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Over the years I’ve had many repeat
clients, some travelled with me six or
seven times. If the travel bug bites
you, sometimes it bites hard and if
you travel with someone you know
and trust, deciding to come on an-
other tour is easy.
Most of my tours include all lodging
and meals, so the clients will only
have to get to the initial meeting point
and we’ll take it from there. While the
photo tours often include well-known
places and landmarks, I always in-
clude ample time to visit places off
the beaten track that are much more
interesting and much less touristy.
On our entire Ethiopia tour we met
less than a hand full of other tour-
ists. In India we got a spontaneous
invitation to visit a school and were
greeted by hundreds of curious pu-
pils. In Moscow we went to a local
farmer’s market and made friends
with the mall cops and in Bhutan we
got invited into a farmer’s house and
even got to participate in an archery
training session. While it’s great to
have seen and photographed the
landmarks, these unplanned experi-
ences are the ones that people will
talk about and remember for the rest
of their lives.
How do you fit so much in - travel,
teaching and podcasting, do you get
much time for personal photography
projects?
I really love what I’m doing, that
makes it much easier to find the time
and energy for it. I also don’t think I
could do one without the others.
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