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9
Aug

Travel Alert from Ottawa: Mexico (Hurricane Ernesto)

MEXICO: Avoid non-essential travel: Tropical storm Ernesto OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to the Gulf coast of Mexico from Veracruz eastward to Chilitepec and north of Veracruz to Barra de Nautla. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre in Miami is issuing advisories for tropical storm Ernesto. As changes to […]

8
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 4

We arrived at the island of Korcula, Croatia, early this morning. Korcula has been inhabited since 400BC and has Roman influences. In more recent times it was part of the Venetian empire. It is a beautiful walled city with many back alleys. We stopped at a restaurant to enjoy some local delicacies. There is also […]

8
Aug

China and Hong Kong: Typhoon Haikui: Flight advisory

Cathay Pacific Advisory (Hong Kong) Cathay Pacific today (Wednesday, 8 August) announced that its flights to and from Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo remain suspended for the day, but plans are underway for resuming operations on a limited scale after midnight, as well as mounting extra flights in the early hours tomorrow. “We anticipate disruption and […]

7
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 2

We got up this morning to another hot August day in Venice. It seems like a lot of the residents have gone out of town for the holidays. A couple of cruise ships are in town so there are quite of few tourists here.   After breakfast, we took a leisurely walk through the Dorsoduro […]

6
Aug

Arend & Darlene’s Excellent Adventure to Italy and the Dalmation Coast – Day 1

Here I am catching up in the transit area of Rome’s International Airport. The flight over was excellent. Darlene and I secured Air Canada aeroplan business class seats eleven months ago. As usual, Air Canada was excellent. With full flat beds we were able to catch 5-6 hours of sleep.   From Rome we will […]