kyoto

well, plans of a fuji-san ascent have been ditched in favour for more onsen action and general kyoto goodness. this place is pretty rad... unfortunately i left the usb cable in the bike box back at narita airport, so photos will come later.

day 1 in kyoto and we struck gold. a couple of short subway/train rides north of the city and we arrived at kurama. a tiny little village with temple and, a short stroll up the main/only street, outdoor onsen. soaking nude with a couple of other japanese fellas under a red maple with a bamboo forrested mountain to look at is something else.

in the past few days we've wandered many an alley, eaten much much raw fish, visited some pretty awesome temples/shrines etc, drunk beer and eaten raw fish. everything we hoped for really. riding up along the katsura river yesterday to see some pretty spoilt monkeys, cute kids and thick bamboo forrest at sagano was choice too.

im pretty addicted to the bikes here by the way. theres a few pimped fixies floating around, nitto'd up, but the everyday bikes are the best. dynamo lights, squealy brakes, rattly fenders, and names like "captain stag" and "carrot", well they're all winners!

sushimi time...

i have a name

hooray.
i almost lost it there for a second.

anyway, things are on track. we are in a slightly emptier house now that the furniture fairy has come and gone. the beanbags are wrestling the clothes and po's orange boxes which is causing a slight cafuffle, but yeah, 5 days till we're busing it up to sydney, then next morning up up away.

now to get this blog ting looking good...