So you want to be a Dual Pilgrim? If you finish both the Japanese Kumano Kodo and the…
29 May
2020
29 May
2020
Proud. Kid-like proud. Proud-that-you-as-a-five-year-old-where-able-to-write-your-own-name-and-the-teacher-would-recognise-it-proud. The moment the super friendly lady at the Kumano Hongu Heritage Center had checked…
08 May
2020
Having fun isn’t expensive or difficult. With an omakase mindset, you can turn every moment, away or at…
02 May
2020
The Japanese habit of omakase (お任せ) when you’re ordering at a restaurant pretty much means, “I’ll leave it up to you”,…
28 December
2019
I guess planning for the Arctic Circle Trail has been a textbook ‘life is what happens to you…
10 November
2019
After my Kumano Kodo Nakahechi hike in 2016 and the second time in 2019, I decided to hike…
10 November
2019
Five steps. Ok, maybe ten. The number of steps I need to leave everything behind and fully immerse…
04 November
2019
I love the Kumano Kodo in Japan. There, I said it. From all the trails I ever did,…