Chiwis founder and CEO Sarah Goodman is a
lifelong outdoor adventure lover who turned
her passion for trail snacks into a health-con-
scious brand. The dried-fruit snack company
started in 2021 and is now sold in more than
1,000 locations.
You'll definitely find colourful little bags of
the kiwi, pineapple, orange, apple and tropical
fruit snacks in Goodman's carry-on. But she
also grabs travel-friendly mixes from Laid Back
Snacks, which "strike the perfect balance of
80 percent healthy and 20 percent indulgent,"
Goodman says. She tips sachets of Blume
Super Belly probiotic drink powder into her wa-
ter bottle for gut-friendly hydration on the road.
As a former nutritionist, she cautions
against falling into the energy spike-and-crash
trap of airport and travel fast-food. "If I have
to be 'on' for hours—speaking, networking or
making decisions—I need to fuel myself with
foods that provide steady energy," she says
of nutrient-dense choices that help keep both
mood and productivity high.
Ignore buzzwords like natural or low-fat on
the label and look for "whole, recognizable
ingredients you can actually pronounce." The
added fillers, oils or artificial sweeteners in
ultra-processed products can hit the road!
Unexpected
turbulence can be
one manifestation of
an unruly climate, but website
turbli.com is helping travellers
forecast turbulence on their
routes, and even the chance
of flight delays, adjusted for
aircraft model and weather.
Almost 150 years after the first
Orient Express train steamed from Paris to
Istanbul, its successor company, Belmond,
still runs the Venice Simplon-Orient
Express. Next year, hotel group Accor will
debut a new Orient Express, using vintage
1920s and '30s rail cars, redesigned by a
French architect. That's just one track of
the current train-aissance: here are some
other revived routes.
LA DOLCE VITA
ORIENT EXPRESS
Starting this summer, hop
on one of nine plush new
carriages that celebrate
the golden age of 1960s
Italian design. Choose glam
itineraries between Rome,
Venice, Portofino, Tuscany,
Matera and Sicily. orient
-express.com/la-dolce-vita
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From London, traverse
Cornwall and the Lake District
SUMMER TRAINING
by Charlene Rooke
Charlene Rooke
is a Vancouver-
based wine and
spirits journalist
and educator, and a
former editor of travel
publications like Air
Canada's enRoute,
Fairmont and a
private-jet magazine.
Jet Setter
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B C B U S I N E S S . C A
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Riding the world's newest rails,
avoiding turbulence and snacking
healthy this travel season
(weekends) and Wales (week-
days) on a luxe new overnight
sleeper train debuting this
summer. belmond.com/trains/
europe/uk/britannic-explorer
LAOS–CHINA RAILWAY
What it might lack in glamour
it makes up for in speed: fast
trains (from 120 to 160 km/hr)
replace Laos's previous,
plodding bus routes. Travellers
will eventually be able to rail
between Beijing and Bangkok.
laostraintickets.com
BEIJING–HONG KONG
A sleeper train (offering second,
first, premium and business
classes) that runs between
Hong Kong and Beijing on
weekends whips down the
track at speeds up to 350 km/hr
to reduce the journey to about
11 hours. highspeed.mtr.com.
hk/en/main/index.html
EUROPEAN NIGHTJETS
Eco-conscious and cost-
conscious travellers can hop
on the Nightjet service from
Austria's ÖBB. In quarters
that are more utilitarian than
luxe, snooze your way from
Vienna or various German
cities to Paris, Brussels and
destinations in Italy. oebb.at
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