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Absolutely fantastic

Explore — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:50:27 +0000

And while I’m looking at links on technorati…

Megan talks about her absolutely fantastic trip to Jordan. She also has some great shots of the tour up on flickr – the photo sets marked Jordan (obviously).

Megan also commented that she had a fantastic local guide called Hazem, who “…added so much to the holiday”.

Local guides always seem to make a lot of difference to people on our tours whether they are the tour leader or local guides in specific places, it can make all the difference between get to know the place or just seeing it.

Jane Tomlinson

Explore — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:56:52 +0000

Earlier this week I spotted a very interesting blog by Jane Tomlinson called “Sightlines“. In the about section she has a lovely sentence about what she does:

“I try to make lively, colourful images to excite the eye and feed the soul.”

And I think I would agree.

Jane has been on several Explore trips, however her most recent to South West Africa was what initially caught my eye. These pictures of Antelope (taken by her and her husband Moth Clark) and her drawings and sketches are lovely. Her writing also conveys what it feels like to be in a place and how she reacts to a variety of different sights, smells and sounds around her.

Jane’s sketches from Etosha National Park, Namibia

You can see more of Jane’s sketches in her gallery.

Gemsbok, Namibia

Puku in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Jane has an exhibition of her work in May and June 2007 – I think I may take a visit.

All images Â© Jane Tomlinson 2007

Cycling in Kerala

Explore — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:33:58 +0000

Well, I’m not the only one in the office to have visited India recently. My colleague, Chris Stephens who is our Photo guru (or more correctly Image Executive) travelled to Kerala on one of Explore’s cycling trips: Backwaters of Kerala at the tail end of 2006. If you take a look in our 2007 Cycling brochure you will find some of Chris’ photos. I’ve also found a few others which illustrate the interview are well, even if I do say so myself.

Cycling near Mancombu

Fish and Chips?

Picking the tea leaves

A working elephant

Happy listening and if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, do leave a comment! Hopefully we’ll have another interview with Chris soon about photography and being an image executive.

Pictures of India

Explore — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:33:22 +0000

I wanted to share with you some pictures taken by a fellow passenger on my recent trip to India.

John Patterson took the following wonderful shots on the extended version of the tour I went on, which also includes Moghul Highlights as well as Rajasthan.

John and his wife Kay are extremely keen walkers, and John even leads walking tours in the UK. He has a great eye for ‘photos’ and he kindly sent me through these great pictures.

The Amber Fort, Jaipur

Also the Amber Fort, Jaipur

Meherangarh Fort in Jodhpur

Jain Temple at Ranakpur

Traditional Cattle powered pump for irrigating the crops.

Gateway to the Fort at Kumbalgarh