Day 15 – 7 October The next morning I woke and decided to give my bike a much needed clean. I wasn’t in a massive hurry again as I’d arranged another Warmshowers.org host for that evening. After cleaning my bike I set off up the western part of Shikoku’s coast towards Temple 39 about 50kms…
Day 12 – 4 October I woke on the 12th day of my pilgrimage with the sound of the waves susurrating against the shore. Surfers were already in the water even though it wasn’t yet 7am. Today I’d be trying to get round the temples of Kochi city. I hadn’t thought this would be too…
Day 9 – 1 October Leaving Agustin’s in Tokushima, I embarked on what I knew would be a tough day. Looking at the elevation profile I could see I had two temples both up at 500m and with very steep climbs to reach them. First I had to work through a couple on the flat,…
Day 6 – 28 September Riding off from my new friends at the drum club I began to make my way once again towards Temple 1, near the town of Naruto. The ride started off nicely along the coast before popping me up and over some more of the ubiquitous Japanese mountains. It got pretty…
Hey I finished my trip across Kyrgyzstan and China, made home safe and sound and staying here already a few weeks. Numbers are not exact as sometimes in a rain my computer didn’t work, so you have to add another 300-500 km. Last day to Beijing I cycled for 15 hours and made a distance…
Riding ROUND 