Temples and Eel
The day started a little slow today since my drinking partner last night had some sort of bad reaction and wasnt feeling too well.
I took a leisurely stroll down to Ninna-ji temple to have a look around. The temple itself was very pretty but I was mostly taken with the palace area near by with it`s charming corridors and rooms and immaculate gardens.
After that I headed to Kyoto Station with two Cantonese guys I met the day before, Shenzen and Samon (sorry about the spelling guys!) to see if we could find a place to eat. They said I was to lead them which meant we wandered around for quite a while to find a place. We eventually got a decent place and I got my first taste of Japanese Unagi (eel) which wasn`t as exciting a taste as I`d hoped but it was like really soft fish meat with a delicate tang. We then took in a pachinko game which was funny since none of us really could work out what was going on! We then took in the Kyoto lights which werent as impressive as Osaka (said by me) or Hong Kong (said by Shenzen and Samon). Was a great night to chill with the guys. We got back to the hostel and had a couple of sakes then hit the sack.