Snow Leopards: ‘Seek and Ye Shall Find’
My closest encounter with a snow leopard took place in the Altai Mountains with an ink brush in hand. My eyes locked onto the powerful hind legs and broad paws […]
My closest encounter with a snow leopard took place in the Altai Mountains with an ink brush in hand. My eyes locked onto the powerful hind legs and broad paws […]
This image is copied from a tattoo image worn by an individual from the Pazyryk culture. The tattoo was found on mummified remains excavated by researcher Rudenko from a permafrost […]
Photographs of snow leopards have recently been published on the UNDP Altai-Sayan Ecoregion site. The fact that snow leopards still inhabit the Altai Mountains fills the soul with hope. Not […]
There are some things that I really miss about England such as ‘fish ‘n’ chips’ and a pineapple fritter served in newspaper, Cornwall and the sea but most of […]
‘His soul lies in a gold box hidden in the belly of three small spirit deer.’ Kalbak-Tash Rock Art Sanctuary – Using theatre to interpret ‘narrative composition’ in rock art […]
Pilgrim’s Pages April 2006 UNESCO conference, Gorno-Altaisk, “The problem of preserving permafrost burials in the Altai” Unesco have just held a conference at the Gorno-Altaisk (capital) state university on “The […]
Many of the carved standing stones from the Turkic period have been removed from the steppes and meadows of Altai. The Altai people deeply feel the loss of these ‘monuments’. […]
The Holy Ground Took Care of Everything Recently, I spent five days in a mountain valley, Kosh-Agach region, Altai Republic. Maiya from the Agency for Cultural and Historical Research organised […]
Without doubt the most wonderful part of travelling in Scotland was visiting the megalithic complex at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis. The people on the island are […]