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Travel

Where I’m headed next, and places I’d like to go.

Going 1 Want to go 11 Been 16 Seattle to DC by bike Road trip across Pakistan

Been London · Rome · Florence · New York City · Washington, DC · Boston · Yosemite · Channel Islands · Lake Tahoe · India · Japan · Thailand · Singapore · Pakistan · Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu, Peru · Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Places I’m going

Drawing: the Aiguille du Midi’s granite spire and cable car beside Mont Blanc’s snow dome, above pines and snow-roofed chalets — Chamonix, France Skiing under Mont Blanc. January 12–18, 2027

Places I’d like to go

Drawings, not photos: one iconic spot from each.

Drawing: Mount Yōtei, a snow-capped cone, over snowfields and a line of conifers, with snow falling — Hokkaido, Japan Mount Yōtei over winter snowfields.

Drawing: red fishing cabins on stilts along the water under jagged granite peaks — Lofoten, Norway Red fishing cabins on stilts under Reine’s granite peaks.

Drawing: three granite towers above a turquoise lake and golden grassland — Patagonia, Chile The towers of Torres del Paine above a glacial lake.

Drawing: a white monastery with gold roofs on a sheer cliff, with prayer flags and pines in front — Bhutan Paro Taktsang, the Tiger’s Nest, on its cliff.

Drawing: three tiled madrasas with arched portals, minarets and a turquoise dome around a paved square — Samarkand, Uzbekistan The three madrasas of the Registan.

Drawing: a waterfall dropping off a green cliff into the sea, with turf-roofed houses above — Faroe Islands Múlafossur, falling from Gásadalur into the sea.

Drawing: a turquoise glacial lake below snowcapped peaks, with the dark volcanic spire of the Black Tusk on its ridge and subalpine firs and wildflowers on the near shore — Garibaldi, British Columbia Garibaldi Lake’s turquoise water below the Black Tusk.

Drawing: a small island of conifers in a deep blue lake, ringed by tall peaks with snow in their couloirs, in warm morning light — Glacier National Park, Montana Wild Goose Island in St. Mary Lake.

Drawing: jagged emerald volcanic peaks with a shark-tooth spire above a turquoise lagoon, overwater bungalows on a curving jetty and a leaning palm on the beach — Moorea, French Polynesia Mount Mouaroa’s spire above the lagoon.

Drawing: the white marble Palacio de Bellas Artes with its orange and gold tiled domes, framed by purple jacaranda trees in bloom, with Popocatépetl faint on the horizon — Mexico City, Mexico The Palacio de Bellas Artes in jacaranda season.

Drawing: the twin crater lakes of Sete Cidades, one blue and one green, with a white village on the shore and blue and violet hydrangeas in front — Azores (São Miguel), Portugal The blue and green lakes of Sete Cidades, in their crater.

Places I’ve been

A favourite few, drawn the same way.

Drawing: the stone houses and green terraces of Machu Picchu below the steep peak of Huayna Picchu, with cloud in the valley and a llama in front — Machu Picchu, Peru Over the Salkantay pass to the lost city of the Incas.

Drawing: a cyclist on a straight road across golden plains, Mount Rainier faint behind and the Capitol dome on the horizon ahead — Seattle to Washington, DC Across the country by bike, with fellow Eagle Scouts.

Drawing: a painted truck on the Karakoram Highway through the Hunza valley, with golden poplars and Rakaposhi’s snow face above — Hunza, Pakistan A road trip from Karachi up the Karakoram Highway.

Drawing: Tunnel View in Yosemite, with El Capitan on the left, Half Dome up the valley and Bridalveil Fall on the right, above a forest of pines — Yosemite, California El Capitan, Half Dome and Bridalveil Fall from Tunnel View.

Drawing: Mount Fuji’s snowcap above a red five-storey pagoda, framed by cherry blossom — Japan Mount Fuji above the Chureito Pagoda in cherry blossom season.

Drawing: Brunelleschi’s terracotta dome and Giotto’s bell tower above Florence’s red-tiled rooftops, with Tuscan hills and cypresses behind — Florence, Italy Brunelleschi’s dome over the rooftops.

Drawing: Kilimanjaro’s broad snow-capped summit above a sea of cloud, with flat-topped acacias and two elephants on the golden savanna below — Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Summiting Uhuru Peak, the roof of Africa.

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