Arashiyama, Kyoto,
Japan
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The second Sunday of every month a group called Kansai Ramblers set out on an all day hike. This month KJ decided to join and see what it was like. Well, after hiking for about 6 hours he realized these people meant business!! He had to take a train out to the Kyoto area and then change trains to take them deeper into the woods. They hiked through woods and villages and across streams. I opted to have a relaxing day at home! If you know KJ, you know that taking pictures isn't really something that interests him so he took two (that's right, 2!) pictures of his hike. Luckily two other members of our ECC training group also went on the hike so she gave me her pictures so I could see what it was like. He said he has a great time and met some cool people. He said there were about 40-50 people hiking so you can only imagine the span they covered! There were mostly Japanese but a fair amount of them could speak English. There were also a lot of foreigners. Unfortunately our teaching schedule will be changing next month and we will be working on Sundays so he will not be able to join them next month. But, when the contract changes in April we may request for Sundays off.
