Hangover. 79,000Y left (£450) Kieren has 38,000Y left Lazy get up around 9am, wander into coffee shop for sustenance and go in search of bike rental (only 2 left at ryoken plus baths fully booked!) Cycle from east central way out to mountains in west - Arashiyama! Hideous vertical hotbox climb up to monkey peak …
day 06: koya-san to kyoto
KOYA-SAN > KYOTO Nice early start at 6am after not so comfy sleep on futons. 630 for morning ritual watchign two monks chant whilst a numpty used their camera flash. 1/2hr later moved onto fire ritual of drums and monk building pyre before we walked round, wafted smoke from ashes over ourselves (ppurification) and bowed …
day 05: osaka to koya-san picking up fi
OSAKA > KOYA-SAN Woke up to Helen's message of waiting for a train at Kansai to come meet us! When she made it around 9am we walked for Yodabayashi station, stopping for a coffee and croissant on the way. Quick charades stop in the pharmacy got us ibruprofen ready to head to Osaka castle with …
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