The Cover image is from the Khopra Ridge, , taken at 3600 metres Nepal in March 2023
Travel and Photography in Asia and Beyond by Dave Perkes
The images are just a sample of some of the amazing places in Asia that has been my good fortune to have visited. My first visit to India in 1993, opened my eyes to this fascinating continent. I have been running photo tours around SE Asia for over 10 years. This website concentrates on wider areas of Asia and my travels around the Region.
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LATEST ASIAN JOURNEY INDIA 2024
In February 2020 I visited India for the third time since 1993. it was yet another incredible India trip. Since then I have done two further India tours travelling mostly by motorcycle. I started my journey from Hyderabad, heading to the Western state of Gujerat then up into Rajasthan.
Here are a few shots from my 3 months and 800kms from January to March 2024
Here are a few shots from my 3 months and 800kms from January to March 2024
West Papua and The Bailam Festival
at Wamena in the centre of Papua
In August 2015 I co-led a photo tour to West Papua with Indonesian photographer Rizky Nurraman Arashid.
The festival was an incredible way to see the culture of the Tribes in West Papua, who live lives largely untouched by modernity.
I was able to get out to a few villages to see at first hand how these people live.
This was a "National Geographic" experience of a lifetime. To go to West Papua is something never to be forgotten; but you need to be flexible and understand this is not a normal tourist destination!
The festival was an incredible way to see the culture of the Tribes in West Papua, who live lives largely untouched by modernity.
I was able to get out to a few villages to see at first hand how these people live.
This was a "National Geographic" experience of a lifetime. To go to West Papua is something never to be forgotten; but you need to be flexible and understand this is not a normal tourist destination!
Tribesmen at the Bualem Valley Festival in West Papua
Phillipines: North Luzon
The incredible landscapes of North Luzon which I visited in January 2019
Turkey 2022
Bridging the continents of Europe and Asia; Turkey has a fascinating history. My images from 2022 show my Journey from Anatolia along the Syrian Border to Mardin in the South East.
Cambodia
I lived and worked as a photographer in Cambodia from 2003 until 2017 so have thousands of images of this wonderful country.
Cambodia is a photographic paradise with spectacular sites and lovely people.
The Angkor Temples are amazing; but its the people & rural life which have been an endless fascination for me as a photographer.
Running photo tours had been an important part of my life here in Cambodia and SE Asia for over 10 years. Ive returned to England now but i will never forget the memory of the experiences and people i met and worked with.
Cambodia is a photographic paradise with spectacular sites and lovely people.
The Angkor Temples are amazing; but its the people & rural life which have been an endless fascination for me as a photographer.
Running photo tours had been an important part of my life here in Cambodia and SE Asia for over 10 years. Ive returned to England now but i will never forget the memory of the experiences and people i met and worked with.
Monks at a Cambodian temple
Australia
Dave in the Remote settlement of Cook in the centre of the Nullabor plain
Australia is a huge country which deserves a full website on its own. I've travelled extensively here since 2010. My most recent trip was in March 2016 Crossing Australia on the Indian Pacific Railway from Perth to Sydney via Adelaide.
Nepal
Mountains have been a passion of mine for many decades. Nepal is a Mecca for the mountaineer and trekker. The lovely Himalayan foothills people and Hindu Culture in the Historic cities; are equally fascinating for travellers and photographers.
Vietnam
Cambodia's near neighbour is a fascinating country with a lot to interest the visitor.
With the tropical Mekong Delta in the south, to the temperate highlands in the north towards China. Vietnam has a diverse climate and landscape which is the most spectacular in SE Asia. India
I first visited India in 1993. the trips I had there were life changing.
India is a continent in itself with such contrasts in wealth and poverty. Its a place which people love it or hate it. There is nothing average about this country. That reflects in the incredible photography there. |
IndonesiaIndonesia has thousands of Islands and the most diverse landscapes of all of Asia. its impossible to see it all so I have concentrated on Jakarta. Flores and West Papua.
Me Keeping a safe distance behind a Komodo Dragon
Laos
Laid back and friendly the Lao People are what have drawn me to the country time and time again.
Buddhist culture is a very important part of life here with temples and impressive landscapes. Myanmar (Burma)
I I Burma in 2012 was one of the most Amazing three weeks I have ever spent in SE Asia.
Bagan is temple heaven, with the largest concentration of ancient monuments on this planet. Not only that, the Burmese people, landscape and British Colonial architecture are equally as fascinating. Malaysia
Malaysia is one of the fastest growing economies in SE Asia. Its modern cities reflect that.
Behind it all is a land shaped by Islamic, Chinese and European influences. The Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and British have left their mark on this large country which encompasses a large part of the Island of Borneo. |
Dave taking a selfie the hard way in Annaprnas
About Dave Perkes
Dave’s passion for photography started in the mid 1970s while working as a cartographer in Southampton England. Dave’s early interest in photography was motor sport then landscape and mountains. People became increasingly important subjects from the late 1980s, when Dave travelled beyond Europe to North Africa, Asia and the Indian Sub continent.
Having spent 12 years working in digital cartography; Dave developed an interest in digital photography in the mid to late 1990s. An early adopter of the digital SLR; Dave purchased his first digital SLR camera system early in 2003; shortly before moving to Siem Reap Cambodia in May of that year.
Dave and his partner Colleen Allan-Burns set up Peace of Angkor Villa as a small hotel catering for photographers, artists and writers. It was an exciting time meeting a lot of very interesting and creative people. He dedicated a lot of time in the mid 2000s discovering and developing tours to “new” remote temple sites which had been largely untouched for centuries.
Since 2017, Dave has been based in his old home in Southampton, but still travelling around Europe and Asia.
Dave’s passion for photography started in the mid 1970s while working as a cartographer in Southampton England. Dave’s early interest in photography was motor sport then landscape and mountains. People became increasingly important subjects from the late 1980s, when Dave travelled beyond Europe to North Africa, Asia and the Indian Sub continent.
Having spent 12 years working in digital cartography; Dave developed an interest in digital photography in the mid to late 1990s. An early adopter of the digital SLR; Dave purchased his first digital SLR camera system early in 2003; shortly before moving to Siem Reap Cambodia in May of that year.
Dave and his partner Colleen Allan-Burns set up Peace of Angkor Villa as a small hotel catering for photographers, artists and writers. It was an exciting time meeting a lot of very interesting and creative people. He dedicated a lot of time in the mid 2000s discovering and developing tours to “new” remote temple sites which had been largely untouched for centuries.
Since 2017, Dave has been based in his old home in Southampton, but still travelling around Europe and Asia.
