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Score Black Friday cruise deals with Azamara, Cunard, Emerald, Windstar and more

November 17, 2023December 9, 2023 Mark Stachiew

If you are looking to book a cruise, Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday is a good time to snag a deal. Here are some of the

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Holland America Line’s Alaska cruises will bypass Vancouver this year

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Holland America Line’s announcement Thursday that it plans to restart cruising to Alaska roundtrip from Seattle, Washington aboard Nieuw Amsterdam in July is not good

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Cruise Deck Plans is the SeatGuru of cruise ships

March 5, 2016February 17, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Before you book that cruise, you might want to know where that stateroom you’re eyeing is actually located and whether it’s as good a deal

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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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    This isn’t the future or the past. It’s the no This isn’t the future or the past. It’s the now.
    Words to live by. Words to live by.
    Birdwatching from the balcony at the cottage where Birdwatching from the balcony at the cottage where we spotted a bunch of blue jays feasting on ants in a stump, a mommy mallard and her six ducklings dozing on our beach and (for the first time ever), a pair of double-crested cormorants fishing on the lake.
    A break between storm clouds led to some beautiful A break between storm clouds led to some beautiful light on the lake during this last long weekend of summer.
    With so many cloudy nights and wildfire smoke, Aug With so many cloudy nights and wildfire smoke, August didn’t start out very well for astrophotography, but things improved in the middle of the month. Here are some of the things I tracked with my smart telescopes the past four weeks in light-polluted suburban skies. 🔭 🌖💫#astrophotography #keeplookingup #seestar #dwarflab #stars #galaxy #nebula #astronomy #astrophoto
    I do enjoy a nice mural. This one from Montreal’ I do enjoy a nice mural. This one from Montreal’s St-Henri borough caught my eye.
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