June 2019 – INSPIRED

Overlanding in Africa

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Overlanding in Africa

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver ...

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver with four wives; a man who was expelled from high school and now, between stints as a park rang ...

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David Vest: Still A Blues Master

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David Vest: Still A Blues Master

How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out b ...

How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out blues tunes to packed houses? How long can he win awards and write songs? Surely it must slow do ...

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Train Characters in Transylvania

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Train Characters in Transylvania

We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting bet ...

We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting better. By Transylvania, scenes of pocket-sized farms carved into dense forested hillsides were be ...

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What If? The Importance of Travel Insurance

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What If? The Importance of Travel Insurance

For years I travelled all over the world and never carried emergency evacuation travel insurance. I didn’ ...

For years I travelled all over the world and never carried emergency evacuation travel insurance. I didn’t really think about it until three events spaced closely together changed my mind. The first e ...

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“Greenada”

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“Greenada”

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoeni ...

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoenix rises from the ashes, Grenada is re-emerging after weathering the storms. After being devasta ...

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Napoleon’s Paris: His Life, His Legacy

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Napoleon’s Paris: His Life, His Legacy

In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes repre ...

In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes represent his key victories. Thirty shields highlight battles where he passionately defended the new ...

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Adventures in Egypt

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Adventures in Egypt

It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representat ...

It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representative who, along with our driver, takes me to Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel where I will stay the ...

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Before & After: Sheila Blake

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Before & After: Sheila Blake

Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of whic ...

Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of which was immigrating to Canada from the UK as a newlywed in 1966. The marriage may not have lasted ...

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Meditate On This

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Meditate On This

Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Medi ...

Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Mediation can also train you to control your thoughts, especially stopping the constant mind-chatte ...

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The Road Ahead

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The Road Ahead

As I wander down the streets of my life, I look back over my shoulder and see that nearly everything I wa ...

As I wander down the streets of my life, I look back over my shoulder and see that nearly everything I wanted, I got, and nearly everything I wanted to do, I did, almost exactly as they were laid out ...

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Reboot – June 2019

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Reboot – June 2019

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joinin ...

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joining a team of Zambian Flying Doctors (although he was flown – not piloting himself – to the villa ...

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Creating Connections in the Community

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Creating Connections in the Community

Many caregivers feel alone in their role and responsibility. In the research, social isolation is identif ...

Many caregivers feel alone in their role and responsibility. In the research, social isolation is identified as one of the highest risk factors experienced by family caregivers. It’s also what friends ...

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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel ent ...

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel enthusiasts met to launch the 55+ Travel Club in Victoria. Held at the elegant Berwick Royal Oak r ...

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