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Travellers have an appetite for Mexico

January 21, 2019June 5, 2019 Mark Stachiew

MEXICO CITY — “You weren’t expecting a place like this in the ‘Third World’,” says my guide with tongue firmly planted in cheek as we

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Kingston is magically hip

January 7, 2019January 8, 2019 Mark Stachiew

Kingston’s favourite sons, The Tragically Hip, have played their last concert in their hometown, but they won’t be the last big thing to come out

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Where to travel in 2019 (as randomly generated by me)

December 16, 2018 Mark Stachiew

It’s the time of year that travel brands and media push out their annual lists of the best places to travel to in the coming

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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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A visit to Detroit has to include music and motor cars

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Mark Stachiew

We had only one day to visit Detroit, so we went to see what it is most famous for – music and motor cars. When

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10 road-trip car games with kids that don’t need electronics

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 Mark Stachiew

Hours locked up with children in a car on a long road trip may sound like one of the seven levels of hell, but there

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Artists, islands and orcas: The top travel destinations in Canada for 2018

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 Mark Stachiew

Canada 150 festivities may be wrapping up, but 2018 still offers plenty of reasons to vacation within our own borders. “From sea to sea” takes

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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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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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