Monday, April 27, 2009

Kyoto - Day 1


As previously mentioned. Arrived in Japan and hopped on the shinkansen to Kyoto. To my absolute HORROR, Kyotokko Cheapest Inn was called CHEAPEST INN for a reason! We were quite quite lost when we first arrived not knowing how to walk to the hostel. But luckily, Jin Lee pulled aside some people who were staying there and they took us straight to our LOVELY accommodation. *bleah*.



Anyway, I had 21 roomies. No SHIT. TWENTY ONE. Or were there more Kok Siew? It was insane. All the beds were bunkies and had drapes over them - there was absolutely NO privacy. What was worse was that there were three bathrooms for showers downstairs and they had a weird smell! EEEWWWWW.....



To drown our sorrows, we decided to go to a nearby izakaya (Japanese for "watering hole") or in other words, a typical Japanese pub. It was lovely!!! The food was AMAZING. Even though we didn't understand a word of Japanese, we managed to point to what we needed on the menu and it was all brought to us in all its hot, steaming goodness and Japanese hospitality!!!










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