Author: FW North

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Amtrak Adirondack (NYC-Montreal)

There are many ways to cross the border between the USA and Canada. If the goal is to go from New York to Montreal, a scenic and relaxed option is the Amtrak Adirondack train....

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I Guess We Must Be in New York City

New York, New York. That’s how the song goes, a rousing chorus belting away the name of a city so big they had to sing it twice. The sleepless city is a cool world...

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Thoughts on Ice

Greenland is a notorious misnomer. Most of its territory is full of white ice, and all of it is cold as snow. It is a dead place, inhospitable to humans or any other creature...

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Trails and Errors

Setting off on a new trail is usually intimidating. Who knows what shadowy figures lurk in the unknown (even if those figures are just flying out of your account while none are coming in)?...

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Warm Heart of Tanzania

“I want to force the Serengeti to disappear into my eyes”. That was the sentence humming in my mind when making the final preparations for a trip to Tanzania. The feeling had been present...

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Zanzibar, Island of Sand and Stone

Before idyllic beaches and the shimmer of the African sun, there was only a name, lingering in the tongue as a bumblebee taking flight. There are not many names in our world which cast...