18th October 2008
Cycling around Kyoto day 2
Day 11
Hired a bike again. Went to the Silver Pavilion today, but it is under reconstruction. It isn't silver either. The only bit that's a bit silver looking was the scaffolding around the 
whole thing, see right. The gardens around it though were gorgeous and really peaceful. I cycled up a path called the Philosophers Path to get to it. Didn't feel that enlightened though after I rode it.
Went to Kyoto Municipal Art Museum too and the lady on the front desk let me in for free! Nice lady. There was a huge orange and black gate there too, which looked pretty fantastic!
I ate 3 ice creams today and felt a bit sick afterwards.
Also got talking to the worlds most boring man. Well I don't mean to be rude but he just randomly started talking to me about some English girl traveller who was killed by a Japanese man and now do all English people think Japan is full of killers so they don't visit anymore. What do you answer to that? He asked me if English people think bad of Japanese people and all these weird questions so I tried to answer but in the end said I had to get my bike back, which I did and with my track record of getting lost it was better to go sooner rather than later.
Anyway, off on the night bus again tonight. Only I got lost trying to find the boarding place and had to phone up the bus company, but it just turned out I was there that early that even the bus staff weren't there yet and that's why I couldn't see them.
Bye Kyoto!
Cycling around Kyoto day 2
Day 11
Hired a bike again. Went to the Silver Pavilion today, but it is under reconstruction. It isn't silver either. The only bit that's a bit silver looking was the scaffolding around the 
whole thing, see right. The gardens around it though were gorgeous and really peaceful. I cycled up a path called the Philosophers Path to get to it. Didn't feel that enlightened though after I rode it.
Went to Kyoto Municipal Art Museum too and the lady on the front desk let me in for free! Nice lady. There was a huge orange and black gate there too, which looked pretty fantastic!I ate 3 ice creams today and felt a bit sick afterwards.
Also got talking to the worlds most boring man. Well I don't mean to be rude but he just randomly started talking to me about some English girl traveller who was killed by a Japanese man and now do all English people think Japan is full of killers so they don't visit anymore. What do you answer to that? He asked me if English people think bad of Japanese people and all these weird questions so I tried to answer but in the end said I had to get my bike back, which I did and with my track record of getting lost it was better to go sooner rather than later.
Anyway, off on the night bus again tonight. Only I got lost trying to find the boarding place and had to phone up the bus company, but it just turned out I was there that early that even the bus staff weren't there yet and that's why I couldn't see them.
Bye Kyoto!
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