Cuisine & Culture
Passionate Epicures & Insatiable Travellers
13th - 26th October 2007
Asian Private Jet Journey
with Celebrity Authors
Gael Greene & Simon Winchester
Travel in sybaritic style and learn about Asian culture through its food with celebrity authors and raconteurs Gael Greene and Simon Winchester. Our luxurious Private Jet whisks us through five countries in two weeks, staying in five star hotels, dining on magnificent food and indulging in hedonistic massages. We learn about the local Asian cultures from a culinary perspective by visiting food markets, private kitchens and homes, and tasting a wide variety of foods from the fanciest Thai delicacies to a Buddhist monk's dinner (which is taken at 11:00 AM, a monk's last meal of the day). Whether or not you are a cook, as long as you enjoy eating Asian food you will love this epicurean adventure.
Remote Lands' unprecedented insider access opens doors to exceptional people and exclusive events rarely available to the traveler. We spend time with a wide range of people from all walks of life - from aristocrats and dignitaries to dancers and villagers. We meet with Asian royalty and learn about their favorite charities; dine with the intelligentsia in their homes and view their private art collections; participate in a traditional Bhutanese wedding where red-robed monks play eight foot trumpets and ply us with ceremonial foods; go to the world's largest openair market with over 100,000 vendors and their astonishingly exotic offerings; attend an ordination ceremony for young Buddhist monks; and visit the former British Empire's oldest synagogue, built in 1568. We break bread with celebrities and tribal people and orphans and wealthy business leaders and minority Uygur dignitaries. The contrast of the many exceptional experiences in five very different countries and cultures makes for an intensely powerful and stimulating once-in-a-lifetime adventure.