Field guides & itineraries

Travels

Trips, planned properly.

Four journeys

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Liguria · Toscana · Emilia · Roma

Italy, Fall 2026

3 — 25 October 2026 · twenty-two nights

Genoa to Rome the long way — caruggi and focaccia, Siena and a car through Chianti, one focused day in Florence, four eating in Bologna, ancient Rome, and a Milan finale. Audio guides, maps, booking calendar, driving rules.

23 days 7 bases 38 audio guides 1 splurge
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Vietnam · Korea

Vietnam, Summer 2026

13 — 20 July 2026 · plus layovers home

Eight days on the central coast — Hoi An lanterns, Da Nang beaches, an imperial day trip to Huế — then Hanoi and Seoul on the way back. Audio guides, maps, tea and coffee picks, heat strategy.

8 days Hoi An · Da Nang · Huế 20 audio guides + 2 layovers
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In the pipeline

Draft · options

Japan

Japan

Dates to be decided · nonstop from YVR or SEA

Four rough routes to choose between — Tokyo and Kyoto, the Seto Inland Sea, the mountain craft towns, Shikoku — and a wish list that starts with Danto on Awaji Island. Nothing booked.

4 routes Draft
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Wish list

Coast to coast to coast

Canada

A wish list · no dates

Twenty places worth the trip at home — from Tofino and the Cariboo to Gros Morne, Churchill and the Nahanni — with the ten that won CBC listeners' vote marked.

20 places ★ Top 10 marked
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Draft · options

Australia

Australia

Shoulder season · with the grandparents

Four rough routes for a not-too-hot trip with the grandparents, who are 90 — Sydney from one base, Sydney and Melbourne, Queensland in the dry season, or the icons with Uluru. Nonstop from Vancouver. Nothing booked.

4 routes Draft
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Later

Chile · Argentina

Patagonia

Dates to be decided

Later. Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy and the glaciers at the bottom of the world — nothing planned yet.

Not planned yet
Later

Taiwan

Taiwan

Dates to be decided

Later. Taipei's night markets, the mountains of Taroko and Alishan, and the tea country — nothing planned yet.

Not planned yet
Later

Nicaragua · Pacific coast

Surf camp, Nicaragua

Dates to be decided

Later. A week or two at a surf camp on the Pacific coast, under the volcanoes — nothing chosen yet.

Not planned yet