detours...is how I roll.

Posting the same map again, if anyone noticed.

Japan is probably the worst place to backpack 'my way' (without a proper plan) but I managed somehow anyway.

So I did make it to Shikoku, but not through Wakayama,
ended up going up to Okayama and then taking my first over-the-sea train to Takamatsu,
spending a night at a manga (comic/internet) cafe and then taking a beautiful slow train down to Kochi and camping out on the beach for a few days. *bliss*

Pics and anecdotes later. Currently trying to get my groove back in Tokyo after being in quarantine/on antibiotics for a week. It was a long time coming.

Let me at it!

here's the map again...for reference ;)

And yes, it does say 'Kinki' region...for the observant ones out there.

二ヶ月ぐらい...

...is all I have left in this country, about 2 months.
So trying to use up every minute to take in all that I can,
sights, sounds, tastes, friends...sigh!

Taking out two weeks to explore some places I haven't been to,
the first stop is Kyoto and the rough itinerary is to go through
Nara, Wakayama and ferry across to Tokushima then make my way down to the far end of Kochi.
Lets see where the wind takes me.

Need to bid an epic goodbye to this 3-yr adventure.
But then, the adventure never really ends...