Today = deer park day! Wooooo!! We take the underground out there. The original plan was to hire bikes and cycle our way up there but it’s all uphill and its roasting!!! So we abandon this plan in favour of taxis. On the way up there’s loads of deer just kicking about and wandering in front of cars.
Get off the road ya maniac!
Once inside the place there’s deer EVERYWHERE!!! The place is so pretty with loads to look at I could take pics all day! Crystal then gives us all crackers to feed the deer. You start feeding one and the next thing theres a swarm of them around you! And they’re not shy! They put their snouts in your handbag or pockets looking for more, they jump on, nudge you, headbutt you. And they don’t take no for an answer if you run away from them they chase you and bite you on the bum. Cute but scary too. You can also buy deer antlers. I wore mine for a bit but the deer seemed unimpressed.
Biting bums
Next it was on to the Buddhist temple. This place was HUGE! There’s a big carved tree thing inside that has a hole through the middle of it. Apparently, the hole is supposed to be the same size as Buddha’s nostril and the story is if you crawl through it then you are cleansed of your sins. I went through twice. Just to make sure. I lost count how many times Jeffrey went through!
About as graceful as a bull in a china shop but Im now free to sin again!
After temple shenanigans we had some quick snackaroos and then on to a bit of shopping. We headed back to the hotel to get changed and cool down! I was in my room just enjoying the freezing cold air conditioning when the door went and Josh appears steamin drunk with Dennis in tow. Josh = legend! After scaring everyone in the 7-11 with his enthusiastic excuse me beer buying technique (you had to be there) we went and hung out by the river to kill time til dinner. Tonight we're off to the fishing restaurant!
Drunken levitation with added beer
The fishing restaurant works like this – you sit at a table in the boat in the middle. You are given rods and bait and you then attempt to catch something from the tanks surrounding the boat. Once you’ve caught something (flounder, sea bass, lobster, eel etc) you tell the peeps how you want it brought to you. You can have it raw, fried or salted. Sweet!!!
Jeffrey deciding what to catch for dinner
Its so much fun! Jeffrey had a go but sadly didn’t catch anything. I caught a flounder and we had it cooked and salted. When you choose to have it raw (sashimi) it’s brought out beautifully presented and sometimes it’s still twitching.
Me and Jeffrey fishing for our tea!
Sashimi
Flounder munched x 2
Josh decided the rod wasn’t working for him so he sat his to the side, put both hands in the tank, chased the fish around and caught one with his hands. He then put the hook on it and pretended he’d caught it! He didn’t think we were watching but Crystal has all of this on film it was soooo funny.
A shitload of sake later and it was time to head back to the hotel. I wonder what tomorrow will bring? J
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