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Hanging out with the rays at Stingray City in Antigua

May 14, 2024July 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

The first thing they teach you about feeding stingrays by hand at Stingray City in Antigua is to make sure your thumb doesn’t stick up

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Jamaica releases exclusive footage to celebrate new Bond movie, ‘No Time to Die’

September 23, 2021 Mark Stachiew

To celebrate the release of the latest James Bond film, the Jamaica Tourist Board has released behind-the-scenes footage of ‘No Time To Die.’ The exclusive

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Only one country in the Caribbean has a real railway

May 28, 2019May 4, 2021 Mark Stachiew

The only Caribbean country with an active railway is Cuba. Used for both freight and passengers, The Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba, or National Railway Company

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Cuba Libre: Cuba Beyond the Beach

September 10, 2018 Mark Stachiew

With deliberate care, Ramon Guilarte places a half-empty bottle of Paticruzado rum on our table,alongside a battered tin coffee pot and some cups made from

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Internet connectivity is getting easier for visitors to Cuba

June 28, 2018August 1, 2018 Mark Stachiew

I’m not sure how I feel about the announcement from the Cuba Tourist Board about improved internet coverage in the Caribbean island. The initiative was

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Cuba ‘Trump-ets’ new American invasion

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 Mark Stachiew

It was 56 years ago that American-backed insurgents landed on the beaches of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. That invasion was a failure, but, thanks to

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Tennis not just for posh tourists in Anguilla

December 26, 2016October 6, 2017 Mark Stachiew

Beneath the impossibly blue skies of the Caribbean paradise of Anguilla, I sat in the shade of a palm tree, watching pairs of teenagers playing

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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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