Kyoto with Mum and Dad

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August 17th 2006

Published: October 2nd 2006

Waking up to an alarm is never nice, especially after a night out (see Gyoooza!!! - Mum & Dad in Shizuoka), but we were off to Kyoto! It was Amy’s and my second visit to this amazing city. Last time we were in Kyoto, bad weather prevented us from doing a lot of things we were now able to do this trip. The photos do most of the explaining but the highlights were: Kiyomizudera Temple - Beau... Read Full Entry

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Marissa Nakos

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Read about my travels around the world. After completing my Early Childhood Education degree in Adelaide, Australia, my love of travelling and setting foot into the unknown took me to Japan. I taught at an English Kindergarten for two amazing years while admiring the glorious Mt Fuji and exploring Japan from Hokkaido to Okinawa and everywhere in between. I was lucky to meet Mario in Japan and now we are engaged and living in Spain. We have no idea what the future holds, but we’re sure it will be adventurous! ... full info

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Fushimi Inari Shrine

Mushi mushi!

A real rhinocerous beetle! I have only ever seen them in pet shops before.

Daaad!

Mum in Arashiyama

Monkey Park at Arashiyama

Monkey Business!

Don't get too close or they'll punch you (as the picture demonstrates)!

Monkey Park

It was so much fun feeding the monkeys!

Ohh cute!

Greedy Buggers!

Monkey Park

Inside is where you can feed them through a fence.

This is about how close I was going to get without a fence between us!

As we entered the park, along with our monkey fan, we were given some rules to abide by...including "don't stare at the monkeys in the eye!" (thats why I was wearing sunnies!)