I thought the Kyoto Loop Trail would be all temples and quiet awe. Instead, it was the kind of silence that gets under your skin. No crowds, just the crunch of gravel and the weight of everything I hadn’t said to anyone back home. I kept waiting for the scenery to fix something inside me. It didn’t. The mossy steps, the empty shrines—they just made me realize how much I’d been carrying. Sometimes travel isn’t about escape or discovery. Sometimes it’s just you, walking in circles, hoping the next turn will feel different. #Travel #TravelConfession #KyotoUnfiltered