Imaginative Traveller's blog
Welcome to the Imaginative Traveller Blog! This is a brilliant means for us to communicate directly with you. We will be able to keep you updated on the latest Imaginative Traveller news, events, trips, fascinating snippets of info from life on the tour leader front, how our overseas Destinations Managers spend their average day, humorous tales from tours, staff trip reports and just general Imaginative Traveller gossip. So check it out and let us know what you think!
Encounter of the Turtle Kind by Tom Harari
A few years ago I worked for a small non-profit organization in Costa Rica. When I first arrived I was sent out to visit the various projects the organisation was involved in. One of these projects was turtle conservation over on the Caribbean coast. A project which deals with Leatherback turtles, the largest of the Marine turtles which can grow to be over 2m (6.4ft). As luck would have it the nesting season had started not too long prior to my arrival and I was told to make my way to the village of Gandoca and acquaint myself with the project there.
Being wined and dined in the Caucasus by Jim O'Brien
A few years ago I was struck by the urge to visit Georgia - the highest mountains in Europe, isolated communities, ethnic groups that speak poetry to each other as a matter of course - it sounded intriguing.
Just another day in Laos by Amy Willis – tour leader
The original plan was to leave Vientiane for a couple of days and head on down to Sala Hinboun - a lovely little village with beautiful surrounding scenery.
This is not quite what happened.
I had been informed that buses run from 8am so I got to the bus station at 8.30am only to be told that the bus I needed to get left at 5am, 6am and 7am. So I needed to decide - stay in Vientiane or be adventurous and try and get to Hinboun. I took the adventurous route.
Blogs versus Journals?
What a fantastic era we live in. You can travel to some of the most remote parts of the planet and still come across an internet cafe in which you can email home, update your social networking site or post a blog on your adventures. Instant communication with home at the touch of the button – incredible!
Managing Director travels (or should that be ‘travails’…?)
Our MD Matt West has been on the Imaginative Traveller journey of a lifetime, hot-footing around the world visiting our overseas Destination Managers and enjoying some of the Imaginative Traveller tours from Egypt to South East Asia.
Sameer Rathore a finalist in the Guide of the Year Awards!
Congratulations to Sameer for making it to the Final of Wanderlust's Paul Morrison Guide of the Year Award 2008.
