Japanese diversion.

No posts for a while, owing to the fact that my route took a diversion via Japan, on a holiday that I had planned a long time ago. If the relish of life derives from contrast, then I am fortunate indeed: the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo, and the hot spring resorts of Hokkaido, could not contrast more with damp nights spent under hedges in Switzerland. And the polite and supremely respectful Japanese are the polar opposite of the rambunctious but often rather unaware Lebanese. But today I pick Finny up from his Swiss kennel and continue the walk to Santiago.