Wanderlust

This excerpt from Amazon's review of the book Wanderlust: A History of Walking sums up nicely my own feelings about the benefits of traveling on foot:

Rebecca Solnit, a thoughtful writer and spirited walker, takes her readers on a leisurely journey through the prehistory, history, and natural history of bipedal motion. Walking, she observes, affords its practitioners an immediate reward - the ability to observe the world at a relaxed gait, one that allows us to take in sights, sounds, and smells that we might otherwise pass by. It provides a vehicle for much-needed solitude and private thought. For the health-minded, walking affords a low-impact and usually pleasant way of shedding a few pounds and stretching a few muscles. It is an essential part of the human adventure - and one that has, until now, been too little documented.

I've added this book to my Wish List. But I think I'll wait until the New Zealand dollar gains a bit against the greenback before buying it.

Distance walked today: 3km
Total distance walked since Tokaido training began: 76.9km
Days left until departure: 73