You may sign up by clicking on the red Registration Tab that appears below the box describing the Study Tour you wish to register for.

Please use your FOM membership email and password to sign up, and also read and virtually sign the Release and Responsibility Statement which will now appear online. No printing and sending of the Release is required any more.

After 24 hours following the first meeting of the registrants with the Tour Leader, you will receive an email from the FOM office with a PayPal link to make your deposit payment. You are requested to pay this deposit amount within 3 days to confirm your spot on the tour. Please note that you do not need to have a PayPal account to make the payment via PayPal.

If you wish to make the deposit payment by cheque, please send it in to the FOM office within 3 days of registering online so that it can be banked 24 hours after the first meeting with the Tour Leader.  

Kindly make your cheque payable to FOM, write the Study Tour name on the back, and mail it to the FOM Office at: 

61 Stamford Road, #02-06 Stamford Court, Singapore 178892

In addition, please send the Tour Leader directly a copy of the first page of your passport (B&W or colour) upon registering online. You may scan and email this to the Tour Leader.

(New, improved procedure - passport copies do not need to be sent to the FOM Office, but straight to the Tour Leader). 

Note: On all tours, participants are confirmed on a first-come basis, based on the order in which the registrations are done online and the deposit payments and passport copies are received. FOM members living in Singapore have priority over overseas FOM members during the first 1 week of the enrollment period.

*If not too certain how to use the new activity sign up system, click here for full information. 

This tour is now fully subscribed.

Tour Leader: Abha Kaul

E-mail: abhadkaul@gmail.com

This classic study tour takes us on a historic journey down the eastern seaboard into India’s deep south – along the fabled Coromandel Coast, with its renowned UNESCO World Heritage sites. Here, celebrated centres of awe-inspiring architecture and sculpture, traditional arts and crafts, continue to amaze visitors, while temple towns, fragrant with the scent of jasmine and rose, reverberating with sounds of bells and chanting, are as revered today as a thousand years ago. Vestiges of foreign, colonial settlements point to past times when European nations jostled in these parts for power on vital trade routes and in internal politics.

For tour details, please click here!

To register for the tour, please ensure your FOM membership is updated and then follow instructions to register.

By registering online, you will have:

1. read, agreed to and signed an online FOM Release Form and Responsibility Statement;
2. agreed to send a photocopy of the first page of your passport (containing relevant details) directly to the Tour Leader; and
3. agreed to make an initial deposit payment of SGD$1,500 to FOM by PayPal or cheque made payable to “FOM”.

If you wish to pay the deposit by cheque, kindly mail it to:

FOM Study Tours: Coromandel Coast, India 2020

Friends of the Museums

61 Stamford Road

#02-06 Stamford Court

Singapore 178892

PLEASE NOTE:

Cancellations incur penalties and can promise merely partial refunds, so please register only if you are sure you can travel in February.

Information on further payments will be sent out later with a detailed itinerary to registered participants.

Overseas FOM members will be added to the list of participants after an initial registration period of one week, giving local Singapore-based members priority.

First pre-trip meeting: was held on Thursday, September 12, 2019; dates for next meetings are fixed.

If you have questions, please contact Abha Kaul at 9825 1769 or abhadkaul@gmail.com

This tour is now fully subscribed.

Safely returned! Kites & Kutch 2020

After a successful and a very enjoyable Kites & Kutch Tour in January this year, Rashmi Panchal will be leading another Kites & Kutch Tour in January 2020. This tour will take you to Ahmedabad, to witness and participate in the International Kite Festival, which is celebrated every year in Gujarat to coincide with “Makar Sankranti” or “Uttarayan” on 14^th January. It’s a public holiday in Gujarat and people celebrate it with immense enthusiasm. You will also visit Gandhi Ashram, Adalaj Step-well, Calico Textile Museum, UNESCO World Heritage site in Champaner, Double Ikat weavers in Patan, UNESCO World Heritage site of Rani ki Vav (Queen’s Step well) in Patan, Modhera Sun Temple, the White Rann (desert) and the beautiful Vijay Vilas palace in Mandvi. Members will also enjoy visiting various tribal communities in and around Bhuj, along with artisans who excel at their crafts, like the baandhni (tie & dye) makers, Ajrakh printers, lacquer workers etc. You will also have the opportunity to purchase these crafts directly from the makers when we visit their homes. In 10 days we will get to see a very beautiful and culturally rich region of Gujarat, the western state of India.

Dates: 13^th - 23^rd January 2020

Cost per person (approx.): S$4,500 (member)

Initial Deposit: 1,500$

Balance 3,000$ paid by Sept.16, 2019

Please see general instructions on this page for guidance on how to register