Golden Temples and Monkeys

I know I know...this blog wasn't written on the actual day these events occurred. But I figured I might as well write it when I have my own laptop and my pictures at hand (which reminds me there are pictures for the previous blog now..should you be interested).
So! Second day in kyoto. I wake up at 8.10am and notice that Anthony is gone. I am the only girl in the dorm room..which is alright, the blokes are all nice, though I am not to sure I like the unisex bathroom....maybe I am more insecure than I thought. Anyways I go to the bathroom and come back to much stirring and my phone ringing loudly. Me; "S%*&*)(*!! I am so sorry!" Climbing up that ladder to my bed as fast as I can to pick up. It's Anthony wishing me a good morning. I feel the need to kill a little gerbil. I kindly point out that the whole room has been woken by my phone ringing.

I get chatting to one of the guys in the dorm after we've all gotten ready. We have a laugh about travels and he tells me about this awesome ninja restaurant in Tokyo. Which I MUST go to! We end up joining up with him (Eric) and his cousin jeffrey and head to the golden temple together. The Temple is beautiful, and very impressive. The surrounding area is also extremely well done. It's the whole japanese thing of doing everything perfectly but including flaws on purpose to make it look like..perfect nature. Very strange.
We then wanted to make our way to monkey park. We weren't entirely sure what to expect. But it was awesome! We walked up this pretty path, and could occasionally hear terrifying squeals...something out of jurassic park... we were fully bracing ourselves for the attack fo genetically mutated monkeys with a liking for human flesh. This did not happen though..instead we found, the higher we walked the more monkeys were lounging around all over the place. They were relatively oblivious to us taking pictures of them. I guess they get that all the time really. I made friends with these 2 japanese students who were discussing the moves of one male monkey on (I hope) a lady monkey. he wasn't very sucessful...I guess his moves were a little obvious. Monkey park is definatley worth going to! It was only 550yen, and for the amazing view you get up at the top..it's worth it, even if you're not a monkey fan!