Faint hopes

My heart skipped a beat this morning when I checked Air New Zealand's grabaseat page and saw under International fares: "Auckland to Tokyo, check back later in the day". I waited nervously for half an hour or so until the details were finally posted. The price was great; just $597 return. But unfortunately the travel dates were restricted to between 2 and 17 July. Two weeks isn't long enough to walk the Nakasendo, and only a fool would consider attempting the journey at the height of the Japanese summer.

I'm still waiting for JAL to come out with some special fares. They came out with some cheap deals around this time last year, so my fingers are crossed.

Distance walked yesterday: 3km
Total distance walked since blog began: 128.8km