day 2, 8:10pm, one down and 39 more to go

it rained. on and off, drizzle and downpours, it was very much rainy season rain.

i now know that my poncho works. i also know what i would change if i made another poncho. my day of poncho field testing was very educational. it's a little late for field testing now, but the next trip... you'd better watch out rain because my poncho is going to be awesome!

the rained slowed things down a little today. there was a lot of taking off and putting on of an imperfect poncho.
i made it to temple 7 and found a dry place for the night on the way to temple 8. there is an onsen on the way so i might try to get a bath tomorrow morning if it's possible.

no major pains yet, maybe i'll get some tomorrow. today was only 19km of walking.

oh for the record, before i started i was 113kg. the monk doing stamps at temple 1 promised me that i would be a stick man by the time i was finished. we'll see. :)

good night