Asian_Geographic_PASSPORT_-_Year_2016_-_2017

No. 121 • collectors’ eDItIoN 2016–

timeless

1 ‘Travel’

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

PiCtUResQUe

16 Lands from the Mongol Empire

An ongoing project, Lands From

The Mongol Empire presents a

compilation of visual stories that

connect the land, culture and people

of Eurasia. Follow the historical

legacy of Genghis Khan

BY KIM LAU

CUltURe

62 Spiritual Skin

Discover Asia’s vanishing traditional

tattoos with a cultural anthropologist

who has been studying these sacred

ink practices for over 20 years

BY LARS KRUTAK

joURneys

72 A Pilgrim’s Progress

Follow five of Asia’s most majestic

pilgrimages – from Japan’s snow

country, to the mountainous vistas of

Tibet and Sri Lanka, and trace religious

passages through India and Turkey

BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON

iCon

84 Remembering Burmese Days

A former Shan princess of Hsipaw

remembers the country and people

she left behind

BY JANNA GRABER

destination

86 From Past to Present

Burma underwent significant

changes after Inge Sargent left the

country. Take at look at her former

home Hsipaw, an untouched area

of Myanmar

BY MONICA PITRELLI

festivals

88 Meet the world

Experience Asia’s array of vibrant,

vivacious festivals and plan your year’s

travels around the 2017 lineup

BY AMANDA YAP

Chairman

LIM Geok Khoon

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editor
Alex CAMPBELL • [email protected]
aCC ount manager (regional)
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graPhiC designer
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Contributing designer

Zoey LIM • [email protected]

s enior manager

Victor OW • [email protected]

oPerations exeCutive

Kaero TEO • [email protected]

editorial interns

Amanda YA P, Sabrine ONG

Field editors

Yd Bar-Ness • Australia, Jim Neale • Philippines, Oleg Zartdinov • Russia

C ontributors

Zigor ALDAMA, Miguel CANDELA, Jim WELCH, David SHARABANI,

Ed DAY, Monica PITRELLI, Janna GRABER , Sophie IBBOTSON, Kim LAU

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C ontents

exPeditions

12 Discover the Silk Road

Step beyond the page in 2017 and

join one of Asian Geographic’s three

Silk Road expeditions in China,

Uzbekistan and India

Hig HligHts

10 2 The Gear Guide

Be prepared for every journey

P ostCaRd

11 2 Postcard from Fatehpur Sikri

BY MICHAEL LEE

© Kim Lau