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Exploring the Thames River

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Exploring the Thames River

Of Britain’s thousands of footpaths, the Thames River Path seems perfect for our self-guided walking holi ...

Of Britain’s thousands of footpaths, the Thames River Path seems perfect for our self-guided walking holiday. Maps, guidebook and baggage transfers to pre-booked lodgings make it possible. So, with ou ...

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Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

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Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing e ...

As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing even one golf course! Our discoveries begin on horseback just outside Scottsdale. Slapping on co ...

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Captivating Kyiv

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Captivating Kyiv

My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukrai ...

My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukraine have long been lost, I feel the tug of my ancestral roots as I step onto Kyiv soil. Within m ...

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Soaking in Adventure

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Soaking in Adventure

During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfield ...

During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfields. Falling from a canoe, a prospector expecting frigid waters discovered a future hotspot inste ...

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Whirling Through French Canada

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Whirling Through French Canada

Packing a French dictionary, we're off to Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, an hour's flight from Montreal. Our expe ...

Packing a French dictionary, we're off to Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, an hour's flight from Montreal. Our experiences extraordinaire begin along the shores of Saguenay fjord at Nouvelle-France. Inside its ...

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Hanging Loose in Paradise

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Hanging Loose in Paradise

Honolulu makes a perfect one-week, hang-loose holiday. Nixing the rental car, we invest in trolley passes ...

Honolulu makes a perfect one-week, hang-loose holiday. Nixing the rental car, we invest in trolley passes for travelling to outlying attractions and sturdy sandals for robust walks around bustling Wai ...

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Old Town Wailuku

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Old Town Wailuku

Maui’s shores provide regular sunny escapes from dreary winters. This time, our getaway begins with sever ...

Maui’s shores provide regular sunny escapes from dreary winters. This time, our getaway begins with several magical days in Wailuku, a charming town minutes from the island’s international airport. Se ...

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Australia: Scratching the Surface

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Australia: Scratching the Surface

In 1787, the first fleet left Portsmouth, England with its load of convict passengers bound for what is n ...

In 1787, the first fleet left Portsmouth, England with its load of convict passengers bound for what is now called Australia. Captain Arthur Phillip aboard HMS Sirius was not taken with Botany Bay and ...

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Walking into San Francisco’s Golden Past

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Walking into San Francisco’s Golden Past

Convenient public transit supports our recent series of revealing walks into San Francisco’s past. Perfec ...

Convenient public transit supports our recent series of revealing walks into San Francisco’s past. Perfectly situated at Queen Anne Hotel, our wide-range of investigations start with a Victorian Homes ...

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The Fraser’s North Arm

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The Fraser’s North Arm

Our home port is a marina on the North Arm of the Fraser, so the first and last hours of every trip we ta ...

Our home port is a marina on the North Arm of the Fraser, so the first and last hours of every trip we take are spent on the river. When we chug downstream in our boat at a speed of six or seven knots ...

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Foodies Go Nuts in the Fraser Valley

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Foodies Go Nuts in the Fraser Valley

Skyrocketing travel expenses encourage avid adventurers like us to explore closer to home. So hearing of ...

Skyrocketing travel expenses encourage avid adventurers like us to explore closer to home. So hearing of farming tours less than two hours from Vancouver, we investigate rural life around Agassiz-Harr ...

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Nature Umblemished

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Nature Umblemished

"There is a calm tranquility, which stretches from the smooth surface of the reflecting water straight up ...

"There is a calm tranquility, which stretches from the smooth surface of the reflecting water straight up into infinity. The deep calm of eternal silences is only disturbed by the muffled roar of thro ...

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