Hiking the Mabou Highlands
There was brief mention of some excellent hiking trails near Mabou, Nova Scotia in our guide book. Given the other benefits of staying there –...
Trip Reports
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Checking In: Mabou River Inn, Mabou, Nova Scotia
Booking a hotel in a town of only 1,300 residents can be a challenge. Even in Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada, where the economy is heavily...
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Dining under the train tracks: Tokyo’s Yakitori Alley
Tucked away under the tracks of Japan's famed Shinkansen in central Tokyo is a dining experience that is hard to beat: Yakitori Alley. Pull up...
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Checking in: My pod at the Hotel Nihonbashi Villa
Two years ago on my visit to Japan I slept in a plywood box. It was a crude approximation of the somewhat famous "pod" hotels...
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Exploring 300 million years of history at Joggins Fossil Cliffs
I was incredibly excited by the prospect of visiting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs on the edge of Nova Scotia‘s Bay of Fundy. The area has...
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The life of a tuna at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market
OK, fine. It is already dead by the time it gets to the market, so not much of a life. It is still rather amazing...
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There is no such thing as Malpeque oysters
Of everything we learned about seafood on our trip through the Canadian Maritimes this was the most startling. Sure, we also learned that it was,...
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Cruising the Northumberland Straits on a ferry
Given my penchant for picking different routes to get between cities it should not come as much of a surprise that I took full advantage...
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Did I really just downgrade myself on a long haul flight?!?
I’m sitting on a United Airlines 767-300 somewhere over the Pacific Ocean right now, wondering just which screws are loose in my head today. Yeah,...
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Crossing Canada’s Confederation Bridge
The Confederation Bridge, joining Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick in Canada, is a modern marvel that I’ve been pretty much infatuated with since I...