Going home today. It’s time to interact with family, walk in the garden, drive my own car, sit in the sun, watch TV in my big orange lounge chair. I’m going to buy the new porch swing and purchase a fancy new bed that will probably last me till I depart. What more can I…
Category: Jim West Craft Tours
The Sheldrick Wildlife Park.
There was a great deal of expectation from the crowd. Suddenly a small lone Rhino came wandering down the path came Maarifa. She strolled down quietly with her keeper walking behind her. Her story is below:- Sadly I’ve just found out that she passed away on the 25th of March. Once fed, she…
Traveling to the Cape of Good Hope.
Notes from Yesterday. It’s early morning here in Cape town and the day is going to be busy. The mountain is grey still and when I finish this, it will be in bright sunshine. We drive on a very narrow road where hills rise to huge heights on the left. The ground drops hundreds of…
Days in the Indian Sun.
Day one of our Indian Textile tour. Take 12 people from 4 different countries who know little about each other. Put them on a plane to travel for 24 hours (or a little less) and they come together to create a memory in a country far from their home. The feeling is carried forever, the experiences…
Continue the Journey.
The book of travels Delhi My day began with the most delicious breakfast. Sitting in a restaurant where you look quite out of place is an interesting experience. I think I was the only European person visiting today. I sat amongst young women in beautiful Saris, Business men in suits and Indian tourists. Its…
Just a little Information.
Stay tuned for the new tour information on our Textile tours to India 2018, Thailand 2018, India 2019 and Guatemala. Possibly more. These are the educational tours where everyone participates. I will teach art, photography and a little about Textiles, but we will have tutors to take you through many of the techniques of dying, printing and stitching and the amazing history of textiles.
Images of Guatemala – No 2.
Images of Guatemala. I’ve met this lady on a previous trip, she features in the Destination Craft Show on PBS. She sits in the square near the church and for a small fee ill demonstrate how to wrap the head gear. The red hand woven strip is about 10 feet long and the colored…
The colors of Antigua Guatemala.
Down cobblestone streets full of color and noise. The temperature is in the high 70’s and the air is clean. The streets are full of people, I’m sad to see so many children working on the street selling things. My Pollyanna persona hopes that they go to school later or earlier in the day. Many…
Walking in Antigua today. – a visual feast.
Finally winding down now that we are here in Antigua Guatemala and my group is just wonderful. That said, our feet pounded the cobblestones over 17,000 times today. I decided that we would eat at a different restaurant each morning for breakfast and our Guide Carlos took us to an amazing restaurant. I didn’t get…
Just one day. – learning.
Words and images of a day in a small Mexican village.
I am Pam Holland 