https://theslowway.com/A travel journal embracing the slow wayenThu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-13/Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-13/Olle certificate and the final days on the islandhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-12/Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-12/Up the highest mountain in South Koreahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-11/Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-11/Route 7 properly this time, and the thru-hike is donehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-10/Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-10/Back where I started, the citrus now in bloomhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-09/Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-09/A whole day of rain and a stormy seahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-08/Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-08/A stranger stops his car, hands me rice cakeshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-07/Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-07/Over 500m of sand between the road and the waterhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-06/Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-06/A short walk up Sunrise Peak, minus the sunrisehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-05/Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-05/A cute ondol room – sleeping on the floorhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-04/Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-04/Still amazing views, but by now all the samehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-03/Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-03/Spare time, so I climbed a couple of small mountainshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-02/Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-02/My map pin was a few kilometres offhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-01/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-05-01/Turned away at the ferry to Chuja islandshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-30/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-30/Planes overhead between the airport and the oceanhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-29/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-29/Stumbled upon a café with a Ukrainian namehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-28/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-28/Caught in the tea museum’s tourist trap, with pleasurehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-27/Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-27/Dropped the backpack, ran back up for the craterhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-26/Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-26/Water whose color no picture can catchhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-25/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-25/Green barley fields of Gapado in a freezing windhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-24/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-24/A hummus plate balanced in all five colors of wuxinghttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-23/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-23/Lost on the rerouted Route 7, and not alonehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-22/Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-22/Build your own hot pot, pay by weighthttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-21/Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-21/A proper do-not-enter fence, not the Japanese kindhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-20/Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2025-south-korea/2025-04-20/Wandering misty Seogwipo after 30 hours awakehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-08-01/Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-08-01/Mino-O waterfall marks the end: 47 days, through-hike completehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-31/Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-31/Mt. Ponpon to Ryuo-sanhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-30/Sun, 30 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-30/Rest day in Arashiyamahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-29/Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-29/Reached Kyoto, Arashiyamahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-28/Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-28/Sitting under inn’s roof while rain pourshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-27/Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-27/Biwa lake views and small onsen innhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-26/Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-26/Rain, mountains, sore feet and Biwa lakehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-25/Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-25/Hiking and giant tanukihttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-24/Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-24/More hiking in the nature and some ninjahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-23/Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-23/Rest day and a festival in Sekihttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-22/Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-22/Festival in Seki – all accommodations fullhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-21/Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-21/Rain. Then rain. Then more rainhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-20/Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-20/River camping with palm-sized crabshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-19/Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-19/Dozens of animal protection fenceshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-18/Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-18/Dodging rain like a console game, checkpoint to checkpointhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-17/Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-17/Landslide detour and traditional fish restauranthttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-16/Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-16/Hot shadowless valley walkhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-13/Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-13/Mid-point celebration and castle mountainhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-12/Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-12/Crazy thunderstorm right above my headhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-11/Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-11/Fantastic view from Mt. Mirokuhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-10/Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-10/Bats, fighting animals, stuffed humid air and free chocolatehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-09/Sun, 09 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-09/Mountain cabin turned out to be just a resting spot with a roofhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-08/Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-08/Historic salt-trading village with mapleshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-07/Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-07/600km left to Osakahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-06/Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-06/Spectacular ridge views and camping on a parking lothttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-05/Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-05/Second rest day in a rowhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-04/Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-04/A rest dayhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-03/Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-03/Crossing into Aichi prefecturehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-02/Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-02/Ended up at a temple with futon and miso souphttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-01/Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-07-01/1300-year-old cypress tree, too big for a photohttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-30/Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-30/Completely drenched from head to toeshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-29/Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-29/Utoge Falls and the best camping so farhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-28/Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-28/Rest day in Shizuokahttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-27/Tue, 27 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-27/Mt. Oyama through young bamboo and spiderwebhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-26/Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-26/Stairs into clouds, silent hill fog and more trail magichttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-25/Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-25/Hiking through hordes of leeches in the rainhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-24/Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-24/Construction detours and finding my own spot in the mountainshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-23/Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-23/Late start, destroyed trail, bear warningshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-22/Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-22/Mountains shrinking to hills, then marshlandshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-21/Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-21/Resting to my heart’s content at Shoji-ko lakehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-20/Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-20/Fuji temple, ice cave visit, and a traditional inn with no wifi – perfecthttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-19/Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-19/First views of Mt. Fuji after morning rainhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-18/Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-18/Emergency rations, a thunderstorm, and a night in a mountain huthttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-17/Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-17/Land leeches, pathfinding through landslides, and pushing my limitshttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-16/Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-16/Mt. Takao to an abandoned campsitehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-15/Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-15/Calligraphy museum, Ueno zoo, and meeting a real calligraphy masterhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-14/Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-14/Raiding hiking gear shops in Tokyohttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-13/Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-13/Long story short, I’m in Japanhttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-12/Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-12/Eight-hour stopover in Romehttps://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-12-trail-intro/Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://theslowway.com/travels/2017-japan/2017-06-12-trail-intro/Japan’s first long-distance trail