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Overlanding in Africa

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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Napoleon’s Paris: His Life, His Legacy

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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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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Adventure Awaits in Costa Rica

Posted by Shannon Nichols
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Adventure Awaits in Costa Rica

“Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. ...

“Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. Along with Collette and a group of fellow adventurers, Pat will travel to the Central American ...

March 01, 2019
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Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

Posted by City of Richmond
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Livin ...

One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Living. Set in beautiful Minoru Park in the heart of Richmond, the 33,000 square foot seniors centre ...

March 01, 2019
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Germany’s Christmas Markets 2019

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: January 31, 2019
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Germany’s Christmas Markets 2019

Europe in December is something to behold. Having visited the Christmas markets in Germany a couple years ...

Europe in December is something to behold. Having visited the Christmas markets in Germany a couple years ago, I was eager to return. My latest visit took me to Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Munich and Regens ...

January 31, 2019
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Two Days in Venice

Posted by Marilyn Jones
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Two Days in Venice

I sat with my friend, Cacinda, at a sidewalk café enjoying a Margherita pizza. The pizza was good, but my ...

I sat with my friend, Cacinda, at a sidewalk café enjoying a Margherita pizza. The pizza was good, but my surroundings were divine. Before me stood ancient buildings, including a church and apartment ...

December 01, 2018
| by Marilyn Jones

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When Strangers Make Friends

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: September 01, 2018
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When Strangers Make Friends

I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victori ...

I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victoria, you may have wandered around the annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In (formerly the Moss Street Pa ...

September 01, 2018
| by Pat Nichol

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The Middle Kingdom

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: June 01, 2013
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The Middle Kingdom

Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to me ...

Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to meet Chinese women working in science, at home, in politics, on farms and in factories; and to to ...

June 01, 2013
| by Enise Olding

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Skyscrapers, Souqs, and Sandscapes of Qatar

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: December 01, 2011
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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
| by Irene Butler

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Guerrilla Gardeners Unite!

Posted by Bev Yaworski
|Date: July 01, 2009
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Guerrilla Gardeners Unite!

Enthusiastic gardeners are preparing their gardens for a new growing season. In 2006, Vancouver City Coun ...

Enthusiastic gardeners are preparing their gardens for a new growing season. In 2006, Vancouver City Councillors challenged the Greater Vancouver Regional community to create more food-producing garde ...

July 01, 2009
| by Bev Yaworski

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