Moroccan Delights
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Photographing the Shamans of
Sumatra.
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I have been mentioning to my ladies in India for years now-
“you will come to realise there is never too much sparkle!”
It is always wonderful to watch as a tour unfolds how the
search for the perfect sparkly bangle – or ANOTHER
sparkly bangle and perhaps a diaphanous scarf takes on
such importance.
Well here is a lady after my own heart who has found it to
be an [almost] scientific fact you can’t have too many
sequins.
Enjoy here blog http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com
[especially May12, 2008] and let her whet your appetite for
the delights of Marrakech.
We will be visiting Marrakech as part of the Moorish
Delights of Morocco Tour in May 2009. www.creative-
arts-safaris.com/MDM.html
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Ant [AP Lynch] has not long returned from Sumatra, and
was privileged to spend time with a group of Medicine
People on a remote island off Sumatra. Go to www.
creative-arts-safaris.com/AntShamans.html to see his
evocative images.
Ant tells me when he has finished our tour Photographing
India’s Heart in October 2008 www.creative-arts-safaris.
com/PIH.html he plans to canoe the length of the Ganges- I
am sure will all be lining up to carry his camera case!- what
an expedition.
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Yummy morsels in Vietnam!
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Noc Cham
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Vietnam is an exciting dynamic place- so welcoming and
exciting to explore.
These are a People who have had a long history of
foreigners dropping by for a visit. Now you will feel a very
welcomed visitor but it was not always so…and over the
past few millennium they have discovered because of the
difficulties some of these visitors have caused-to survive
nearly anything can be eaten –if you sauce it right!
Generally Vietnamese food is delicate combinations of
textures and flavours with an emphasis on fresh abundance.
Your biggest problem is not to burst from the wonderful
banquets served up at every meal and Khanh our
Vietnamese host likes to try and offer enough food… you
have already loosened your pants and are wondering what
it will look like when your eyes pop!
For the adventurous we can offer some quiet uncommon
treats on our travels as adjuncts to our meals- they will taste
great just perhaps a bit mind boggling- snake…deep fried
field rats and, and, and…
Fancy a taste sensation or two and the chance to learn how
to cook it for the folks back home?
Join us for Vietnamese Cooking- Home Style, July 2009
www.creative-arts-safaris.com/VCH
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To a good Aussie you can’t go past ‘dead horse’ [tomato
sauce] as an accompaniment to almost everything- ask my
sons.
In Vietnam that pride of place is held by
Noc Cham- dip your spring rolls into it, sprinkle it over
salads, it is so delightful I am sure you could even dap it
behind your ears!
3-6 fresh red chilli
2 garlic cloves---grind in mortar and pestle
Add
7 Tablespoons fish sauce
7 Tablespoons sugar
7 Tablespoons water
Juice 1 lemon or lime
Stir together and sprinkle over everything.
NOTE a good noc cham has the chilli and garlic floating on
the top…all prospective mother-in-laws like to see a
prospective bride has mastered a good noc cham so they
know their son won’t starve.
Would you make good marriage material?
Fabulous dining is just one of the treats in store for those
joining Leonie Norton on the Holiday Sketching- Vietnam
Tour of November, 2008 www.creative-arts-safaris.
com/DV
And the Textile Traditions of Vietnam’s North, March
2009 lead by Fiona Wright and Vicki Fraser will offer a
chance for hands on cooking and textile experiences [not
right at the same moment!]
www.creative-arts-safaris.com/TTVN
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Mysterious Indigo
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God’s Own Country
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During our textile tours in India we often get a chance to
visit a family of printers who work in Natural Dyes- one
highlight is always the indigo vat- it has a mysterious
metallic blue surface- the cloth comes out a dull green and
in front of your very eyes turns a rich deep blue- very cool!
Check out our calendar for Indian Textile Tours
www.creative-arts-safaris.com/tourcalendar - there is
always something happening!
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That is how Kerala labels itself!
I thought upon arrival -what a big name to live up to… yet by
time you arrival at your first night’s
accommodation…wander down to the back waters, or
watch the sun set over the Indian Ocean… you start to think
they might have something…. By the time a few days later
you laze along on your converted rice barge houseboat
being fed by your own private chef perhaps stopping for
seafood for dinner- so fresh that is just now coming out of
the water you are pretty well convinced- no exaggeration at
all!
In Kerala we offer time to experience this AND record it
under the expert tuition of artist Leonie Norton on the
South Indian Sketching Tour www.creative-arts-safaris.
com/SII in January, 2009.
Or perhaps join a group of foodies starting off the Indian
Cooking and Spice Safari, February 2009 in Kerala
before heading up North- all in the search of a good bite or
two! www.creative-arts-safaris.com/ICSS
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