I have some unexpected news.

Over the past couple months I’ve had basically all my photography tours around the world fill. It’s kind of wild, to be honest.

This week, something pretty rare happened: I had a cancellation!

Unexpectedly, I’ve had 2 spots open up on my New Zealand photography workshop and tour in 2027. This is the NZ fall, and it’s going to be an absolutely extraordinary opportunity to put get some incredible photos and have an epic experience.

More information can be found here: https://brendansadventures.com/travel-photography-workshops/new-zealand/

Since there are 2 spots, if you come as a pair, I’ve got a nice discount for you!

The coolest part? If you want a truly epic trip, you can double it up and add my Australia road trip right after this one. Add the second trip, and I’ll include your flights between New Zealand and Australia. The Australia info is here: https://brendansadventures.com/travel-photography-workshops/australia-photography-workshop-road-trip/

Yesterday you likely got an email from me with a blog post called “Travel is Anti-Propaganda”.

That was actually a mistake I was meaning to just post on my substack: Brendan van Son

However, one wrong click and it got sent out to the whole world.

I’ve been trying to get back into blogging. Back in 2009 when I started blogging, it was so therapeutic to me. It was also a great way to connect with people on a deeper level. I’m going to keep trying to blog about once a week on my SubStack. Those post will be more personal. Talking about life, the way I see the world, or maybe even covering some controversial topic.

It’s been fun getting back into blogging. Join me.

And, as a means of getting more people involved, share this newsletter out to the world on social media using the share button below (and tagging me so I can see it), and I’ll be giving away a bunch of free subscriptions for the paid version of my substack.

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Somehow, I ended up with an extra 2 spots on my Japan winter 2026 trip to see the snow monkeys and explore the best of Japan in the early winter.

That trip is going down in December of this year.

If you’d like to join, there’s info below. And feel free to message me as I have a discount, and an even bigger discount if you come as a pair!

Info here: https://brendansadventures.com/travel-photography-workshops/japan/

I’m back posting videos regularly again which has been a lot of fun. I have my whole India series now live on YouTube. My China video and my Australia series will be coming soon as well.

Check out the latest India video here:

I hope you’re having an amazing time out in the world.

I’m off to Uzbekistan at the end of the month for a TRVL adventure, and I can not wait!

Hopefully, you’re up to some fun this June as well.

See you next week,

Brendan