https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--993-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:22:39 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--993-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/123128/Amazing-Azores-of-Portugal https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/123128/Amazing-Azores-of-Portugal Sun, 28 Sep 2014 05:00:00 PDT Contributed Officially known as the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the area is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, composed of nine volcanic islands which are situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farms (for cheese and butter products primarily), livestock ran... https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/113669/Shop-til-you-drop https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/113669/Shop-til-you-drop Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:00:00 PDT Contributed YES THIS WAS POSTED IN APRIL, BUT SINCE THE TRIP IS HALF FULL I THOUGHT I WOULD RE-POST THIS COLUMN FOR ANY OF YOU WHO STILL MAY BE INTERESTED IN JOINING ME. Each year I promote a local bus tour that takes shoppers south of the border to hunt for bargains and clear up that holiday shopping list.... https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/119247/Haida-Gwaii https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/119247/Haida-Gwaii Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:00:00 PDT Contributed Formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands - Haida Gwaii is 300 km long, in a rough triangular shape from 100 km wide across the top, tapering to a point at Cape St. James at the south end. Tucked under the coastline of islands that form the Alaska panhandle they are 75 km from the American borde... https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/116911/Newfoundland-amp-Labrador https://www.castanet.net/news/Travel-Review/116911/Newfoundland-amp-Labrador Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:00:00 PDT Contributed Perhaps most famous for its language and food, Newfoundland & Labrador is an adventure of its own waiting to be discovered by the inquisitive traveller. Boasting of impressive landscapes, Viking ruins and landing sites of the early explorers John Cabot and Leif Erickson, this land also offers a ...