Pleasant View Hostel in Hatfield, New Brunswick!

Take a step into Pleasant View Hostel and you'll feel like you've been transported back in time. Set in an old Riverboat Inn, the hostel remains looking as it was in the Fifties. With a nice homely atmosphere you'll be made to feel like part of the family by your hosts including free access to their homegrown raspberries! Located next to a bay you'll be in the perfect location to start your adventures - you can even grab some kayaks or even a sailboat (yup, you read that right!) from the hostel! Remember to bring your walking boots as well as the Dorm rooms start at $25 per night. 

Here are just a few reasons to visit Pleasant View Hostel:

• Great location right next to the bay and equipment provided by the hostel
• Verandah with hammocks and rocking chairs to chill out on after a hard day of exploring
• Free light breakfast
• Free wifi through the hostel
• 4 star cooking facilities....though it depends on your cooking ability! Includes dishwasher
• Event facilities available
• Can accommodate different types of groups, just contact them for special requirements

To find out more and to book your next trip visit their website! http://www.pleasant-view.ca/

Hostel of the Week, November 5th to November 11th 2014

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Angus Adventures: Learning Through Exploration!

Angus Adventures: Learning Through Exploration!

All adventures and backpackers will have an interest in this couple. Julie and Colin Angus are bold adventures, having explored and documented their travels in waterways and on land all over the world including Canada. They are presently preparing for presentations in Ottawa, Waterloo, Toronto, and Kingston. They have authored several books including the recent, "Rowed Trip: from Scotland to Syria By Oar", have produced films, have a great blog, website, and Facebook page, and do motivational public-speaking presentation among other things. They are raved about by fellow bloggers and reputable news programs alike and with good reason. Check out the links and you'll understand why.

Colin completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the planet (43,000 km, 720 days) in 2006. Before that he led the first descent of the Yenisey River and of one of the first of the Amazon River. He is the author of four books and has produced documentaries on many of his journeys. Outside magazine named him one of the top 25 bold visionaries with world changing dreams and National Geographic Adventure awarded him Adventurer of the Year in 2007.

Julie is the first and only woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland - 10,000 km in 5 months. She has authored two books, produced two documentaries, and written for an array of magazines and newspapers. Julie has a graduate degree in molecular biology and spent five years developing treatments for medical disorders before fully focusing on adventure and exploration. She received the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award alongside Colin and the McMaster ARCH award.

You won't regret checking them out.

Feature of the week, November 16th to 22nd, 2009
submitted by Kennedy Jones
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