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The next available tours:


• Warp and Weft of India 2012: palaces, textiles and crafts of North India. Simply fabulous! The 2011 tour is sold out. Spaces available for our next north India tour in 2012 (Jul 12)
• Threads in the Sand 2013 The Silk Road - Xi'an to Tashkent and many places beside! (The 2012 tour is sold out.) 2013 is our next available Silk Road tour. Limited spaces available (Jul 12)
• Silk and Spice 2014 The glories of southern India. Textiles, temples and spice - a heady mixture! Wonderful for the eyes and the heart. 2014 might seem a long way off - but it will come around soon enough! Spaces available (Jul 12)
• Photograph of the Month July 2008  Stalled at july 08 at present- the hardware shop - Maiji Shan, China.
• Yearly timetable and Trip Availability - what's happening 2011 - 2014

NEPAL

• Nepal page
• Flowerfields of Annapurna
     alpine-flowers botanical trek with an expert botanist
• Highlands of Mustang
     remote, unchanged Tibetan culture
• Around Manaslu
     magnificently varied trekking
• Rhododendron Rhapsody
     trekking south of Everest through the home of rhododendron

• Tibet page
• The Valley of Happiness
     a tour with day treks in the homeland of Mila Repa, Tibet's great mystic
• Kailas the holy mountain
     a trek to the spiritual axis of remote western Tibet
• the Art of Western Tibet: Trekking in remote western Tibet with a focus on the remarkable cave and temple art of this region.
• The Kingdom of Gu-ge, Toling and Tsaparang.    An historical account of this this spectacular region in far west Tibet.
• The Gu-ge art page
     A more detailed photo survey of the Gu-ge region and its art.
• Om Mani Padme Hum
     an explanation of this Tibetan mantra

• Gardens of Japan
     a sensitive tour to experience Japanese gardens and culture

• India page
• Silk and Spice: South India
     the temples and textiles - crafts and curries of the Indian south
  
• The Warp and Weft of India
     the magic of princely India, palace hotels
     a textile-focused tour through northern India

• Threads in the Sand
     exploration of the Silk Route from China to Uzbekistan
     a textile-focused tour

• Mongolia: a Land Apart
     a tour to the steppes of Mongolia:
     including the 'Nidam' festival

• History, personalities and explanation
     of the Nepal trekking industry
• Dawa Norbu obituary of a Sherpa tourist leader

• Yearly timetable and Trip Availability

• Photo gallery
     Photos and commentaries from previous months

• Arrange your own trek
     with our assistance
     for those who would like to 'do their own thing.'

• Famen Si - One of China's most important Buddhist temples, and site of a great archaeological discovery. An account of the history and relics of this remarkable place.

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• Contact Footprints Tours

• Asian Rare Books is just that! - a wonderful selection of rare books about Asia together with many links to sites of general Asian interest.
• Kotan Publishing has a great Tibet guidebook: 'Mapping the Tibetan World', and many links to sites relating to Tibetan Culture, travel and history. Nepal too!

Bon legend of Tibetan beginnings
Kelly et al: Tibet . Reflections from the Wheel of Life