Hiya

I'm out of shape (physically and mentally) but - we're back baby! I've come to Japan to become a dual pilgrim. The Kumano Kodo is linked with Camino de Santiago as UNESCO recognised ways to fart about in the forest, and on completing a section of it I'll get special drum banging privileges. We're (we're a we this time) going to be pottering around south of Osaka in the Mie Peninsula.

Getting here was a bit involved, left house on Saturday at 4.30am into a taxi (after it went to the wrong address), then a plane to Sydney, a bus to the right terminal, a (Jetstar, not horrible) plane to Osaka, and a train to our hotel.
I managed to have panic attacks only in the taxi and the first plane. James (the other bit of the we - have you met?) pure magic when it comes to that.

After checking in and turning the aircon as low as possible to combat the freakish 30 degree sticky heat, we did what any self respecting Jetstar asshole does and got an egg sando and a onigiri from the 7Eleven and crashed. Sunday was a train, a train, a train (pandas on it), and a bus with a completely bonkers but interesting fare payment system to get to the trail head at Takijiri.Read more