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Future tours arranged by
Christine-Ann Richards:
Tours 2008
Journey to LADAKH in the
Western Himalayas
12th – 23rd
February
&
Stok
Palace
& Monastery Festival of Oracles
Matho Monastery Oracle Festival
In the heart of winter, when the high passes are
closed and the flight across the snow clad mountains an
awesome sight, only the local inhabitants, dressed in their
finest clothes and a few visitors find their way to the
sheltered Indus Valley to celebrate the winter festivals.
Visits arranged to other monasteries including Aichi.
Total Cost (including all flights)
: £2,250
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The
‘Mingei’ Tradition in Central China
13th March – 5th April
Visit
Suzhou,
Guilin & the tribal areas of
Guizhou
Province
&
Jingdezhen
the porcelain capital of China
From the classical gardens of Suzhou
we travel to Guilin where classical
Chinese painting is made a reality.
Climbing into the secluded, mountainous, tribal area
of Guizhou Province
we visit musicians
and artists in weaving, embroidery, batik, indigo and
silver. Each
tribe having their own style of dress and architecture.
Thence to the ceramic
areas of Changsha and Jizhou, famous for its black wares, and Jingdezhen.
(Option
for additional stay in JDZ to pot)
Total Cost (including all flights)
: £2,550
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WESTERN
CHINA & THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD
5th – 27th September
Kashgar,
Khotan and across the
Taklamakan
Desert
to Kuche and
Dunhuang
Ancient civilizations buried in the sands of the Taklamakan
Desert, fortresses and frescoed Buddhist cave complexes,
mosques, minarets, carpets, silk, metalwork and jade ….
Total Cost (including all flights)
: £2,880
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List of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:
Kashgar & the Southern Silk Road via Khotan
to Kuche
Saturday May 20th – Monday 5th June 2006
The Silk Road in Central Asia
Sunday 20th – Tuesday 29th
August 2006
The ‘Mingei’
Tradition in South West China
Saturday 26th February – Sunday 20th March 2005
RESCHEDULED TRIP
TO CHINA
October 2nd – 21st October 2003
CELEBRATE: 25th
Anniversary of 1st Craft Potters Association Trip to CHINA
& 1,000 years of Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen
SPRING 2003 May 20th - June 14th
JOURNEY TO LADAKH in
the Western Himalayas
JUNE 2002 (proposed dates 10th - 24th June)
LIFE ALONG THE SILK ROAD across the Taklamakan Desert
26th AUGUST - 13th SEPTEMBER 2001
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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