Day 6: Amakusa, Kumamoto to Nagasaki, Nagasaki
br /> A thick mist blanketed the valley and left water on the ground and on my tent. I twisted out a crick in my neck and looked at the […]
Day 5: Kushikino, Kagoshima to Amakusa, Kumamoto
Firstly I want to say thank you again to my hosts last night, Mitsuji and Sachiko. お世話になりました。 I had a good breakfast and an even better sleep and then took […]
Day 4: Ibusuki, Kagoshima to Kushikino, Kagoshima
I was pleased with my camping spot. I had a covered table area nearby to protect the bike if it rained and there was a toilet and drinking water a […]
Day 3: Sata, Kagoshima to Ibusuki, Kagoshima
The night was torturous. As a cooked my dinner last night a boar stopped by. He was quite a big boar, probably as big as a small Collie. He scratted […]
Day 2: Shibushi, Kagoshima to Sata, Kagoshima
It seems it is either the highway or the high way. I rolled off the boat into driving rain and the day turned to me and asked ‘do you prefer […]
Day 1: Omihachiman, Shiga to Shibushi, Kagoshima
Should I call it Day 1 or not? I’m on the road now but not my ‘official’ road. But then nobody decided the road but me so I suppose I […]
Prelude: Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival)
via A perk of being unemployed is having the ability to say ‘I’ll do it!’ when someone says ‘Is anyone available on Thursday lunchtime to go to Kyoto and say […]
Travels with Chari 