James Wynn

I visited Kyomizu temple again, which marks the 3rd time now.  Its the only thing I’ve consistantly done everytime I’ve come to Japan.  I’m not really sure why I keep going back either, its a total tourist trap.  Excellent view though.

Moving from dorm to dorm has totally screwed me up.  My  shoulders, back, legs, knees, sooo sore.  I need to just start taking taxis or something.  Blach.  On the bright side though, I think all this new soreness has made me all but forget about my tooth.  hahaha.

Kyoto International House looks a bit sketchy to me.  The management seem nice though, and I havent really had a chance to talk to any of the other residents.  Perhaps I’m just being to quick to judge.  Could be that it just needs a new coat of paint.

I think its something about the air pressure or something, but my teeth are killing me.  I knew I shouldn’t have gotten them worked on just before leaving.  Oh well, not much to do now but whine about it.

Seems I tried to book extra days here at Utano too late, so now I have to find another place to sleep.  But I needed to go fish my bags out of the lockers at Kyoto station anyways.   Anyone have other suggestions for where to stay?

Unfortunately it seems most of my Kyoto friends are really busy job hunting and stuff, so I must find some way of entertaining myself.  Hrmmm… Perhaps I’ll go waste some money and go to an onsen - hahaha.

I finally got in last night and Im soooo tired.  Lots of stupid miscalculations too.  My laptop doesnt fit the electrical outlets here, whereas my last laptop did.  Only one of my bags would fit in the lockers at the train station.  And I got dropped off at the wrong bus stop last night.  I ment to go to Utano Youth Hostel, but instead went to Utano Byoin, which is a mental hospital!  Hahaha.

Things are looking up, but ive only got 30secs left. later!

I had thought my itenerary looked a little off.  Seems that StudentUniverse gave me a nasty layover in Detroit.  Not that bad really, only 12 hours.  Oh well, who wants to travel for 24 hours straight anyways.  This way I get a nice break, get to sleep in a real bed, and get a nice breakfast.  Never really been to Detroit before either.  Well, there was that one time.  But we dont speak of that.  Unless we are drunk.  All of us.

By the time I’m able to post again, I should be somewhere in Kyoto.  No telling where exactly, but somewhere.  Much benefit could be had if I would learn to plan my travels better.  But that seems like it would be less interesting, and more work.

Does anyone know of a good hostil or something in Kyoto?  I think I have a couple of days before I can get into my more permanent place.