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TRAVEL: Bangkok’s best bets
The city of Bangkok teems with relentless activity, from traffic jams that make the Lower Mainland’s rush-hour roads look like a breeze, to street vendors making dentures and repairing clothing. Feel...
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Sea may be dead, but city is not
If you’re going to visit Jerusalem, Friday is the day to do it, to best witness the transition from a bustling, vibrant city to one settling down for 24 hours of pure rest over the Jewish Sabbath. It...
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Visitors can touch artifacts on historical trail
Sante Fe is rich with murmurs from the ancient past and to hear them you only have to visit Tsankawi, an unexcavated site that forms part of Bandelier National Monument. Here, once you’ve trekked up...
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Sedona sand dune adventures
“Whatever you do, please don’t write about vortex or new age stuff!” I was standing in a Sedona supermarket chatting to a local in line at the checkout and had just disclosed I was a travel writer when...
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Thurston County in Washington State is best known for its jewel, Olympia, a stately, historic and scenic city filled with soaring examples of Greco-Roman architecture and irresistibly browsable book...
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Leavenworth: Craggy mountains, cutesy theme
IN THE PHOTO: On Leavenworth’s main street, retailers have followed the Bavarian theme in their architecture, decor and inventory. Gift shops, bratwurst joints and beer gardens bustle with activity. If...
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72 hours in Ecuador’s capital
When it comes to exploring Quito, Ecuador’s capital, you have to venture into the cobbled side streets of the city’s Old Town to learn what makes the area distinct and different. In the shadows of...
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Venture off beaten track in Comox Valley
Victoria, Tofino, Parksville. If there are spotlight stealers on Vancouver Island, it’s this trio that garners all the attention. For road warriors who love to venture off the beaten track, this bodes...
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