Backz...wao, it was really an exciting and adventurous journey to kyoto...rather than just merely touring the city...never know what's next!!...a little scary though...was caught by surprise by the huge crowd squeezing into kyoto station...got a shock out of my life man...

Then went searching for the information centre which took half an hour or more...went up and down the streets looking for it when it's actually inside the station itself...hahaz...cos i can only speak but can't understand japanese...had difficulty understanding what the people were saying...lolz...

Then went searching for the guesthouse which I reserved in advance...ccrazy...it's disgudting...don't wish to elaborate...so...complained and complained and complained to the owner then finally got an offer to cancel the reservation...so returned to the info centre and hoped for a vacancy in an affordable inn which we frtunately did...*phew*...

Then the days that follow were like "where to go next?"..."this way or that way?"..."which train?"..."where to stop?"..."where to transfer to another line?" and all that...

Something worth taking note of...the japanese are extremely good in their services...they are appreciative of all customers using their services...for example the JR railways...the captain of each train would get out of the control room for reasons which I don't know...then add the front of each cabin he would bow...then after walking to the back of the cabin he would bow again...funny huh?...it's extremely strange to me...and nobody's looking lor...*scratch head*...
Another example's the subway...at each station they will announce some stuff (other than the name of the stop) in japanese...only managed to catch the last phrase "arigato gozaimasu"...and at the cashier...wao...a dozen phrases of which all are meant to thank you for patronising their shops and stuff...

I would say it's not without luck that this trip is so successful...that i manage to get through all obstacles quickly...the japanese are a helpful lot...hmm...so long as they sense you've put in effort in trying to communicate in their language i guess...I strongly recommend kyoto for any others who's thinking of a free and easy overseas trip...very convenient and easily accessible...get information from me if you're thinking of it...autumn's the best time to go *evil grinz*...hahaz...

And try not to join tours...you won't really experience japan's culture, it's people and the lifestyle there...i really learnt a lot about japan through this trip...very satisfying...though very tiring...=)...guess I've walked (literally on foot) more than 8km within 4 days...