Mark Stachiew

Traveller, tourist, explorer ✈ Freelance travel journalist sharing news and tips for travellers ✈ Contact me at

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@NHL_On_TNT No Remembrance Day poppy on Gretzky?

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Is it better for #manatees if we stop swimming with them? Is watching them from a boat better? I don't know the answer, but I chose to see them from a kayak when I visited Crystal River, Florida last month.

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If you came to #Montreal to experience winter, but find it a bit too gruelling, head to the Underground City where it's a lot warmer. I took @tourbirder's #audiotour and found it a fun way to explore this under-appreciated part of the city.

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A great way to explore #Taipei is on two wheels. Here's an older #travel story of mine that was no longer available online by the publication that originally published it, but I have revived it and revised it on my website.

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Do you remember the 9th-floor #restaurant at the Eaton's in downtown #Montreal? The Art Deco gem has been reborn and it's as spectacular as you remember! Here's what I wrote about it for Taste & Travel magazine:
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@JFreshHockey Why does the maple leaf logo need to have a hockey player on it? I don't think that was ever part of the Canadian flag nor do other athletes from this country (or any) compete internationally with pictograms of their sports on their uniforms.

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@MsNikkiVargas As a former national travel editor I know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the pitching avalanche, but as a freelancer for the past decade, my experience is that too many publications hide editorial contacts which is why writers try to reach them via social media.

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@MsNikkiVargas If only more publications actually had pitching guidelines. It seems like many of them go to great lengths to make it difficult to contact an editor.

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In case you missed my #travel story about Liard River Hot Springs the first time, it’s been reprinted in @CanGeo’s annual Best of Canadian Geographic #magazine that is available on newsstands now.

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Mennonites in Mexico? Yes, they exist and their cheese is delicious!

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It's no lie to say that my visit to Chihuaua defied my expectations. Here are 10 experiences that I recommend travellers seek out when they #travel to #Mexico's largest state:

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@deAdder Like a lot of people of my generation, I enjoy the work of editorial cartoonists, but I believe that for most young people, political memes on social media now play a similar role. While they take some imagination to create, there’s no real artistry involved.

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I wrote this #travel story for @MensHealthMag about 5 things visitors can do in #Montreal if they like to be active. What did I miss?

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I've only been to 5 out of 10. My excuse is I'm doing my part to fight overtourism.

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Do you remember watching The Tiger King during the pandemic? Here's my story about one of the many American animal sanctuaries that is still working on cleaning up his mess.

#travel #Arkansas

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Trivial Pursuit sparked a Canadian #boardgames boom in the 1980s. Some of them were hits, but most are long forgotten. I listed some of the more obscure examples in this story for Canadian Geographic.

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Maybe #overtourism isn't just the fault of tourists. Some experts in this story argue that some of it lies on local leaders who promote tourism, but don't properly plan on how to handle the crowds when they arrive.

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Still my favourite movie of all time. Squirrelled away in my closet somewhere is the original program that they gave to the audience because the film had no credits on screen.

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APOCALYPSE NOW was released in the US 45 years ago today. Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus is considered by many to be the definitive Vietnam War film. The production of the film is one of the most unbelievable stories in Hollywood history.

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Love this story about a Vancouver man who used nothing but public transit to #travel from his home in Canada to Tijuana, Mexico. The journey took him 9 days!

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That viral video of an argument over an airline blanket proved that tempers can get heated over the temperature in airplanes which has some renewing calls for formalizing rules about comfort standards aboard commercial aircraft.

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