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Adventures in Egypt

Posted by Marilyn Jones
|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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The Personalities of Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: April 01, 2019
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The Personalities of Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean

I believe, like people, places have their own personalities. When we arrive to a new destination, we deci ...

I believe, like people, places have their own personalities. When we arrive to a new destination, we decide, almost instantly, if we want to get to know it better, or pass on through. On my visit to S ...

April 01, 2019
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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

Posted by Joan Boxall
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenil ...

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenile, a mature adult and a red-spawner journey back to a fresh-water home. Pivotal are a school of ...

February 01, 2019
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SoundWaves – yet another reason to visit Nashville

Posted by Marilyn Jones
|Date: January 31, 2019
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SoundWaves – yet another reason to visit Nashville

Admittedly, I am not a water baby. Swimsuits strike fear in my heart. But, here I am in Nashville’s Gaylo ...

Admittedly, I am not a water baby. Swimsuits strike fear in my heart. But, here I am in Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort striding across one of the atriums in my cover-up headed for SoundWaves. May ...

January 31, 2019
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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

Posted by Bob Cooper
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew ...

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew this river cruise would be a superior experience to the last one I’d taken on the Rhine, Europe ...

January 01, 2019
| by Bob Cooper

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Fun on Fundy

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Fun on Fundy

During this visit to Canada's East Coast, I'm not surprised to find out that the Bay of Fundy is one of N ...

During this visit to Canada's East Coast, I'm not surprised to find out that the Bay of Fundy is one of North America's seven wonders. The 320-kilometre-long waterway divides the province of Nova Scot ...

November 01, 2018
| by Jane Cassie

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A Visit Home

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: August 02, 2018
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A Visit Home

“So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our ea ...

“So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our early years can call us back with a visceral urge. My BC childhood landscape held a fusion of emo ...

August 02, 2018
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Find Your Travel Style

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: April 26, 2018
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Find Your Travel Style

When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. ...

When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. As someone who worked during high school so I could study and travel throughout Europe upon gr ...

April 26, 2018
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Berlin to Prague

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: November 01, 2016
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Berlin to Prague

Our Elbe River cruise brims with new discoveries, beginning with three days in Berlin. Hop-on-hop-off bus ...

Our Elbe River cruise brims with new discoveries, beginning with three days in Berlin. Hop-on-hop-off buses introduce us to city highlights. Symbolizing a reunited democracy, the neo-classical Reichst ...

November 01, 2016
| by Chris & Rick Millikan

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Two Old Guys’ Great Canoe Adventure

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: September 01, 2013
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Two Old Guys’ Great Canoe Adventure

On two sunny days in May, my friend Marty (a resident of Ontario) and I (a resident of Pender Island) had ...

On two sunny days in May, my friend Marty (a resident of Ontario) and I (a resident of Pender Island) had a truly Canadian experience. The first day, we built a 16-foot, red canoe from scratch. Yes, i ...

September 01, 2013
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Exploring the Thames River

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: June 01, 2013
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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 ...

June 01, 2013
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The Fraser’s North Arm

Posted by Mary Anne Hajer
|Date: July 01, 2009
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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 ...

July 01, 2009
| by Mary Anne Hajer

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