88 Temples on Shikoku: What Next?
The view from the ridge Gord climbed Ruth: Yesterday Gord and I climbed from the seashore to the Temple 88 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. I ... Read More
Beginning, end and beginning: Temple number 1
Description Ryōzenji , temple number one on the Shikoku pilgrimage, is the beginning, end, and now the beginning for us. Unlike all the other pilgrimages ... Read More
Temple 12, Again
Gordon: Temple 12 was unfinished business for Ruth. It is the first significant challenge on the Shikoku pilgrimage, and Ruth had been obsessively strategizing about ... Read More
Meditation or Medication?: Temples 13-19 again
Ruth: I would like to think that the reason I feel calmer and more serene is that my efforts on this pilgrimage are having an ... Read More
Henro Huts: Temples 20-23
Ruth: Thank goodness for these henro huts that are sprinkled along the route. As I write this I am sitting in one watching the first ... Read More
Final Day of Walking or Cycling
Gordon: Today was our 55th and final day of walking or cycling. We have covered a little over 1300 kms, as measured by the English ... Read More
Koyasan
Ruth: Until today we had one incomplete page in our henro stamp book, the one reserved for Koyasan. This morning we took two trains, a ... Read More
Nepal 2019
Nepal 2019Last year’s trek in the Annapurna region was such a great experience that I have returned for another trek. This year we are three. ... Read More
The Trek Begins
At two o’clock in the morning, 30 hours after arriving in Kathmandu, we were on a bus speeding (literally) towards an airport at Ramechhap. The four ... Read More
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar is the largest town we will see on our trek. Nestled in a horseshoe shaped hillside at 3400 metres, it has most of ... Read More