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“Extensive travelling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.” -Paul Theroux

May 5, 2017 Mark Stachiew
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A new vocabulary for describing travel emotions

April 29, 2017October 6, 2017 Mark Stachiew

The English language is thought to have more words than any other, but when it comes to vocabulary to convey the complex emotions we experience

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City Heat tells you where to stay

April 13, 2017January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Picking the best location for your hotel stay in a city you’ve never visited can be a bit of a crap shoot, but City Map

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“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” -Steve McCurry

April 12, 2017 Mark Stachiew
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Listen to live air traffic control radio on LiveATC.net

April 5, 2017January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Listening to air traffic controllers on the radio is not an activity that appeals to everyone, but there are enough aviation geeks out there that

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Entering Germany’s dragon den on a robot

March 31, 2017October 6, 2017 Mark Stachiew

FURTH IM WALD, GERMANY – For 500 years, this tiny Bavarian town has staged an annual performance of the story of St. George slaying the

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“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Neale Donald Walsch

March 31, 2017 Mark Stachiew
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Walking in the footsteps of Newfoundland’s Viking settlers

March 24, 2017October 6, 2017 Mark Stachiew

After visiting the only known Viking settlement in North America, we learned to appreciate the struggles that the New World’s first immigrants faced a thousand

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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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