Gill Green, art historian and author specialising in Cambodian culture, has agreed to be co-leader.  Vice President of The Asian Arts Society of Australia (TAASA), Gill has been a regular traveller to Cambodia since her first visit in 1993.  Also contributing to the program will be prominent Australian expatriate university and museum lecturer Darryl Collins, who has lived in Cambodia for over fifteen years working with select tour groups and small numbers of arts, museum and culture professionals.

Conventional mainstream tours generally combine Cambodia with another destination, typically Laos or Viet Nam or even all three.  The result can be rushed and superficial.  Our approach is to concentrate on a satisfying, well-rounded program focusing exclusively on Cambodia.  As expected, the huge, stunning temple complex of Angkor and a resurgent Phnom Penh play central roles.  But in addition we experience the elegant town of Battambang, with its old French colonial buildings on the lovely Sangkei River as well as the South Coast and other interesting provincial centres.  Like other countries of Indochina, a vein of ferocity runs through Khmer history with war and famine a recent memory.  And, like other countries of Indochina, the ongoing recovery is in no small way attributable to the resilience of the Cambodians themselves – seemingly always positive, tenacious and genuinely welcoming to travellers.