Japan: First Impressions
Gordon: We arrived at Kansai airport around midday yesterday. This is one of several airports that service Ōsaka, but it is notable for being located ... Read More
Making our way to Shikoku to do the 88 Temple Pilgrimage
Waiting for the train with my bike in its suitcase. Ruth: Our travel day from our guest house near Kansai airport to Shikoku was seamless ... Read More
Summary of Cycling in Cuba
Roads and traffic: There is more traffic in Cuba than there was 20 years ago, but still much less than in other countries. Generally trucks ... Read More
Summary of the Via Pannonia Camino route in Hungary
We are now approaching the border of Slovenia, having walked or cycled about 400 kms from Budapest over a two week period. We would like ... Read More
Camino Spirit in Slovenia
Tomorrow we climb out of the village of Podraga in the beautiful, deep Vipava Valley and say goodbye to Slovenia. It was our first time ... Read More
Last Coffee in Slovenia
Today we left Slovenia and walked across the border into Italy. We made our way across Slovenia on the Jacobova Pot between the Hungarian and ... Read More
Aquileia
Gordon: Have you ever heard of the city of Aquileia? Neither had I, but in the second century AD it was the second largest city ... Read More
Palmanova
Before we departed for this Camino I had a casual look at our route across Italy on our mapping app. Zooming into one of the ... Read More
Treviso
After a 34 km walk and half a tub of ice cream Gord was still up for a walk around Treviso. Italy is amazing; step ... Read More
Gluttony Tick Style
I’m sitting in the waiting room in the hospital at Cittadella. I had a brief glimpse of the intact medieval walls before turning into this ... Read More