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Personal Journeys
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Odyssey of Origins
Cultural journeys into the world's oldest places, for time with the people who still keep them.
Setting
Sacred valley, river, ruin
Rhythm
First light, with custodians
For
The curious, any age
When
Shoulder seasons
Some places are read about. These are still lived in. A monastery on a cliff at dawn. The Nile at the pace of a sail. A craft passed down through the same family for generations.
The past, still within reach.
What this world is
Three ways these days are spent.
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Living craft
A weaver, a potter, a temple carpenter, at work and willing to talk.
02
Early hours
Temples and tombs early, before the day's visitors arrive.
03
Learned guides
Scholars and storytellers who have spent their lives inside the history.
Where it happens
Three places to begin.
PARO & PUNAKHA, BHUTAN
The last Himalayan kingdom
The climb to Tiger's Nest, and Punakha Dzong where two rivers meet.
Begin a conversation
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CAIRO TO LUXOR, EGYPT
Five thousand years along the Nile
Tutankhamun's full treasure at Giza, then the Valley of the Kings.
Begin a conversation
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KYOTO & NAOSHIMA, JAPAN
The old capital and the art island
Kyoto's temple gardens, then Monet and Turrell at Naoshima's Chichu.
Begin a conversation
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