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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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    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.
    Drive-by landscape in Mirabel, Quebec. Drive-by landscape in Mirabel, Quebec.
    A bike ride through the forest is always a good id A bike ride through the forest is always a good idea.
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