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By Ken Hegan for MSN The best summer weekends demand sequels. So we went floating again down the warm, winding channel in Penticton, BC. Huge fun. Raved about it here last year. But I neglected to mention where to stay. My recommendation: stay in a vintage motel on Skaha Lake Road. For 2 years now,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Americans are pretty pleased with themselves this week (well, even more than usual). A new report says visits to the USA have hit a record high. The US Department of Commerce’s Office of Travel and Tourism Industries has released their latest report International Visitation to the United States: A Statistical…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Are you a sun fearing/loving albino like me? I’m pretty much always cold so I love the hot summer months. But thanks to my Scirish heritage (Scotch-Irish), my love for sunshine means an abusive relationship for my pale skin. Still, despite the freckle-frying heat on BC’s Sunshine Coast this week,…
Nice touch at the Burrard Hotel in Vancouver, BC: Stay at this hipster-rific downtown hotel and they’ll lend you a cruiser bike to bomb around town.
By Ken Hegan for MSN Craving a musical fix when you’re in a distant city? You’ll love this then. Three public pianos have been plunked down in various downtown Vancouver locations. Here’s a dad teaching his kid to play one such piano. Meanwhile a local roustabout stares enviously at their nifty matching leather jackets: You’ll…
By Ken Hegan for MSN After years of searching, I’ve finally found the World’s Greatest Travel Wallet. It’s called the Bellroy Travel Wallet and it’s handcrafted at a secret Australian location by a tight-knit tribe of genius artisans. My guess: they’re made by a cabal of monks who care not about worldly possessions, as their…
By Ken Hegan for MSN If you were a superhero who could fly around without a jetpack or plane, where would you go? That’s the premise behind FlyOver Canada, an epic new tourist attraction debuting this holiday weekend in Vancouver. Starting at 10 a.m. this Saturday, tourists can march off a cruise ship at Canada…
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