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Forty years of breakfast in one ryokan kitchen
In a mountain village north of Kyoto, the omelette is still rolled by the same pair of hands every morning. We spent a dawn beside them.
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“Inès found us a ryokan with no website and a cook who’d been there forty years. We still talk about breakfast.”
Hana and Tom Whitfield
Japan by rail, Apr 2026
“Our flight to Calama was cancelled at midnight. By the time we’d found a coffee, we had seats on the next one.”
Rafael Mendes
Atacama under the stars, Sep 2025
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Aoife Gallagher
Vietnam, north to south, Jul 2025
“Every hotel felt chosen, not booked. The cabin above the fjord alone was worth it.”
Marcus Lindqvist
Fjords by coastal ship, Jun 2026
“They talked us out of two places we’d have hated. That’s when we knew we’d come back.”
Priya and Dev Raman
Marrakech to the High Atlas, Mar 2026
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Claire Dubois
Dunes and the desert coast, May 2026
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Patagonia, end to end, Feb 2026
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Sofia and Luca Bernardi
Lofoten in the blue season, Feb 2026
“Hanoi street food with someone who knew every stall owner by name. Worth the trip alone.”
Kwame Asante
Vietnam, north to south, Nov 2025
“I travel alone a lot. This was the first time it didn’t feel like it.”
Elena Novak
Kyoto and the Kii mountains, Oct 2025
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Cover story
In a mountain village north of Kyoto, the omelette is still rolled by the same pair of hands every morning. We spent a dawn beside them.
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