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Ignite Your Senses in Portugal

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Ignite Your Senses in Portugal

Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart a ...

Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart ache to stroll the cobbled lanes of quaint villages and bustling town squares? Or do you long to ...

March 01, 2018
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Poster Boy for Retirement

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Poster Boy for Retirement

When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had ne ...

When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had never been in a kayak and didn’t own a bike. He watched as his Island neighbours vigorously pedal ...

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Antarctica: the Great White Continent

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Antarctica: the Great White Continent

Penguins waddle past our feet on packed snow paths called “penguin highways.” Their turn to feed, they di ...

Penguins waddle past our feet on packed snow paths called “penguin highways.” Their turn to feed, they dive into the sea, while on a hillside rookery their mate sits on a rock nest holding soon-to-be- ...

September 01, 2016
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Diversity is the Pride of Panama

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Diversity is the Pride of Panama

What most showcases each country we visit is always on our travel agenda. The Panama Canal is indeed on P ...

What most showcases each country we visit is always on our travel agenda. The Panama Canal is indeed on Panama’s pedestal – considered “One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.” While figuring ou ...

March 01, 2015
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Swimming for Fitness

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Swimming for Fitness

Travelling abroad this summer? Pack your swimming gear, even if you aren’t a skilled swimmer. Get wet, in ...

Travelling abroad this summer? Pack your swimming gear, even if you aren’t a skilled swimmer. Get wet, instead of sitting poolside being splashed by people who kick their feet above the waterline. Poo ...

June 01, 2014
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Skyscrapers, Souqs, and Sandscapes of Qatar

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Skyscrapers, Souqs, and Sandscapes of Qatar

Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey ...

Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey through the Arabian Peninsula has not waned. Sixty years later, I am to realize this dream. My ...

December 01, 2011
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The Place of Caves

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The Place of Caves

Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name co ...

Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name coined by the Portuguese when they landed on its shores in the 1500s. In 1864, however, British a ...

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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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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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Seawise Women Cruise 2008

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Seawise Women Cruise 2008

When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows a ...

When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome is set in the English Lake District not far from the coast where S ...

September 01, 2008
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Life on the Lights

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Life on the Lights

"I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her hers ...

"I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her herself when she was 19 and headed out on her own from Ellerslie, Alberta to Vancouver. Unbeknownst ...

March 01, 2007
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