May 22 cont...
I walked dejectedly to the next Temple, went through the motions and knew I was going to have to give my attitude a makeover if I was going to get anywhere near another Temple without walking.
I stood at the side of the road with my thumb out and fledging smile then, sure enough, an older Henro couple stopped and picked me up.
They couldn’t speak any English and the man was obsessed with his GPS! So obsessed that despite huge and very clear roadsigns that even I could read, we got lost. When we went past the turn off, I said San Ban desu ka? And when they both turned around and said Hai, I pointed behind us – which is where we eventually ended up. From there, the man kept asking me which way to turn but, because I had walked it the last time (and had guido’s who did all the navigation work), I didn’t know which way by road.
We finally got to Temple 3. I got out, got my bag, thanked them very much and went straight to the stamp office. I figured I didn’t have to (and, at this stage, didn’t want to) go through all the rituals again with everybody watching me.
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