(Koguchi to Nachi Taisha - Distance: 14.5kms. Walking time 5hrs 10 mins to 7 hrs 60mins. Elevation 60m to 870m to 330m.) Previous post: Walking the Kumano Kodo: Midday of Day 4 (Sunday 29 September) Koguchi to Nachi Taisha. At around 2.30pm, the couple I had met four hours earlier at the Jizo-jaya Teahouse arrived... Continue Reading →
The body's eye sees the present. The mind's eye sees the future. One must shut one eye to see through the other.
You extend me.
Arrogance unlocks the door to brutality.
(Koguchi to Nachi Taisha - Distance: 14.5kms. Walking time 5hrs 10 mins to 7 hrs 60mins. Elevation 60m to 870m to 330m) Previous post: Walking the Kumano Kodo: Early Morning of Day 4 (Sunday 29 September), Koguchi to Nachi Taisha, Part 3. After the Jizo-jaya Teahouse, the Kumano Kodo joined a sealed forestry road. I... Continue Reading →
Better to be ignorant of one's potential than to recognise it and not fulfil it.
(Koguchi to Nachi Taisha - Distance: 14.5kms. Walking time 5hrs 10 mins to 7 hrs 60mins. Elevation 60m to 840m to 330m.) Previous Post: Walking the Kumano Kodo: Early Morning of Day 4 (Sunday 29 September), Koguchi to Nachi Taisha, Part 2. As I reached Kumano Kodo signpost no. 23, the trail jack-knifed and I... Continue Reading →
Truth never changes. Just our ability to recognise it.
Anonymity is a gift.
(Koguchi to Nachi Taisha - Distance: 14.5kms. Walking time 5hrs 10 mins to 7 hrs 60mins. Elevation 60m to 840m to 330m) Previous Post: Walking the Kumano Kodo: Early Morning of Day 4 (Sunday 29 September), Koguchi to Nachi Taisha, Part 1. I continued to climb. A little while later, I caught up to... Continue Reading →
We forgot that we forgot.
We impose a layer of belief over reality when we interact with it.
(Koguchi to Nachi Taisha - Distance: 14.5kms. Walking time 5hrs 10 mins to 7 hrs 60mins. Elevation 60m to 840m to 330m.) Previous post - Walking the Kumano Kodo: Afternoon of Day 3 (Saturday 28 September), Hongu Taisha to Koguchi. I woke at 6.00am and was keen to start walking. I showered, packed and finished... Continue Reading →
I am an observer. I observe the thoughts that course through my mind. And in their midst I exist.
The human must eat, drink, breath and create. Neglect any one of these and it will die.
