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“Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” -Roy M. Goodman

April 28, 2021 Mark Stachiew
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Canadian travellers want vaccination passports, but they’ll have to wait

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Mark Stachiew

While  the European Union’s parliament debates its vaccine passport Wednesday, Canadian travellers are clamouring for similar documentation, but it seems that they’ll have to wait

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Canadian travellers skip hotel quarantine by crossing land border by taxi, but will the loophole last?

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Mark Stachiew

When Canada introduced mandatory hotel stays for arriving air passengers in February,  but not for land travellers, it quickly became obvious that people would exploit

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Harbour Air moves closer to being the world’s first all-electric airline

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Mark Stachiew

If all goes according to plan, the world’s first electrically-powered commuter airplane to fly regularly-scheduled commercial flights will be Canadian. It will be a while

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Voices grow louder to restrict inter-provincial travel in Canada during the third wave

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Despite more Canadians being vaccinated, coronavirus variants are fueling a surge unlike any seen at any point in the pandemic which has some experts calling

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WestJet extends suspension of sun-destination flights until June

April 13, 2021 Mark Stachiew

WestJet announced Tuesday that it will extend its temporary suspension of international sun flights to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean until June 4, 2021.

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Air Canada begins refunding passengers grounded by the pandemic

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Mark Stachiew

As a condition for Air Canada’s financial assistance package from the federal government, the airline said that customers who purchased a non-refundable ticket for travel

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Sherpa’s interactive map plots COVID travel restrictions around the world

April 8, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Canadian travel tech company sherpa˚ has developed a Travel Reopening Map that lets travellers search for destinations open to travel and the COVID-19 testing and

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    There weren’t a lot of cloudless nights in July There weren’t a lot of cloudless nights in July and I was travelling post of the month so this months astrophotography opportunities were limited. I concentrated my efforts on the vast stretches of the Milky Way directly overhead in the constellation Cygnus using my Seestar S50 and a newly acquired Dwarflab 3.
    The Museu Militar dos Açores in Forte de São Brás in Ponta Delgada is a bit of a hodge podge of exhibits, but it’s worth a visit for the views from the old fortifications.
    Highlights of a 10-hour layover in Ponta Delgada i Highlights of a 10-hour layover in Ponta Delgada in the Azores.
    One of these things is not like the other. Tiny cr One of these things is not like the other. Tiny critters spotted in Madeira.
    Spent the morning exploring the lovely Palheiro Ga Spent the morning exploring the lovely Palheiro Gardens outside of Funchal in Madeira. It’s part of the vast Blandy family estate and if a must visit for anyone with a horticultural bent.
    When the clouds touch the ground, the ancient laur When the clouds touch the ground, the ancient laurel trees of the UNESCO heritage Fanal Forest in Madeira island take on a mystical air.
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