My plans for overlanding it to Japan from India are in better shape today than they were last week. I worked out the core route and feasibility some months ago, but I’m off to Delhi next week to try getting my Chinese and Pakistani visas. I also hope to book my return flight from Japan in the next few days. That done, it will just be a matter of doing the actual trip.

I intend to hitch quite a lot of it, and couchsurf where I can. Hopefully that will make the trip more interesting, but I’m still aware that I’ll be moving fairly rapidly over a long distance, so I’ll be skimming over the surface of most of the life and culture. That skimming should stop when I get to Japan. First, because I’ll be with my brother who lives there, and second because I intend on working on an organic farm in some mountains for a few weeks, so I’ll get to know a little area in a bit more detail.

I’m not looking forward to going to Delhi, but hey-ho, it’s got to be done! With my visas sorted I can focus more easily on Hunar Ghar until I go.