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Five things not to miss in Puebla, Mexico for Cinco de Mayo (or any other day)

May 15, 2023December 9, 2023 Mark Stachiew

Cinco de Mayo is not just a day to score cheap tacos and margaritas. It commemorates a military victory over the French army during the

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A new tourist attraction is coming to Montreal in form of an aquarium

March 14, 2023 Mark Stachiew

Originally conceived as part of Expo 67, when the Montreal Aquarium closed in 1991, the city has been without a similar attraction, but a future

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Saluting our beleaguered travel agents on National Travel Advisors Day

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Mark Stachiew

The past year plus has been a hard one for the world’s travel agents so it seems fitting to tip our caps to them on

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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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Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is open and ready to inspire the next generation of astronauts

February 16, 2021April 24, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Depending on your age, a visit to Kennedy Space Center in Florida can either ignite new dreams of being an astronaut or revive old ones

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During this travel pause, let’s rethink how we interact with animals from now on, says celebrated scientist Jane Goodall

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 Mark Stachiew

A lot of us are feeling helpless in the middle of the worst global pandemic to hit civilization in more than a century, but famed

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Pondering travel’s future while questioning the ethics of travel today

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Mark Stachiew

Everyone wants to travel again like they did before the pandemic struck, but just how ethical is it to be visiting other countries and even

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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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    As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Mon As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Montreal in recent weeks: the Ring Nebula, the Needle Galaxy and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
    Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lak Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lake.
    I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw t I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw the sun, but the crabapple blossoms don’t care.
    Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxi Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxies and nebulae do, but I think these stellar nurseries are cool. This one is Messier 3 in Canes  Venatici.
    I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately because it's usually cloudy 9 days out of 10, but I tried reprocessing this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and I think it's much improved from my previous effort. What always amazes me about galaxy photos is that when you look closely, you can see other tiny galaxies photobombing the image. There are at least three others that I can see here!
    It’s a good day to exercise your democratic righ It’s a good day to exercise your democratic right to vote.
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