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When I think of an all-inclusive resort, I picture lavish buffets, sugary cocktails and swim-up bars—that is until I discovered Chile’s Tierra Hotels on Instagram. As a travel-planning procrastinator, I immediately knew I had found the perfect way for my husband and I to have an extreme adventure without the stress and hassle of figuring […]

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When you really like a city, half of the joy in returning to it is finding your haunts exactly as you left them. While I was visiting Montreal last year, at the tail end of its 375th-anniversary celebrations, it dawned on me that over the years, all I’ve done is retrace my footsteps in this […]

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In Budapest, cultural landmarks of the Hungarian capital—the Great Market Hall, the Danube River and Saint Stephen’s Basilica—whiz past the window of my vehicle. But I’m headed for Etyek, a wine region located 45 minutes west of the city, to sample some of the underrated wines on the market today. Etyek is home to about […]

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We have just left Panyee, a Muslim village on stilts, and are en route to a beach picnic on the island of Rang-Yai when our photographer Arkan Zakharov yells: “Stop! Can we shoot on that little island?” He points to a rocky islet cropping out of the Andaman Sea. “Sure,” responds Teddy Kongsawatt, one of […]

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When I read that Paul Theroux—a seasoned travel writer—admitted to being flummoxed by Hong Kong, I was relieved. He once remarked that he felt lost in the city. “I don’t know how you’d write about it; it’s impenetrable,” he told a South China Morning Post writer. “There’s so much of it…I don’t mean writing about […]

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@ThisGirlAbroad is a Canadian expat who moved from Toronto to Hong Kong in 2012. While job prospects inspired the move, the Hong Kong lifestyle (mostly the food) convinced her to stay and she soon found herself spending weekends eating her way through the city and writing about it on her blog and in local magazines. […]

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“When an irritant gets into an oyster, the oyster secretes nacre, or mother-of-pearl, around the irritant, which [eventually] becomes a pearl,” explains Worawan Chawalitanantakit, the managing director at Rangyai Pearl, which has a shop in the town of Phuket. “Cultured pearls are created by seeding an oyster with an irritant, and it can take one […]

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Tai O is a fishing village on stilts on the western coast of Lantau Island. Sometimes called the Venice of Hong Kong, it’s a common travel destination for both foreigners and locals, who come to see the pink dolphins off the coast and buy the salted fish and shrimp paste the fishing village is known for. […]

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If you are beached out—or have a hankering to see colourful Sino-Portuguese architecture—head to Old Phuket Town. You can easily spend a few hours popping in and out of eclectic shophouses, Thai temples, Chinese shrines, old mansions and quirky cafés along Thalang, Dibuk and Krabi roads. Your first stop should be Aroon Restaurant for cha […]

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“Shooting at the Ladies’ Market was amazing,” says Shaughnessy. “In a city that is all about stimulation, we captivated people’s attention when we took to the street. It was wild! I’m sure everyone was thinking, ‘Who is this clown girl?’” The Ladies’ Market in the neighbourhood of Mong Kok is full-on frantic but fun. The […]

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If it isn’t already, The City of Bridges—a.k.a. Steel City or the ’Burgh—needs to be on your list of places to visit. A pleasant five-hour drive from Toronto, this under-the-radar gem is more than just the birthplace of Heinz Ketchup, bingo and Andy Warhol. Tourists come to Pittsburgh for the art and the incredible restaurant […]

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When you’re on Hong Kong Island, you’re in the Milky Way of neon. “There’s a sense of technological utopia here. It’s like you’re walking in a dream of what the world is going to be like in 100 years but it’s now,” observed Shaughnessy Brown. After taking in the lights from the ground at the Ladies’ […]

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