwards at Lyanger we rejoin the Pamir
Highway to Alichur and have the opportunity to
explore the lakes, mountain and the local flora and fauna as Spring
unfolds.
Landprice:
approx. £2,725 inclusive
Single Room Supplement: £325 where available
Turkish Airlines Flights: London via Istanbul to Dushanbe
Bishkek/Frunze via Istanbul to London:
approx. £600
CHINA TOUR
Sichuan Province & the Tibetan Border
11th 25th October 2017
Chongqing, Anyue County, Chengdu, Qionglai & Yinjing with
a pottery tradition dating back to the 8th century,
Songpan & Jiuzhai Gou
In the Autumn we will
be travelling to Chengdu the capital of Sichuan Province, which lies in
the hugely fertile Red Basin, surrounded by chequer-board fields and well
irrigated plains. The wealth
generated by this fertile land helped sponsor the temples on forested
slopes and the mιlange of Buddhist, Confucian and Daoist sculptures of
the temples which we will visit.
In contrast, northern and western Sichuan are
covered by the snow-capped foothills of the Himalayan range, rising well
over 5,000 metres, a thinly settled region whose culture is predominantly
Tibetan. While in the far north
is the beautiful alpine scenery around Songpan
and Jiuzhai Gou.
Landprice:
approx. £2,300 inclusive
Single Room Supplement: approx. £250
Flight London to Chongqing return - Tianjin
Airlines: approx. £400
Previous Tours
List
of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:
CENTRAL
ASIA: The Silk Road
7th 21st
October 2016
CHINA: Southwest China and Laos
7th 25th
January 2015
CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in
Eastern China
10th Anniversary Tour with Li Wenying
6th 30th
October 2013
CHINA: Contemporary &
Traditional Ceramics in South East China
6th 24th March 2012
CHINA: Indigo and Clay
19th March 3rd April
2011
CHINA: Contemporary &
Traditional Ceramics in North China
8th 26th May 2010
CHINA: Western China
& the Southern Silk Road
5th
27th September 2008
CHINA: The Mingei Tradition in Central China
26th
February 20th March 2008
UZBEKISTAN:
The Silk Road in Central Asia
Sunday 20th Tuesday 29th August
2006
CHINA: The Mingei Tradition in South West China
Saturday 26th February Sunday 20th March 2005
CELEBRATE: 25th Anniversary of 1st
Craft Potters Association Trip to CHINA
& 1,000 years of Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen
October 2nd 21st October 2003
UZBEKISTAN: THE SILK ROAD IN CENTRAL ASIA
16th September - 3rd October
2001
ORIENTAL CERAMIC
SOCIETY TOUR TO CHINA
21st
October - 11th November 2000
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