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Day 12 – Final Day in Kyoto June 3, 2024 - At 6:30am we were starkly woken up by an emegency alert from my phone saying that an earthquake was going...
Day 10 – 10,000 Torii Gates June 1, 2024 - 4.0km Distance 202m Elevation This morning kicked off with a visit to perhaps Kyoto’s most famous tourist attraction, Fushimi Inari...
Day 9 – Travel Day to Kyoto May 31, 2024 - Today’s the day where we make our way to our final stop in Japan – Kyoto! It was an early...
Day 8 – Rest Day in Matsumoto May 30, 2024 - Today we moved at a leisurely pace. This is the first time we’ve had blackout blinds, and they worked fantastically....
Day 2 – One Day in Tokyo May 24, 2024 - Jetlag led to an early morning for all of us. By 4:45am we were bright eyed, Henry was making it...
Day 1 – To To To Tokyo! May 23, 2024 - The day has arrived! Departure day to Tokyo. We’re flying on Zipair, Japan Airlines’ budget subsidiary that recently launched a...
Day 32 – Trip Complete September 21, 2022 - 29.1km Distance 121m Elevation We awoke from our last nice hotel stay and enjoyed our final fancy hotel breakfast of...
Day 31 – Rest Day in Cascais September 20, 2022 - 0km Distance 0m Elevation Easy day today. We went for breakfast at 7am and 10:15am (getting a small scolding the...
Day 29 – Big Push September 18, 2022 - 138.6km Distance 910m Elevation We had planned to skip our rest day in Porto in order to have shorter days...
Day 28 – Flats in the Flats September 17, 2022 - 99.4km Distance 523m Elevation It was another foggy and slightly chilly morning – foggy to the extent that condensation would...
Day 27 – Leaving Dreamland September 16, 2022 - 54.1km Distance 876m Elevation We woke up to our incredible view out over the Douro River and, to get the...
Day 13 – We Took the Bullet Train to Tokyo June 4, 2024 - As usual, I started off with an early visit to the onsen, before Viki and Henry woke up. We then...
Day 11 – Arashiyama Bamboo Forest and Monkey Park June 2, 2024 - 5.6km Distance 151m Elevation It was another big Kyoto sightseeing today. Henry again had his breakfast of frosted corn flakes...
Day 7 – Transit Day to Matsumoto May 29, 2024 - We awoke after a nice sleep in our traditional ryokan room. The host lady had aired our wet clothes and...
Day 6 – We Stayed in a Traditional Ryokan May 28, 2024 - 6.7km Distance 312m Elevation Woohoo, we finally got to sleep in. Henry didn’t stir until 6:30am this morning. Maybe it...
Day 5 – A Wet Day on the Nakasendo May 27, 2024 - 15.6km Distance 629m Elevation The rain has come! First, like clockwork, Henry woke us up at 4:45am. Our diets have...
Day 4 – Following in the Footsteps of Sumarai May 26, 2024 - 11.2km Distance 323m Elevation Today we begin our three days on the Nakasendo Trail. The full trail is 540km, linking...
Day 3 – A Circuitous Route to the Nakasendo Trail May 25, 2024 - We again awoke to the chirping of our lovely son at 4:45am. I found a last minute optimization on the...
Day 33 to 35 – Lisbon Sightseeing September 22, 2022 - 0km Distance 0m Elevation These last few days were pretty relaxed. Day 33 we went to Lidl for milk and...
Day 30 – From Base Layers to Bath Robes September 19, 2022 - 68.1km Distance 770m Elevation It was tough waking up with our 5:50am alarm clock today. We were both still quite...