Minoo Part Two

Taking photographs in the canyon was tricky on this day because it was so dark.  I took a lot of photos, but had to throw away 5 out of  6 due to exposure related issues.  Most of the surviving photos used longer than usual exposure times, either making a little bit of blur for any motion in the frame, or making the photo lighter than the actual scene.

Here is one of Punkin taking a break just before leaving the falls, and heading back.   It was shot with a flash and unretouched.   You can see that the area behind and to the right is very dark.  That is more like what the real light was like in the canyon that day.

Near the falls there live a large number of monkeys.  They are agressive, and so the signs tell you not to feed them.   On our trip that day, however, there were none to be found near the falls.   There were no other people, either, so we were the only primates on the trail.

The trail features a few very small snack shops and one-room restaurants along the way.   None were open for us, though.

One last look at the falls as we descend the trail back to the village.

The young people took the right-hand trail, and the older pair took the left.

The trails joined later.   As you can see, the street-lights are on where there are any.  This one was at a restroom.

A long exposure gets some details.

At this little shrine, we noticed this interesting pair of tiny cars.   As Matt and I approached them to take a look, a woman came out of the shrine shop and as best as we could tell, sharply informed us in Japanese that they weren't open and to keep moving!  The body language and the arm waving didnt need as much translation.  It was one of the few times anyone was rude to us during our stay.   We briefly looked at the cars and left.    The path up to this point  will allow tiny cars more narrow than a golf cart such as these to go up and down.

The shrine was very beautiful, though.

Along the way, there was a butterfly museum.   It was closed.

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