KK Day 3 to Hongu

So tired! We hypothesised, accounting for roots, rocks, elevation and weather variables, that today’s 15 KK kms equated to actual, normal 30kms. It was exhausting but the silent forest, narrow ridges and dark downward passages with their subsidiary shrines called ojis, housing child deities of Kumano - places of worship and rest, were fascinating. We rested at a clearing where a worker’s ute was parked then continued through indistinguishable cedar and cypress plantations. We passed a deserted teahouse - there was an abandoned pink sewing machine inside.Читать далее