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Alaska Photography Tour September 10 – 21 2022

8 Participants + 2 Guides Mark Rayner and Dave Metcalf For me, my relationship with Alaska began in my bedroom in Wellington, New Zealand listening to John Denvers music about the grandeur and beauty of this great land. I became quite obsessed with the place, reading

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JAVA TRIP 2020

A guest review & blog on Banyuwangi Java Trip Oct 2020 Mt. Ijen – You Beauty! Posted on October 29, 2020 by Heather This morning the group successfully traipsed to the top of the Ijen Crater, and three of us managed to get about 2/3 of the way down

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Weaving your way through COVID – Bali style

Published Garland Magazine (17 July, 2020) Story by Stephanie Brookes – www.travelwriter.ws Stephanie Brookes writes about Pejeng Kangin, a resilient weaving village in Bali outside Ubud, Indonesia, that offers a “pay forward” scheme to buy works that help them survive the lockdown The weavers of Bali

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Life in A Boma

Anniina Sandberg shares her experience of living in a Tanzanian Maasai family compound with the goats and an occasional scorpion. A fearless woman, who is prepared to leave the comforts of home, and move to a small village in Tanzania is a woman worth getting to

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A Year in Retrospect

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2020 AND THE NEXT DECADE! I thought I would give you a summary of our year at David Metcalf Photography, some of the highlights and plans moving forward into 2020. HIGHLIGHT OF 2019 I attended the first International

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Kei Islands – Caves and Kings

The remote Kei Islands are known to have some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, with untouched sand so powdery white that the locals refer to it as flour. This remote island chain sits in the far east of the Maluku province, close to Papua. The Fate of

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PHOTOGRAPHERS AS ACCIDENTAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS BY INES WYNN

If archaeology is the key that opens the door to the past and anthropology is the key to understanding the evolution of humanity, then photography could be considered the key to bringing awareness and appreciation of the work of those disciplines to the grateful attention of

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Haunting Tales from Banda A Dark History

On entering the deserted colonial manor on Banda Neira Island, I immediately felt a chill in the air. This was the former Dutch Governor’s residence, once famed for the elaborate parties held there. Now it was adorned only by the odd cobweb-cloaked chandelier. Its polished floors

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Naik Dango – A Vibrant Dayak Celebration

“Naik Dango is a very special time for us, a time to celebrate our unique culture and pay tribute to the ancestors. We have been holding this event for 30 years and share it between three regencies – Landak, Kuburaya and Mempawah.” These were the words

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