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Which travel company won the 2022 Super Bowl advertising contest?

February 14, 2022February 12, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? Neither did I, but plenty of people did and while most people tune in to watch the

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Express your love of travel with these perfect shirt designs

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Mark Stachiew

Do you have special t-shirts that you wear when you travel or shirts that show what kind of traveller you are? There is no shortage

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Shift in attitudes towards living with COVID is good news for travel

February 7, 2022 Mark Stachiew

After two years of lockdowns and travel restrictions aimed at curbing COVID-19, there is a growing shift in attitude towards finding ways to live with

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Drive and Listen is your virtual gateway to the roads of the world

February 3, 2022February 17, 2025 Mark Stachiew

If you’ve never driven in the Swiss Alps or walked the streets of teeming metropolises like Tokyo or Mexico City, then the website Drive and

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Why are so many tourists behaving badly?

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Mark Stachiew

What is going on? In the past week, my news feeds have been filled with headlines about tourists who have seemingly lost their minds and

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Travel Trivia Quiz #12: Oh, Canada!

January 26, 2022January 22, 2025 Mark Stachiew

How much do you know Canada? Here’s a travel quiz that asks 10 questions about the Great White North. I’ve put in a few easy

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Calculate the power of your travel documents with the Passport Index

January 20, 2022January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Just how “powerful” is your passport? In other words, how mobile does it allow you to be in terms of entering other countries without needing

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My (randomly-generated) list of the top 10 destinations to visit in 2022

December 21, 2021 Mark Stachiew

This is the season when travel publications and writers carefully consider their recommendations for the top places to visit for the year ahead. Their lists

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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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