Korean bag gets eaten by deer and getting chased by giant Japanese Hornet

This morning we went to the train station, then got a train to Nara. We couldn't buy a return ticket (Nara wasn't listed on the 'round trip' tickets),so we had to get a single, which was 690 yen each). We just missed the 9.50 rapid train, so we had to wait half an hour for the next rapid train.

When we got to Nara we went into the shop near the station and bought some breakfast, then followed a route Moccle had marked on the map using the Japan Guide book. When we got to the start of the park bit, there was a lake with terrapins in it, and quite a few people sitting down round it. So we sat on the fence round it to eat our breakfast. But then a giant bee/wasp/hornet that must have been about 3 inches long came and annoyed me first, then it annoyed Moccle who was trying to eat his random Japanese food in a tray meal.

After a bit, it left Moccle alone for a second so we quickly picked up our stuff and went away, but as we were going away we saw a skill old bloke had killed the giant bee thing. He stamped on it a few times, but it was still alive, but not flying around any more.

We went up towards the 5 storey Pagoda, to try and eat our breakfast up there without being annoyed by impossibly big bees. But when we got up to the top it was like a temple. We didn't want to annoy anyone by eating food in the temple area, so we walked round a bit and went round the corner where it was more like a park, and ate our breakfast there. Though by now, it was past noon. Thankfully, it was quite quiet where we were sat, and there weren't any giant bees.

After eating most of our breakfast, we went and saw the 5 storey pagoda, and also saw a deer. We walked through the park and saw more deer, who were very friendly. On the way from the station to the park we had seen lots of shops selling deer memorabilia, so I guess the friendly deer are what Nara is most famous for.

We looked round a few temples that were free, and also went inside the main one, which you had to pay for. Unfortunately at the main one, no tripods were allowed, so I couldn't take any panos. The Japan guide book said that you shouldn't visit Nara on the weekend, but it was really busy with schoolkids today, so if it's busier on the weekend, it must get totally packed.

After looking round the main temple/shrines that were on the path of our planned walk, we went back through the park towards the station. We had a KFC near the station, which was quite expensive, and I bought a skill Colonel Sanders keyring thing for 200 yen.

After dinner we went back to Kyoto on the train, then went straight back to the guest house. I started copying across the memory cards to the laptop, and writing this blog post. I also went on the internet a bit, and read about the D3s announcement on dpreview and byThom. I started getting up to date on The Luminous Landscape newly posted articles/news as well.

After a bit we went out so I could take some night time panos. When I was doing one near a Boss drinks machine, a bloke on a bike stopped to talk to me and said that Nikon cameras were very good. He said that Clint Eastwood uses Nikon or sumat, and I think he said that Tommy Lee Jones (who advertises Boss Coffee) was a big famous wrestler. We went into a Seven Eleven shop and bought some cakes, then went back to hotel and ate them with some Wonda Zero Max coffee that we bought from the machine outside the guest house.

Food
Breakfast: ½ Cheese and bacon bread thing; Waffle; Weird sweet battered rice thing from Moccle's box of random Japanese food; ½ square croissant style thing; some apple squash stuff.
Afternoon snack: ½ sweet bread thing; some apple squash stuff.
Dinner: Large KFC chicken wing; KFC Chicken fillet burger; medium chips; medium Melon Fanta.
Supper: ½ Chocolate bread with chocolate chips; ½ Double chocolate éclair; 2x Pocky chocolate sticks; Can of Wonda ZeroMax Coffee.