Greetings from Madurai, where we’re more than half way through the first annual Jim Cline Photo Tours South India Trip We’ve already visited and photographed highlights in Mumbai and Cochin, including Dobi Ghat, the world’s largest outdoor laundry facility and the bustling industries of the Dhavari slum, the Katakhali dancers as well as the famous […]
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South India Pre Trip Scouting Run Part Two
Greetings from Mumbai. DV and I arrived yesterday and immediately hit the streets for one final day of “location checks”. With some very comfortable down time, a beautifully appointed hotel, and a very fast internet connection, I’m able to post some images from the last few days. This scouting trip has been a total blast; […]
South India Tamil Nadu: Pre-Trip Scouting Run
The first annual Jim Cline Photo Tours South India trip starts in Mumbai on February 19th. I’ve arrived in India early, to scout out a few last minute locations and details. My long-time Indian tour guide and good friend DV is with me as we blaze a quick trail from Chennai, backwards towards Bombay to […]
India: Pushkar Photo Tour 2014 #3
Bidding goodbye to the Pushkar Fair, we made one final photo walk then headed back to our tents, grabbed breakfast, packed our bags and hit the road. The next stop on our journey is Jaipur, Rajasthan’s capitol, know affectionately as “the pink city” because the buildings in the old section are made exclusively of pink […]
India: Pushkar Photo Tour 2014 #2
After an amazing 2 days in the blue city of Jodhpur, we headed north and west towards the Pakistan border to Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer is named after its founder Maharawal Jaisal Singh, a Rajput king in 1156 AD. “Jaisalmer” means “the Hill Fort of Jaisal”. Jaisalmer is sometimes called the “Golden City of India” because the […]
India: Pushkar Fair Photo Tour
During the first full moon of November, India’s Pushkar Fair, Asia’s largest camel and livestock market springs to life in the sleepy, picturesque, lakeside town of Pushkar. An ancient religious town, in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, provides an almost surreal backdrop for this unique event. Photographing Pushkar Fair is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Few photo […]
Exploring Cambodia’s Hidden Treasures
I’ve got a fun new video to share with you today which is the reason for the image above, which reads “To Film The Most Dangerous Railway On Earth”. That video can be seen at the bottom of this post but first it’s time to share with you some images of a particularly enchanting 900 […]
Myanmar Photo Tour #2
Here’s the second set of images from the September 2014 Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour which ended on September 23. The following images are from Bagan and the surrounding villages and markets. Bagan, Myanmar is located in an active earthquake zone and had suffered from many earthquakes over the ages, with at least 400 recorded earthquakes […]
Myanmar Photo Tour
The September Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour has just ended and I’m back in Battambang Cambodia for a few days, enjoying the fascinating Phcem Ben celebration, it’s the time when Cambodians pay their respects to deceased relatives. The slow internet connections in Myanmar made it impossible for me to blog, so today from Battambang, I’ll start […]
Angkor Photo Workshop 5
Battambang, the last stop on the 2014 Angkor Photo Workshop is home to many wonderful photo opportunities including the unique and unusual “bamboo train”. The bamboo train is an innovative form of transport, masterminded by resourceful local Cambodians. It consists of a small gasoline engine, two axles made from discarded tank parts, a drive belt […]
