Crooked Trails Autumn Newsletter

Welcome everyone to our Autumn newsletter
Every year, about this time, as I watch the leaves turn colors and fall to the ground I cannot help but think of our friend Moi, the Haorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon. During a visit to Seattle one autumn, Moi and I drove along a particularly colorful tree lined [...]

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Fall Bhutan program: new price!

THIS JUST IN: The Bhutanese government has just lowered their daily travel tariff to encourage visitors to Bhutan and so we are passing that savings directly on to you!
The fall trip price is no longer $3800; it’s now only $3420. (Single supplement is still $300)
We will be booking this program soon, so if you are [...]

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Lonely Planet guidebook: help or hindrance?

Our intrepid co-founder shares her expertise and Crooked Trails gets a shout-out in this article about the right way to use the “Backpacker’s Bible”, the Lonely Planet guide book.

Every Backpacker’s Bible: Unpacking the Gospel According to Lonely Planet

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What constitutes “responsible travel”?

Find out in this great article about Crooked Trails on the Seattle International Travel Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/x-3068-Seattle-International-Travel-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Travel-Responsibly-with-Crooked-Trails

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Video Contest Fosters Cultural Understanding and Chance to Win International Exchange Trip!

Attention videographers! This just came across the Crooked Trails desk:

Enter the ExchangesConnect Online Video Contest for a chance to win a two-week, expenses-paid International Exchange Program trip! Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices, its mission is to create an online community of [...]

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Photography & Voluntourism webcast with Jeff Speigner

In a Crooked Trails blog post last autumn, we told you about our friend Jeff Speigner’s involvment with the Design4Kids workshop project in Guatemala.
Now Jeff has been invited to participate in a live webcast for a conversation on the subject of Photography and Voluntourism with host David Clemmons. He’ll be discussing the Design4Kids workshop he [...]

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Video – revolutionary thinking in Nepal

Click on the picture to check out this inspiring video showing one innovative way to re-think energy use and pollution in small rural villages.
(Thanks Patrick for the tip!)

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The 8th Wonder of the World

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CT announces new partnership for carbon offsets

Beginning in 2009, Crooked Trails is proud to announce a new carbon offset program in partnership with Planting Empowerment.
Although we’ve been doing carbon offsets for two years now, this new partnership will allow us to do what we do best – plug in at the community level.
Our friends at Planting Empowerment are working directly with [...]

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How to tip responsibly

This post by Crooked Trails staffer Angela Dollar originally ran on the “Travel with a Purpose” blog on Wanderlust and Lipstick.
 
Three sure-fire ways to broadcast to the world that you are an American tourist:
  
   1. Wear bermuda shorts, knee high socks and a stars-and-stripes        emblazoned t-shirt
   2. Speak loudly in a thick [...]

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