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News and Notes: Frommer’s picks Montreal, aboriginal tourism and family travel tips

December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 Mark Stachiew

Lots of news in the travel world as the year winds down. Here are some notes of interest that passed through my inbox recently: Frommer’s

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“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine

December 2, 2016 Mark Stachiew
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Tristan de Cunha is the world’s most remote inhabited island.

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Mark Stachiew

Need to get away from it all? Spend some time on Tristan de Cunha in the South Atlantic. It is the world’s most remote inhabited

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On 9/11, this Newfoundland town welcomed stranded airline passengers

November 23, 2016 Mark Stachiew

On the day of 9/11, flights to the U.S. were ordered to land at to the nearest airport. Dozens of those flights ended up in

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“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” -Michael Althsuler

November 18, 2016 Mark Stachiew
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Take a virtual road trip with Call of Road

October 20, 2016January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Armchair travel has taken on a whole, new meaning in the age of first-person video. This website offers POV videos of all sorts of places

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The world’s longest domestic flights

October 13, 2016 Mark Stachiew

Technically, the longest, direct, domestic airline flight in the world is between Paris, France and the department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean at 5,809

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It’s Netherlands, not Holland

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 Mark Stachiew

While many English-speakers refer to it as Holland, the lowland country famous for tulips, windmills and wooden shoes is properly named the Netherlands. Nord 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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