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We’ve been busy at travelife.ca this week adding new stories to our front page for your enjoyment.

Four new stories have been posted – one on the delightful Caribbean island of Aruba; one of a family Christmas in Austria; one on the magical South Pacific island of Bora Bora; and one on a city in Taiwan where the local hero is a Canadian.

Regular contributor and dear friend Cynthia Dial shares her family’s last Christmas with readers – it was spent in fairytale Austria listening to Christmas concerts, sipping spiced liquids and sampling some local holiday cuisine in Vienna and Salzburg. Her account will make you want to book a ticket to Austria to spend Christmas this year.

Mark Dimitroff, a fine Canadian writer who now graces the pages of TraveLife magazine on a regular basis, takes us to Bora Bora, known as the Island of Gods and goes off the beaten track with a local legend where he got to see the island’s inner beauty.

It was a busy September for me – trips to Taiwan and Aruba resulted in two unique experiences, which I’m glad to share with you at travelife.ca.

While in Aruba, I met a delightful man who actually grows grapes and makes wine under the harsh Caribbean sun. Vino Vince may not be the best wine in the world but the man who makes it, Vincente Kock is a unique character and a great ambassador for the island which sits just a few kilometres off the coast of Venezuela.

In Taiwan, I ventured out of Taipei one day and found myself in Tamsui, a fishing town on the Dansui River where Canadian missionary George Lesley McKay is idolized for the good works he did there in the late 1800s. Museums, hospitals and schools bear his name and a statue of the great man dominates the city’s biggest park. Tamsui is an interesting place with an aboriginal history and has much to offer a visitor.

So go to www.travelife.ca and enjoy the stories we’ve chosen for your reading enjoyment this month.