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Rob Watson

maleFirst seen chapter 22Last seen chapter 27

Introduced as a Yamabushi monk living on the Kii Peninsula who guides the narrator on the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage Rob Watson, economist and former senior scientist at the US Natural Resources Defense Council, is cited on the nature of Mother Nature. Oadh, a Bedouin guide with nine children, leads the narrator and Kersti on a five‑day trek through Wadi Rum.

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